1. Practice-Based Inquiry ® Better methodology for better accountability

3. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. PBI AT WORK Foundation Components  Actual Practice  Dynamic Evidence  Professional Judgment  Deliberated Consensus

4. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. Being there

5. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. Getting the evidence

6. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. Evidence What you see, hear and read  Becomes the substance of conclusions  Pushes further inquiry  Shapes the team ’ s judgment

7. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. Sources of Evidence  Following a student  Observing classes and schools  Conversations, Interviews and Meetings  Documents  Test assessments

8. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. Building team ’ s judgment

9. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. 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

10. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. Finding team consensus

11. © Catalpa Ltd. and RIDE, 2003 Deliberated Consensus Creates valid conclusions  Pushes inquiry  Forms team ’ s judgment  Requires deliberate agreement, not negotiation  Eliminates personal agendas

12. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. Deliberated Consensus

13. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. Necessary constraints  Focus  Definition of conclusions  Review-criteria for conclusions  Schedule  Team composition  Logistics  Dynamics

14. Building Conclusions

15. © Catalpa Ltd. and RIDE, 2003 Tests for conclusions A conclusion must:  Accuracy  Importance  Explicit team judgment  Direct, common language  Team says what it means, without being mean

16. © 2011 Catalpa Ltd. Perspective as evidence What 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

17. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. Solving the puzzles

18. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. Stages At the School’s Door: Initial Perceptions In the School: Working Evidence & Judgment In the Team Room: Working Conclusions Final Conclusions ` `

19. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. Final Conclusions

20. © 2005 Catalpa Ltd. TESTS for a PBI report  Accurate  Fair  Useful  Persuasive

21. © 20011 Catalpa Ltd. 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