I'm excited and relieved to finally be able to blog about the Teacher as Researcher Grant. I've been working on updating and tweaking the Request for Proposals since December, and the RFP was made public last week. With Cat's assistance, I led a grant information meeting yesterday afternoon. Seven prospective grant writers came to get information and ask questions. After a welcome and introductions, we looked at the resources in the folders (RFP, checklist, rubric, Teacher as Researcher article). In order to model the inquiry mindset, I talked briefly about my own inquiry question (Why are some CFG's more successful than others) and then allowed plenty of time for questions and answers.
One thing that struck me was that the participants talked more about what they would do rather than what they would ask. I hope that the inquiry questions become more focused before the proposals are turned in.
Posted by Donna at March 12, 2004 05:06 AMI was checking the blog and I was hoping maybe as a future addition to this part - each of the grant winners will post a summary of their goals and maybe as part of the accountability post at least quarterly reports/reflections.
Making something a habit takes time and reflection.
Posted by: Michaelann at May 23, 2004 10:45 AMI thought I posted something?
Posted by: Michaelann at May 23, 2004 10:46 AM