Glacier+Ridge+Elementary

Katie DiCesare - First Grade  Abby Farris - Second Grade Lauren Scott - Second Grade Julie Seaman - Third Grade, Team Leader Karen Terlecky - Fifth Grade

**ACTION RESEARCH PLAN**

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//First we will design a wiki for staff collaboration that i nitiates conversations about learning and teaching. The next phase will take place over the summer. We will schedule informal “GREat Collaboration” meetings. Over the next year we will d evelop PLNs within our staff and work towards a broader connectedness for teachers/students using the tools introduced over the summer. // =====

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//Since our building opened five years ago, we have worked hard to build a climate of collaboration, communication and reflective practice. We have explored several structures for promoting conversations about learning and teaching. These include [|Literacy Chats] , [|PLC work] , [|Vertical Chats] , and grade level meetings. The foundation for our school’s professional culture is built upon [|shared leadership] . School committees are led by teachers, agendas are built collaboratively and decisions are made with the collective wisdom of the staff. Our hope is now to design a system that allows us to collaborate where time or place is not a factor. We also want a place where we can revisit and save our thinking. // =====

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Based on our survey response results, our plan is follows: - Design a wiki for staff collaboration ===== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Initiate conversations about learning and teaching (starting with Word Study in March) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Gather online learning resources/links <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Use this site for shared leadership, literacy chats, vertical chats, PLC work, and grade level meetings / we need to use it together

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Over the summer, we will schedule informal “GREat Collaboration” meetings: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Exposure to online collaborative tools (twitter, Google Docs, social networking tools, wallwisher, RSS feeds, wiki, ning, social bookmarking) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- PLP group will model how to use the tools above <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Work side by side within these groups/learning together/collaborate

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Over the next year: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Develop PLNs within our staff <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- work towards a broader connectedness for teachers/students using the tools <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">introduced over the summer

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//<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-March 8, 2011: Survey entire staff <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[| Survey for staff] // =====

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<span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-April 1, 2011: Model how to save thinking on the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">GRE-Collaboration wiki -// //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: inline !important; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">April/May 2011: Continuing to use the GRE-Collaboration wiki as a place to hold and collaborate our thinking about word study (PLC) // ===== //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: inline !important; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Summer 2011: Offer opportunities for staff members to meet and explore other online collaborative tools // //<span style="background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fall 2011: Survey entire staff using the same survey from March 8, 2011 //

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//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: inline !important; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-September 2011-March 2012: Continue both small group and whole group collaboration utilizing the online collaborative tools // =====

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: inline !important; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-March 2012: Final survey for staff //

After surveying our staff, we noticed that the majority of our staff is very comfortable using social networking tools for social reasons. We also noticed that the
==== majority of our staff does their online networking in the evenings and on weekends. A few staff members are already using social networking tools for professional reasons as well. The survey also showed that our staff values working toward a common goal and face-to-face collaboration. What we found was our staff is comfortable using certain social networking tools (Facebook), they are online in the evenings and weekends and they value face-to-face collaboration. We now want to incorporate social networking tools to allow the staff to learn about other options of collaboration besides face-to-face that would fit the time frames that they are already online. We are hoping to build upon the skills they have already established through the tools that they are currently using. After a year of exposure to other tools, spending time together and collaborating we will resurvey the staff in Spring 2012.====

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