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CHILDREN FIRST INTENSIVE - INQUIRY PROJECT Senior Achievement Facilitator - Jill Myers**
 * Team Liaisons - Isora Bailey & Judith de los Santos-Pena

The CFI Inquiry Project is designed for schools to engage in an intensive action research project to expand their sphere of success in improving student achievement. In every school, we have figured out how to engage and move a certain subset of our students. Similarly in every school, there are students who are just outside of this sphere of success. The intent of the project is to study these students closely using formal and informal evidence that include standardized tests, formative assessment, low inference observations, student work, interviews ... etc. The expectation is that for many of these students, there will be areas of academic skills deficits that when remediated intensely will allow students push through and accelerate learning. Past projects have demonstrated that once the academic deficits are identified and remediated, students are able to make up years of learning in short periods of time.
 * Background**

Thanks to Jill Myers for sharing!
 * Math Assessment Tools**

Thanks Emily Sharrock and her team for inspiring and sharing with us. CFI Project Description & Plan CFI as a Continuous Cycle of Learning CFI Refresher - Feb 2008
 * Inquiry Project Tools**

Below are some protocols that will help you with team learning as well as looking at student work. As described by Alan Dichter - "protocols are the good habits we wish we had." We highly recommend that you explore the NSRF website to appreciate the meaningful work they are doing in terms of empowering adults to work well together and for many more protocols and work guides.
 * Protocols from** **www.NSRFHarmony.org**

Collaborative Assessment Conference http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/cac.pdf Consultancy for Looking at Student Work http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/consult_stud_work.pdf Classroom Slice http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/slice_checklist.pdf Collaborative Ghost Walk - when classes are not in session http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/ghost_walk.pdf Data Driven Dialogue http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/data_driven_dialogue.pdf LASW Team Report http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/lasw_team_report.pdf
 * Looking at Student Work**

Understanding Preferences in Team Work http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/north_south.pdf Consultancy for Dilemmas http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/consultancy_dilemmas.pdf Five Whys for Inquiry http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/5_whys.pdf Critical Incidents http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/critical_incidents.pdf Creating an Action Plan http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/creating_action_plan.pdf Cycle of Inquiry http://nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/smp_cycle_inquiry_plc.pdf
 * Team Learning**


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