Sustainable professionalization of in Dutch schools A practical approach to the development of teacher professionalism Lia van Alphen Arjan Dieleman Ruud de Moor Centre
Ruud de Moor Centre RdM C Part of the Dutch Open University Centre of support and research for the benefit of teacher professionalization Demand-driven
Transformation processes in Dutch secondary schools Widening school functions Integration of teacher education and (practitioner) research into the school practice Network constructions between schools and teacher training institutes Upgrading teacher profession
Sustainable Professionalzation in Dutch schools A practical approach of the development of teacher professionalism Lia van Alphen, Arjan Dieleman
Case Thorbecke College Public school secondary education All educational levels 2000 pupils; 200 teachers
Educational programme teacher-development (academy) Quality improvement by Clear competence-profiles Link with career planning
360 degree feedback How does the process of 360 degree feedback work? Which learning topics come out?
development interviews Training Module Trainer Video, Case Peer coach Desk Research Literature Log Action plan Create practical assignment Performance development interviews Reflection competence monitor 360 degrees feedback Knowledge, Insight, Development, Skills Feedback reciever Students Team leader Collegagues
Professionalisering rond de Competentiemonitor Impressions Academy within the school Prefer at the own school 360 degree is tough Struggle of competence-based learning Professionalisering rond de Competentiemonitor
A secondary school in a middle-sized town A request for guidance and support to the cause of developing an own academy inside the school RdM C as a critical friend The face-value of a request or the biased character of the situation definition
One side of the story Cultural profile of the school Collaboration with university researchers for evidence-based innovations Reputation of the school as innovative Ambition to implement sustainable professionalization into the school Wish for an own academy, quality circles a.o.
The other (hidden) side of the story Irregular subject-based teacher meetings Traditional way of normal teaching Inspectorate’s record of sprawling, passive and uninterested students in the schoolclasses Attribution of the problems to student behaviours
Gap between active innovation- and research-driven staff (top) and routine-oriented teachers relying on traditional teaching methods (bottom) Weak interfaces between top and bottom for organising support and hearing teachers voices