Whole Education Conference Thursday 5 March 2015

A school confronts a never-to-be resolved contradiction. It must fill the expectations of those it serves, if it is to survive. It must change those expectancies if it is to be truly educational.(Denning)

Session objectives

• To develop understanding of how one school’s investment in Cooperative Group-work and related strategies contributed to an outstanding Inspection judgement.

• To appreciate how this understanding has the potential to support the principles of a ‘Whole Education’.

• To know where to gain further information about the Co-operative Groupwork model and associated strategies.

The Fallibroome Academy Trust

• The Fallibroome Academy, 1500 students, 3 x Outstanding (VA 1028)

• The Winsford Academy, 980 students, 2 x RI, Sponsored

• Broken Cross Primary Academy, 85 pupils, RI

• Nether Alderley Primary Academy, 105 pupils, Good

Quotes from Kinsey report

• ‘How the world’s best-performing school systems come out on top’ Michael Barber October 2007

• “The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers.”

• “Second, the top-performing systems understand that the only way to improve pupil outcomes is to improve the quality of instruction. In many education reform efforts, everything changes except what happens in classrooms; no wonder pupil outcomes plateau.”

• “The journey to world class is not easy. It demands consistent government strategy but it does not just happen in Parliaments or Ministries; it happens in every classroom every day across a country.”

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Participation?

Collaboration?

Level of thinking?

Thinking time?

Timed-Pair-Share

THINK TIME!!

• As talk Bs listen (1minute)

• Bs show your appreciation to As : Copycat

• Switch roles

• Bs talk As listen (1 minute)

• As show your appreciation to Bs : Complete the sentence

= participation?

• How did we structure for equal participation?

TIME &TURNS

Group work

Work in groups to make as many

x4 calculations as you can in one

minute:

Start with no.9 & x4

(x4, x4..etc)

Group Work?• Arrange class into groups

• Set them a task

• Ask them to work as a group on the task

Students achieve significantly worse than traditional teaching

Why?

Hogs and Logs

Conclusion: Group work can generate results that are worse than traditional teaching methods

Numbered Heads Together

Have you…?

• Have you felt and given support to each other?

• Have you had to ‘perform’ for your team i.e. been accountable for your learning frequently?

• Have you been able to participate equally?

• Have you been actively involved most of the time?

Kagan Co-operative Groupwork Structures

4 Key Principles

• Positive Interdependence

• Individual accountability

• Equal participation

• Simultaneous interaction

The view from the Front Line

• No 3s collect Jake Percival’s article

• Read privately

• Round Robin your thoughts (spinner decides order, 1 minute each)

An Assessment for Learning Model

Assessment for Learning: Putting It into Practice

Paul Black, Chris Harrison, Clare Lee, Bethan Marshall, Dylan

William (September 2003), Open University Press

1. Emphasis on learning outcomes and success criteria

2. Careful planning and delivery of questioning strategies

3. Formative written feedback

4. Opportunities for self and peer assessment

5. Formative use of summative assessments

Development & Research approach – pilot first: 9 CfL research

papers on our website

Kagan training

Learning Brain Europe Conference

Other related CPD strategies offered by

Fallibroome and the FLC

• The Invitational Framework

• Investors in Excellence

• Circle Time (secondary pilot)

• Learning Brain Europe

• TEDx conference and TED salons

Key drivers of performance

• Culture

• Teaching and Learning

• Leadership and Management

• Do you have secure frames of reference that help you create your culture? (with high levels of trust?)

• Do you have a shared understanding of how children learn?

• Do you have a secure model of Middle Leader accountability?

• Do you have disciplined innovation?

Session objectives

• To develop understanding of how one school’s investment in Cooperative Group-work and related strategies contributed to an outstanding Inspection judgement.

• To appreciate how this understanding has the potential to support the principles of a ‘Whole Education’.

• To know where to gain further information about the Co-operative Groupwork model and associated strategies.