Anita's Teaching as Inquiry Blog

By sharing our Pepehā's we can embrace our cultures, feel a sense of belonging. A way to accelerate Maori achievement Whānau coming together to listen to their children's Pepeha, our Māori learners growing in confidence through oral language.

My Inquiry in a nutshell, with next steps outlined.

I set up my Inquiry as a mini expo, to showcase the impact I have had on my target learners. I was able to show case the strategies and how to get the buy-in from my learners. 

It's about collaboration between the teachers and the influence we have on each other. By sharing our knowledge, being willing to change things up in our timetable and having a growth mindset, can create agents of change and increase student achievement. 

I think of my Inquiry as an image of a bridge. In 2017 I had a huge impact on how to build learners Word Attack Skills. This year my impact is to increase comprehension levels, by Empowering learners to do this. My next steps are to build the vocabulary learners have and use through not only comprehension  but oral language. This is how I picture my inquiry as an image now...

We shared our Inquiries last week. I set mine up as an expo, and talked to some of the practice I have changed, supported with evidence and supporting theory. I felt proud of the changes I have made and the shift gained.