Learning Together in SD 10: Growing from Good to Great

August 29, 2013

Learning ultimately supports the wellbeing of the self, the family, the entire community, the land, the spirits and the ancestors.

It Takes a Village

A few short stories of compassion

A culture of kindness in SD 10: collaboration, caring, consultation

Children are innately altruistic

• Experiments in Altruism

Your connections?

So what guides our journey?

OECD 7 principles of learning

1. Learners at the centre2. The social nature of learning3. Emotions are integral to learning4. Recognizing individual differences5. Stretching all students 6. Assessment for learning 7. Building horizontal connections

Where are we? What are we strong at? Where can we grow?

Spiral of Inquiry

What’s going on for our learners?

How do we know?

Why does it matter?

Halbert & Kaser 2012

New Professional Learning

How and where will we learn more about what to do?

Taking Action

What will we do differently?

Checking

How will we check that we made enough of a difference?

Criteria for Inquiry Questions

Questions are always based on the experiences of the learners:• What’s going on for your learners?

• How do you know?

• Why does it matter?

Criteria for Inquiry Questions• you care about it• it is strength-based, it is optimistic (it is fun to think and learn

about)• it focuses on your classroom practice • it is within your control• it is important: it would make a difference• you can do it: it is manageable and possible, you will be able to

observe/find evidence • it is honest: it is a real question• it will lead to action• it makes a difference

Say Something …

• following the focus group, take a few minutes, turn to the person next to you and respond to something you have heard

• a connection you made

• something you would like to hold onto • something that made you think differently

Inquiry Question Debriefing

Collaborative inquiry teams report out the following:• What is your inquiry question?

• What did you do/try?

• What did you notice?

• What next?

Collaborative Inquiry in SD 10

• Some short stories of inquiry