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Teacher Teams

Welcome, Teacher Team members! All members of the CFI Team are eager to support you, so do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns. Do you have a question about the Inquiry Process, selecting a student population, identifying a S.M.A.R.T. Goal, or modifying instruction as a result of student performance on assessments? Regardless of your concern, we will happily visit you in your department. Just call (212) 496-0700x2201 or e-mail us.
We hope that the resources below will be helpful to you:

Overview of the Inquiry Processdescription of target population, S.M.A.R.T. goals, the benchmark, assessments, and data-driven instruction
ARIS Inquiry Space the Web site to which you will post your lesson plans and data
Example: Online English Teacher Team Entrysome of the work of our first English Teacher Team
Example: Note Taking Lesson Plan 1 sample lesson plan that was revised as a result of data
Example: Note Taking Lesson Plan 2sample lesson plan that was revised as a result of data
Example: Note Taking Lesson Plan 3sample lesson plan that was revised as a result of data
Example: Note Taking Lesson Plan 4sample lesson plan that was revised as a result of data
Example: Note Taking Data an Excel spreadsheet listing all collected data from the five assessments
S.M.A.R.T. Goal Information a DOE Web page explaining goal-setting strategies
Presentation from the Teacher Team Meeting a DOE-produced PowerPoint relating to Inquiry Work

An educator can follow the formula below to engage in Inquiry Work:

  • Select a student population. This is often a subset of your students determined by a key criterion, such as performance on ELA Exams. One can go to ARIS
  • Identify a sub-skill. This is most likely an ability that you have noticed your students have not developed to the extent that you would like. One example would be the synthesis sub-skill.
  • Develop a S.M.A.R.T. Goal. This should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timed.
  • Administer a baseline assessment. You can review this to determine how best to proceed in your attempts to meet your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.
  • Create lesson plans and corresponding assessments. You will probably need to modify the plans as you move forward and learn more from the assessments about your students' strengths and weaknesses. Note that existing assessments like the Regents ACUITY test can be useful but may not be sufficient. Information about students' performance on tests can be found at the ARIS
  • Share your results. Your participation in work of this kind will give your colleagues ideas about how to successfully help our students develop the skills that they need. Thank you for uploading your plans, data, and other relevant information on the ARIS Web site!

Check this page again soon! We intend to post results of Teacher Team Inquiry Projects here.