1. Advancing the Work: From Seminar to Action
Hawaii Department of Education
Honolulu, HI
August 28, 2017
Luz Santana
Co-Director
The Right Question Institute
Sarah Westbrook
Director of Professional Learning
The Right Question Institute

2. Today’s Agenda Welcome and Community Building
Collaborative Learning with the Question Formulation Technique (QFT)
The Art and Science of the QFT
Lunch
Workshop Sessions
Advancing the Work: From Seminar to Action
Closing Reflections, Q&A, & Evaluations
#QFTCon #QFT

3. To Access Today’s Materials:
seminar-resources/
Join our Educator Network for:
Templates you can use tomorrow in class
Classroom Examples
Instructional Videos
Forums and Discussions with other Educators

4. Using the QFT to Set a Collaborative Working Agenda

5. Rules for Producing Questions
1. Ask as many questions as you can
2. Do not stop to answer, judge, or discuss
3. Write down every question exactly as stated
4. Change any statements into questions

6. Question Focus: A:
“The first time I used the QFT, some students were resistant.” B:
“The first time I shared the QFT, some teachers were resistant.”

7. Producing Questions
Ask Questions
Follow the Rules
Ask as many questions as you can.
Do not stop to answer, judge, or discuss.
Write down every question exactly as it was stated.
Change any statements into questions.
Number the Questions
Refer to your Q-Focus:
A. The first time I used the QFT, some students were resistant.
B. The first time I shared the QFT, some teachers were resistant.

8. Improving Questions Closed Open Closed Open
Take one closed-ended question and change it into an open-ended question.
Take one open-ended question and change it into a closed-ended question.
Closed
Open
Open
Closed

9. Prioritizing Questions
Review your list of questions
Choose the three questions you consider most important to problem-solve before using the QFT.
While prioritizing, think about your Question Focus:
A. The first time I used the QFT, some students were resistant.
B. The first time I shared the QFT, some teachers were resistant.
After prioritizing consider…
Why did you choose those three questions?

10. Share
Your three priority questions and their numbers in your original sequence
Rationale for choosing priority questions

11. Next Steps: Building a Shared Online Resource
Instructions:
As a group, choose 1 priority question to work on.
You may choose from your list or the other group’s priority list.
Discuss and brainstorm strategies and ideas about how to answer this question.
Appoint a note taker who records the group’s ideas on the online tool.
Be prepared to share out to the whole group.
If you finish early, please move on to another question.

12. Next Steps: Building a Shared Online Resource
To participate online, go to:

13. Reflection What do you understand differently now?
What do you understand differently about “advancing the work from seminar to action”?
How will you move into action?

14. So, where do we go from here?

15. Facilitating book clubs with Make Just One Change

16. Delivering PD in their departments, schools, and districts
Knee deep a Sunday learning together so that historic places are in the classroom 

17. Filming instructional videos & creating online resources ‘[‘;//
That's a wrap! Ss & Ts filmed and interviewed on their experience w/ the #QFT

18. Tweeting QFT examples to school leaders, reporters, authors, and industry leaders…and getting their attention!
Thank you Phil Schwartz for answering our #QFT questions this #d205learns
S. E. Hinton Retweeted Right Question
One of the reasons why teachers are my heroes.
As a 7th grade science teacher, I encourage young scientists to question and figure out phenomena! #BillMeetScienceTwitter

19. Ways to partner with RQI and join a growing community of practice
Here’s what past participants are up to this year:
Sharing lesson and student questions
Writing articles for EdWeek, Teaching Channel, Educational Leadership, ASCA…or creating their own blogs
Presenting at local, state, and national conferences—
Taking on new leadership positions and launching new initiatives
Working to change education policy and re-write standards
Collaborating with RQI on new proposals, projects, articles, grants, and presentations
And…

20. And most importantly, continuing to do innovative, creative work with students in the classroom

21. RQI’s Vision of Professional Learning …as a two-way street
RQI’s design of professional learning experiences
Professional implementation & learning
#QFTCon #QFT

22. Today’s Agenda Welcome and Community Building
Collaborative Learning with the Question Formulation Technique (QFT)
The Art and Science of the QFT
Lunch
Workshop Sessions
Advancing the Work: From Seminar to Action
Closing Reflections, Q&A, & Evaluations
#QFTCon #QFT

23. Closing Reflections We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place
For the first time.
--T.S. Eliot

24. Closing Reflections
After learning the ways that educators are advancing the work from seminar to action, what are any new ideas you have?
An “a-ha moment” or a meaningful take away from your experience today
How are you thinking about T.S. Eliot’s words now?