Inquiry Meeting Term 3

The CSS Inquiry committee met to set up a time line for the development of the scaffold system.



The following details were decided.



Term 3

Scaffold System - Mark and Jan will met and put together a skeleton framework for the scaffold system.



Term 4

Information Literacy Skills - Staff will review how info literacy's are taught. What is working for us now. The connection with several other curriculum areas suggests we may develop a document that stands alone. Jan has found a resource that is very specific in how to teach these skills.

Thinking Toolbox Review - All staff to attend review meeting. Clarify what we are using and what all staff think should be in the CSS Thinking Toolbox.

Assessment Rubric - Review when and where we share the criteria to create common understanding around our assessment rubric.



2009

Staff will attend a teacher only day early in 2009 to decide which thinking maps will be used at CSS.

Key Competencies - A focus for early 2009 will also be the key competencies. Some discussion will be had towards the end of 2008. We need to think about ways to implement the key competencies.

There was also some discussion on assessing the key competencies. All agreed there needs to be a shared understanding within the staff of what the competencies 'look like'. This will ensure we have a common language to share with the children within each of the year levels.