Slides from my workshop at the 2013 AIS conference

1. Cameron Paterson
E: cpaterso@shore.nsw.edu.au
T: cpaterso
Making
Teacher
Learning
Visible
AIS
2013

2. Shore
School
• Founded in 1889.
• Located in North Sydney
• Non-government school
• Co-educational from K to 2, then boys' school from 3-12.
• 161 teaching staff
• 1583 students
• “The emphasis on professional development and growth for the teaching
staff is a notable feature of the school's activities.”

5. Classroom isolation
leads teachers to fall
back on the
‘apprenticeship of
observation’ that they
undertook as school
students

6. "Schools are deeply hard-wired, culturally and
structurally, to resist systemic practices of adult
learning."
(Richard Elmore)

7. Undergraduate Professional Graduate Advice from
Courses Reading Courses Colleague
What Influences Teacher
Professional Practice?
1=“Notinfluential”4=“Veryinfluential”
1.8
2.3
2.6
3.6
0
1
2
3
4
Dr Douglas Reeves, The Leadership and Learning Center

8. “Schools learn collectively in teams and teachers get better by
working in teams on teaching issues.”
Richard Elmore

9. “Watching most teams operate in schools is like watching
Astroturf grow. “
Richard Elmore

10. From a socialised
mind to a self-
authoring mind

11. “The most powerful source of information about
teaching and learning in a school is the student and
teacher work that occurs in classrooms, day in and day
out.”
(Tina Blythe)

12. 80% of professional knowledge is built
informally

13. Key Readings

14. Mentoring

15. 2 + 2

16. Professional Learning Choices 2013
Coaching
Cultures of Thinking Breakfast Group
Looking At Student Work Focus Group
Feedback Focus Group
Instructional Rounds
Lesson Observation Focus group
Supervising a Student-Teacher
Team Coaching
Relevant Tertiary Study
Other Approved Option

17. Leading Learning:
http://www.classmovies.com/Otherpages/Po
rtals/AHISAPortal/tabid/210/language/en-
AU/Default.aspx

18. Recent Book Studies

19. Professional Learning Committee
“I’m grateful for the opportunity to be on the PLC as
having dialogue with colleagues gets me ‘stuck’ and
pushes me to reflect on my teaching but also
encourages me to keep trying and affirms the small
things I may do effectively.”
Rebecca Cornish email

20. A development culture, not a compliance-oriented culture.

21. “Leadership is about
building highly functional
people into highly
functional teams.”
Richard Elmore

22. “The job of a leader is to follow the
work, not to dictate the work.”
Richard Elmore

23. Networks
rather than
hierarchies

24. “A stand-alone school cannot be a self-
improving school. Self-improving
schools work in partnership, in
clusters.”
David Hargreaves

25. I BLEW IT!I tried something new and
innovative
and it didn’t work as well as I
wanted
This coupon entitles me to be
free of
criticism for my efforts
I’ll continue to pursue ways to
help
my students be successful

26. I used to think…
Now I think…
A routine for reflecting
on how and why our
thinking has changed