Welcome – Agenda for Workshop 2

u  Review of Workshop 1

u  Purpose of Workshop 2

u  Presentation of school’s team teaching research question, progress and challenges to date

u  Innovative approaches to learning spaces

u  Consideration of how to use video data as evidence

u  Further information regarding the processes for action research

u  Next steps for the project.

Team Teaching Research Project Workshop 2

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•  What is the impact of the different models of team teaching trialled in the project on student outcomes?

•  What is the impact of the team teaching models on teachers and their practice?

•  What are the conditions under which team teaching is most effective? (taking into account the characteristics of the students, teachers and schools, as well as the process through which teams are formed and maintained)

•  What resources do schools most need to support effective team teaching?

•  What is the impact of a practitioner-led research approach on teacher practice?

The Team Teaching project addresses a number of overarching research questions

Deakin University will address these questions using a range of methods, including analysis of: •  teachers’ observations of each

other’s practice •  surveys and interviews with

participating teachers, principals and potentially students

•  surveys of all 80 Expression of Interest applicants

•  data collected by participating teachers in measuring the impact of their team teaching practices on student outcomes.

Introductions Deakin University •  Associate Professor Andrea Gallant

•  Dr Muriel Wells •  Dr Jill O’Loughlin •  Dr Lihua Xu •  Luke Cuttance

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Participating schools

Primary schools Canterbury Primary School Koroit and District Primary School Manchester Primary School Moriac Primary School

Secondary schools Camberwell High School Crusoe Secondary College Forest Hill College John Monash Science School

P-9 Point Cook P-9 College

P-12 Specialist Concord School

Team Teaching Project

Team Teaching Workshops 1, 2 & 3

Cluster Meetings – Sharing the

Journey

Deakin Consultant

Visits

Workshop 4 - Celebrating the

Journey

The Research Framework 9.10 am - 9.20 am Andrea Gallant

The Rationale for the TT project - an introduction to the Research Framework and how school’s action research projects fit into the bigger picture of the Team Teaching Project as a whole.

The five research questions:

u  What is the impact of the different models of team teaching trialled in this project on student outcomes?

u  What is the impact of the team teaching models on teachers and their practice?

u  What are the conditions under which team teaching is most effective? (Taking into account the characteristics of the students, teachers and schools, as well as the process through which teams are formed and maintained.)

u  What resources do schools most need to support effective team teaching?

u  What is the impact of a practitioner-led research approach on teacher practice?

The Research Framework

u  Placing the school action research projects within the bigger picture of the DET/Deakin Research Framework.

3. Schools populate their version of “The Research Framework” (9.30am -10.15am

Muriel Wells) 3. Schools populate their school’s Research Framework template [this

has been sent out to each school] Introduction of the school’s version of the Research Framework with a section for schools to populate a final column with information about teams’ action research projects.

Schools share their research questions Where you are now?

What are your concerns?

u Team members will present their research question and provide a short overview of where they are now in relation to collaborative practices and team teaching and the issues and concerns they have and the strategies they are using to address their concerns.

10.15 – 10.30 Morning Tea

4. Reviewing and Refining Action Research 10.30 am – 12.00 pm Jill Loughlin

 

World Café Protocol u  Problematise your research question using the following questions. School team members present their

research question and provide a short overview of where they are now in relation to their AR into team teaching, the issues and concerns and the strategies they are using to address their concerns. u  Where is your school now in relation to Team Teaching and your Action Research Project?

u  What is going well? What are your concerns or challenges?

u  (This would include their question/questions, why they chose this question, what progress they have made, challenges or resistance they have faced, how they are mapping out the project).

u  One person from each team stays at the table, the rest move.

u  5 Rotations – stations. Take notes as you move through each station.

u  5th rotations is back with your own team to share the learnings from this activity.

u  Please send the name of a team contact peron for each team within your school by emailed to Muriel

u  – mwells@deakin.edu.au

u  Send now please!

5. Teacher Judgment survey 12.00 pm - 12.30 pm Muriel Wells

u  Explain the purpose of this survey

u  Schools complete and sent to Muriel Wells by email.

u  Audio recordings of School SWOT discussions around video data to be saved to USB drives before lunch. Transcriptions will be sent to TTs and further analysis will occur involving TT and Deakin staff at each of the respective schools.

u  The SWOT will have identified the perceived strengths weakness and opportunities (you found) and potential threats to the TT practices and student learning captured visually.

mwells@deakin.edu.au

6. Innovative TT Learning Environments - Speed Dating Activity

1 pm – 2 pm Jill Loughlin and Lihua Xu

u  Examples of how some schools have used team teaching to make effective use of a range of learning environments.

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u  Share TT photos (iPhone, iPad, hard copy) through a ‘speed dating’ format. The aim is to use photos of learning environments that reflect successes and challenges in TT for peer analysis.

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7. Constructive feedback 2pm—2.30pm Andrea and Muriel

u Modelling the participatory inquiry approach when analysing video

u Discussion about the inquiry approach

u Using Video Data as Evidence u Using video data as evidence (planning,

enactment and SWOT analysis

8. Where to Next? Teacher Action Research Plan

2.30pm – 3.00pm Muriel  

u  Further information regarding the processes for action research

u  Action Research Plans – Further consolidating their articulation of the action research project

u  Next meeting: 9am Friday June 17, 2016. Deakin MCC Bourke St

3.00 – 3.15 Afternoon tea

u Discussion

Reviewing and refining your research Question and Writing a short description of your

project and your journey so far

u Revisit and refine research focus questions

u Keeping your reflective journal throughout the life of the project