To empower teachers in leadership development and leadership roles
To foster mutual respect and communication between adults working together
To encourage action research as a daily classroom practice

Purpose of the PLM

Terms of Use

The learning cycle featured in this project is based on the STAR Legacy Cycle developed by the IRIS Center (2013;http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/) and based on the work of Dr. John Branford and colleagues (National Research Council, 2000).

Keywords Action Research, The Action Research Cycle, Collaboration, Teacher Leadership

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About the Authors

Meredith (Meri) Lynch and Lindsey Weycker are both secondary school teachers interested in supporting and enhancing adolescent learning environments through action research. They have 25+ years combined experience working in secondary school as teacher leaders. Together, they collaboratively authored companion dissertations examining the effects of an adolescent reading program in order to complete their doctoral studies in curriculum and instructional leadership in December, 2018.

Lindsey (left) teaches English at a suburban high school in NC. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and actively leads a Professional Learning Community at her school. She also serves for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction as a grader for the End-of-Grade English exams.

Meri (right) teaches French, Art History, and Social Studies, and is the chair of the World Languages Department at her school. She is also an instructor for the SC Dept. of Education Program for Alternative Certification for Educators (PACE), a program supporting content-area experts who want to become educators.