Appreciative Inquiry 4-Ds How can you increase the impact of PD in your school? By engaging in appreciative enquiry. What is it (Mark) What might the benefits be? And some of the challenges?
“AI involves, in a central way, the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a system’s capacity to apprehend, anticipate, and heighten positive potential… In AI the arduous task of intervention gives way to the speed of imagination and innovation; instead of negation, criticism, and spiralling diagnosis, there is discovery, dream, and design.” A Positive Revolution in Change: Appreciative Inquiry by David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney.
Appreciative Inquiry – another look Cooperrider et al 2003 5-D approach
Investigate / research / observe Appreciative Inquiry 15 Jan: Identify focus Investigate / research / observe 29 Jan: Complete AI template, copy to MQ 26 Feb: Coaching for AI 05 March: Presentation to mentors