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AC Moore Elementary School Airport
High School Bradley
Elementary School Crayton
Middle School Dreher
High School Horrell
Hill Elementary Hyatt
Park Elementary School Meadowfield
Elementary School Summit
Parkway Middle School
AC Moore Elementary School
Resource Lab
Lead Teacher: Cynthia Detuelo
This project was created in collaboration with the USC pre-service
teachers. The purpose is to build a library of materials for their
development while exposing them to great instructional practices.
Airport High School
Writing Across the Curriculum and Improving Students'
Vocabulary and Writing Skills
Lead Teachers: Cheryl Outlaw,
Christy Wingard, Diane Starnes, Annette Walker
Dr. Suzanne Doherty of Collins Educational Associates conducted
an inservice workshop for teachers and USC interns.
Bradley Elementary School
Resource Lab
Lead Teacher: Margo Jackson
Request for Technology: Students and interns will be videotaped
throughout the year. This camera will help the interns document
their experience at our school. It will also assist all teachers
involved with an inquiry project document and provide information
for the TQC website.
The Care Team
Lead Teachers: Janet Campell, Tiffany Taylor, Sharlene
Golden, Karin Springfield (USC Intern Teacher)
Inquiry Question: If Students are showing, in various ways,
that they care about the well-being of others, will their misbehavior
decrease and in turn show their peers, classmates, and adults that
they care for them? Will they be able to express their ideas through
conversation and journaling?
Bradley Campus Native Habitat Restoration Project
Lead Teachers: Betsy Russell, Margo Jackson, Kezia Myers,
Judy Spears, Wanda Moore, Michelle Kennedy
Inquiry Question: What can we learn about the original ecology
and habitat around our school in order to restore part of our campus
to its original likeness as far as plant and animal life are concerned?
Writing: Thinking through the Process
Lead Teacher: Kezia Myers
Inquiry Question: If students have daily opportunity to write
drama variety of 'authentic' themes, will their writing improve
both in content and mechanics?
Famous Historical Individuals that We Can Count On
Lead Teacher: Margo Jackson
Inquiry Question: If students are introduced via drama to
the contributions of famous historical individuals, will this strengthen
their knowledge and interest in the areas of social science, math
and literature?
Crayton Middle School
Student Publishing: A Reader's Handbook
Lead Teachers: Sandy Vassallo, Dave Dolin, Ann Carbone,
Betty Friday, Su Hodgson, Tom Thorpe, Beth Thrailkill, John Rushman,
Courtney Wolfe
This resource will be a valuable tool to help our students improve
their performance on the reading portion of the PACT. The collection
of The Reader's Handbook will be cataloged and kept in the professional
collection for checkout by our teachers and may be used USC interns
as well.
World Geography Inquiry Project
Lead Teachers: Elizabeth Friday, Beth Thrailkill, Suzann Robinson,
Nancy Little
Inquiry Question: How can students and teachers improve student
attainment of skills in learning economics and global studies, which
will ultimately improve strategies in preparing for PACT Social
Studies?
Gravity Rules! Or, How did Galileo know that stuff?
Lead Teachers: Ann Carbone, Ella Rotariu
Inquiry Question: How do Galileo's laws governing falling
bodies affect everything from baseball to drop rides at the fair?
Sci-Fi Hunt: Study of Fossils/SC Geology
Lead Teachers: Selina Latimore, Calvernetta Williams
Inquiry Question: How can students and teachers improve attainment
of skills in comprehension and analysis of scientific literature
and use these skills to interpret experimental data that supports
scientific investigations and will this analysis help teachers improve
strategies in preparing for the Science and Reading Comprehension
sections of the PACT?
Dreher High School
Professional Development Project
Lead Teacher: Jessica Grabiner
The purpose of this project is to videotape Dreher's master teachers
doing what they do best. We will choose a few general topics (classroom
management, collaborative learning, setting high expectations, etc.)
and videotape teachers instructing their students. We will use these
videos to guide novice teachers and interns.
