Sharing my COL Inquiry

Today Kelsey, Gabe and I were asked to talk about our COL inquiry with our colleagues during our staff meeting. Each of us shared an aspect of our inquiry that we were working on. I decided to give a brief overview of my COL inquiry before talking in more detail about some of the interventions that I had tried.

I talked about the student engagement surveys that my literacy class used as a means to help capture data based on their levels of engagement during lessons. I also mentioned how the goal was to help students build greater self efficacy by taking greater ownership of their learning.

I introduced and shared an example of the ground rules for talk template that I had modified based on Rob’s original template. Then I shared an image from the Vosaic programme that I had been trialing for my extended discussions.

Finally, all other staff members had the opportunity to talk about their inquiry projects once we were in smaller groups. It was a great opportunity to share our experiences and listen to how other inquiry projects were coming along.