Obligations, obstacles, and opportunities: Conducting research as laboratory school teacher (In Press)

In this piece, faculty from East Tennessee State University’s (ETSU) K-12 public laboratory school, University School, reflect on our experiences attempting to engage in research while serving dually as K-12 practitioners and university faculty. Faculty at this laboratory school are tenure-track members of the university and are contractually obligated to engage in scholarship, though their teaching and service obligations mirror those of other non-laboratory public school teachers. This systematic, reflective program evaluation will evaluate the structures and policies in place at our institution to address the question: What are the obligations, obstacles, and opportunities presented when engaging in research as University School faculty at ETSU?