Action Research Fellowships

Final Papers | Apply | Dates and Deadlines

 

Overview

For more than 10 years, CFE has offered Action Research Leadership Institute Fellowships to Chicago’s most outstanding PreK-8th grade teachers. Action research is the systematic process of looking closely at a specific aspect of one’s practice in order to improve student outcomes, improve the school environment, and make positive changes to one’s teaching. Fellows conduct action research in their schools, increase their leadership engagement, and use their findings to impact education policy.

 

The ARLI Program spans the full academic year, during which Fellows reflect on the strategies they are using to improve both the quality of their teaching and student achievement. Our University Advisor leads 45 hours of monthly meetings, organized around the action research process. ARLI Fellows receive the following by participating in the program:

• A $1,250 honorarium for each Fellow
• Possible $200 Character Education Bonus for projects that incorporate SEL/CE initiatives
• Ongoing mentoring and guidance from an experienced university advisor and two Senior ARLI Fellows
• Opportunities to discuss data collection methods and research experiences with like-minded peers
• Support to pursue publishing opportunities outside of the program cycle

 

2016-17 ARLI Final Papers

• “I Must Be Emerald and Keep My Color”: Ancient Roman Stoicism in the Middle School Classroom
• Teaching to Transform: Confronting Bias in the Eighth Grade
• Keep Calm and Learn On: Student Stress Management in a Fourth Grade Classroom

 

2015-16 ARLI Final Papers

• Soy Escritor! Teaching Writing to Cultivate Strong 3rd Grade Writers

• Self-Assessing Towards Increased Student Ownership in a Third Grade Classroom

• "Ants in Their Pants": Why I Had to Rethink Whole Group Lessons in Pre-Kindergarten

• "I Have Sheakespeare in My Blood": Reading Intervention with Middle School Boys

• Partnering with 7th Grade Students to Foster Their Safe and Supportive Classroom Environment

• One Mainstream Teacher's Journey toward Understanding the Needs of Her English Language Learning Students

• Bringing Students to the Table: Increasing Middle School Involvement in IEPs

• Number Talks Reasoning and Creativity in Middle School Math Classrooms

• 3rd Graders Dive Deeper into Understanding Their Data: Analyzing Models & Developing Criteria for Our Learning Targets

• “Working Through It: Valuing the Process over Product in the Art Room”

• "It's Like You're Trying to See Inside Our Brains!" - Using Goal-Setting, Self-Reflection, and Rubrics in a Fifth Grade Classroom

 

2014-15 ARLI Final Papers

• What happens when I introduce a large, independent research project as a final performance?

• Fourth Graders Go Forth: Foundational Research Skills for College and Career Readiness

• Using Guided Math to Differentiate in Middle School

• I am Bilingual: Developing Oral Language in Preschool

• Enséname: Teaching Each Other to Reason Through Math Conversation in the Second Grade

• Self Determination as an Intervention to Improve Intrinsic Motivation
  in Middle School Students with Individualized Education Plans

• Bullying and Belonging: Tier 2 Behavior Intervention in the Middle School Special Education Classroom

• Project Based Learning in Sixth Grade: What are the effects?

• “I failed 3rd Grade.” Improving the self-esteem of retained students by giving them a leadership role

• 3rd Graders Deep Dive into Their Data In Our Standards Based Grading Classroom

• Self-Reflection and Goal Setting in the Second Grade Classroom

 

2013-14 ARLI Final Papers

• “But Mrs. Moore, you didn’t even tell us we had to use math!” How I made math fun in my 2^nd Grade Classroom

• Our Seventh Grade ‘Blended’ Experience: The Power of Individualized Learning with Technology
• Science Stations as an Executive Function Intervention
• Stepping Aside: Student-Led Inquiry
• Technology and Instruction: The Balance of Blended Learning
• The Importance of Teaching Sight Words
• Write On! Motivating First Graders to Improve Their Writing Through Reflection and Self-Assessment
• Y Do I Have to Care About an X? Struggling Sixth Grade Students Take on Algebra
   

2012-13 ARLI Final Papers

• Collaboration and Inquiry-Based Learning in a Third Grade Classroom
• Exploring Reading Fluency to Improve Socialization Skills and Self-Esteem for 4th graders with Disabilities
• Storytelling Story Acting in a Kindergarten Classroom
• The JOY of Reading - Helping Children Connect With Books

Apply

The 2017-2018 ARLI Fellowship Application is now open! Click HERE to apply. There is an Info Doc imbedded on page 1 of the application for more information. The deadline to submit your application is Monday, July 10th, 2017.

 

Dates and Deadlines

• 2017-18 ARLI Application Available: May 8th, 2017
• 2017-18 ARLI Application Due: July 10th, 2017

 

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