Inquiry Review

The staff at Oroua Downs School are using this blog to review INQUIRY and to see where our next step is.
Each member of staff is asked to reflect on the following questions and write responses, this is to refine our teaching, the learning children do and the monitoring of this. This is also being used as a tool to develop on going professional development once our ICT contract is completed at the end of the year.

As lead teacher I am asking that staff reflect upon and suggest ideas for further development under the following headings:

• How do you thnk our model is working? Are there any changes that need to be made?
• Within each stage, are there any issues that you have, what are they and do you have any suggestions for further development?
• The assessment rubric seems to be working thus far - do we need to make changes and are there any other aspects of assessment that need further discussions?
• Can you suggest any ideas to further develop our understanding of inquiry?
• Discuss the use of ICTs throughout the inquiry process.
• How do you hink our supporting documentation is going - are there any gaps that we need to fill?
• What PD support would you find most beneficial in 2010 as far as ICT and inquiry goes?

Thanks for your time and input.

Tarnz