Instructional Leadership CP & ER to maybe speak now if they have been very very good and quiet Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life
The Lowther Hall Story 2006 Appointed 2006 Learning Teams (ongoing) 2006 Executive Strategic Planning Retreat 2007 The Qualities of the Lowther Hall Girl 2008 Teaching and Learning Plan 2009 – 2011 2011 Teaching and Learning Policy 2011 Professional Development Process Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life
Clear Shared Vision: The Qualities of the Lowther Girl Cards – staff to develop own vision of qualities Ideas sorted & grouped Further thinking Drawings to tease out thinking Sticky notes E-mails Documentation Final set of 12 qualities Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life
She is optimistic and has a sense of hope for the future Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life
Clear Shared Vision: Teaching and Learning Plan Current status Drawings with whole staff Feedback from leadership group External landscape Readings for leadership group Development of vision for future Brainstorm with whole staff – protocol Refinement and grouping by leadership group Presentation of draft for comment Launch of plan Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life
Use of protocols Facilitative leadership: crucial components of professional communities of practice Focus on student learning Deprivatisation of practice Collaboration Shared norms and values Reflective dialogue K.S. Louis, 1996 Models the desired behaviours and norms Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life
Teaching and Learning Plan 2009-2011 5 Priorities: Pedagogy Curriculum planning and design Assessment and reporting ICT Collaboration Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life
Teaching and Learning Plan 2009-2011 Pedagogy To develop shared and clearly articulated understandings about effective teaching based on shared and clearly articulated understandings about how students learn and the needs of different learners. Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life
Teaching and Learning Plan 2009-2011 Curriculum planning and design To develop shared understandings and practices based on the Understanding by Design model Assessment and Reporting To develop and implement assessment and reporting practices and processes which are consistent, which promote and accurately reflect relevant 21st century student learning outcomes and which are transparent for parents. Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life
Teaching and Learning Plan 2009-2011 ICT To develop and implement ICT pedagogies which promote student learning outcomes relevant for the 21st century Collaboration To embed collaborative practices of teachers to improve teaching and learning Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life
Outcomes so far Culture of continuous improvement Staff are more focussed on improving student learning outcomes Shared belief about what constitutes good teaching Data has become central to planning and delivering the curriculum and assessing its success Mixed academic results Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life
Questions? Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School: Educating the whole person for the whole of life