Hi everyone! I'm going to use some of my Thanksgiving time to catch up on all the blogs. I feel sorry for you guys who only have 2-3 days off & we have the whole week. I've held two local meetings so far and have another planned for the week after Thanksgiving. My group is smaller than I had originally thought. Unfortunately, the showcase falls during our spring break so that created some conflicts for several participants. It also falls the same weekend as the Secondary Reading Conference in Panama City Beach. I don't know if any of you other coaches have noticed that conflict. Although our group is small we have some great ideas being developed. One of the elementary teachers plans to focus on fluency. Debbi, I thought of you and referred her to your previous inquiry. Lake Butler also received a huge science grant this year. Therefore, another teacher plans to center her inquiry around some the developments through the grant. A guidance counselor at the middle school had a hard time deciding on her topic, but she has narrowed it to "How can we support teachers with a non-education background in a timely fashion, and what are the effects of that support?" I'm really excited about this inquiry because she is at my school and we have several new teachers that fall into this category. I also think it's an issue that's becoming very prevalent in education. Therefore, this inquiry will be helpful to everyone who has the privilege of hearing her presentation. A new math coach at my school plans to focus her inquiry around how to encourage students to perform their best on extended and short response questions. This also goes along with our school wide goal for this year. She has many great ideas already in place to make this happen.My inquiry will be an expansion of last years. I want to try some other ideas based on mentoring, so I'll be taking it a step further. I hope this is acceptable. Nancy, maybe you can reply to this question. I have one other teacher, but I can't think of her topic to save my life. All of my notes are at school, so I don't have them in front of me. I'll share her inquiry later.I hope everyone has a "Happy Thanksgiving!"Rhonda