1 of 30

Sharing our professional inquiries

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

2 of 30

  1. Understanding the different way that other teachers share and use their teacher inquiry and the level of inquiry is at a high standard but achievable for the students that are struggling.
  2. To ask questions and be open to advice for my direction in teaching certain classes.
  3. To enquire with other teachers that may have the same class as me and ask what are some of their techniques on teaching that class and make a blog!!!!!!!!!!!!

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  1. What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  2. What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  3. What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

3 of 30

  1. Inquiry is an important part of the registered teacher criteria, however it does not seem to be enforced by all schools. Some inquiry is just shared between senior management and the person doing the inquiry, rather than being made visible more widely. Some schools have a more structured/ school-wide inquiry than other schools.
  2. Being given a different view on how I am inquiring into my practice and what this could actually mean - giving me new direction to my reflection/ inquiry.
  3. Realisation that there is another element to my inquiry which I had not thought about, and this would be an interesting thing to inquire into. I can continue to build on my inquiry in a range of directions - an inquiry should not ‘finish’ but be used to continue improving my practice.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

4 of 30

  1. Different school share in different ways, It is interesting that some school only share in team well others share in multiple places including sites and blogs.
  2. How can I share more of my inquiry and use the contacts that I have made today engage in even more discussion about my inquiry.
  3. Asking learners to choose that people to help them.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

5 of 30

  1. How capable other much younger students than mine are in making their own movies.
  2. The fact that they can, I should make a greater attempt
  3. To make mini movies to teach kids rather than to have to explain several times.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

6 of 30

  1. The depth of the inquiries that are being done
  2. I need to get on with it!!!
  3. Working in small groups with students is as effective as me trting to see my group one to one.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

7 of 30

  1. That there are a range of different platforms being used to capture our Teacher Inquiry reflections and evidence
  2. The balance between sharing for personal growth where there are minimal boundaries in what information you share vs gaining growth from feedback and feedforward opportunities blogging and more visible sharing allows
  3. ??

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

8 of 30

  1. every one had a concrete programme on their Teaching Inquiry
  2. I need to start off with Inquiry Learning ASAP
  3. Working in a small groups is going to be more effecting

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

9 of 30

  1. The variety of different inquiries, and the fact that some schools had teachers CHOOSE their inquiry focuses rather than a schoolwide focus.
  2. I would have loved to have been able to choose an inquiry - this way there would have been more cohesiveness between the inquiry I am exploring as part of my SPARKMIT, and the inquiry that I am focusing on in school. I also like the way that some schools have the teachers present their findings - shows accountability to learning.
  3. I want to come up with a way to share my inquiry journey from this year.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

10 of 30

  1. How some of the teachers have personal inquiries that relate to what they need to work on individually - as a school we have syndicate inquiries which although I think is great and as a BT means I get to work and develop with my team, I also see the benefit of having personal inquiries and focusing on those challenges.
  2. The difference between inquiries and which one is more beneficial for the students and the teacher.
  3. Just that there are lots of different ways to do Inquiry and no single right way. Every school, teacher and students have different needs and it’s important we cater to those individual needs and targets through inquiry.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

11 of 30

1.The different ways that people share their inquiry. Some teachers still do not have a teaching inquiry.

2.Try different ways of inquiring into our teaching practice.

3.Having the teaching as inquiry on the class blog. Maybe sharing the teaching inquiry with the students.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

12 of 30

1.The diversity of peoples inquiry and also the depth of that inquiry

2. Lots of things

3. I really like the inquiry regarding self belief because the students academic sense of self is very significant to the students learning

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

13 of 30

  1. A lot of us are only using our teaching as inquiry for our appraisal. This could be shared more widely.
  2. I think I should share some of my successes and my learning from my inquiry with a broader audience, even if this was just the other teachers in my school.
  3. Inquiry could be displayed through the use of a blog or site (at the moment I am only using a doc). We could discuss our inquiries at staff meetings. We could have an inquiry buddy to discuss our inquiries with - we could even observe their inquiry goal in action (if possible).

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

14 of 30

  1. (hearing people say)That inquiry is done so we can be appraised (its like saying assessment is done so I can be appraised)
  2. The time and importance that management gives teacher inquiries impacts its success.
  3. The motivation and support that collaboration can provide

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

15 of 30

  1. The different range of ideas, but how they all link back to engagement or achievement.
  2. Getting started! Being here only 2 weeks I haven’t had a chance to think about it, but talking to people has made me want to get started in order to create a support network.
  3. Encouraging engagement in the home environment.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

16 of 30

  1. The variety of inquiries and the different success and difficulties.
  2. How am I going to focus on my target group next year when I can’t take them out of the class?
  3. Focusing more on my inquiry question as opposed to my target group as a whole.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

17 of 30

  1. Similar challenges. With mathematics - learning groups and understanding mathematical language.

  • Groups of mixed abilities benefits each student. Learning and sharing new strategies in diverse groups motivates discouraged students to learn and share.

