Teacher Action Inquiry - starting the process using BLOOMS and the Thinking Skills Framework.

1. T.A.I. Teaching as Inquiry at OPS. Thanks Rocky Jensen for her slideshow presentation on Meaningful and Manageable Teacher Appraisal.

2. Teachers as Learners - Improving Outcomes for Maori and Pasifika Students through Inquiry

3. Inquiry: It starts with reflection (It’s about you and your students): Reflection is distinct from other forms of thought because it involves a state of self-doubt, hesitation, perplexity, and mental difficulty. It is an act of hunting, inquiring . . . (and learning). John Dewey 1933

5. Inquiry: It’s not about anyone else’s actions (avoid the blame game)

6. Focusing Inquiry: What is important (and therefore worth spending time on), given where my students are at?

8. What are your student’s learning needs?

9. What are your learning needs?

10. How could this information inform your inquiry?

11. Investigate all factors that could influence this

13. Evaluate the effectiveness of your literacy teaching

15. Adapt your literacy teaching to improve learning

18. Alignment to class needs

19. Reference to each of the four components of teaching as inquiry process (focusing, teaching, teaching/learning, learning)

20. Provision for the collection of evidence, including self-reflection throughout all stages of the inquiry

21. Regular sharing and reflection with a small group of colleagues