Spiral of Inquiry

Professional development with Nadine Sorenson focussed on Teacher agency and its link to the Teacher Spiral of Inquiry.

Some thought provoking questions were asked i.e.

Do I know how to get my learners to the expectation?

Where I would like them by the end of the year.? Start (Using the Data) with the end in mind …..

Am I using the expertise within the school ? (Team meetings as well as across syndicates to help with ideas i.e collaboration.)

What tools am I using to monitor and track the learning?  

Do I have a sense of urgency? - we make a judgement early in T4.

If we stagger the learning across the terms will I achieve the results I want?

Teacher Agency   

What am I doing and what was the impact?

Did I notice, recognise, and respond.  (I notice something, I recognise it as…. My response based on learner response.)

Have I allowed for multiple opportunities to practice in differentiated ways?

So much to consider and think about. On reflection I think it is imperative to have someone who has started this journey and who has the insight to come and share with myself and the junior team. I realise that if I find this to be a daunting task, our 2 new beginning teachers will as well if not more so. I do think that I consider these things all the time because that is what we do as teachers but, writing about it and unpacking it so that others understand will definitely be new learning. The next step would be to invite Robyn Anderson to a team meeting to help us gain even more clarification and help us get started.