Case Study Submission

School case studies – based on the Spiral of Inquiry – include a description of the inquiry actions taken throughout the year and the ways in which you checked to determine whether or not you made enough of a difference to your learners.

Please use the form below (on this page) to submit your case study by July 4th, 2022 (extended until September 30th, 2022).

IMPORTANT: If you are a part of the NOIIE Indigenous Transitions Program, please click here to submit your case study.

Reviewing the 4 Key Questions for Scanning and Checking and this overview of the Spirals of Inquiry may be helpful in addressing some of the questions for the report. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

We appreciate all of the time and effort that you and your team have put into these projects.

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: July 4th, 2022 (extended until Sept. 30th, 2022)

2021/2022 Inquiry Project Case Study Submission Form

If you are part of the NOIIE Indigenous Transitions Program, please use the other form (linked above).

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I. General Information
First and Last Name of Inquiry Team Main Contact*
First Last
Email Address of Inquiry Team Main Contact*
*Disclaimer: This email address will be used for future correspondence by the NOIIE, including information about grants, events, etc. By submitting this email address, you are giving us permission to add you to our Mailchimp mailing list.
School Name*
School District*
School Mailing Address*
*Please ensure this mailing address is correct. This address will be used for any future disbursement of grants.

Street Address City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Inquiry Team Members (Names and Emails)*
Please list in this format: Joe Smith: jsmith@email.com, Mary Smith: msmith@email.com, ....
II. Inquiry Project Information
Type of Inquiry*
Grade Levels Addressed Through Inquiry*
- Primary (K-3)
- Intermediate (4-7)
- Secondary (8-12)
- Post-secondary
Curricular Areas Addressed*
- Applied Design, skills & Technology
- Arts Education
- Career Education
- Language Arts - Literacy
- Language Arts - Oral Language
- Language Arts - Reading
- Language Arts - Writing
- Mathematics / Numeracy
- Physical & Health Education
- Science
- Social Studies
- Not applicable
- Other:
Please complete if "Other" selected above
Focus Addressed*
- Indigenous understandings (for example, Traditional Knowledge, oral history, reconciliation)
- Community-based learning
- Core competencies (for example, critical thinking, communication, problem solving)
- Differentiated instruction
- Experiential learning
- First Peoples Principles of Learning
- Flexible learning
- Formative assessment
- Growth mindset
- Inclusion and inclusive instructional strategies
- Indigenous pedagogy
- Inquiry-based learning
- Land, Nature or Place-based learning
- Self-regulation
- Social and emotional learning
- STEM / STEAM
- Transitions
- Universal design for learning
- Other:
Please complete if "Other" selected above
In one sentence, what was your focus for the year?*
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In one sentence, what was your focus for the year?*
III. Spirals of Inquiry Details
Scanning:*
Briefly summarize your scanning process. How did you use the four key questions as part of the scanning process? What did you notice about the experiences of your learners that were most important to your team? How did you use the OECD principles of learning and the First Peoples Principles of Learning in your scanning process?
Focus:*
In a few sentences, explain why you selected this area. What changes were you hoping to obtain for your learners?
Hunch:*
Describe your hunches about the ways in which practices at the school may have been contributing to the experiences of your learners that were of concern to you.
New Professional Learning:*
What new areas of professional learning did you explore? What resources were most helpful? What specific designs did you use to support the learning of your colleagues?
Taking Action:*
Describe strategies you and your team decided on and how your actions worked out. Be as specific as possible – so that other teams can learn from your experience.
Checking:*
Summarize the differences you made. Were they enough? Were you satisfied? What did you use as baseline - and change - evidence? How much richer are your learners’ answers to the four questions?
Reflections/Advice:*
Finish by sharing what you learned from this inquiry, where you plan to go next, and what advice you would offer other schools with a similar interest.
Optional: Inquiry Project Media
If you managed to capture some evidence of your inquiry project in action, we have created a section here for you to upload your media files. We are always looking for evidence of your inspiring inquiry projects to showcase. We THANK YOU for taking the extra time to capture and upload these files.
Upload Media Here
Ideally, we are looking for high-resolution photos (above 2 Megabytes; not Whatsapp photos). If you are uncertain of the quality, please send along the media anyway and we can determine whether or not they are usable. Sharing media of children can be sensitive, so please only share with us media that can be disseminated widely to a public audience.
Drop files here or

Max. file size: 128 MB, Max. files: 3.
Description of Media
Along with the media submission, please include a short description of what is happening in the photo/video (i.e. school district, where the photo was taken, short sentence on what the picture is capturing); please also include the appropriate photo credit for attribution.
Media Consent
I confirm that all of the media I have uploaded has proper consent to be shared publicly. I hereby give the Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education (NOIIE) permission to use this media at their sole discretion.
I agree
IV. Learner Data
The following questions are for internal NOIIE purposes only; answers to these questions will not be published on the NOIIE website along with your case study. Please answer the following questions to the best of your knowledge.
Size/Scale of Inquiry*
What was the size or scale of your inquiry?
- Class
- Multi-Class
- School
- Multi-School
- District
Number of Students Involved in Inquiry*
Give an estimate of the number of STUDENTS impacted by your inquiry. (Example: a class might be 25 students, a whole school inquiry might be 1500 students)
Key Inquiry Question*
Did you take the time to ask your learners the first key scanning question: Can you name two adults in this school who believe you will be a success in life? We recommend that you plan to ask this question as part of the scanning phase of your inquiry (close to the start of the school year), and then again at the end of the school year. Did you ask this question to your learners?
- Yes (at scanning AND end of year)
- Yes (ONLY during scanning)
- Yes (ONLY at end of school year)
- No (not at all)
During the Scanning Phase*
How many learners did you ask the question: Can you name two adults in this school who believe you will be a success in life? (please enter a number; if you didn't ask the question, enter "0")
During the Scanning Phase*
How many learners provided a response? (please enter a number; if you didn't ask the question, enter "0")
During the Scanning Phase*
Of those who provided a response, how many learners could name two adults when asked this question? (please enter a number; if you didn't ask the question, enter "0")
End of the School Year*
How many learners did you ask the question: Can you name two adults in this school who believe you will be a success in life? (please enter a number; if you didn't ask the question, enter "0")
End of the School Year*
How many learners provided a response? (please enter a number; if you didn't ask the question, enter "0")
End of the School Year*
Of those who provided a response, how many learners could name two adults when asked this question? (please enter a number; if you didn't ask the question, enter "0")
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Case Study Submission

2021/2022 Inquiry Project Case Study Submission Form

I. General Information

II. Inquiry Project Information

III. Spirals of Inquiry Details

Optional: Inquiry Project Media

IV. Learner Data

Thank You!