The future of education ACACA conference

The impact of technology on teaching and learning How can we change teacher practice?

By Claire Amos @claireamosnzDeputy Principal

Hobsonville Point Secondary School

Teaching as Inquiry to lead future-focused change

ICT tools and strategies that we will focus on

Using Teaching as Inquiryto produce an ‘E-learning Action Plan’

E-learning Action PlanInquiry Cycle Stage E-learning Action Plan Stage

Focusing Inquiry Selecting a group of students to focus on and ‘Desired Student Learning Outcome(s)’(PLG Focus)

Teaching Inquiry ICT/e-learning strategies that will support DSLO

Teaching and Learning Who/When (Timeline)

Learning Inquiry Evidence that you will collect to measure shift in regards to DSLO

So how does this work?

• E-mentors are Learning Area based• PLGs will have been formed within Learning

Areas to suit specific needs of Learning Area• Learning Areas have produced an ‘E-learning

Action Plan’ led by LADs and e-mentors• PLGs have developed specific ‘E-learning

Action Plans based on desired student learning outcomes’

E-learning Action Plan 2012Inquiry Cycle Stage E-learning Action Plan Stage

Focusing Inquiry Selecting a group of students to focus on and an area of ‘Thinking’ to focus on(PLG Focus)

Teaching Inquiry Collaborative/Differentiated/ICT/e-learning strategies that will support development of ‘Thinking’

Teaching and Learning Who/When (Timeline)

Learning Inquiry Evidence that you will collect to measure shift in regards to ‘Thinking’

Why this works!

• It is based on effective pedagogy as outlined in the NZC

• It can be personalised to fit personal professional needs

• It can be contextualised into any curriculum area• It provides a plan of action with provides a structure

and a level of accountability• It puts the focus on the student outcomes, not the

technology!

Tips

• Integrate all school initiatives into the one teaching as inquiry cycle – rather than separating out into disparate topics

• Allow teachers to work in curriculum based professional learning groups

• Provide a common template• Provide a clear timeline for completing each part of the

inquiry• Get them to publish and share their plans – this helps with

the accountability but also provides opportunities for identifying needs and common foci.

• Offer technical and ICT skills PD based on their plans (consider creating online tutorials to do this)

Why must we change education?

'The future is unknowable, but not unimaginable'

– Ludwig Lachmann

Entering the Knowledge Age

Agrarian Age

Industrial Age

Knowledge Age

The Knowledge Age

More Information

More People

More Careers

Fewer Resources

The Age of Change

Moore’s Law

“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change -”

― Heraclitus

When the rate of change outside of the organisation is faster than the rate of change inside an organisation, the end is in sight.

- Jack Welch

What do we need to change in education?

21st Century SkillsComplex Communication

Collaboration

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Creativity and Innovation

Information and Media fluency

From Low-Level Thinking to High-Level

Thinking

From Analog to Digital

From Teacher-Directed to Student-Directed

21st Century Teaching

21st Century Schools

Free range learners • Free to choose how they learn• Free to choose where they learn• Free to choose how they process their learning• Free to choose how they evidence their learning• Free to experience learning that is relevant and responsive to their

needs not our limitations

Universal Design for Learning =

Equitable access to learning

http://www.udlcenter.org/resource_library/articles/udl

Learning at HPSSVisionThe vision for our school is to create a stimulating, inclusive learning environment which empowers learners to contribute confidently and responsibly in our changing world.

PrinciplesThe foundations of our curriculum decision-making are to:• Innovate through personalising learning• Engage through powerful partnerships• Inspire through deep challenge and inquiry to develop empowered

learners• The curriculum and student week is made up of three key

components - learning hubs, specialised learning and project learning.

Learning at HPSS

Learning Hubs

Project Learning

Specialised Learning MyTime

With a lot of guided choice!

Learning at HPSS

Specialised LearningSpecialised Learning Modules:• will enable all students to gain coverage of curriculum areas

and fluencies• will include a range of teaching & learning modes: co-

constructed, seminar, workshop, flipped, online etc.• will encourage critical and creative thinking• will be framed by inquiry and involve independent learning

activities• Learning Coaches will work with the students to create a

LearnPath by selecting a range of modules that ensure curriculum and skills coverage. Beyond 2014 students will be able to be placed into modules based on curriculum levels suited to their readiness rather than based on their age.

Project LearningBig Projects: • larger scale, links with internal or external expertise/mentors,

business partnerships, community links, encourage social responsibility & citizenship

• apply learning across curriculum areas with focus e.g. Wetlands• exposure to wide range of learning experiences, scope for

student participation across range of rolesPassion Projects: • individual/team initiated and negotiated interest based

projects• encourage curiosity, grow passions and achieve excellence

Learning HubsLearning Hubs will:• be small groups where caring relationships are fostered• provide learners with one key person who will connect

with family and ensure learners are engaged in a relevant and challenging programme

• explore learner interests in order to pursue passions, which can be linked back to learning

• track progress and provide structures so learners, with their coaches and families, can maintain a learning portfolio

• build on learners' capacities to be Inquirers and Self Directed Learners

MyTimeFour times a week students have 50 minutes of MyTime where they can negotiate how best to spend this time. This is negotiated each week with Learning Coaches. Typical MyTime sessions include:• Literacy or Numeracy Support or Extension• Writing club, Coding, Robotics, Tinkering (MakerEd),

Science Club, Enviro group, meditation, Yoga, Gym, Gamers Anonymous etc.

• Floor-time with teachers, silent reading, self-directed study

How can we lead change in our schools?

“Adaptive experts also know how to continuously expand their expertise, restructuring their knowledge and competencies to meet new challenges.”

(Darling-Hammond 2006: 11)

NZC Teaching as Inquiry

Sigmoid Curve Model

How can we be supported to make the necessary changes?

The future is not something that is done to us, but an ongoing process in which we can intervene.

– Keri Facer

We need the carrot AND the stick!

We have the infrastructureWe have phenomenal educatorsWe have spectacular studentsWe have a stunning curriculum

Have high standards and if you must… …measure results.

We need recognition AND resourcing!

Demand high standardsDemand excellent outcomes

But mostly, provide generous amounts of ongoing professional learning and support

Align Professional Learning

Explore how the PLD Review, Investing in Educational Success, EDUCANZ work can all promote future focused practices.

Highlight how Innovation can support Academic Excellence

Support and promote the innovative risk-takers!

Promote innovative and creative assessment practices

(Re)develop a job description for Principal’s Nominee that sees them promoting future-focused practices

Could we ‘Qualmark’ and share innovative and creative NCEA tasks free of charge.

Are National Standards assessment for learning or a tail being used to the wag the dog.

Are National Standards the right standards for the young people who will live in the future.

Is NCEA or SSCE measuring the right things?

Is our current definition of ‘student achievement’ future focused enough?

You get what you measure.

Assessment is the tail that wags the dog.

If you want the dog to change maybe you need to change the tail…

When and where will we make the change?

Here and now……it’s simply a matter of having a growth mindset. http://www.learning-

knowledge.com/self-theories.html

The Future of EducationThe educational revolution will not be televised.It will be blogged, tweeted and uploaded to YouTube.

Change is happening and change won’t be slowed.So hurry up, build your own map.What ever you do, at least get on the road.