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Please click on the following to see the signup for the following research groups.
Digital Fabrication
A Green School
Why History?
Comprehensible Input
LS Into Math Curriculum
Lower School Schedule
Open Educational Resources

Creativity

Neuroscience & Bio Basis
Literacy

Social & Emotional Learning

Social Media
Mindfulness
The Psychology of Athletics
Nature-Based Learning
Writing Across PK-12 Curric.
Global Learning & Competency
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Character & Service
The Power of Relationships
Building Bridges: Math as Universal Language

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Digital Fabrication (Gregg Kleiman & Willie Little) Naylor 102

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Digital Fabrication (Gregg Kleiman & Willie Little) Naylor 102

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3D Printing. Vinyl Cutting. Laser Cutting. Engravers. Garment Press.

Curious? How might you use these dynamic, engaging digital fabrication tools in your classroom practice? This research team will explore the ways in which these tools can engage you and your students in meaningful, experiential learning. Not only will you deepen your expertise, but you’ll develop opportunities for teachers throughout McDonogh to use digital fabrication technology in their class.

All teachers, PK-12, from all disciplines are welcome to join this group.

If this is an area of interest, please sign up here.

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Building Bridges: Math as a Universal Language (Naylor 308)

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Building Bridges: Math as a Universal Language (Naylor 308)

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The relationship between mathematics, science and numerous other disciplines is symbiotic. Given our schedules and the pace of learning, however, we may be missing out on rich opportunities to use (and to reinforce) mathematical concepts, which inform other disciplines.  The chance to make real-world connections by treating mathematics as a language can often be overlooked.

This group is designed to bring together teachers of various disciplines, primarily in the upper school, (though everyone is welcome) to share and seek opportunities to make these powerful connections for students.

If this is an are of interest, please sign up using this link: https://forms.gle/JN47qEwd8is4QFFz7

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A Green School? (Group Co-Leaders: Jeff Sanborn & Ned Coutemanche) Allan 123

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A Green School? (Group Co-Leaders: Jeff Sanborn & Ned Coutemanche) Allan 123

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What does it mean to create and sustain a "green" school? What can -- and should -- we do in the short and long term to make a positive difference for our environment. This group will research best practices concerning environmental stewardship in schools. Through a blend of reading, researching, and connecting with other leading institutions, this team will develop expertise in this area and provide short-, mid-, and long-term recommendations to support McDonogh in its vision for sustainable practices.

If this is an area of interest, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/mX5bTr8lHgPVKHnF2

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Why History? (Group Leader: John Wood) Allan 132

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Why History? (Group Leader: John Wood) Allan 132

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What is the purpose of a history curriculum? What history should be taught? Is it possible or even desirable to teach “objective” history? The role or place of history education has been a hotly debated topic for over a century – from the point that it became common to teach history in school. The purpose of this group is to research and develop an understanding of how history is constructed and the different purposes it is seen to serve as way to think more carefully about how and why we teach history.

If this is an area of interest, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/XhIGpq1bMI0SYvht1

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Comprehensible Input Language-Teaching (Group Leader: Jennifer Jerger) LOCATION: Allan 219

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Comprehensible Input Language-Teaching (Group Leader: Jennifer Jerger) LOCATION: Allan 219

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Comprehensible Input is a language-teaching practice in which the goal is to provide students with a maximum of input in the target language that they can understand.  This is presented as an alternative to traditional, grammar-based methods of language learning.  Here are a few of the questions we might examine:

How do we measure performance or progress in the language classroom? How can we transfer CI methodology into other subject areas?  What is the purpose of CI?  How can we expose a joy of learning & intellectual curiosity in students with varying levels of language learning ability?  How do students demonstrate their understanding in a CI classroom?  How do we balance this method with the desires of our more traditional grammar-driven students?  How can we still align horizontally with other teachers who are implementing a grammar-based approach?

If this is an area of interest, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/NgOyT7dysxCTt9Oz2

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LS Into Math Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning: (Group Leader: Kelly Burgess) Kelly Center

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LS Into Math Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning: (Group Leader: Kelly Burgess) Kelly Center

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What are best practices for teaching mathematics and how can this be supported through the curriculum? Does a spiral curriculum support LifeReady? What curricular models already exist that we might consult as we innovate our approach to teaching mathematics?

These questions, and others, will likely inform the direction of this group.

If this is an area of interest, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/ykJAXZY9LXG3gI5Q2

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Lower School Schedule (Group Leader: Laura Buchanan and Julie Everd) Elderkin 215

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Lower School Schedule (Group Leader: Laura Buchanan and Julie Everd) Elderkin 215

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What do successful models and research suggest about the most effective schedules for lower school students? How do we support our student groups most effectively throughout the school day? What are some ways our day could feel more connected? Where can content times be shifted?

These questions, and others, will guide the research and outcomes of this group.

If this is an area of interest, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/6zdJkVNUIFBs1xfg2

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Open Educational Resources: Textbooks and Beyond! (Group Leader: Dawn Stellmann) US Library

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Open Educational Resources: Textbooks and Beyond! (Group Leader: Dawn Stellmann) US Library

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For some time, schools have been creating their own textbooks via online platforms. Technology has expanded this practice to include a wide range of materials, referred to as Open Educational Resources (OER). The Hewlitt Foundation explains: "Open educational resources (OER) are free and openly licensed educational materials that can be used for teaching, learning, research, and other purposes." More than just a cost-saving effort, OER highlights the idea that teachers -- not textbooks or other traditional materials -- should create and deliver courses. In other words, textbooks and other resources should be one tool among many that supports teacher practice and student learning.

