INSTRUCTIONAL INQUIRY (sample)
Engage together in challenges (problems) of practice so that understanding of those challenges grows deeper and is more unified.
Through investigations, proposed solutions emerge that are then tested to see if they help… Through such a repeated process,
practice grows more sophisticated and powerful… (Katz & Dack, 2013, adapted from Supovitz, 2006)
Complete a plan for each grouping or category of greatest student learning needs that has emerged from the review of student
work. Use neutral, exploratory language.
Area Of Student Learning
Need
Elaborate
Questioning & Evaluating
Variety
creativity
Teacher Learning Need(s) related to
Students
Inquiry Question:
How do I…
What’s the INSTRUCTIONAL
LEARNING and Why?
Examples of Critical Literacy
questioning and how to create HOT
tasks and questions?
Focus on Instructional Core
Teacher: K. Breen
Student: 2/3
Content:
Develop higher order thinking skills with my students? “Justify”
Why?
Thoughtful, creative responses to include their opinion, POV, wonderings, clearly articulated to
justify their thinking and answer
Working Hypothesis/ Global Theory of Action: (What do you think it will take to move forward i.e. what’s “the next best move”…
IF I do this, THEN this should happen)
If I provide models for higher order thinking, provide criteria around and opportunities for accountable talk then students will be
able to justify their answers to include proof, opinion and wonderings.
PLAN – ACT – ACCESS – REFLECT … a 4-6 week cycle of inquiry
My Next Best Move
(What will I do next
instructionally?)
Establish criteria of expected
behavior
Accountable chart with
sentence starters
Model with another teacher
APE
Justify & show your answer
Q Chart
(question each other)
Ask critical literacy guest
Success Criteria
(What will success for that
“move” look like?)
Sub vocab/drawings
Use sentence starters
Locate hand on
proof/example
-drama
-representations to prove
No. and/or words
Appropriate visuals
(pictures no words)
Anchor charts
Evidence – Impact
(Where will I look to
determine the success of my
move? What is the student
work supporting this?)
Evernote and video
Conferencing
Student work
Gallery walk/talk
Listening/speaking
Reflection
(What did I learn from the
move?)