Structures and Supports for Imagining Futures in Teacher Research

Session Type: Paper Session

Abstract

The Teacher as Researcher Special Interest Group is the only AERA group that focuses on research conducted by teachers and other school-based professionals. This invited
session will be a panel discussion that includes the attendees in diving into the structures that make teacher research feasible in the busy landscape that is school.
In addition, the supports that are necessary for successful teacher research will be discussed.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Teacher as Researcher

Chair

• Mary Klehr, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Papers

• Structures and Supports: The AERA TAR SIG - Kevin Cataldo, Newark Board of Education/Montclair State University

• Structures and Supports: The National Writing Project - Tanya Baker, National Writing Project

• Structures and Supports: The Multilingual Inquiry Collaborative - Jane Charlotte Weiss, Stanford University

Session Organizer

• Susanne Croasdaile, Virginia Commonwealth University

Discussant

• Kierstin M. Giunco, University of Cincinnati