Action Research Archives : Innovative Education in VT

On Fostering Brave Spaces

June 3, 2021 Grace Gilmour 1 Comment Crossett Brook Middle School

Audio only Resources Slides from “Fostering Brave Spaces” Annotated Transcript Hello, my name is Grace Gilmour. I’m a seventh

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SEL and mindfulness with the Learning Lab

May 21, 2021 Susan Hennessey 0 Comments

Drew Kutcher, an art teacher in her first year teaching at Proctor High School has built Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and

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Challenging Simplified Notions of Health Equity in the Middle Grades

April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 TIIE Staff 0 Comments health education, MGC

Lindsay McQueen, a middle school science educator at Edmunds Middle School, in Burlington VT, originally presented “Challenging Simplified Notions About

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How to Facilitate Healthy & Respectful Conversations

March 30, 2021April 22, 2021 TIIE Staff 33 Comments Harkness, Harwood Union High School

“How to Facilitate Healthy & Respectful Conversations (Online & Off)” is an interactive online workshop for educators that we offered

Making Science Authentic: Teaching Place-Based Decolonized Ecology in the Middle School Classroom

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Place-Based, De-Colonized Ecology in Middle School

March 25, 2021April 1, 2021 TIIE Staff 1 Comment Lyndon Town School, MGC, ubiquitous learning

Natalie Smith, a middle school science educator at Lyndon Town School, in Lyndonville VT, originally presented “Making Science Authentic: Teaching

Wildcats are: kind, respectful, hardworking, helpful, friendly, listeners... etc etc

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Creating community through advisory

September 25, 2019September 26, 2019 Scott Thompson 1 Comment advisory, Bethel

Using mergers as community opportunities Vermont Act 46 mergers challenged communities to restructure systems. Under a mandated merger, two schools

Learning Lab VT educators gathered at a lodge for a lecture on one of the overnight sessions

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What’s your inquiry question?

May 6, 2019May 9, 2019 Susan Hennessey 0 Comments

The why and how of personalization An inquiry question forms the backbone of action research in the classroom. It guides

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Increasing student engagement in PLPs at Williston Central

April 1, 2019April 29, 2022 Audrey Homan 0 Comments goal-setting, Google Forms, MGC, proficiency-based learning, Protean, sketchnoting, student surveys, student voice, transferable skills, ubiquitous learning, Williston Central School

It’s about providing choice in reflection tools Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs) across the state have taken many different forms and

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Unlocking family communication in math class

March 20, 2019April 1, 2019 Life LeGeros 0 Comments best part of my week, Elizabeth Stockbridge, emails home, family communication, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, MGC, student writing, weekly emails

Students write weekly emails to their families Lizzie Stockbridge, a 6th grade math teacher at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School

Charlotte Central School project-based learning

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How do you measure success with project-based learning?

February 25, 2019April 1, 2019 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Buck Institute, Charlotte Central School, design thinking, iteration, learning through failure, MGC, NGSS

“A Tale of Three Projects” Two Vermont educators share how they measure success with project-based learning units… in space! Allan

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Toward a student-directed classroom

February 11, 2019April 1, 2019 Katy Farber 0 Comments MGC, Ottauquechee School

Releasing responsibility in Ottauquechee Ottauquechee Elementary School teacher Kim Dumont had a vision. She wanted to build her students’s self-direction

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Voice + choice = a better math classroom

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 Life LeGeros 0 Comments math, student voice, Warren Elementary School

Start by listening to students Elizabeth Tarno asked her students for feedback about their math class at the end of

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How to build teacher advisory

November 19, 2018December 7, 2018 Audrey Homan 0 Comments advisory, MGC, Peoples Academy Middle Level

Peoples Academy Middle Level shares their action research “It’s getting personal”. Peoples Academy Middle Level teachers discuss how they’ve created

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Unpacking a great action research project

January 26, 2018December 7, 2018 Life LeGeros 0 Comments Crossett Brook Middle School

A tale of research-driven change Last year two educators at Crossett Brook Middle School undertook an amazing action research project

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Flexible pathways in proficiency-based learning

June 7, 2017April 29, 2022 Life LeGeros 0 Comments Act 77, learning scales, MGC, quizlet, Shelburne Community School

Standard 3-part story-driven post: 1) what it is, 2) what it looks like in a school, 3) how to do it in your school

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Scheduling and student choice

May 8, 2017June 15, 2021 Audrey Homan 1 Comment MGC, Rutland Town School, scheduling

The middle school team at Rutland Town School in Rutland, VT have been working on a more fully integrated implementation

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Can sustained silent reading help reluctant readers?

March 8, 2017April 29, 2022 Katy Farber 1 Comment literacy, MGC, Poultney Middle School, sustained silent reading

How student choice can support literacy English teacher Laela Warnecke set out to answer one question: “How might sustained silent reading impact

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How to get started with action research

December 8, 2016December 7, 2018 Life LeGeros 0 Comments

Strategies for starting a research project Whether the inspiring teacher examples from my last post roused your inner researcher, or you’re

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Why do action research?

December 1, 2016December 7, 2018 Life LeGeros 4 Comments Lamoille Union Middle School, Mill River Union High School

5 benefits of doing action research in the classroom Teachers are constantly tinkering, creating, learning, and growing. Action research is

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Implementing 1:1 norms and digital citizenship

April 25, 2016December 7, 2018 Audrey Homan 3 Comments 1:1, Brattleboro Area Middle School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI)

How do student behaviors change? Debi Serafino, a math teacher at Brattleboro Area Middle School, presents the results of her semester-long action

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Using digital tools to change student goal-setting and reflection

March 14, 2016April 13, 2022 Audrey Homan 6 Comments 1:1, goal-setting, Google Docs, Google Forms, Google Sites, MGC, Shrewsbury Mountain School, Wallingford Elementary School

Measuring how students approach goal-setting in the 5th and 6th grades Educators at Wallingford Elementary School and Shrewsbury Mountain

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Google Tools for personal learning plans (PLPs)

March 7, 2016December 7, 2018 Life LeGeros 13 Comments 1:1, Google Classroom, Google Docs, Google Drawings, Google Sites, Google Slides, Lucid Press, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI), Williston Central School

A teacher-authored case study Today we hear from a grade 5-6 team venturing into the world of personal learning plans (PLPs)

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How does professional development affect technology integration?

February 29, 2016December 7, 2018 Audrey Homan 11 Comments 1:1, EdPuzzle, Google Classroom, Kahoot, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI), Mill River Union High School, nearpod

The impact of PD in a 1:1 teaching environment A trio of middle grades educators from Mill River Union High

"Goal-setting as a process: Teaching Students How to Set and Achieve Personal EXploration Goals" by Lissa Fox

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Teaching students how to set personal exploration goals

February 22, 2016December 7, 2018 Life LeGeros 10 Comments goal-setting, Harwood Union High School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI)

Goal-setting as a process This presentation, delivered by Harwood Union High School teacher Lissa Fox at the 2016 Middle Grades Conference, describes

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Student-led conferences and engagement in PLPs

February 10, 2016October 1, 2019 Audrey Homan 14 Comments 1:1, Act 77, family communication, Google Slideshow, Lamoille Union Middle School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI)

A middle school case study Katie Bryant, an English teacher at Lamoille Union Middle School, presents the results of her

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PLPs and literacy

February 5, 2016December 7, 2018 Life LeGeros 5 Comments Crossett Brook Middle School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI)

Incorporating student choice into reading This screencast, from Crossett Brook Middle School, in Waterbury, Vermont, describes an action research project based