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Island Bay School :Island Bay School Introduction - Why We Went? - Our Expectations? - Our First Impressions? Organisation 220 * $150 =  Whole School PD Funding Lane Clark (1 day) Kath Murdoch (1 day) Alison Davies (1 day)


Slide 3:A Learner Centred Approach   Unpacked ...   Their Philosophy - Beliefs about learning Their Culture - The Educative Environment Their Desired Practice- Strategies, Techniques, Approaches. Big Ideas - Conceptual Curriculum Developing KCs through H.o.M. Inquiry Learning


Why Inquire? Perry Rush - Principal :Why Inquire? Perry Rush - Principal To the "Island Bay Way" i.e. The Process - Research   "What we teach probably isn't what children learn....      ...That a large proportion of each child's significant learning experiences were self selected or self generated, even in traditional classrooms". ~ Nuthall 2007 Community & Staff Surveys (see next slides) Principal & Staff Research - Testing the Ideas


Why Inquire? Community/Staff Surveyed…. :Why Inquire? Community/Staff Surveyed….


Inquiry Dispositions: - Provoke New Perspectives - Consider Alternatives - Communicate Opinion with Justification :Inquiry Dispositions: - Provoke New Perspectives - Consider Alternatives - Communicate Opinion with Justification "We need to question and defend, to have a firm crisp perception of why inquiry and to understand the pedagogies of inquiry We need to answer parents and share with doubters We need to know.. Why We Inquire!" Perry Rush


Engaging The Staff – How? :Engaging The Staff – How? New or Struggling mentored with more experienced Expectations visible from initial application process   Learning Stories e.g. on walls of classrooms (Carr, 2001) Staff Assessments done by all staff   Learning Stories shared & critiqued by all staff   1 example from each class shared with BoT who also critique 3 Planning Sessions for all staff for each inquiry:  1 whole day (released) + 1 after school mtg + 1 holiday day


Slide 8:Research From: Wiggins & McTighe Can explain                             Can interpret                        Can apply Have perspective                    Can empathize                        Have self-knowledge Deep Understandings What do the children need to do to show they have a deep understanding?


Deep Understandings: Big Idea = Change :Deep Understandings: Big Idea = Change 1. Our families have come from different places         2. Our family history has made us who we are         3. People left their home countries for many different reasons.


Provocative Questions as Key Questions :Provocative Questions as Key Questions e.g. Do we help or harm animals? Designed  - to push - to challenge and - to throw conventional wisdom off balance.   They give free rein to - doubt, disbelief and scepticism. Go to Jamie McKenzie: http://fno.org/nov97/toolkit4.html


From Wondering Walls… :From Wondering Walls… Discovery Walls Misconception Walls Engaging the "Inquirer" within the teacher - teachers conducting inquiries into their own practice   Continuums Deepening Our Understandings. Increasing Our Knowledge.


Can You Do Inquiry With 5 Year olds? :Can You Do Inquiry With 5 Year olds? Yes - They have been inquiring learners since birth!   Provocation: Do we help or harm animals? Brainstorm - Think / Pair / Share -"The Continuum"  (Recorded as “1st Idea”) Used Kath Murdoch's Model  - Tuning In / Immersion        SPCA, Pet Day etc PMI - "Pets" - Finding Out / Sorting Out:  Zoo, endangered/extinct animals Re-do  Continuum: Have our ideas changed? Why?  (Recorded as “2nd Idea”) - Taking Action - Bird Feeders  Art to clarify & test designs. Co-constructed criteria.  - Synthesis / Reflection (Recorded as “3rd Idea”)


Junior Teacher - Reggio Emilia :Junior Teacher - Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia Pre-Schools See http://www.brainy-child.com/article/reggioemilia.html "The image of the child as powerful, capable,  creative, full of ideas and curious“ Constructivist Approach See Dewey, Piaget, Vygotsky, Bruner Curriculum builds on interests of chn Knowledge is constructed through experience Learning occurs through the Arts Tchrs as facilitator & learner alongside chn Documentation of Learning - learning stories Environment as the 3rd teacher Parents as partners in learning


Co-operative Strategies & Thinking Tools for 5 year olds. :Co-operative Strategies & Thinking Tools for 5 year olds. Think Pair Share Doughnut Circle Corners Round Table Continuum Thinking Hats PMI T Charts Y Charts Brainstorming Mind Mapping Predict, Observe, Explain Charts Cross Classification Charts Venn Diagrams "Thinking Is Invisible. We can make it visible by using thinking tools"~ Kath Murdoch


