pixl national conference - 2nd december 2013 - inspirational leadership by @teachertoolkit
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Title: Inspirational Leadership of Teaching and Learning: Link: http://wp.me/p2HFBD-1Te The context of my presentation, was to share our school journey and elaborate on the fusion between blogging and social media. My particular pitch, looked at promoting the benefits and impact of online collaborations and how they can shift leadership and impact on whole-school teaching and learning methodology.TRANSCRIPT
Inspirational Leadershipof
Teaching and Learning
by
Ross Morrison McGill @TeacherToolkit
1. Role; context; background
2. Our journey at Greig City Academy
3. Wider exposure via social media.
Context• 1157 students• 237 sixth form• 0.55 social deprivation
Landscape:
Outcomes:
November 2011
Ofsted:
Teaching and learning was judged 64% good or outstanding. (November 2011)
Ofsted-blues…I arrived the next day…
1. Virtually no records of appraisal2. No clear culture of T&L
December 2011
1. Meet and greet2. Support3. Listen
1. Share the concept 2. Plan a series of focus weeks.3. Map the teacher, the location, the skill to
share.4. Promote everywhere.5. Provide staff with a sign for their
classroom.6. Longer term: re-visit with good to
outstanding etc.
What’s going to work?
Teamwork!
January - March 2012
Learning Walks
Learning Walks report
Book Reviews
April – June 2012
Learning Walks – part 2
Learning Walks cycle
Consistency!
1. Marking2. Literacy3. G&T
Formal lessonplan
Informal lesson plan
Cover
T&L action plan
T&L action plan
September 2012
Observation cycle
Collaboratio
n
Collaboratio
n
Collaboratio
n
Bombshell!
“Ofsted do not require
a lesson plan; but evidence of
a planned lesson!” Ofsted Handbook: September 2012 and then again in
2013
The School Inspections Handbook – Sep 2013
Page 10 – Bullet 24: Ofsted say: • “Inspectors must not advocate a
particular method of teaching or show preference towards a specific lesson structure.”
What do Ofsted say?
Page 11 – Bullet 27: Ofsted say from September• “Inspectors will not expect teachers to
prepare lesson plans for the inspection. However, they will use the evidence gathered from lesson observations to help judge the overall quality of the school’s curriculum planning.“
Paired learning walks
1. Observe and feedback2. Observed and receive feedback
Revisited lesson planning…
Revisited lesson planning
‘Stickability’:• What will stick in pupils’ minds as they
leave your lesson? • What do you want them to bring back
to the next lesson?
Credit: Stephen Tierney (@LeadingLearner)
AfL DifferentiationQuestioning
Pose Pause Pounce Bounce! (PPPB)
Forming questions
Forming questions with Blooms
Visual seating plans - ASCL example
Reporting on standards
Blue Sky Education
Automated email updates
Reporting to governors
C P D
CPD across the school
IRIS Connect
Good to Outstanding
Good to Outstanding
Requires Improvement
Requires Improvement
Requires Improvement
Requires Improvement Action Plan
Requires Improvement Database 2012/13
September 2013
Book monitoring – Progress over time
Questions we are asking
Questions we are solving
Progress over time…
NOT 20 minute observation
“There is no progress within lessons. There is only learning.”
“The Ofsted framework talks about ‘gains in their knowledge, skills and understanding’ in lessons. They are things that inspectors will be looking to see from the students. Where progress is mentioned, it is not something that inspectors will be looking to see from the students, because it is about the effectiveness of monitoring that they will be looking to see from the teachers.”
Keven Bartle @KevBartle
What’s going to work?
Teamwork!
Thank you…
Ross Morrison McGill @TeacherToolkit
www.TeacherToolkit.me
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