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Schoolwide Pedagogical Principles assist with the alignment of purpose and practice across whole school learning and teaching communities. This presentation shares the work of the Leadership Research International team and its IDEAS process working with schools to create shared commitment to school vision, values and a schoolwide pedagogy.
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The Power of a Schoolwide Pedagogical Framework
WorkshopSaturday 4th May 2013Stuartholme School, Toowong
Joan ConwayShauna PetersenLindy Abawi
ResearchersLeadership Research International USQ
LEADERSHIP RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
Session Overview
When What9.00am – 9.40am Introduction
What do !/we know about Schoolwide pedagogy? Introducing the LRI’s research and development around Schoolwide Pedagogy. What do we want to know?
9.40am – 10.50am Learning Experience 1: The power of Schoolwide Pedagogy
Clarifying the purpose Definitions of explicit teaching/instruction aligned to my Personal Pedagogy
10.50 – 11.20am Morning tea
11.20 – 12.30am Learning Experience 1: Building on the power of Schoolwide Pedagogy
Strengthening commitment to ownership of new knowledge
12.30-1.00pm Reflection and ‘take home messages’
KWL – explicit teaching
Know Want to know Learnt
KWL
What do I/we know about schoolwide pedagogy?
SWP helps professional learning communities when:
Selecting teaching strategies Choosing resources Identifying and accessing support Aligning behaviour management practices across a school Interacting with the community Determining PD needs Prioritising demands and imperatives Identifying organisational ways of working and creating or
implementing policies ….
SWP: Organic & intuitive
The Research BackgroundThe development of the LRI’s concept of SWP was informed by research :
The most successful schools …found a way to channel staff and student efforts toward a clear, commonly shared purpose for student learning; they created opportunities for teachers to collaborate and help one another achieve the purpose; and teachers in these schools took collective — not just individual — responsibility for student learning. (Newmann & Wehlage, 1995)
“The fact that a person has a particular orientation towards himself or herself and the world is important, but equally important are the ideas and values to which the orientation is related” (Sarason, 1982, p. 176-7).
SWP: What is it?
A schoolwide pedagogy (SWP) is an agreed set of pedagogical principles that reflect the distinctive qualities of a school community.
SWP enables a teaching staff to:
Emphasize agreed priority strategies for teaching or learning or both in the diverse curricular and extra-curricular practices of a school
Reinforce each other’s strengths in their core work Grow professionally through a collaborative professional
learning approach
SWP: Part of a whole
One element within a process of improvement – a number of pre-requisites must be in place.
Commitment, diagnosis and a vision for the future are essential starting points
SWP
KWL
What do I/we want to know?
SWP: One approachSchool vision: Aspire, Create, Together
ASPIRE to become the best we can be by CREATING new ideas and knowledge so that TOGETHER we succeed.
ACTIVE pedagogy: INSERT VIDEO CLIP Active commitment Creativity Teamwork Individual Vision Empathy
SWP: Making the linksPrinciple Definition Authoritative
PedagogyKey Resources
Empathy Empathy refers to the fostering of positive relationships based on mutual respect between all members of the school community (teachers, parents and students). Our school is a place where care and respect of the environment is actively promoted.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory.
At this school we:
• welcome community participation in the school•Create a classroom environment based on mutual respect•Discuss current environmental issues•Give students the responsibility of caring for our school environment.
Learning Experience 1:
The Power of SWP
The Tale of Greenfield Elementary The Grameen Bank
KWL
What have I/we learnt?
Morning Tea
Learning Experience 2:
Building on the Power of SWP
Eacham High School
SWP: What are the benefits?
Personal professional learning Collaborative professional learning Relationships building across a campus An opportunity to develop teacher leaders Promotes teacher commitment Creation of a sense of shared purpose Develops professional community Does more than just tick boxes Allows schools to be one step ahead of the game
SWP: Key messages
Soaring with light“From the castle……to the network”
Vision Clarity Unique to context Collective commitment Underpinned by theory
What else?
3-Dimensional Pedagogy
LRI SWP Development AssistanceTwo possible ways of obtaining assistance from LRI staff for your SWP development journey:
1. A Cluster Delivery Model consisting of a series of workshops plus facilitator development sessions run via teleconference – a cluster in this case is considered to be 3 or more schools working together. Although working together each school is empowered to create their own unique SWP.
2. A two day resource package providing hands on intensive training for pedagogical leaders to learn how to work with these resources in their context.
SWP Cluster Workshops
Workshop 1: Orientation
Workshop 2: Personal Pedagogy
Workshop 3: Collective Pedagogical Awareness
Workshop 4: Successful Practices
Workshop 5: Defining SWP
Workshop 6: SWP in Context
Workshop 7: Validation and implementation
SWP: Two day PD
A Resource Package comprising 3 components (2 optional):
1. A 2-day Professional Development Program together with resources for school leaders of pedagogy development
2. Optional - Two 30 minute teleconferences between a school and an LRI consultant subsequent to the 2-day program. (A professional fee will be applicable.)
3. Optional – A school may wish to negotiate an onsite visit by an LRI consultant during implementation of their SWP developmental process. (A professional fee and any travel costs are applicable.)
LRI Contact detailsIf you would like further information about the LRI and/or package options please contact the LRI administrator Marlene Barron:
marlene.barron@usq.edu.au
or you can email any of uslindy-anne.abawi@usq.edu.au
joan.conway@usq.edu.au shauna.petersen@usq.edu.au
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