Practice-Based Inquiry ® Better methodology for better accountability.

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Practice-Based Inquiry®

Better methodology for better accountability

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PBI AT WORKFoundation Components

Actual Practice Dynamic Evidence

Professional Judgment Deliberated Consensus

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Being there

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Getting the evidence

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Evidence What you see, hear and read

Becomes the substance of conclusions

Pushes further inquiry Shapes the team’s judgment

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Sources of Evidence

Following a student Observing classes and

schools Conversations,

Interviews and Meetings

Documents Test assessments

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Building team’s judgment

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Professional Judgment“Out of the closet and onto the table”

Reflects team members’ knowledge about learning and teaching for learning

Answers the questions:“So what?” “How well…?”

Speaks the voice of the team

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Finding team consensus

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Deliberated ConsensusCreates valid conclusions

Pushes inquiry Forms team’s judgment Requires deliberate agreement, not

negotiation Eliminates personal agendas

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Deliberated Consensus

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Necessary constraints

Focus Definition of conclusions Review-criteria for conclusions Schedule Team composition Logistics Dynamics

Building Conclusions

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Tests for conclusionsA conclusion must:

Accuracy

Importance

Explicit team judgment

Direct, common language

Team says what it means, without being mean

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Perspective as evidenceWhat program participants think about what they do

Allows team “to walk in the shoes” of candidates, program leaders, and funders

Helps the team understand the context and meaning of what they see, hear, and read

Requires the team to figure out how Chicago perspectives about NBC affect program efficacy

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Solving the puzzles

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Stages

At the School’s Door: Initial Perceptions

In the School: Working Evidence & Judgment

In the Team Room: Working Conclusions

Final Conclusions

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Final Conclusions

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TESTS for a PBI report

Accurate Fair Useful Persuasive

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Procedures for Legitimacy

System for school’s challenge of reports legitimacy

Report editing and publication Certified chair Certified protocol Certified team composition Code of conduct Report endorsement