Building High Performance Learners - with David Anderson and Liz Stevenson How can we make sure that our students and teachers are getting what they need in order to be high achievers? How can we do this with what we've got and still dream? At the ULearn 2010 Conference, Christchurch, 100 educators from New Zealand, Australia, US and the UK took part in a one hour high energy think tank, building a collective knowledge base around achieving potential for all learners in schools. Using an expert jigsaw process meshed with powerful questions, this group of creative thinkers developed shared action processes for leading learning in schools.

1. Building High Achieving Learners David Anderson Liz Stevenson ULearn10

6. Identify possible future pathways

7. Identify possible opportunities for growth

8. Identify key challenges

10. From each other

11. On behalf of each otherNCSL UK

13. Brainstorm

14. Discuss

16. Synthesize information

17. Publish “home team” results-implications/actions

19. What are we not doing that it is imperative that we start doing to build high achieving learners?

20. What are the current positive aspects/opportunities that we can take much further in building high achieving learners as a matter of urgency?

21. What are the challenges and blockages that we must tackle relentlessly in order to build high achieving learners?

23. Role of parent/community partnerships

24. The genuine role of universities

27. Personalizing learning