Today I went downtown for a planning meeting for the Fondren Reforming Schools Summer Institute and then had a lunch meeting with Tim to brainstorm ideas for future training and support sessions. One idea that came up in both of these meetings was the importance of modeling.

For example, one of the strands in the FRSSI is infusing arts into schools. How can we as planners and facilitators in the FRSSI infuse arts into the experiences that the participants have at the Institute in July? How can we walk the walk instead of just talking the talk? We came up with some fun ideas, but they need tweaking. . . .

As Tim and I were talking later, we pushed the idea of modeling even further. How do CFG facilitators model skills and practices? How does the Houston A+ Challenge organization model the practices that it values in schools? Could the HA+C create a portfolio to model reflective practice?

One of the main purposes of this blog is for me to model reflection and documenting my own work. As I work more closely with the Teacher As Researcher grant winners, I think I need to figure out ways to better model my own inquiry.