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CREATING A COMMUNITY OF CURIOSITY. “Challenges for School Leadership”. Setting the Scene. Context: Political Realities A School’s Environment Challenges: We know the data that matters most is directly and explicitly about student learning. Prepare. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CREATING A COMMUNITY OF CURIOSITY
“Challenges for School Leadership”
Setting the Scene
Context:
Political Realities A School’s Environment
Challenges:
We know the data that matters most is directly and explicitly about student learning
Prepare
Creating a Community of Curiosity – A common “Moral Purpose”
How do we continue to affirm effective practice yet look for alternative practices that can maximise improvement?
Building confidence through trust amongst our staff is critical
CREATIVITY
COMMUNITY
TRUST
Prepare (continued)
Sharing stories in an ongoing, regular way is important if you wish to build sustainable commitment
Build Assessment Literacy
POWER OF PROTOCOLS
Norms for open, honest conversation
Meeting habits that support inquiry, dialogue, reflection
Opportunities for direct action
Facilitative leadership capable of encouraging participation, ensuring equity, building trust
Inquire
Dig into Data
Seek the Truth
Look at Student Work
Develop and investigate a “Problem of Practice”
Act
Have a Plan
Have progress points – ways to keep you on track; multiple sources of data - Triangulation
Reflect with Purpose
Conclusions
Teacher beliefs are challenged and modified by “seeing and being seen teaching”, and then having conversations about it.
James Spillane – “Activities engaged in interactions with others in a particular context around specific tasks”
– lead and model
“open to learning” conversations
Conclusions (continued)
Moral Imperative
Keep learning, reflecting, challenging yourself
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