{"id":1913,"date":"2015-06-14T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/innovativelearningdesigns.ca\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2015-06-14T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T02:22:00","slug":"our-journey-into-pedagogical-documentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovativelearningdesigns.ca\/?p=1913","title":{"rendered":"Our Journey into Pedagogical Documentation"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nStand aside for a while and leave room for learning,<\/span>
\n<\/em>observe carefully what children do,\u00a0<\/em>and then,
\nif you have understood well,
\nperhaps teaching will be different from before.
\n<\/em>Loris Malaguzzi<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\u201cInquiry shaped our belief that pedagogical documentation furthers a strength-based image of children, makes their thinking visible, provides for student and teacher reflection and helps drive a co-constructed responsive curriculum . . . Pedagogical documentation is powerful and important when put into practice with our students.\u201d Those are the words of Surrey elementary teachers Hilary Wardlow<\/a><\/span>, Kerri Hutchinson<\/a><\/span>, Laura Verdiel<\/a><\/span>, Lora Sarchet<\/a><\/span>, Niki Leech<\/a>, and Courtney Jones<\/a><\/span> as they recently celebrated their journey to better understand and implement pedagogical documentation.<\/p>\n

\"Reggio<\/a>Where did their learning begin? Hilary, Lora and Niki attended Pedagogical Documentation as a Professional Development Tool<\/em> sponsored by the Vancouver Reggio Consortium Society<\/a> in October 2014, which sparked their interest in pursuing their learning further. They decided to put forward an application to the Britich Columbia Teacher\u2019s Federation (BCTF) Teacher Inquiry Program to explore pedagogical documentation and extended an invitation to other SD36 Reggio inspired educators: Courtney, Laura and Kerri, to join them. They were awarded the BCTF Program for Quality Teaching<\/a><\/em> grant in late November, jointly sponsored by the BCTF, the Surrey Teachers\u2019 Association (STA) and Surrey Schools (SD36). BCTF Inquiry Facilitators Henry Lee and Catherine Quanstrom provided their expertise in guiding the team in monthly \u00bd day sessions.<\/p>\n

In addition to release time for inquiry sessions, the group used grant funds to observe classes at Meadowbrook Elementary Schoo<\/span>l<\/a>,\u00a0the Reggio inspired elementary school. \u00a0Classroom teachers, Harpreet Esmail and Shannon Bain, hosted\u00a0the team’s visit to observe student-led inquiry and pedagogical documentation, generously debriefing their learning.\u00a0\u00a0As well, the team attended four evening dinner sessions focused on pedagogical documentation which were\u00a0facilitated by Bev Superle, Director of Vancouver Reggio Consortium Society<\/a>\u00a0and hosted by SD40.<\/p>\n

The team connected regularly through release-time, self-directed Pro-D, Twitter (#sd36reggio<\/a>) and Facebook as they explored numerous digital and non-digital ways of documenting learning. Their celebratory slideshow below provides a brief summary into their learning.<\/p>\n