1. PMSS 2015 Continuing Professional Learning Program

2. Session 5: Leading for learning Facilitators Sophia McLean: Professional Learning Manager Louise Rostron: Professional Learning Consultant

3. Workshop purpose You are here to experience and understand the PDSA Improvement Process, its application to improving science teaching and learning in primary school To identify and share “probletunities” encountered when operating as a VIC Science Specialist

4. Workshop outline (90 minutes) INTRO:Purpose, outline, outcomes (5 mins) ENGAGE:Review previous learning (10 mins)To examine the changes/improvements the PMSS Program is trying to achieve and the probletunities encountered as a Science Specialist EXPLORE:To explore more about the leadership for learning framework (20 mins)Choose a change or probletunity to examine EXPLAIN:To learn about the PDSA Improvement process (10 mins) ELABORATE:Use quality tools to begin the process of solving some probletunities (25 mins) EVALUATE:Your ideas for improvement (20 mins)Summarise, reflect and evaluate

5. Outcomes On completion of this module participants will understand: the PDSA improvement process examples of techniques to apply at each stage of the PDSA process the application of the PDSA process to improving the teaching and learning of primary science that the PDSA process can be applied to both small and large improvement projects contribute to sharing and devising effective solutions for improving probletunities

6. ENGAGE Continuing Professional Learning Program

7. Top 6 changes Staff involvement Student engagement Building teacher confidence and capacity to teach Mentoring program Promotion of science Curriculum delivery/science integrated with literacy

8. Top 8 Probletunities Commitment from staff Planning time Mentoring time Time to teach science Teacher attitude to science Teacher knowledge base Crowded curriculum Leadership (needs a fishbone of its own)

9. EXPLORE Continuing Professional Learning Program

10. Leadership for Learning Framework Eight dimensions Shared moral purpose Disciplined dialogue about learning Strong evidence base Active professional learners Conditions for learning Curriculum and teaching Distributive leadership Parent and wider community support

11. EXPLAIN Continuing Professional Learning Program

12. Application of the Plan Do Study Act Cycle requires us to be clear and specific about: the purpose and goals of the proposed improvement who is served by the proposed improvement and their needs how success will be evaluated the deficiencies in the current situation and the causes of these deficiencies a theory and plan for improvement evaluation of the success of the plan and reflecting on appropriate next steps

13. PDSA 9-step process (See middle pages of the PDSA booklet) Plan Step 1: Understand the system and select the team Step 2: Define the opportunity for improvement Step 3: Study the current situation Step 4: Analyse the causes Step 5: Develop a theory for improvement Do Step 6: Implement the theory for improvement Study: Step 7: Study the results Act: Step 8: Standardise the improvement Step 9: Establish future plans

14. ELABORATE Continuing Professional Learning Program

15. Use the PDSA process In groups apply the PDSA process to your change or probletunity. Concentrate on the Plan stage. Include the Probletunity, the root cause of the issue AND identify which of the eight dimensions from the framework it belongs Participate in a gallery walk and discuss with your group.

16. Bone Diagram Describe the current situation Describe the desired situation What are the forces pushing towards the improvement? What are the forces preventing the improvement? How might we eliminate the preventing forces?

17. Fishbone diagram

18. If…..then……

19. EVALUATE Continuing Professional Learning Program

20. A wise thought………. A change in thinking always precedes a change in practice!

21. Your ideas