teacher collaborative inquiry

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IN THIS ISSUE
When teachers work together using an inquiry process to solve problems of practice, the benefits to students and schools are enormous.  In 2009, UCLA Center X launched an ambitious grant program to support collaborative teacher inquiry and has since funded and facilitated 75 Teacher Initiated Inquiry Projects (TIIP) across three cohorts.  This issue of the XChange focuses on the research, practice, and policy associated with teacher collaborative inquiry.

 

INTRODUCTION

• Editorial Introduction
  

XPRESS ARTICLES

• Center X Research, Practice and Policy Brief: Teacher Collaborative Inquiry
• Teacher Based Reform (T-BAR): Linking Professional Development to School Improvement
• Teacher-Driven Professional Development through the Lens of Participant Action Research

 

STUDENT COMMONS

• Integrating Curriculum: A teacher inquiry approach to creating an integrated secular Judaic unit
• The impact of critical inquiry in teacher development: A multiple case study of eight first year central city teachers.
  
• Collaborative Inquiry: A Strategy for Assessing Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtI2) for English Learner Students
• TIIP AEA Presentation

TEACHER WORKROOM
TIIP PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE

• The following portfolios were chosen because of the extensive list of resources both internal (produced by the teams – lesson plans, rubrics, best practices, etc.) and external (synthesis of relevant literature, professional development opportunities, web links, etc.). 
  • Washington Primary (ES) (LAUSD):
    Developing Literacy: A Roadmap for Teacher Learning
  • Virgil Middle School (MS) (LAUSD-ASGL):
    Connecting History to 21st Century Skills
  • Thomas A. Edison Middle School (MS) (LAUSD):
    English 2.0: Integrating Technology to Increase the Relevancy and Authenticity of English Language Arts
  • Claremont (HS) (CUSD):
    Engaging all Freshman in a 21st Century Laboratory Curriculum
• The following portfolios have been chosen because of the primary focus on teacher practice.
  • UCLA Lab School (ES) (Independent):
    Creating Collegial Relationships for Social Justice
  • New World Open Academy (ES) (LAUSD):
    NOW Academy Reading and Writing Project
• The following portfolios were chosen for showcase due to their documented extensive impact on students, fellow teachers, schools, and communities.
  • Animo Locke Charter High School (HS) (LAUSD):
    21st Century Multiliteracies for Students to Change the World
  • Juan R. Cabrillo High School (HS) (LBUSD):
    Creating a Culturally Relevant Curriculum that effectively engages more students in active learning while connecting this learning to a Student Directed Inquiry Project in the Community
  • Augustus Hawkins Schools for Community Action (HS):
    Student Agency: Demonstrating Geo-Spatial Counter Narratives through Community Action Research
• The following portfolios were chosen for their ability to form community partnerships, disseminate their learning, and garnering of recognition both by the local news and greater educational community.
  • Daniel Pearl Magnet High School (HS) (LAUSD):
    Infusing our Classes with Journalism: The Focus of our Magnet
  • Animo Pat Brown Charter High School (HS) (LAUSD):
    Developing Scientists: Designing Secondary Science Curriculum that Remediates Basic Deficits in Math and English and Prepares Students for the Independence and Critical Thought of College-Level Science Coursework