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““Building Capacity forBuilding Capacity for
School Transformation in theSchool Transformation in the
Northern Metropolitan Region”Northern Metropolitan Region”
Presentation at thePresentation at the
Achievement Improvement Zones Meeting forAchievement Improvement Zones Meeting for
School Improvement GroupsSchool Improvement Groups
February 2008February 2008
Professor David HopkinsProfessor David HopkinsHSBC Chair of International LeadershipHSBC Chair of International Leadership
Moral Purpose of SchoolingMoral Purpose of Schooling
All these …. whatever my background, whatever my abilities, wherever I start from
All these …. whatever my background, whatever my abilities, wherever I start from
I know how I am being assessed and what I need to do to improve my work
I know what my learning objectives
are and feel in control of my learning
My parents are involved with the school and I feel I
belong here
I enjoy using ICT and know how it can
help my learning
I can get the job that I want
I know if I need extra help or to be challenged to do better I will get the
right support
I know what good work looks like and can help myself to
learn
I can work well with and learn from many others as well as my teacher
I can get a level 4 in English and Maths
before I go to secondary school
I get to learn lots of interesting and
different subjects
The Logic of System Leadership
Learning Potential of all Students
Repertoire of Learning Skills
Models of Learning - Tools for Teaching
Embedded in Curriculum Context and Schemes of Work
Whole School Emphasis on High Expectations and Pedagogic Consistency
Sharing Schemes of Work and Curriculum Across and Between Schools, Clusters, Districts, Regions, States,
Nationally and Globally
The Design of the The Design of the ProgrammeProgrammeImproving
AchievementAssessment for learning
Literacy and numeracy
Classroom management
Pedagogy - effective teaching practice
School change agents
School leadership
Regular training for all staff
Intensive training for 75 teachers from
each network
Peer training
NMR Achievement Improvement Zone Timetable
• September 2007 – June 2008:
Phase One: Establishing the Process
• July 2008 – December 2008:
Phase Two: Going Whole School
• January 2009 onwards:
Phase Three: Sustaining Momentum
A Three Phase Strategy for School A Three Phase Strategy for School ImprovementImprovement
• Phase One: Establishing the Process
• Phase Two: Going Whole School
• Phase Three: Sustaining Momentum
Phase One: Establishing the ProcessPhase One: Establishing the Process
• Commitment to the School Improvement Approach
• Selection of Learning Leaders and School
Improvement Group
• Enquiring into the Strengths and Weaknesses of
the School
• Designing the Whole School Programme
• Seeding the Whole School Approach
Devise your programme around core valuesDevise your programme around core values
• Every school can improve
• Improvement is assessed in terms of enhanced
pupil outcomes
• Every individual in the school has a contribution to
make
• Start from where the school is, but set high goals
• Model good practice with precision
• Raise expectations of what is possible.
The School Improvement GroupThe School Improvement Group
The school improvement group is essentially a temporary membership system focused specifically upon enquiry and development. This temporary membership system brings together teachers (and support staff) from a variety of departments within the school, with a range of ages or experience and from a cross-section of roles to work together in a status-free collaborative learning context. One teacher has described it as the educational equivalent of a research and development group.
Phase 1 - Uncertainty about focusPhase 1 - Uncertainty about focus• School Improvement Group feeling its way
• What is School Improvement?
• What is the role of the SIG group?
• How can the SIG work best together as a group?
• Initial reliance on established ways of working
• Initial reliance on existing structures
• Initial reliance on key personnel/leaders within the cadre
• Start to collect data and share it
• Uncertainty about the theory
• Where is it all going? It’s hard to make things happen.
Phase 2 - Clearer about focusPhase 2 - Clearer about focus
• Using existing structures in new ways, e.g. department meetings with single item research agendas.
• New ways of working.
• Greater openness within the cadre group, e.g. voice of main scale teacher
• Better at making meaning from data.
• Beginning to shift from staff development mode to school improvement mode.
• The theory makes sense.
• Seeing the connections. Learning how to implement.
Phase 3 - Change/renewal of thePhase 3 - Change/renewal of theSIG groupSIG group
• R & D establishing its own rhythm – SDP becomes more organic
• New Structures emerge – R & D.
• New roles emerge• HOD as facilitator of research (* R & D research post).
• Establishment of research culture within the school• Evidence-based
• Risk taking
• Involvement of students (pupils) as researchers• From data-source to partners in dialogue
• Collection of data, making meaning, and supporting research outcomes
• The school generates its own theory
• The implementation becomes growth
Preparing for School ImprovementPreparing for School Improvement
Pre-conditions School Level Preparations
Unifying Focus Means
Commitment to School Improvement
General consensus on values
Understanding of key principles
Shared values A mandate from
staff Leadership
potential Identification of
change agents Willingness to
make structural changes
Capacity for improvement
Improvement Theme
-An enquiry into Teaching and
Learning
School Improvement
Strategy
DiscussionDiscussion
• What progress have you made so far in establishing your school improvement group and the focus for your work?