Horrell Hill Elementary
Using Book Bags in the Classroom to Increase Interest in Independent
Reading
Lead Teacher: Judy Barnette
Inquiry Question: Will student interest in reading independently
increase when they have a variety of texts that are on their individual
level?
Developing Scientific Knowledge
Lead Teachers: Saudah Collins, Mary Jade Haney
Inquiry Questions:
- Will students gain a greater understanding of how to identify
and effectively utilize the science process skills as they complete
inquiry-style investigations?
- Will students be able to document their learning and use this
documentation to create a product to share with other students?
- Will third grade students be able to critique non-fiction science
literature for its appropriates for younger students?
- Will students be able to assist younger students with the investigation
of a question of their interest?
Hyatt Park Elementary School
"Your State" The PACT Map Interactive Game
Lead Teacher: Shawn Norris
Inquiry Question: Can students improve PACT scores on the
social studies and geographical sections by utilizing physical education
and an interactive map?
Sea Shell Studies
Lead Teacher: Nancy James
Artist Carl Copeland came to our school to help the fifth grade students
take a closer look at sea shells.
Resource Lab
Lead Teacher: Presphonia Perkins
Student interns and teachers need to be videotaped throughout the
year. The purchase of a video camera will help the interns document
their experience at our school. It wil also assist all teachers
involved with an imquiry project document and provide information
for the TQC website.
Debate Team at Hyatt Park
Lead Teacher: Beverly Hill
Inquiry Question: Will the involvement or the process of
using debates help to develop and empower learning in the classroom?
Student Government at Hyatt Park
Lead Teachers: Beverly Hill
Inquiry Question: Will the involvement in the political process
have a positive effect upon student behavior and help them to become
better writers and more confident speakers?
Hyatt Park Reading Patrol (HPRPP)
Lead Teachers: Presphonia Perkins, Teri Lucas, Andrea
Gray, Carolyn Walker, Djwana Snider, Edia Benson
Inquiry Question: Will implementing a year long reading incentive
program that is designed to motivate, stimulate, strengthen and
build family literacy and student reading interest in school and
in the community improve reading readiness, reading fluency, reading
proficiency
and family literacy?
Hyatt Park Habitat or Lily Pond Science
Lead Teachers: Terri Lucas, Nancy James
Artist Carl Copeland came to the school to help the fifth grade
students take a closer look at sea shells. Mr. Copeland had painted
the South Carolina map that Shawn Norris used in his Inquiry proposal
last year. The students identified their shells and compiled a short
book about them. The book consisted of the drawings they did under
Mr. Copeland and the information and writings they did with Ms.
James and USC consultants, Ms. Nyland and Ms. Schnieder.
Meadowfield Elementary School
It's Habit-Forming
Lead Teachers: Kay Ratliff, Charlene Chapman
Inquiry Question: Will tangible incentives motivate more
reading and thus better comprehension at home on a regular basis?
A Study of South Carolina Birds in Meadowfield Elementary's Schoolyard
Lead Teachers: Sally Short, Marian Davis
Inquiry Question: Can we increase inquiry skills by attracting
various bird species to an already established schoolyard habitat?
Summit Parkway Middle School
Elements of Successful Assignments
(Civilization Project
Extension - see Year4)
Lead Teacher: David Chadwell
Inquiry Question: What makes unit assignments/engagements
successful for teachers and students?
Service Learning Project/Resource Lab
Lead Teachers: Diana Stout, Norm Ivey, Diane Gilbert,
Meredith Baker, Ashleigh Parker, Latoya Young
In order to continue the Caldecott inquiry project with sixth and
seventh grade language arts teachers and two USC interns this school
year, we are requesting continued support to purchase the ink and
binding materials needed to complete this project and copies of
six Caldecott winners that are featured in the nonfiction text A
Caldecott Celebration: Six Artists and their paths to the Caldecott
Medal, by Leonard S. Marcus.
Professional Development for the 21st Century
Lead Teachers: Julie Amoth, Marsha Moseley
Inquiry Question: What are the most effective methods to
conduct on-going professional development for teachers and interns
in a school?
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