Promoting and Supporting
Excellence in School Leadership
EREA Women in Leadership National Forum
30 May 2013
What we know about professional learning
Activity: what you can change
Planning for your own professional learning
Resources
What we know about
Professional Learning
Relevant
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current research
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new solutions
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timely
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identified student
needs
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school goals
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matched to learner
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s/Details/IOP00017
Collaborative
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observe
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reflect
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coach
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interact with experts
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create learning
communities
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seek feedback
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mentor
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strations/Details/IOP00079
Future Focused
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future needs
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theorise
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high-level skills
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change
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explore research
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innovate
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challenge
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rations/Details/IOP00046
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sophisticated, robust, multi-method
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built in at the start
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focuses on changes in teacher and leader practice
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tracks change over the short, medium and long term
Is there a professional learning culture? Is there:
 data and evidence of student work underpinning professional learning
 evaluation of professional learning occurring
 leaders supporting ongoing adult learning and risk taking
 collective responsibility for improving practice
 disciplined collaboration
 high levels of trust, interaction and inter-dependence
 structures, explicit planning and time; and
 alignment between performance, development and professional
learning activities?
... is to build other leaders and secure
the vision of the school to the
community.’ Joseph, 2013
Activity: Developing a Professional
Learning Culture
Now
12 months
2 years
> What is the responsibility of school leaders in developing
a performance and development culture?
> What is the responsibility of teachers in developing a
performance and development culture?
> What does it look like when school leaders and teachers
collaborate around leadership of cultural change?
Planning for your own
professional learning
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reflection
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monitoring change
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learning more about their strengths
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exploring opportunities for improvement
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gathering feedback
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developing an action plan
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planning professional learning
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an element of professional appraisal.
Resources
Australian Charter for the Professional Learning of Teachers and School
Leaders
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/verve/_resources/Australian_Charter_for_the_Professio
nal_Learning_of_Teachers_and_School_Leaders.pdf
Chart Fact Sheet
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/verve/_resources/Australian_Charter_for_the_Professio
nal_Learning_of_Teachers_and_School_Leaders_Fact_Sheet.pdf
Charter Stimulus Cards
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/verve/_resources/Charter_stimulus_cards.pdf
Charter Stimulus Cards Support Guide
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/verve/_resources/Charter_stimulus_cards_support_guid
e.pdf
360º Reflection Tool
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/school-leaders/national-professional-standard-for-principals/360reflection-tool.html
360º Reflection Tool User Guide
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/verve/_resources/360_Reflection_Tool__User_Guide.pdf
Self-Assessment Tool
http://www.selfassessment.aitsl.edu.au/
Leading Curriculum Change
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/professional-learning/leading-curriculum-change/leadingcurriculum-change.html
Local Leadership Program
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/local-leadership.html
Supervising Pre-service Teachers Program
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/professional-learning/supervising-preserviceteachers/supervising-preservice-teachers.html
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