Teacher Inquiry - @ Whakarongo

Monday 9 November 2009Whakarongo School

Teacher Inquiry - Change to Appraisal System

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Teacher Inquiry - What will be our focus?

NumeracyMaintain the momentum from Maintain the momentum from this year, whilst learning the TI this year, whilst learning the TI

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Teacher Inquiry - Assessment Impact

• Data underpinning decisions made - needs to be clear - allows for good decision making

• Maths PAT will be outsourced for marking - teachers expertise will be spent analysing and understanding data

Teacher Inquiry - Target Groups

• Cusp students - Groups of 6-7 students

• Years 4-8: Stanine 4 (maybe 3)

• Years 1-3: Stage below expected level

Use professional judgement

Teacher Inquiry - Recording

• Merge elements of ICT - Wiki?

• Discussion Pages within the Wiki

• Gives our work a greater audience - contribution

• Whakarongo - moving towards a Learning Community

Teacher Inquiry - PLC

• Based on ‘new’ teams

• In conjunction with Professional Reading Programme

• Response Forms, Discussion, Debate, Verbalise our teaching and learning beliefs

• Gives an element of rigour to the process - Professional Learning Community

Teacher Inquiry - Support

• Carol for TI process, PLC support

• Anna & Stefan for Numeracy expertise

• Richard leading TI @ WS

• Staff

Conclusion - 5 Things to Remember

Five Things To Remember!

1. Elements of Change - Our Teaching, Our Learning, Improved Appraisal process, Meaningful and lasting change

2. PD based on Students Learning

3. Team Approach to TI

4. Exciting opportunity to merge research with professional practice

5. Another step towards “The Inquiring School”