Kerry+Law

==**My Profile: ** ==

email: law.kerry.k@edumail.vic.gov.au
=Action Research Project Planner: =

Which area/s of your practice would you like to improve? What will be your focus for this project in 2011?  ** Using different activities to encourage and engage students' Chinese language learning. **  · ** Cultural activities – Chinese painting, dancing, singing, cooking and Tai Chi. **  · ** Using the Flipcamera to capture the activities and the student’s reflections. **  · ** Upload the video clips of activities and students’ reflections onto the Wiki – liena.wikispaces.com for engaging and motivating students to learn the Chinese language, and make school staff, parents and community to aware the importance of learning Chinese language. ** || Timeline for 2011
 * = Stage 1 ** – ** ANALYSE =
 * Development of the Chinese language program **
 * ** No permanent Chinese staff was offer in last 2 years. **
 * ** Students lost interests because of the changes in staffing **
 * = Stage 2 - PLAN =
 * = Stage 2 - PLAN =
 * February - Induction Day for Mentoring Program **
 * May - Teachers (Liena Li & Kerry Law) visit each other schools for peer observation. **
 * Throughout 2011 - use the Wiki - liena.wikispaces.com as a showcase platform **
 * September - Teachers (Liena Li & Kerry Law) visit each other schools for peer observation. **

Budget for Resource Grant What did you do? || What did you notice? || What would you do the same/differently in the future? ||
 * ** CRT payments for supporting teachers to implement the peer observations. **
 * ** Purchase of Flipcamera for Daylesford Dharma College. **
 * ** Travelling allowance for the observations days. **
 * ==Stage 3 – ACT ==
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