New Interested Researchers

INTERESTED RESEARCHERS

Greetings interested researchers! The following is a list of suggested readings that you should examine. These will help you to understand our mission and provide some background on the Decatur project.

1. Begin by reading the Tech Trends articles...	Tech Trends Article, January 1996 (.pdf) Systems Research article, 1998 (.pdf)
2. Then look at these three readings on the Decatur Project	Newsletter article for AECT's Council for Systemic Change Where Decatur is in the process Big Picture of the Decatur Process
3. The Core Team was the original guiding body of the Decatur Process. These activities occured in 2001-2002	December 2001 March 2002 - Newspaper Survey
4. These are samples of the revisions made on the GSTE	Guidebook revisions Event 8a: Analyze Changes in Educational Needs Event 9: Analyze Stakeholders' Values about Educaiton 09 Event 9a Handout for Participants Handout for Reporters Materials for Event 9 Community Meetings Sign-in sheet for Event 9 Icebreaker Activity Debriefing document Logistical Evaluation Event 11: Develop and Inaugurate a Public Agreement Event 13 (new number): Evaluate Other Change Efforts (Handout for Core Team) Event 4: Form Core Team (Old 5) Event 1: Assess and Enhance your Readiness to be a Facilitator Event 2: Establish or Redefine your Relationhip with a School District Event 14: Capacitate the Leadership Team Event 13: Form the Leadership Team
5. Review some of the Research publications found on the Decatur Public Website. The first link will take you to written publications and the second link will take you to presentations done by the Support Team	http://www.indiana.edu/~syschang/decatur/research.html http://www.indiana.edu/~syschang/decatur/research3.html The Vision-Mission-Beliefs Statement developed by Decatur and agreed upon in February, 2005.
If you are interested in research, look at some of these items	Human Subjects form: Decatur (.pdf) Human Subjects form: Kurt (minus the information sheet) Note that this shows the instruction sheet as well as the HSC form Human Subjects form: Kurt's information sheet New Decatur Process