Teaching · For Teachers

Ready to collect data, or not yet.

Write the question and work through thirteen checks. The checklist separates the blockers that must be cleared first from the rest, and counts the weeks you actually have.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the For Teachers toolkit, $79 for 72 items.

The readiness check

One check per study and date. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · For Teachers$5 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
The share ready, blockers first, other items to finish, weeks of data collection and design cautions.
Who it is for
Teacher-researchers, teachers running a pilot in their school and graduate students in education.
Format
Browser form. One saved check per study and date; printed for your principal or as a blank checklist; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the For Teachers toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The For Teachers space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
clear the path before you start
Drawn for this page. Most classroom studies stall on permission or a missing analysis plan, not on the idea.

How to use it

  1. Write the question in one sentence.
  2. Choose the kind of study and the dates.
  3. Mark each check honestly.
  4. Clear every blocker before collecting data.
  5. Copy the check forward as items get done.

Check a study

Why these checks

Why permission first

Studying your own teaching for your own use is ordinary practice. Sharing results beyond your school, or collecting anything outside normal teaching, usually needs district approval and IRB review, and families told.

Decide the analysis first

Choosing how you will judge the results before you see them keeps you honest. Write it down with the question.

What this is not

An IRB application. See the IRB preparation organizer for that step.

Sources

  1. Hendricks, C. (2017). Improving Schools Through Action Research: A Reflective Practice Approach (4th ed.). Pearson.
  2. Protection of Human Subjects, 45 CFR 46.102: definition of research.
  3. Kratochwill, T. R., et al. (2010). Single-case designs technical documentation. What Works Clearinghouse.
  4. Institute of Education Sciences, Regional Educational Laboratory Program: continuous improvement and practitioner research resources.

The example study is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.