Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Welcome to Action Research EA 1258

First and foremost, congratulations on your sensational initiative, enthusiasm, and effort to develop your action research plan. As promised, we are trying to help support your action research project, along with assisting your internship experiences, and we have created a Faculty Intern/Action Research Blog for your particular section in this course.

With your Faculty Intern/Action Research Section Blog, you can post your blog address and share comments about the progress of your action research and your internship, and this will provide a location for faculty members assigned to your group to support your progress in your research and in the program.

We plan to have a faculty member assigned to your section by mid-September, so be sure to check this Blog and add it to your blog links. We believe this will continue to be an important source for sharing your action research and receive valuable feedback from our faculty.

We will continue to revise and refine the large Faculty Action Research Blog where we have identified 10 topic areas. We are trying to find the best means of sharing your action research progress while you review how others are pursuing their similar action research projects. We will be sending information to you regarding our revision of this topical blog!

Please create a new post
• sign in and share your Action Research blog name and blog address
• provide your frequently used email address and a contact telephone number
• provide an email address, and if possible, telephone number for your site supervisor(s)

Your section faculty member will use this Faculty Intern/Action Research Section Blog to communicate with you as you continue your work on your action research plan and your internship. The faculty member will be using a variety of means (e.g., Web Conferences, emails, telephone calls, Skype, etc.) to continually communicate with you, and periodically to communicate with your site supervisor(s) to discuss your progress in the internship, implementing the action research plan, and overall suggestions regarding the Leadership preparation program.

We will expect you to post on this blog once a week and this will be the location for you to communicate to the assigned faculty member who will be making sure that you are completing all of the work in the internship as well as assist you with the action research! Please note that we are also asking you to grant permission to us to share your Action Research blog information with other faculty and doctoral students. We assure you none of your research will be shared or published without your participation and consent. If data from the action research project and program evaluation are used, confidentiality will be maintained. And as we have emphasized, you are participating in laboratories of leadership and learning, and we will work with you to help you prepare submissions to present and/or publish your action research project, findings and recommendations to professional associations (e.g., Texas Association of School Administrators – TASA; Texas Association of Secondary School Principals – TASSP; Texas Elementary Principal and Supervisors Association – TEPSA; Texas ASCD; Texas Council on Staff Development; International Society for Technology in Education, ISTE; and specialized associations – Bilingual, G/T, Special Education).

Remember, the faculty assigned to your section will be available to assist you with some of the policy and procedure issues, and please ask for guidance. If you cannot reach the assigned faculty, feel free to contact any of the professors listed below since we are all familiar with the action research course and internship.

Wishing you the very best!
Dr. Steve Jenkins, Dr. Elvis Arterbury, Dr. Gary Martin, Dr. Kay Abernathy, Dr. Lu Stephens, Cindy Cummings, and other faculty who will be working with this follow-up initiative

10 comments:

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  2. Blog Name: Aimee's Action Research Adventures
    Blog Address: http://aimeeswann.blogspot.com
    E-mail: aswann@lamar.edu
    Contact Telephone Number: 512-709-3208

    Site Supervisor: Dr. Deborah Brennan
    E-mail: Deborah_Brennan@roundrockisd.org
    Telephone Number: 512-424-8802

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  3. Blog Name: Andy's Action Research
    Blog Address: http://andysactionresearch.blogspot.com
    Email: abasche@lamar.edu
    Contact number 512-423-4221

    Site Supervisor: Carla Richter
    Email: crichter@taylor.isd.tenet.edu
    Contact number: 512-352-2815

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  4. Travis' Lights, Camera, Action Research
    http://travisedgerton.blogspot.com
    tedgerton@lamar.edu 409-504-1438

    Site supervisor: Jeff Leger
    jleger@vidorisd.org
    409-951-8900

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  5. Meagan's Action Research Blog
    http://meaganschurr.blogspot.com/
    mschurr@lamar.edu (281) 357-3122 ext: 2859

    Site Supervisor: Valerie Petrezelka
    valeriepetrezelka@tomballisd.net
    (281) 357-3122

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  6. Hi. My name is Luis Cantu. My blog name is Luis Cantu’s Ideas on Action Research at http://luiscantu1980.blogspot.com/2010/11/action-research.html. You can contact me at lacantu@romaisd.com or 956-495-3833. My site supervisor is Mr. Jose Maria Saenz. He can be contacted at jmsaenz@romaisd.com or 956-849-2803.

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  7. I have had a difficult time posting. I kept receiving an error message. Thank goodness it has gone through this time. :)

    My name is Rachel Draper and my name for my blog is Research Ready with Rachel. This blog can be found at http://racheldraperresearch.blogspot.com
    You can contact me at rdraper@ssisd.net or
    (903)348-5854.
    My site supervisor is Betty Lawson and she can be reached at blawson@ssisd.net

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  8. My name is Sandra Thompson
    My Blog is called Action Research the Thompson Way and the url is http://sandythompson.blogspot.com

    I can be contacted at
    sthompson@ems-isd.net or
    817-680-8921
    My site supervisor is
    Sheryl Sutherland
    sherylsutherland@ems-isd.net
    817-237-8306

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  9. My name is Laura Flack
    My Blog is called Parents Needed: are they the cure for our school? and the url is
    http://lauraflack.blogspot.com

    Email: lflack@my.lamar.edu or lflack@seguin.k12.tx.us
    Phone: 830-391-3868

    Site Supervisor:
    Merry White
    mwhite@seguin.k12.tx.us
    830-372-4960

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  10. My name is Ricardo Torres
    My Blog is called Rick's Action Research Story and the url is http://aggies9502.blogspot.com

    I can be contacted at
    aggies9502@yahoo.com or
    830-768-1075
    My site supervisors are
    Dr. Jorge Garza (Principal)
    Alma Hodges (Assistant Principal)
    Raul Escobedo (Assistant Principal)
    830-778-4300 or 830-778-4400

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