Inquiry In the Middle School :Inquiry In the Middle School Planning Big Idea: Culture and Identity Concept: Issues that have shaped us. Context: Our Ancestors Key Competency: Thinking Provocation: “Where in the world has my family come from and why?” Tuning in: (1st ideas) Children's responses-Where in the world has my family come from?   See Over


Inquiry In the Middle School continued :Inquiry In the Middle School continued Finding out: Activities e.g. family trees, interviews with familyReflection PMI (Compared with Deeper Understanding 1 i.e. 1st Idea) Sorting out: Activities-                   Reflection                              PMI Deeper Understanding So What: 2nd Ideas- Brainstorm- Where in the world has my family come from? Synthesis and Reflection.


Inquiry With Senior Children (Yr 5/6) :Inquiry With Senior Children (Yr 5/6) How did they know and show learning has happened? 1st idea sheets at the beginning 2nd idea sheets middle of the study. 3rd idea sheets end of study.


Planning - Bridget Baker (Yr 5/6) :Planning - Bridget Baker (Yr 5/6) Big Idea: What is the big idea?   Concepts: What is the main concept?   Key Connectors: What concepts are going to be used to connect ideas?   Key Question: What question is going to be used to focus the inquiry? See Over


Planning - Bridget Baker (Yr 5/6) :Planning - Bridget Baker (Yr 5/6) Deep Understanding: What do children need to understand?   Ask why this learning is important   Strategies and Skills: What do the children need?   So What Possibilities: What can happen with this learning?   Use the Curriculum: What does it say? See Over


Planning - Bridget Baker (Yr 5/6) :Planning - Bridget Baker (Yr 5/6) Unpack the Key Competencies and Process/skill What are the children going to need to know how to use?   Decide on the context: What is going to be the vehicle to learn through?   Knowledge Understandings: What knowledge do the children need?   Tuning In: How are you going to gather the children's first ideas?


Assessing Inquiry At Island Bay :Assessing Inquiry At Island Bay Gone... The Formal Report   Now... Portfolios & 3 way student-led conferences.


1. Learning Stories take up a wall on the classroom2. These are visited and critiqued by all staff once a term3. Teachers also self select one example to illustrate student learning (deep understandings) through inquiry.4. Shared at a staff meeting5. Critiqued and commented upon6. This informs goals for following term7. Principal writes report to BoT re PD needs & acknowledgement8. Example shared with BoT who also comment9. Principals report considered by BoT :1. Learning Stories take up a wall on the classroom2. These are visited and critiqued by all staff once a term3. Teachers also self select one example to illustrate student learning (deep understandings) through inquiry.4. Shared at a staff meeting5. Critiqued and commented upon6. This informs goals for following term7. Principal writes report to BoT re PD needs & acknowledgement8. Example shared with BoT who also comment9. Principals report considered by BoT


1. Example is self-selected & self reviewed2. Critiqued By Staff  3. Reported on to BoT :1. Example is self-selected & self reviewed2. Critiqued By Staff  3. Reported on to BoT


BoT reflect/comment on Tchr self review each term.... :BoT reflect/comment on Tchr self review each term....


Assessing Inquiry at Island Bay :Assessing Inquiry at Island Bay Based on Rose Hipkins 2007 - 3 broad purposes for Assessment 1. Accountability & Reporting (summative)   2. Improving teaching & Learning (formative) 3. Fostering Life Long Learning - this extends assessment for learning by adding a focus on dispositions and actions. Assessment at Island Bay has an emphasis on how Understanding has changed over time Thinking has changed over time "Mining the Data"


Assessing Inquiry :Assessing Inquiry 3 Data Mines to show shift in inderstanding   1st Idea at Early Inquiry: Prior Knowledge & Understanding - Brainstorming Stage   2nd Idea at Mid Inquiry: Understanding - After Sorting Out   3rd Idea at End Inquiry Understanding - After Now What? So What? Stage.


References :References Key competencies & inquiry learning. Perfect match or problematic partners?  Rose Hipkins   Knowing What We Know & Need to Know About Effective Teaching – Graham Nuthall   Knowledge, the disciplines and learning in the digital age – Dr Jane Gilbert Backward Design – Jay McTighe & Grant Wiggins An Overview Reggio Emilia Education