Week 15, (May 3rd ) Writing for Funding & Writing for Conferences

Agenda for today, the last class

   Final submission & Presentation.

Writing for funding and for conferences.

Continue your research – Resources for Teacher Researchers

Take a chance

 If you don’t ask for funds, you will never receive it – this is the most important funding principles.

Proposal Format for funding

       Purpose and significance of the study, including the research questions itself and why this is an important teaching question.

A short exploration of the topic – literature review Method, which explains what data will be collected and how it will be analyzed.

The feasibility – timeline Dissemination plan- who do you intend to do with the results of this study A budget with justification Letters of support

Grant resources for teacher - researchers

 Source: A Teacher's Guide to Fellowships and Awards: http://www.doe.mass.edu/tgfa/ela.html

 Hechinger Award http://www.writingproject.org/Resources/index.html

 Teacher As Researcher Grant http://www.reading.org/association/awards/research_teach er_as_researcher.html

 Many local and state Writing Project sites, as well as local and state affiliates of NCTE and IRA offer small grants to fund teacher research. I suggest checking your local site for further information.

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eacher-Researcher Grants by NCTE

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Teacher Research Award: http://www.ncte.org/groups/research/awards/120596.htm

Sponsored by The National Council of Teachers of English Research Foundation

    Purpose: NCTE offers four different types of grants, one of which is available to classroom teachers. This type is Teacher-Researcher Grants, awarded to Pre-K-14 teachers for classroom-based research on the teaching of English/Language Arts. This research should support the investigation of research questions emanating from teachers' classroom experiences.

Eligibility: All Pre-K-14 classroom teachers are eligible.

Application Period: The next competition will be announced on or after March 15, 2006.

Application Information: Program Officer NCTE Research Foundation 1111 W. Kenyon Rd Urbana, IL 61801

Conferences

 NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English: http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv  Action Research Special Interest Group of AERA: http://www.teacherasresearcher.org/  New York State Art Teachers Association http://www.nysata.org/  Annual Confernece: http://www.nysata.org/conference.php

 More conferences, see list compiled by Shi and the Research and Technology Committee.

Journals

      English Quarterly Journal of Research in Science Teaching International Journal of Science Education The Journal of the Learning Sciences New Directions for Teaching and Learning More: see list compiled by Shi

Action Research Resources

 Action Research Resources: http://www.ed.arizona.edu/teacherresearch /#grant  Educating as Inquiry – A Teacher Action Research Site http://www.lupinworks.com/ar/index.html

 Reflections on Teaching http://www.writingproject.org/Resources/ref lections.csp