CCT693 Assignment checklist, with links to instructions & examples (replica of CCT-xx drop boxes)

Upload assignments in the relevant box to submit or resubmit them. Rename any revised assignment to indicate its date before uploading, e.g., 693Ass1rev22Feb09.doc. Please scan anything that you have written by hand. No submissions by email.
This wikipage allows you to keep track of your own progress so that interaction with the instructor can focus on dialogue around written work. See also Assessment to assign grades above B+ and incomplete policy.

Action Research Written Assignments & Work-in-progress Presentations

2/3 of grade
Initial attempts for all assignments, however sketchy, should be submitted on the day of the session indicated (for online sections: on the first day of session). (Dates of sessions for current semester)
At least 5 of these assignments, including A7, should be revised and resubmitted in responses to comments until “OK/RNR” is received (=OK/ Reflection-revision-resubmission Not Requested).
Session 13 = Final date for submissions & revisions (except revisions of A7).

	DATE SUBMITTED/RESUBMITTED, with links to uploaded files	Instructor Comments
example	21Nov09693TestAsmt.doc
A1. due Session 3 1st Reflection on your Experience as Novice Action Researchers (examples)
A2. Sess. 4 Initial Paragraph Overview of Project (ex.)
A3. Sess. 5 KAQ (ex.)
A4. Eval. clock, part a--Sess. 6, part b--Sess. 8 (ex.)
A5. Sess. 7 work-in-progress presentations (ex.) & Notes on research and planning (ex.); update Sess. 11
A6. Sess. 10 Narrative outline of project report (ex.)
A7. report, Sess. 12 complete draft; one week after sess. 13 final revised report (ex.) Complete draft of A7 required before moving on to final report

Participation and contribution to the Class Process

1/3 of grade

	Insert date when item is completed unless otherwise indicated	Instructor Comments
B. Prepared participation and punctual attendance at class meetings (13)	missed classes/arrived late/came unprepared on...
B2. Syllabus quiz, session 2 (ex.)
B3. Weekly buddy check-ins (see also D1, below) (=3 items for 12 check-ins)
C. Summaries posted on diigo (or revisions to existing summaries) of readings on sessions 9, 10, 12 (=3 items) (ex.)
D. Personal/Professional Development (PD) Workbook, incl. D1. Regular PD entries on possible application of tools to your project, perused at 1st conference or before mid-semester (ex.)
D2. Worksheet on PD & research organization submitted by Sess. 6 (ex.)
D3. Whole PD workbook ready to be perused at the end of the semester (Sess. 13) (ex.)
D4. Annotations on diigo for web-"Clippings" (6 postings for 2 participation items)(ex.)
D5. Process review on the development of your work (Sess. 13) (ex.)
E. Minimum of two in-office or phone conferences on your assignments and projects, before Sess. 6	date =
by Sess. 10	date =
F. Peer commentary on your buddy's work in each 4-week period and on another student's draft report (with copy posted on peer share wiki-face2face, online) (=4 items) (ex.)

Assessment to assign grades above B+

to be completed at the end of the semester

Use the following system to make your own self-assessment for each quality below

[= "fulfilled very well"],

OK [= "did an OK job, but room for more development/attention"], or
- [= "to be honest, this was not my strength in this course"]

	student	instructor
	(optional)	(if different)
1. A sequence of assignments paced more or less as in syllabus (and revisions timely),	..........
2. often revised thoroughly and with new thinking in response to comments.
3. Project innovative, well planned and carried out with considerable initiative, and
4. indicates that you are ready to move to implementation in your specific situation
5. Project report clear and well structured,
6. with supporting references and detail, and professionally presented.
7. Active contribution to and reflection on process of learning from Action Research (initial example as well as class activities around semester-long projects)
8. Ability to shift between opening out & focusing in as required to complete full Eval. Clock
9. Active, prepared participation, conscientious buddy work, and building class as learning community.
10. PD workbook/wiki incl. process review show: Consistent work outside class,
11. deep reflection on your development through the semester and
12. mapping out of the future directions in which you plan to develop

If there are big discrepancies between the student's and the instructor's assessments, we should discuss the discrepancies and try to come to a shared agreement about them.

Incompletes and Completions

1. Final date for submissions & revisions (except revised final report) = Last session.

2. Final grade will be based on work submitted and work completed (i.e., marked OK/RNR) by the date for submission of grades.

3. Exceptions to the 1 & 2 require a completion contract to be submitted by the student and approved by the instructor by the last session. Use your assignment checklist to indicate (in red) contracted dates for specific assignments. Note: The process review (D5) is the only participation item that can be made up after the end of classes. (Reason: It does not contribute to the class interactions for you to make up any of the others.)

4. If you don't get around to submitting a completion contract and haven't got up to a passing grade, the instructor may submit an incomplete anyway. I will, however, take into account additional submitted written assignments (and process review) only to get you up to a C. To improve on that grade, the course must be taken again when it is next offered.

5. Please don't expect instructors to work with you over the summer and winter breaks to complete your assignments. (We need you to respect that we have professional "incompletes" that we need to try to make up during these periods.) In other words, do what you can by the day when grades are due and then take a break from "dialogue around written work" until the new semester starts. Please write your completion contracts with this in mind. Even in the new semester, be patient because instructors have to give higher priority to responding to students from the current semester.

6. Please note that the desired learning rarely takes place during standard on-your-own incompletes, despite the best intentions of student and istructor. There is no substitute for the development of teaching/learning interactions that happens with peers and regular week-by-week sessions. Expect that comments made on work for incompletes will be brief.

7. If you do not get OK/RNR on the revised final report by the date for submission of grades, participation in a writing support group next semester is recommended. The group is planned for Tuesdays from 5.30-7.30pm. All students in CCT classes are welcome, even if you complete the course on time.