The learning enquiry plan is a record of what you intend to do

In developing your enquiry question you made a choice about what to do. [remember you can adapt the activity/idea to meet the needs of your students] Now;

• make the plan specifically focus on development;
• concentrate on no more than three actions;.
• decide how to map them over the next three or four weeks;
• It’s useful to think about what you are going to do less of  to make room for the changes.

The format below may help you think through the planning process. You can fill in your Personal Action Plan using the word document version.

As part of your plan it’s important to record what you will monitor over the weeks.

Changes you expect to see in your practice.

For example do you expect to;

• try out a coaching…questioning to continue.. approach with students?
• become more aware of how pupils are learning?
• be aware of which getting unstuck approach best suits most students?
• feel less stressed?
• have more interesting/ focused conversations with students about learning?
• establish meta-cognitive talk?

Changes you expect to see in your students.

For example do you expect students to;

• be or show less stress about being stuck?
• reduce their reliance on your support?
• improve their demeanour about finding things hard?
• show greater confidence in themselves?
• realise that getting stuck is normal and helpful?
• be willing to try other ways?
• engage more readily with feedback?
• believe in themselves more as learners (growth mindset)?

Noting such changes will motivate you to continue with your experiments because the changes in students are almost always positive.

The plan represents a promise to do it. This promise helps you to keep the plan as a priority in your mind.

Capture classroom changes you want to monitor in your learning notepad.