AGQTP

Action Learning Planners:

Click on the school name to find out more details about the project and the results of their research. (Gary Hughes - South Oakleigh College || The focus will be on extending activities beyond the classroom and developing lessons that actively involve all students and show measurable improvements in their learning outcomes. * || (Lisa Kirton & Trish Johnston - Albany Rise Primary School ) || We are looking at using a wide range of hands-on activities in our Maths sessions and measuring the students' learning that occurs. We will use resources such as Maths 300, where activities can be modified and used in a Level 4 classroom as well as a Level 2 classroom. -Similar path to the above project. || (Kate Spithill & Peter Magart - Huntingdale Primary School) || The focus will be on using a variety of rich tasks (as per the Primary Maths Professional Learning PD) as a vehicle for reflective thinking through the use of structured journals and then extending this to other informal mechanisms. The target group includes the Grade 4/5/6 students. || (Esther Weichert & Andrea Hayes - Wellington Secondary College) || Our focus will be on improving the quality of the feedback we give our students as well as encouraging students to give their peers effective feedback. We will focus on year 7 and 8 students as the coaching teams at these year levels are in an excellent position to share experiences and strategies. We will measure our success in student participation and through student and teacher journals as well as discussions in our coaching teams. Our resources can be viewed here. || (Sandra McGregor and Sandra James, Pinewood Primary School) || Our project aimed to improve the consistency of spelling throughout the school. We involved the staff in the collection of data and tested students across the school. All teachers were involved in timetabling spelling for a set period of time for three weeks and follow-up data was undertaken. Our presentation can be viewed by clicking on Pinewood Primary School. || __Sussex Heights Primary School__ **(**Alicia Teather, Kate Pugsley, Sandra Douglas, Christine Phillips (TLC**)** || This Action Research Program aims to improve student engagement, and subsequently, student learning. Our long-term goal is to improve student learning through the effective teaching of Mathematics. We aim to have staff focus on their practise and encourage the adoption of Maths 300 as a teaching and learning tool. We will: * Develop real life Maths tasks  * Explore the use of Maths 300 and other strategies Clayton Primary School
 * Place your School AGQTP Action Project on this page.**
 * **Upload your Project Title in this column.** || Write the Overview of your project in this colum and then click on your school name to upload your research to your school page. ||
 * **Developing more engaging and productive maths curriculum for year 8 students**
 * **Are hands-on activities effective in improving student learning outcomes? (In relation to Numeracy)**
 * **How does the use of reflective thinking tools improve engagement in mathematics learning?**
 * **How can we improve how we give timely and targeted feedback to students?**
 * **How can we improve spelling in our school?**
 * **Program:** **Teaching Mathematics more Effectively**
 * Introduce the Japanese lesson study approach to the whole school ||
 * **"How can we utilise Wikispaces to enhance teaching and learning in the 21st century classroom?"**

(Daniel Addison, Suzie Moroney, Kursten Tan, Damien Kitch) || This Action Research program consists of goals that are both qualitative and quantitative. __Short Term Goals__ - To develop protocols and procedures for the implementation of Wikispaces across each class within the school. - To have comon features available on all Wikispaces (eg: student pages, reflective portfolios, homework, discussion boards, blogs). - To engage students in their learning beyond the immediate limitations of the classroom. __Long Term Goals__ - To utilise podcasting (visual and audio) as a learning tool. - To develop individual digital portfolios across the school. - To improve parent involvement and knowledge within the curriculum. || Mulgrave Primary School (Jessica Mann, Nicola Weerakoon) || This action research project will investigate ways of improving our student outcomes in the area of spelling. Our aim is to develop a more consistent and thorough approach to teaching spelling in all levels of the school, and to enhance teacher awareness of current research and practises. || Jells Park Primary School (Heather Cook, Andrew Farmer & Laraine Clacher) || This Action Research program will reflect on the current mentoring and coaching program which involves all teachers at the school. It will develop an agreed plan of action and implementation process to extend teacher capacity and further enhance student learning in 2010. || Glen Waverley South Primary School (Lewis Vincent, Kylie Harris and Matthew Ruuska) || The aim of our Action Research Project is to assist with the effective integration of ICT into classroom practises. We aim to help teachers integrate a variety of different ICT resources, not just computers, into their various planners. Teachers will be encouraged to see that this can happen without a significant change in what is currently being done in the classroom. || Amsleigh Park Primary School (Jennifer Brown & Bianca Chopra) || The focus of this Action Research Project was on discovering how we could better assess open ended and authentic mathematics tasks. We wanted to assess such tasks in a manner appropriate to that style of teaching and learning, hence we utilised a variety of rich assessment tools and found them to be very valuable. ||
 * **Improving spelling across the school.**
 * **'What mentoring and coaching strategies and initiatives will improve teacher capacity and therefore student learning?'**
 * **How can we effectively integrate ICT into our classroom practices?**
 * Clayton North Primary School ||  ||
 * Oakleigh South Primary School ||  ||
 * **Assessing Aunthentic Numeracy Tasks**
 * Waverley Meadows Primary School ||  ||

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For details of the AGQTP Conducting an Action Learning Project Click the Seminar Flyer Documents supplied at the introductory seminar, Wed July 15th:

Use Stephen Dinham's presentation as a stimulous for your Action Project.