Developing Great Teaching
David Weston, 11th AprilIRIS Connect – Shaping the Future of CPD, Cambridge
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Helping teachers to help pupilsSupport, trust, feedback & culture
low quality teacher environment
high quality teacher environment
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Kraft & Papay, 2014 - http://ow.ly/OYBwp
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The effect of leadershipWhat types of leadership help most?
Source: Robinson (2009) - http://ow.ly/OYCSO
Establishing goals and expectations
Resourcing strategically
Ensuring quality teaching
Leading teacher learning and de-velopment
Ensuring an orderly and safe en-vironment
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Effect Size
Teacher turnover
Improvements in the leadership & professional development, academic expectations, teacher relationships & collaboration, and safety & order within a school over time are all independently associated with decreases in teacher turnover
Kraft et al (2016)
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Ofsted’s focus
the quality of continuing professional development for teachers at the start and middle of their careers and later
how well leaders ensure that the school has a motivated, respected and effective teaching staff to deliver a high quality education for all pupils, and how effectively governors hold them to account for this
The latest framework
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Ofsted’s focus
Leaders and governors have created a culture that enables pupils and staff to excel
Teachers demonstrate deep knowledge and understanding of the subjects they teach. They use questioning highly effectively and demonstrate understanding of the ways pupils think about subject content. They identify pupils’ common misconceptions and act to ensure they are corrected
The latest framework
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http://TDTrust.org/dgt
Cordingley et. al.
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Audits of over 80 schoolsSelf-analysis
Making it stick
An exampleGrowth mindset twilight CPD
How can we get the learning to stick and have impact?
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Version 1
Senior leaders decide to make growth mindset a focus in CPD
A twilight session is scheduled and an assistant head reads up material and creates a PowerPoint
Attendance is compulsory There is time for staff to discuss ideas and ask
questions A summary is emailed around to all staff Growth mindset teaching is included in learning
walk pro formas and lesson observations
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Version 2 Small team of teachers spend time diagnosing
and checking which are the key barriers for PP-eligible pupils in their subjects. They identify a particular group of individuals.
The teachers attend a growth mindset session by an external expert, ask relevant questions to speaker, bring back specific further reading, knowledge
The speaker provides assessment tools to check impact, plus clarifies the shared goals and end-points
Teachers implement ideas by co-planning lessons, videoing them and watching back/discussing later. Takes place over 2 terms, 4 cycles.
Teachers (formatively) keep track of impact via observations, ongoing assessment, student surveys
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Key ideasMaking it stick
Things that don’t generally work in isolation: Focusing on generic teaching ideas One-offs Focus on teacher performance
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Key ideasMaking it stick
Things that get in the way of learning Too much marking, planning and data entry Proportion of time in the classroom delivering Lack of trust & mutual support – top down
quality assurance instead of quality development
Lack of investment Lack of external expertise
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Great leadershipDeveloping Great Teaching
Developing Vision… includes helping teachers believe alternative outcomes are possible and creating coherence so teachers understand the relevance of the CPD to wider prioritiesManaging and organising… includes establishing priorities, resolving competing demands, sourcing appropriate expertise and ensuring appropriate opportunities to learn are in place
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Great leadershipDeveloping Great Teaching
Leading professional learning… includes promoting a challenging learning culture, knowing what content and activities are likely to be of benefit, and promoting “evidence-informed, self-regulated learning”Developing the leadership of others… includes encouraging teachers to lead a particular aspect of pedagogy or of the curriculum
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Questions to leave you with
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What do we prioritise? Increasing trust and
respect? Improving career
development? Improving
subject/curriculum development?
Improving CPD systems and procedures?
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