COL Inquiry #3: Schools profile and designed change in student learning

1. From what you know already about your classes and your school’s profile and leadership goals for the year, share a possible inquiry focus.
   
2. Frame your focus as a desired change in student learning NOT a change in teaching (as yet!)

From what I know about my level 9 class, they are a class of diverse needs and abilities.  We have a core group of students have scored well in their reading levels with the majority sitting at levels 2 and 3.  I can tell I would need to motivate the boys more, particularly one or two of my Maori boys and that would need an engaging programme that is essentially differentiated.   

Our school goal number 3 focuses on improving literacy for different groups of students so that would support my inquiry focus so I am hoping to look at improving reading skills and opportunities in my year 9 class as a focus as it will benefit them in their learning more.

A designed change I hope to see is a desire for my students to want to read widely and deeply texts are interesting and engaging in a hope that they will gain better results in their PAT tests at the end of the year.