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An invitational institute experience hopefully creates a desire for more. Teacher-leaders can continue to improve and share their practice by participating in cycles of inquiry. These resources can support new teacher-leaders in taking up teacher research in their own classrooms and participating in teacher-inquiry communities. In these resources you will find definitions and examples of teacher inquiry, and resources for planning your own teacher-inquiries and/or starting a teacher inquiry community.Resources
This post is part of the NWP Social Practices: Go Public with Our Practice collection.
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