  • Creating post that remind and reinforce my teaching inquiry.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

18 of 30

  1. The creative ways in which others are enquiring into their practice - keep looking for different ideas to help your practice.
  2. Do not limit yourself to the one goal - keep notes of all the ideas you have in your practice as you may find time to address these or link them within your current inquiry.
  3. Keep sharing with others - look for external support, discussing with mentors or colleagues.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

19 of 30

  1. The variety of ideas that people are investigating, which all focussed on raising achievement in different curriculum areas. That some of the inquiries are related to their own professional development.
  2. The need to be consistent in gathering data and the interventions used to show what difference they make or not. The importance of having an inquiry question and goals in meeting the questions outcomes
  3. The ways of gathering data and sharing information because it has relevance to others.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

20 of 30

  1. One school had an expert in their inquiry area come into the school to assist the teachers in how to develop their practice - teachers reflected on lessons and then discussed this with the expert and also looked at where to now from here.
  2. Keep working on making my inquiry manageable so that it can be implemented effectively and continuously.
  3. Make sure to continue to share my inquiry so that others can contribute their thoughts and ideas.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

21 of 30

  1. That other schools have similar approach to inquiry (collaborative planning).
  2. Finding effective ways of reaching students who don’t seem to be benefitting from the lessons are being taught.

3.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

22 of 30

  1. There are both similarities and differences between inquiries, many of us have similar goals in the long run, but have different pathways to get there.
  2. As there are people completing similar inquiries to me, how I can share and collaborate ideas and findings with them?
  3. Using student ideas and research to compliment one another, not just my own observations/evidence/research

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

23 of 30

  1. Listening to my colleagues, I was surprised that many have not yet started, or if started they had only just started. It seems that many people need help to getting organised and planning their inquiry.
  2. I am challenged to have a more realistic plan of action and to make my inquiry more manageable
  3. I like the idea of presenting/sharing TaIs to whole staff, or a group of staff rather than just to the appraiser.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

24 of 30

  1. That some people have school wide inquiry foci, when learners in each classroom are so different and have different needs.
  2. I have been challenged to have a more active inquiry process. To reflect on it on a weekly basis, looking at what progress has been made, what I think might be contributing to this progress and reflect on what I could perhaps do differently.
  3. To unpack words such as explain, describe, analyse and evaluate, so that when they arrive at high school they are able to effectively answer NCEA questions.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

25 of 30

  1. The variety of ways you can implement effect pedagogy through teaching as inquiry.
  2. My peers. I Need to focus on more specific teaching as inquiry goals. I find that I make my Appraisal goal too board. In order for this process to be more beneficial I will focus on particular aspects within my class and school wide goals.
  3. Making a blog thanks to the amazing skills of Karen :)

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

26 of 30

  1. I was surprised that some teachers aren’t sharing their blogs publicly. I assumed that we were all doing the same
  2. Before going around and speaking to others about my inquiry, I was a little unclear about the specifics of my goal. By verbalising it, I was able to think out loud and it gave me more clarity on what I want to achieve.
  3. My inquiry goal is to use the data that I have from running records to figure out the next steps in my students’ reading. Last term I spent too much time worrying about my lower reading groups and didn’t split my time evenly amongst all groups. I need to look into my data and find the student’s who are just below and find ways to give them that boost.

After speaking to my 3rd speed-datee, I was reminded that I also need to think about those that are in the middle groups. I was reminded that it is often those that are in the middle groups that get stuck there for a very long time and do not get enough from their teacher. They just become ‘average’.

I also need to start sharing my inquiry on my blog now that I have a clear inquiry goal

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

27 of 30

  1. The variety of strategies trialled in order to raise student achievement.
  2. Have a more focussed inquiry question.
  3. I’m going to give personal blogging a go.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

28 of 30

  1. That the most common way of recording inquiry was through personal blogs. I heard mostly about personal reflection, and not so much about collecting evidence or research.
  2. The importance of personal reflection, but this needs to be backed up with collecting evidence and research. I do reflect, but not always on the evidence I collect and the research I do.
  3. Adding in a personal blog to run alongside the research and google doc to compliment the inquiry to have more of a personal voice.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

29 of 30

  1. My inquiry is a common problem - other schools are doing the same thing. Why are we not communicating cross-school to share what we are doing, what works etc.
  2. Having a personal inquiry instead of a school-level inquiry, is much more personal and the teacher has more agency and drive because they are most invested in the project. Then my inquiry for uni could have been the same as for school, making the work-load much more manageable and realistic.

3. Personal inquiries and school-wide inquiries both have their strengths and weaknesses. Maybe it should up to the individual teacher to decide?

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?

30 of 30

  1. The variety of ideas that people are investigating which

2.

3. Goal setting, checkpoint meetings and resetting goals focused on student achievement.

What has been your most significant ‘aha’ so far?

What is your current Inquiry question (or topic/ interest)?

How do you share your Teaching Inquiry?

  • What has surprised you from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What has provoked you to challenge your own thinking from listening to your colleagues in this speed dating round?
  • What is one idea you have gained from listening to your colleagues share?