2. Today
Introduction Drawing
Conclusions
Tuning in
Reflecting and
Finding out Acting
Sorting out Lunch
Morning tea Playtime
Going Further
3. Who are you?
Choose one of the
items on the floor
that represents
something you
enjoyed most or
spent time doing
in your holidays.
Introduce yourself
and your item.
4. Inquiry Process
(Kath Murdoch)
Will there be Action
Skill
Understanding
Everyone will feel Searching to solve
differently about the problems and
process of Action troubleshoot.
Research as LT we need
to meet every teachers
needs and feelings
about this process.
5. Tuning in
Write down the school through the
things you feel action research
confident about as process.
a Lead Teacher this
year, also write
any concerns,
worries you have
about your role in
facilitating the
teachers at your
6. Finding out
Questioning Activity What are the phrases
What do you think will you are likely to hear
be the barriers to Action from some teachers?
Research in your Write these phrases in
school? the Chatter boxes.
7. Sorting out
Find a partner. With your partner
write beside each
Use the T chart to category brainstorm
sort your phrases into ways that you could
categories. positively respond to
these comments. How
Discuss what you think could you deal with
teachers might really this as a Lead
mean/ feel behind Teacher?
these phrases and
statements.
8. Going Further as a Group
Skill Teaching- Researching
Do you want to put Breadcrumbing
anything here
Dave? Searching
skills notes?
Trial and Error
Search symbols and
key words
9. Independent Going
Further
You can work however best You can use people
suits you. resources, team up with
another Lead Teacher and
introduce together or book
There are resources on the
in time with Disa to come
wiki and you might use the
to help you introduce
curriculum teaching as
Action Research with your
inquiry page.
staff.
This is your time to do
what ever is useful for
Think back to your
you while you have each
concerns, research ways to
other as a resource.
solve/ deal with this
concern.
10. Drawing Conclusion
Feedback on your
independent
research, what
have you found,
learnt, thought
about or done that
might help other
Lead Teachers now
or later on in the
year.
11. Reflection/ Action
Open your Tuning What will we have
in activity and done by next Lead
fill in the Teacher day? What
reflection side. is reasonable to
Reflect on how you expect from all
feel now about schools?
your concerns.
12. That’s it!
Playtime
If you have Spend some time
anything to finish playing on the
on your work to wiki, see if there
introduce Action is anything on
Research you can there you can use
do this. for other staff
meetings etc you
might be taking
Or just play.