Plan

= Action Plan for developing a culture of inquiry in the school = = =
 * Do you want to see a Word Document of the Action Plan? [[file:action plan.docx]] **

Action Plan to Develop a culture of Inquiry

2. School email system || None || Completion of survey by staff || Google tools gathers results || 2. Pro-D committee 3. members || 1. Copy of book (Comprehension & Collaboration – by Daniels & Harvey) 2. Copy of guiding questions 3. pro-d form from school district 4. Wiki page on book || Per book – $40.63
 * **IMPLEMENTATION ** |||| **EVALUATION ** ||
 * **Activities ** || **Person Responsible ** || **Resources ** || **Expenses ** || **What evidence indicates progress? ** || **How & when (or if) evidence will be gathered ** ||
 * Needs Assessment || Me || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. Google Survey tools - survey
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Professional book club || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. Me

Copy centre - $1-2 per booklet for guiding questions || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. After book talk – the amount of staff who are interested in joining book club 2. Discussion/engagement of book (& guiding questions) 3. People wanting to: · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">know more · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">collaborate · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">apply for professional partnerships || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. Online questionnaire about book. 2. Quantitative data regarding requests for more information, collaboration or professional partnerships ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Professional Partnerships

(Collaboration funded by school district $) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">People who want to work together || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. Professional partnership application 2. Teacher-librarian 3. Resources related to project (professional book, student resources, etc) 4. Wiki page on partnerships || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">No start up expenses. If granted, the partnership will cover days off for collaborating teachers and possibly inservice costs || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Depending on project various indicators will indicate progress. · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">classroom units · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">completed student projects · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">grades of students · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">engagement of students (anecdotal) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">All partnerships must present at the district professional partnership day. A presentation can include: · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">sample units · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">student exemplars · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">student anecdotes · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">3 dimensional display · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">electronic display ||

Co-teaching
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">IMPLEMENTATION ** |||| **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">EVALUATION ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Activities ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Person Responsible ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Resources ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Expenses ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What evidence indicates progress? ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How & when (or if) evidence will be gathered ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Examples of Guided Inquiry || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Me || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. Internet resources available on wiki – this will be ongoing || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">None || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Number of visitors to the page on the wiki ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Co-planning

(collaboration on teacher time) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. Me 2. volunteers 3. Professional partnership-ers || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Depends on subject area, but will need: · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Learning outcomes · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">access to classroom (for co-teaching · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">access to library / computer labs  · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">variety of resources (online and print -- variety of reading levels) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Depending on topic areas – some easier reading or French resources might need to be purchased. Well within budget of library ($25,000) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. The number of opportunities (requests) to co-plan, co-teach. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. Collection of examples of inquiry projects 2. Questionnaire/anecdotal responses from colleagues 3. Reflection sheets 1,2 & 3 from SLIM (Todd, Kuhlthau, & Heinstrom, 2005) || 2. Requests for more information || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Resources Todd, R., Kuhlthau, C. & Heinstrom, J. (2005). //School library impact measure.// Rutgers University.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Staff Newsletter to try to convince more colleagues || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Me || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Staff Newsletter (//From your Library)// that each staff member will get. In addition to regular features, a new feature of Guided Inquiry will be added. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">None || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. The amount of newsletters not found in the recycling J || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. Conversations/email amongst colleagues (or with me) regarding newsletter items
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Pro-d || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Professional development committee || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">If enough people are interested, a form for presenters can be filled out. The district Pro-d committee can then determine if a speaker can come to our district. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">TBA || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. Number of people interested || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">If pro-d can be arranged, then evaluations from presentation can be utilized. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Needs Assessment || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Me || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">A second needs assessment – or a ‘how did the semester work?’ survey || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">none || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1. An increase in the responses to web 2.0, collaboration, library usage. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Google documents ||