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I am also pleased to announce the launch of Action Research in School Counseling: www.schoolcounselor-advocate.com The launch of this new website was yesterday. More projects and resources will be added in the months to come. Warm Regards, Lonnie Rowell, Ph.D. School Counseling Program Dept. of School, Family, & Mental Health Professions School of Leadership & Education Sciences University of San Diego ________________________________________ From: Practitioner-Researcher [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Jack Whitehead [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 9:54 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Action Research Network of the Americas 2014 To: Practitioner-Researcher <[log in to unmask]> Cc: Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:28:59 -0500 Subject: ARNA 2014 Proposals Now Being Accepted Fellow Action Researchers, We hope you'll consider sharing your latest action research efforts at the 2014 Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA) Conference to be held in historic Moravian Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, May 22-24, 2014. The Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA) unites college and university students and faculty conducting practitioner inquiry with fellow action researchers in public schools, private schools, community settings, and workplaces throughout the Americas. ARNA members are committed to taking action locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally to promote action research conducted with a commitment to honesty, integrity, inclusiveness, multi-vocality, engagement, and achievement within sustainable democratic societies. To date, the ARNA website (www.arnaconnect.org) has received nearly 3,000 visits from more than 80 countries throughout the Americas and around the world. Since its inaugural conference in San Francisco in May of 2013, more than 100 action researchers have signed on as founding members. We hope that you will consider joining ARNA as a founding member as well and that you will make a proposal to present at the 2014 ARNA Conference, which will take place on the campus of Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, May 22-24. The 2014 ARNA conference will explore this theme of “Enacting our Beliefs: The So-What of Action Research” through symposia, panel discussions, workshops, poster presentations, roundtable dialogues, and working group meetings. Proposals that focus on the theoretical and practical outcomes of a wide range of action research activity are invited. The call for proposals is available at https://sites.google.com/site/arnaconnect/2014-arna-conf. Proposals will be accepted until March 15, 2014. The Conference Planning Committee is committed to at least 25% of sessions being presented in languages other than English and will feature real-time translation of all sessions taking place in Moravian College’s Lewis Wilson Foy Concert Hall. Published conference proceedings in English and Spanish will be made available following the conference as well. A pre-conference Action Research Study Day (May 22) is the first Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN)-sponsored Study Day on the east coast in the Americas. Participants in the CARN Study Day, “What Happens to Action Research After the Master’s Degree?” will tour three American secondary schools—the iSchool in New York City, Warren Hills Regional High School in rural New Jersey, and Liberty High School in eastern Pennsylvania—where educators have used action research to transform teaching and learning for adolescents. ARNA members share a common vision of multiple layers of collaborative and effective action in which local action research efforts improve professional practice, leading to a demonstrable greater good for all participants. ARNA seeks practitioner inquiries that are coordinated and celebrated across regions, extending the benefits of the inquiry to wider constituencies. ARNA aspires to support the sharing of action research methodologies and findings within nations to form openly accessible databases of practitioner inquiries and to inform policy decisions. Through ARNA, action researchers from diverse points of the Americas come together both virtually and physically to share action research findings and support one another in promoting local, regional, national, and international agendas which further promote practitioner inquiry ARNA welcomes participation in one or more of its Working Groups and seeks new Working Groups to strengthen the network. Current groups include ARNA en Español, the Conference Planning Team, Early Childhood Education, Knowledge Mobilization, Memberships and Sponsorships, the Pennsylvania State Working Group, School Counseling, School Leadership, and Web and Technology Development. There are lots of opportunities for getting involved, and we would love to hear from you regarding your possible interest in participating in this first hemispheric action research network for the Americas. Please consider submitting a proposal, joining a working group, and attending this historic bilingual conference and study day in Pennsylvania. Best wishes, Joe Shosh and Cathy Bruce, ARNA 2014 Conference Co-Chairs For the flyer for the conference clip on: http://www.actionresearch.net/writings/arna/ARNA2014.jpg