Learning for You
Activity 1: The teacher makes the difference
The evidence on the importance of the skills and knowledge of teachers is well documented. A sample of current research is quoted below:
There is widespread agreement that teacher quality is the single greatest in-school influence on student outcomes.
Leaders can help make it happen... Your challenge as a leader is to ensure that your team of teachers have access to the collaborative professional learning that is necessary for them to become even better teachers.
How are you working to achieve this learning with your teachers?
Collect evidence throughout the action phase and use this to prepare a report/case study for sharing with other participants.
A sample proforma is included in the Resources page.
Activity 2: Your chosen strategy in the classroom
The substantial learning for this stage will occur as part of the strategy practice for example if you are using action learning you will be involved in learning through your AL set or group meetings. See the relevant questions in the Essential questions at the beginning of the stage.
The evidence on the importance of the skills and knowledge of teachers is well documented. A sample of current research is quoted below:
There is widespread agreement that teacher quality is the single greatest in-school influence on student outcomes.
- McKinsey and Company (2007), after analysing the world’s top performing school systems, concluded that the quality of an education system simply cannot exceed the quality of its teachers.
- John Hattie (2003) conducted a synthesis of numerous studies of the effects on student achievement and found that teacher quality was the greatest variable; it accounted for 30% of the variance on student performance.
- Linda Darling-Hammond (1999), after analysing evidence-based findings from a range of reports, concluded that the quality of teacher education and teaching more strongly related to student achievement than other issues such as class sizes, overall spending levels or teacher salaries.
Leaders can help make it happen... Your challenge as a leader is to ensure that your team of teachers have access to the collaborative professional learning that is necessary for them to become even better teachers.
How are you working to achieve this learning with your teachers?
Collect evidence throughout the action phase and use this to prepare a report/case study for sharing with other participants.
A sample proforma is included in the Resources page.
Activity 2: Your chosen strategy in the classroom
The substantial learning for this stage will occur as part of the strategy practice for example if you are using action learning you will be involved in learning through your AL set or group meetings. See the relevant questions in the Essential questions at the beginning of the stage.