Urban Specialists Cohort One
Contact Person(s): Dr. Lester Knight and Dr. Cheryl Kershaw
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): TBA
Projected Dates for Session: Start: July 22, 2002
..............................................End:
May 14, 2003
Total Number of Days: Approximately 10 months
Total Number of Contact Hours: 50
Description of Course:
Participants will be engaged in seminars during which
they will learn the concept of inquiry based instruction
and the process of action research, identify areas of
their own practice in which they will research, design
and implement action research, and present their findings
to their colleagues in the URBAN SPECIALIST program and
at their individual schools. Using the Tennessee Framework
for Evaluation and the Tennessee School Improvement Planning
processes, they will identify strategies for incorporating
action research into the day to day functioning of their
schools. They will also develop strategies for helping
novice teachers enhance their practice using the action
research model.
Linkages with inquiry based learning will also be made
to content area instruction. Teams of content area specialists
from the College of Education, Arts and Sciences, and
Knox County Schools will work with the participants on
developing and assessing inquiry based learning activities.
During the Summer Institute, held primarily at South-Doyle
Middle School, initial conceptual frameworks will be developed.
Sessions throughout the year will be held at each participant's
school. Since this is the second year of a two year cohort
program, all classes and activities will be tailored to
the needs of the cohort group.
