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Teachers & Teaching, 13(2), doi: / GROUNDED! BAM! THIS IS OUR ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT Four training sessions: Marc tutored Katie on the use of Clickers. Katie then implemented the Clickers in her classroom. 1. Double Journal Entries - from the Collaborative Sessions 2. Stress Level Continuum- rated after each session 3. Interviews- with novice and veteran teachers Reflection on progress made and what caused stress Observation of each others stress during the session Rated stress levels using the Stress Level Continuum after each training session Likert scale 1-5 1) No stress; 2) Slightly less stress than normal; 3) Neutral normal school stress; 4) Slightly more stress; 5) Extreme stress. Marc had higher stress 3-4 Katie had moderate stress 3 F ive interviews about STRESS and CHANGE at Mountain View 1. How long have you been teaching? 2. What is an example of a successful educational change? What made it successful? 3. What stops change from happening in education? 4. Who is involved in changes in an educational setting? 5. Do you find change in schools stressful? If so, how can this stress be reduced? 6. How do you feel about new technology in the classroom? 7. What has prevented you from using the CRS in your classroom? These gave us general insight into stress and change at Mountain View Union With 4 training sessions completedit was time for Katie to implement the Clickers in her classroom Here is what happened Marc- Low Stress- 2 Katie- High Stress- 4+ Gwenyth - Time stops change from happening because you have five million other things to do. Jennifer - it takes time to set the Clickers upits not second nature, so it is time consuming. Kate -Change is just time consuming! Conan - You need to make sure there is enough time to put the plan in place Sean - I need plenty of time to learn and implement. Marc-The big cause of stress was lack of time. Katie- Marc seemed very rushed during this session and was a little bummed out that we were not able to progress as far as we had hoped. Lack of Time emerged as the dominant cause of stress. Katie stated that implementing technology just added more to my plate. Marc was worried that Katie needed more time before going in front of the class with the new technology Katie agrees that if the change was worthwhile and helped her teaching, she would have taken it more seriously. Marc agrees that change can occur, but there needs to be time, a clear process, and a purpose for it to be implemented. Marc and Katie both agreed that working collaboratively made the change process less stressful When implementing change at Mountain View Union, Lack of Time was the dominant stressor! When implementing change, give yourself enough time to do it properly or you might Just Beat It