This document outlines a teacher inquiry plan process that includes three parts: 1) A focusing inquiry where the teacher establishes a baseline and direction by determining what students have and have not learned; 2) A teaching inquiry where the teacher plans learning opportunities using research and experience to achieve prioritized outcomes; 3) A learning inquiry where the teacher assesses success through various methods and analyzes the information to determine next steps. The plan template then prompts the teacher to identify specific achievement targets, measurement methods, teaching strategies, resources, and support people.

1. Teacher Inquiry Plan - 2011
“...effective pedagogy requires that teachers inquire into the impact of their
teaching on their students.” NZ Curriculum, P35
Teacher: Year Group:
Focussing Inquiry (establishes a baseline and a direction). The teacher uses all available
information to determine what their students have already learned and what they need
to learn next.
Teaching Inquiry The teacher uses evidence from research and from their own past
practice and that of colleagues to plan teaching and
learning opportunities aimed at achieving the outcomes prioritised in the focusing
inquiry.
Learning Inquiry The teacher investigates the success of the teaching in terms of the
prioritised outcomes, using a range of assessment
approaches. (This occurs...) while learning activities are in progress and also as longer-
term sequences or units of work come to an end.
(Teachers...) then analyse and interpret the information to consider what they should do next.

2. Achievement Targets –What am I trying to achieve?
Focussing Inquiry (Focus Justification)
What is important (and therefore worth spending time on), given where my students are at? Why am I focussing on this?
Measurement
How will I measure the progress - formatively –( diagnostic, summative?) How will I know what’s working?

3. Teaching Inquiry (Craft and Research Knowledge)
What strategies (evidence-based) are most likely to help my students learn this?
Strategies: What Will I Do?
Learning Inquiry (On-going Monitoring and Reflection)
What happened as a result of the teaching, and what are the implications for future teaching?
Identify the location of all reflective entries. Where are they hosted?
Resources: Support People:

4. Summative Achievement Findings:
What Strategies Have Made a Difference To My Children’s Learning?

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