Sunday 25th August 2013 Rachael Edgar and Stephanie Trueman ‘Great Learning’ Sunday 25th August 2013 Rachael Edgar and Stephanie Trueman SRS CPD video 2013-2014

What is needed from teachers? #TEAMsrs What is needed from teachers? A commitment to: The continual improvement of practice Focus on those things that make a difference to students

Talent is over rated?

Passion reflects the thrill, as well as the frustrations, of learning; it can be infectious, it can taught, it can be modelled, and it can be learnt.  It requires more than content knowledge, acts of skilled teaching, or engaged students to make the difference (although these help).  It requires a love of the content, an ethical caring stance deriving from the desire to instil in others a liking, or even love, of the discipline being taught, and a demonstration that the teacher is not only teaching, but also learning (typically about the students’ processes and outcomes of learning). [John Hattie (2012), Visible Learning for Teachers: maximising impact on learning.]

‘What distinguishes experts from others is the commitment to deliberate practice’

Task: 10 mins What does ‘GREAT’ learning look like in a lesson Task: 10 mins What does ‘GREAT’ learning look like in a lesson? What are the things that ‘make a difference’ to our students? Write these down as a statement or list of words TIMER

Independence Questioning Challenge Creativity Feedback http://websofsubstance.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/deep-learning.png

What can you expect from us? A commitment to engineer effective learning environments for teachers by: Creating expectations for continually improving practice Keeping the focus on the things that make a difference to students Providing the time, space, dispensation, and support for innovation Supporting risk-taking

Professional Development opportunities SRS 2013-2014 School Twitter accounts SRS_Dubai Dubai_Teachmeet Continuous self-reflection and improvement- research engaged activity, individually or in collaboration with others. Using social media for PD. Contribution to SRS Teaching & Learning Blog. Teaching and Learning Hub Meetings (half termly) School based and external INSET (BSME, WWDubai) SPARK Teach Meet events. (October, March) Collaboration and visits to other schools. (DTLP) Peer observations within and between Departments/ Year groups. Coaching WOW week(s) activities. Personalised CPD pathways: NQT NQT+1 Good to Great Aspirational leaders “It’s time to realise that teachers who leverage social media for learning are at a greater advantage than those who don’t”

Some further reading… Developing a growth mindset Why Teach Meets Rock S.P.A.R.K June 1st Write up How might social media help teachers improve education? What has blogging done for teacher's CPD? Great Learning: 3 qualities that separate the best from the rest SRS CPD video 2013-2014 The big 4: Questioning, Feedback, Independence & Challenge

Teaching and Learning workshops 9am-10am “Using Twitter for professional development” Rachael Edgar “Best practice in lesson planning” Wendy Banks “Questioning” Fraser Angus “Outstanding Teaching and Learning” Claire McWilliams “Student led learning” Sarah Boyle and Amy Hanlon “AFL” Stephanie Trueman