2022 Inquiry - Stock take & Hypothesis

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Stock take 

As a part of my data collection
- I have put out a google form (as mentioned in a previous post) and wanted to get an idea of where parents are sending their children next year. This survey was pushed out last month and didn't get much traction and therefore decided to leave it open and remind again through our school app. 
Currently 19 responses which is a big jump from when I first pushed out google form.

- From this collection of information, Glendowie College has the highest percentage. Of our current year 8s, only 2 families are in-zone for this school. 



-Observational data at local high school. Here, I observed and followed Year 9 students around their classes. I wanted to look at some baseline data of movements between classes to see if there were any barriers. Also collected some student voice to get their insights on how the year had started with them. 

Three measures that I can use pre and post to compare the success of this transition support 
1) assessment data - end of year, start of new year, end of new year.
2) student voice focusing on engagement, success and progress 
3) teacher voice focusing on engagement, readiness for learning and success.

One thing that I am currently working on trying to change with our students is that high school options aren't just a thing that we need to think about in term 4. That we should be having this conversations earlier on in the year, especially if there is a school that you want to go to but it is out of zone. In the past years, we had a few of our students upset over the fact that they were too late to enrol as an out of zone.

To formulate a hypothesis I will use this form: if... then.
Therefore, my hypothesis is: 

If we support our Year 8 students in transitioning into Year 9, then our learners will have a higher chance at having a successful start and journey in high school. 


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