Leadership Inquiry
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT: BEST
EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS ITERATION (2007)
• THIS BEST EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS IDENTIFIES THAT THE MOST
POWERFUL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS INVOLVES
THEM IN AN INQUIRY AND KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING CYCLE, THAT:
• IDENTIFIES STUDENTS’ NEEDS
• DEVELOPS THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TEACHERS REQUIRE
TO MEET THOSE NEEDS
• DETERMINES IF CHANGES IN TEACHING PRACTICE HAVE
ACHIEVED THE DESIRED OUTCOMES AND THEREFORE BEEN
EFFECTIVE.
What the research says
UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL
DEVELOPING THE SCHOOL AS A LEARNING COMMUNITY
ENGAGING IN REFLECTIVE DIALOGUE
HAVING A COLLECTIVE LEARNING FOCUS
GATHERING, ANALYSING, INTERPRETING, USING, AND
REPORTING EVIDENCE, TO INFORM PRACTICE
• APPLICATION TO INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP INQUIRY
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Leading Change
• EACH PARTICIPANT IS REQUIRED TO CREATE AND SHARE WITH THIS GROUP
EVIDENCE OF ACTIONS AND LEARNING RELATED TO THEIR LEADING CHANGE
INQUIRY.
• • YOU WILL DEVELOP A LEADERSHIP INQUIRY, WITHIN YOUR CURRENT SCHOOL
PLAN, THAT INVOLVES YOU LEADING CHANGE AND LEADING LEARNING WITH
YOUR COLLEAGUES, TO IMPROVE THE LEARNING OUTCOMES OF STUDENTS,
WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON MAORI, PASIFIKA AND SPECIAL NEEDS.
• USE THE LEADER INQUIRY AND KNOWLEDGE- BUILDING CYCLE TO PROMOTE
VALUED TEACHING AND STUDENT OUTCOMES
• ITS ABOUT INQUIRING INTO YOUR OWN PRACTICE IN DEALING WITH
STAFF/OTHER TEACHERS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS
• WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO, TO CHANGE OTHERS, SO OUTCOMES ARE
IMPROVED FOR MAORI STUDENTS.
• ITS ABOUT YOU AS A LEADER!
• LEADING INQUIRY AT A TEACHER LEVEL
• USING EVIDENCE IN THE CLASSROOM FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
(PROFESSIONAL READING? )
Leadership Inquiry
WHAT EDUCATIONAL
OUTCOMES ARE
VALUED FOR OUR STUDENTS
AND HOW
ARE OUR STUDENTS DOING
IN RELATION
TO THESE OUTCOMES?
WHAT KNOWLEDGE AND
SKILLS DO WE
NEED AS TEACHERS TO
IMPROVE
STUDENT OUTCOMES?
IDEAS
IDEAS
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR
SCHOOL THAT I
COULD INQUIRE INTO?
SPECIFICALLY WHAT DO WE
AS TEACHERS
NEED TO DO
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE?
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE THAT
THIS WILL WORK?
My Inquiry
HOW CAN WE AS LEADERS
PROMOTE
OUR OWN LEARNING & THE
LEARNING OF
OUR TEACHERS TO BRIDGE
THE GAP FOR
OUR STUDENTS?
IDEAS
HOW CAN I AS A LEADER
PROMOTE WHAT
TEACHERS NEED TO DO?
WHAT ARE ALL THE POSSIBLE
OPTIONS?
WHICH ONE SHALL I TRY
FIRST?
HOW WILL THIS GROW ME AS
A LEADER?
• What will my leadership inquiry focus be? What is your
question? (What evidence is there to support this?)
• HOW CAN I…..?
• What do the teachers I work with need to do or know? (What is
the evidence this will work?
• How will you promote what the teachers needed to know or
do?
• What do you hope to learn about yourself as a leader?
• Does this fit with your Leadership development plan?
• What actions will you take?
• Who will help you?
Developing your
Leadership Inquiry