Pathway and Product

Sunnybrae Normal School

Stephen Gordon and Jennie Stewart

Pathway Point to Ponder

Management is about running a school.

Leadership is about running a school somewhere.

Geoff Southworth 1998

Cluster Vision

We will improve the pedagogical awareness of teachers in order to

develop their ability to provideprogrammes that are based on thefollowing approaches to learning:

integration of the curriculum, inquiry learning, higher order thinking skills, e-learning, differentiated learning and gifted and talented learning.

Approaches to learning

Shared goals …

To develop teacher and student confidence and skill in using ICT in the classroom and for sharing presentations to a wider audience. To truly integrate ICTs across the curriculum as tools for learning. To combine ICT knowledge with educational pedagogy and explore learning in exciting, interesting, and effective ways.

To develop a professional learning community online using an extranet for the sharing of resources and ideas.To access hardware and to provide technical support and knowledge where needed.

More shared goals

Leading the learning …

Provide professional development programmes, which focus on improving teaching quality and learning outcomes for all students and strengthening communities of professional practice.

Increase capability of teachers and principals to effectively use a range of relevant ICT resources and materials. Develop and contribute to the growing resource of expertise, experience and materials in the effective use of ICT.

Leading the learning …

What are the key features of a successful and sustainable professional development model?

Discuss your current school model - what is working well and what would you like to change?

The Pathway

Performance Management Cycle Professional Development Overview Staff Meetings/Readings Schedule PD Goal Setting - ICT paper In-class support overview/timetable

Sunnybrae’s Pathway

Evaluation and reflection Teacher reflections Syndicate Leader Evaluations Online Cluster Survey Appraisal Interviews - new goals set

Sunnybrae’s Pathway

What elements would you need to identify as being critical to supporting a Professional Learning pathway in your school? e.g. infrastructure, budgeting, resources, staffing, organisation ...

Supporting the Pathway

Infrastructure Budget - staffing for support Resources - essential equipment Organisation - peer coaching Managing resources - PMI

Supporting the Pathway at Sunnybrae

Website and Intranet development Storage and access ePortfolios - challenges/success Sharing of products

Products of the Pathway

Students Pre-Service Teachers Teachers

What do you like about being a learner at Sunnybrae?

What ideas could you explore for your school’s pathway?

- short term- long term

What action will you take?

Your Pathway

An introduction to classroom observation: E.C.Wragg. Reprinted 2001 by Routledge Falmer. ISBN 0-415-19440-7A book to help guide your classroom observation skills to support professional development.

Coaching Leadership: Building Educational Leadership Capacity through Coaching Partnerships: Jan Robertson. NZCER Press Wellington 2005. ISBN 1-877398-02-0A book to use as a guide to assist you to develop leadership capacity across the school. Includes a chapter on Action Research and Coaching.

Recommended Readings

The Reflective Principal: School Development Within a Learning Community – David Stewart and Tom Prebble. (1993) ISBN 0-9598025-3-3A book to use as a guide for principals to lead their school communities towards more reflective and more collaborative approaches to their work.

Recommended Readings