1. Week 15, (May 3rd ) Writing for Funding & Writing for Conferences

2. Agenda for today, the last class  Final submission & Presentation.  Writing for funding and for conferences.  Continue your research – Resources for Teacher Researchers

3. Take a chance  If you don’t ask for funds, you will never receive it – this is the most important funding principles.

4. Proposal Format for funding  Purpose and significance of the study, including the research questions itself and why this is an important teaching question.  A short exploration of the topic – literature review  Method, which explains what data will be collected and how it will be analyzed.  The feasibility – timeline  Dissemination plan- who do you intend to do with the results of this study  A budget with justification  Letters of support

5. Grant resources for teacher - researchers  Source: A Teacher's Guide to Fellowships and Awards: http://www.doe.mass.edu/tgfa/ela.html http://www.doe.mass.edu/tgfa/ela.html  Hechinger Award http://www.writingproject.org/Resources/index.html http://www.writingproject.org/Resources/index.html  Teacher As Researcher Grant http://www.reading.org/association/awards/research_teach er_as_researcher.html  Many local and state Writing Project sites, as well as local and state affiliates of NCTE and IRA offer small grants to fund teacher research. I suggest checking your local site for further information.

6. T eacher-Researcher Grants by NCTE  Teacher Research Award: http://www.ncte.org/groups/research/awards/120596.htm Sponsored by The National Council of Teachers of English Research Foundation Purpose: NCTE offers four different types of grants, one of which is available to classroom teachers. This type is Teacher-Researcher Grants, awarded to Pre-K-14 teachers for classroom-based research on the teaching of English/Language Arts. This research should support the investigation of research questions emanating from teachers' classroom experiences. Eligibility: All Pre-K-14 classroom teachers are eligible. Application Period: The next competition will be announced on or after March 15, 2006. Application Information: Program Officer NCTE Research Foundation 1111 W. Kenyon Rd Urbana, IL 61801

7. Conferences  NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English: http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv  Action Research Special Interest Group of AERA: http://www.teacherasresearcher.org/ http://www.teacherasresearcher.org/  New York State Art Teachers Association http://www.nysata.org/ http://www.nysata.org/ Annual Confernece: http://www.nysata.org/conference.php http://www.nysata.org/conference.php  More conferences, see list compiled by Shi and the Research and Technology Committee.

8. Journals  English Quarterly  Journal of Research in Science Teaching  International Journal of Science Education  The Journal of the Learning Sciences  New Directions for Teaching and Learning  More: see list compiled by Shi

9. Action Research Resources  Action Research Resources: http://www.ed.arizona.edu/teacherresearch /#grant  Educating as Inquiry – A Teacher Action Research Site http://www.lupinworks.com/ar/index.html  Reflections on Teaching http://www.writingproject.org/Resources/ref lections.csp