Action Research Week 2 Reflection

My goal this week is to give the 2nd grade teacher a survey to gather information on her knowledge of the curriculum for her grade and grades above and below second. This is the first step to begin the action research and start obtaining valuable information.  My goal for my action research is to see if we can build teacher capacity through a vertical partnership approach as an intervention piece to develop new teachers in their professional growth. New teachers benefit from opportunities to collaborate with veteran collegues. Teacher development is ongoing over a professional lifetime.  How can we build “highly effective” new teachers?