If this is an area of interest, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/urftIkKMwikuRWOH2

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Social Media (Leader: Robyn Little and Dave Radford) Naylor 202 (Veltri's room)

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Social Media (Leader: Robyn Little and Dave Radford) Naylor 202 (Veltri's room)

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What is the impact of social media on school-aged children? How do we navigate a world saturated by screen relationships? What negative (or positive) effects are known about social media? How do we teach kids to be responsible users of these powerful, ubiquitous platforms?

These are just some of the pressing questions this group might pursue.

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/ZK9GKvzDr6m04rw22

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Creativity (Group Leader: Robert Penn) St. John 306

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Creativity (Group Leader: Robert Penn) St. John 306

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Read almost any futurist research, which often forecasts  the skills and jobs that will await our graduates, and you'll find creativity to at the top of the list. While AI will increasingly handle most routine tasks in our world, our circumstances will demand creative problem solvers, imaginative leaders, and expansive thinkers. It's no surprise that Benjamin Bloom's taxonomy for cognition places "creating" at the top of the pyramid. Indeed, generating new knowledge is both good for learning and for life readiness.

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/AVzrOREbwiMDEcBX2

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Neuroscience & The Biological Basis of Learning (Group Leader: Lee Shang) Naylor 111

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Neuroscience & The Biological Basis of Learning (Group Leader: Lee Shang) Naylor 111

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How does learning work in our brain? What does current research suggest are the best practices for teaching and learning? How might be incorporate these brain-based practices in our day-to-day work with students and in our own learning?

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/Kh4CWYnGELFoRSxb2

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Literacy (Group Leader: Craig Copeland) Allan 204

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Literacy (Group Leader: Craig Copeland) Allan 204

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How can we foster love of reading throughout our PK-12 program?  How do we measure engagement with reading, PK-12?

In this group, members will explore the ways reading and writing are taught, why they are taught, and how we might support a thoroughgoing culture of literacy at McDonogh.

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/FfyURh1KXLJ8AV5t2

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Social & Emotional Learning (Group Co-Leaders: Kate Hailstone & Margaret Bitz) Allan 226 (Now combined with Character)

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Social & Emotional Learning (Group Co-Leaders: Kate Hailstone & Margaret Bitz) Allan 226 (Now combined with Character)

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Anxiety, depression, stress -- these continue to be the fiercest challenges to students in our time. With an increase in competition across a range of domains, and with so many unhealthy "solutions" in our culture, how might we understand and design resources to help teach students better ways of managing life and its challenges.

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/BLcWUD1oQ5jPwvAt1

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Mindfulness (Group Leader: Anne-Marie Botek) FTC 1 -- Keelty

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Mindfulness (Group Leader: Anne-Marie Botek) FTC 1 -- Keelty

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Increasingly, we hear calls for the urgency of teaching mindfulness. What are the drivers to this call? What challenges, new and old, face our students? What are the best practices available to schools to develop mindfulness programs of impact?

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/ELeYpK0yIfYxidwa2

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The Psychology of Athletics (Group Leader: Mary Beth Todd) Athletic Lounge (RL Center)

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The Psychology of Athletics (Group Leader: Mary Beth Todd) Athletic Lounge (RL Center)

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What do we know about the psychological dynamics of athletes? How do teams work together well? What mindsets and habits are necessary for healthy athletes and athletic programs?

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/67F6au6ypZpemVHr1

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Nature-Based Learning (Group Leaders: Josh Jones & Stephanie Bonat) Naylor 311

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Nature-Based Learning (Group Leaders: Josh Jones & Stephanie Bonat) Naylor 311

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How can we use the environment at McDonogh to understand and develop learning generally?  How might we integrate Roots Farm as a primary classroom for our students? How can we develop students to be more mindful of their world?

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/hXv4bjy4X3KV0uWf2

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Writing Across the PK-12 Curriculum (Group Leader: Cynthia Cox) Keelty 106

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Writing Across the PK-12 Curriculum (Group Leader: Cynthia Cox) Keelty 106

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LifeReady's first competency statement promises that students will graduate being excellent communicators. To be sure, writing well remains one of the most valuable, durable skills with which a McDonogh graduate graduates. This group will explore best practices in writing across the curriculum, will make recommendations about writing PK-12, and will develop cross-divisional standards and rubrics for all teachers to use.

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/p0OJKGxNQjeQdYvZ2

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Global Learning & Competency (Group Leader: Hilary McDonough) Allan 119

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Global Learning & Competency (Group Leader: Hilary McDonough) Allan 119

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These groups may explore what it means for students to develop global competency. How do we develop the skills, mindsets, and habits to lead and succeed in an increasingly worldwide economy, a global community?

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link:  https://goo.gl/forms/hjR7xNiMQZ3jBBv63

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Group Leader: Lana Bates) Location: Allan 213

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Group Leader: Lana Bates) Location: Allan 213

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These groups may explore questions about diversity, equity, and inclusion learning. Topics may include collaborating across lines of difference, implicit bias, cultural identity, etc. How might we develop an
anti-racist and social justice PK-12 curriculum as well as design culturally-relevant pedagogy and classroom practices (PreK-12)

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link:  https://goo.gl/forms/sUttJPe3sACIHOGq1

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Character & Service (Co-Leaders: Bridget Collins and Michele McFarland) Allan 226 (Now combined with SEL)

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Character & Service (Co-Leaders: Bridget Collins and Michele McFarland) Allan 226 (Now combined with SEL)

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The group(s) will pursue questions about how we define, teach, and measure character education. How might we help students to do the greatest possible amount of good? How do we define and measure goodness? How might peer education support and grow a curriculum of character?

If this is an area of interest for you, please sign up using this link:  https://goo.gl/forms/9TFaYmiaOu5jgqVv1