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In Step 1, we are preparing to engage in collaborative inquiry through organizing for collaborative work.
In Step 1, we are preparing to engage in collaborative inquiry through organizing for collaborative work.
The key tasks for this step include:
The key tasks for this step include:
1.1 Adopt an improvement process
1.2 Build a strong system of teams
1.3 Make time for collaborative work
1.4 Set expectations for effective meetings
1.5 Set norms for collaborative work
1.6 Acknowledge work style preferences
1.7 Create a data inventory
1.8 Create an inventory of instructional initiatives
RECOMMENDED AGENDAS
RECOMMENDED AGENDAS
Organize for collaborative work
Develop team norms and engage in team building protocols to understand team members work style preferences
Meeting materials
Meeting materials
If your team has never established norms before, it may be helpful to review this list as a starting point to generating your own set of community agreements.
Work Style Preferences w/ guiding questions
Helps groups come to common understanding on how work style preferences affect group work. Similar to the Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory, this exercise uses a set of preferences which relate to group behaviors
ALTERNATE AGENDAS
ALTERNATE AGENDAS
Drafting Norms & Communication Agreement
For situating meeting within the context of previous and future meetings by creating a communication agreement and a set of procedural and behavioral norms
For situating meeting within the context of previous and future meetings by unpacking school’s mission, situating work as a team within this context, and generating own purpose statement to be revisited.
FOCUS STUDENT INQUIRY AGENDAS
FOCUS STUDENT INQUIRY AGENDAS
Agenda 1: Prepare for Strategic Inquiry
Learn about and prepare to engage in strategic inquiry around the most struggling students
Link to step in rolling agenda
Meeting materials
Meeting materials
Strategic Inquiry Arc of Objectives
This document provides an overview of the objectives for each step of a strategic inquiry cycle. The individual agendas for each meeting are also linked here
Quality indicators for selecting focus students
Suggested indicators for selecting focus students
Strategic inquiry anchor activity
Through reading an excerpt from "Strategic Inquiry" and discussing text-based guiding questions, this resource builds shared understanding around the purpose for engaging in individual student inquiry.
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