TARGET MEMBERS (2010 – 2011)


 Appleby
 Sara
Mirlach


 Deborah
Sewell




 Bessborough
 Gingi
Venczel




 Branksome
Hall
 Hayley
AvRuskin


 Chandra
Boon


 Roberta
Longpré



Crescent
 Jeff
Adams
 

Margot
Beech‐Kennedy


 Trish
Cislak


 AJ
Ferroni


 Michael
Leatch


 Sheryl
Murray


 Michael
Ruscitti
 




 Anjelien
Slater


 


 Havergal
 Linda
Goldspink
 




 Holy
Trinity
School



Jennifer
Clarey

Tara
Irani

SYMPOSIUM

 Jaclyn
Jovanovic




 Neil
McNeil
 Angela
Gambatesa
 TO CELEBRATE ACTION RESEARCH

 Wendy
Hooker





Marianne
Loranger

Linton
Soares

AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 


 OISE
 Stephanie
Arnott


 APRIL 11, 2011

 St.
Andrew’s
College
 Gary
Godkin






 St.
Clement’s
School
 Mark
Bunten




 
 Leanne
Foster


 Hosted by:


 Sterling
Hall
School
 Leslie
Anne
Dexter
 


 Pam
Robinson


 Erica
Sprules




 Upper
Canada
College
 Annie
Chern
(OISE‐ICS)


 
 Susan
Elliott



HISTORY OF TARGET PROGRAM


The
seeds
of
TARGET
were
sown
by
the
Wernham
West
Centre
for

Learning,
Upper
Canada
College
in
2002
with
the
initiation
of
their
 3:00 – 3:45
Research
Institute,
using
action
research
as
a
method
of
informing
and

improving
professional
classroom
and
program
practice
at
the
College.
 Welcome
In
2003,
other
boys’
schools
were
invited
to
join
the
Institute
and
by
 Erica Sprules
2004,
the
Toronto
Boys’
School
Coalition
Action
Research
Group
was

formed.

In
2006,
they
printed
Ask
Me!
About
My
Action
Research,
a

Introduction of Keynote Speaker
collection
of
action
research
projects
focusing
on
boys’
education.

In

Stephanie Arnott
2007,
the
Action
Research
Group
gave
poster
presentations
at
the

International
Boys’
Schools
Coalition
Conference
in
Toronto,
and
in

Keynote Speaker
2008,
several
members
presented
their
research
in
workshops
at
the

International
Boys’
Schools
Coalition
Conference
in
Boston.

In
2009,

Dr. Shelley Stagg-Peterson
educators
from
girls’
schools
were
invited
to
join
the
group
and
it
was

renamed
the
Toronto
Action
Research
Group
for
Excellence
in
Teaching
 “TEACHERS LEARNING TOGETHER
THROUGH ACTION RESEARCH”
or
TARGET.


In
2010,
teachers
and
administrators
of
single
sex
programs

from
the
Toronto
District
School
Board
joined
the
group.



4:00 – 4:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Round Table Discussions
Dr.
Shelley
Stagg‐Peterson

Action Researchers and Guests
Ph.D.

(University
of
Alberta)

Associate
Professor
‐
OISE,
University
of
Toronto


 4:30 – 5:00
Dr.
Stagg‐Peterson
is
a
literacy
specialist,
teaching
both
pre‐service
and

graduate
programs.
Her
courses
include
“Theory
and
Practice
in
 Poster Presentation and Wine Reception
Elementary
Literacy
Instruction,”
“Teaching
Writing
in
the
School,”

"A
Survey
of
Children's
Literature
for
Elementary
Classrooms”
and

"J/I
English."

One
of
her
many
research
projects
is
“Teachers
Learning
 5:00
Together,"
funded
by
the
Elementary
Teachers
Federation
of
Ontario,

with
Larry
Swartz
and
Kathy
Marks‐Krpan
as
co‐investigators.
Dr.
Stagg‐ Closing Remarks
Peterson
initiated
a
peer‐reviewed,
online
journal,
the
"Journal
of
 Leslie Anne Dexter
Classroom
Research
in
Literacy"
(JCRL),
which
showcases
teachers'

action
research
in
their
classrooms.