• What has gone particularly well?
• What barriers are you facing?
• What help do you require?
POWERFUL
STUDENT
LEARNING
Processes of School ImprovementProcesses of School Improvement
• The ‘journey of school improvement’− A clear reform narrative is created, and seen by staff to be consistently applied, with: a
vision and urgency that translates into clear principles for action.
• Organizing the key strategies − Improvement activities are selected and linked together strategically; supported by
robust and highly reliable school systems with clear SMT roles in key areas.
• Professional learning at the heart of the process− Improvement strategy informs CPD; knowledge is gained, verified & refined by staff to
underpin improvement; networking is used to manage risk and discipline practice.
• Cultures are changed and developed− Professional ethos and values that supports capacity building are initiated, implemented
and institutionalized, so that a culture of disciplined action replaces excessive control.
I wrote (with Bruce Joyce) some time ago I wrote (with Bruce Joyce) some time ago that:that:
Learning experiences are composed of content, process and social climate. As
teachers we create for and with our children opportunities to explore and build important areas of knowledge,
develop powerful tools for learning, and live in humanizing social conditions.
Three ways of thinking about TeachingThree ways of thinking about Teaching
Teaching Teaching RelationshipsRelationships
Teaching Teaching ModelsModels
ReflectionReflection
Teaching Teaching SkillsSkills
Teaching SkillsTeaching Skills
• Content coverage
• Time allocated to instruction
• Engaged time – ‘time on task’
• Consistent success
• Active teaching
• Structuring information
• Effective questioning
Teaching RelationshipsTeaching Relationships
Expectation effects on student achievement are
likely to occur both directly through opportunity
to learn (differences in the amount and nature
of exposure to content and opportunities to
engage in various types of academic activities)
and indirectly through differential treatment that
is likely to affect students' self-concepts,
attributional inferences, or motivation.(Good and Brophy, 1994)
Teaching ModelsTeaching ModelsOur toolbox is the models of teaching, actually models for learning, that simultaneously define the nature of the content, the learning strategies, and the arrangements for social interaction that create the learning contexts of our students. For example, in powerful classrooms students learn models for:
•Extracting information and ideas from lectures and presentations
•Memorising information•Building hypotheses and theories•Attaining concepts and how to invent them•Using metaphors to think creatively•Working effectively with other to initiate and carry out co-operative tasks
The Key QuestionThe Key Question
What teaching strategies do I and
my colleagues have in our
repertoires to respond to the
student diversity that walks
through our classroom doors?
POWERFUL
STUDENT
LEARNING
Building Capacity for School Building Capacity for School Improvement – The Handbook for Improvement – The Handbook for
Northern Region SchoolsNorthern Region Schools
• Module 1 – The Big Picture of School Improvement
• Module 2 – A School Improvement Model
• Module 3 – Building Capacity for School Improvement
• Module 4 – Generic Teaching and Learning Strategies
• Module 5 – System Leadership and System
Transformation
Building Capacity for School Building Capacity for School ImprovementImprovement
• School improvement group and leadership
• Prioritisation, planning and phasing
• Use of data and enquiry
• Whole school staff development
• Knowledge utilisation
• Networking and innovation
The School Improvement Group The School Improvement Group ProgrammeProgramme
• David Hopkins Feb - Establishing the SIG & Staff Development Groups
- Monitoring Progress
• Team March - Planning and Prioritization
- Monitoring Progress
• David Hopkins May - Model of Teaching & Learning
- Monitoring Progress
• Team July - Enquiry & Data use
- Monitoring Progress • David Hopkins Sept - Knowledge utilization & Networking
- Monitoring Progress
• SEO’s & Project - Planning for 2009
Co-ordinator
DiscussionDiscussion
• Is this the type of support that you require?
• What additional help do you require?
SWOT Analysis
Planning ProformaPlanning Proforma
Area Achievement and Standards
Aim – to raise achievement
Deadline
Tasks
Resources
Monitoring
Intended measurable outcome
How will targets contribute to raising achievement?
Links with school aims
An example of a School Development Plan
David Hopkins is the inaugural HSBC Chair in International Leadership, where he supports the work of iNet, the International arm of the Specialist Schools Trust and the Leadership Centre at the Institute of Education, University of London. He is also a Professorial Fellow at the Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne. Between 2002 and 2005 he served three Secretary of States as the Chief Adviser on School Standards at the Department for Education and Skills. Previously, he was Chair of the Leicester City Partnership Board and Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Nottingham. Before that again he was a Tutor at the University of Cambridge Institute of Education, a Secondary School teacher and Outward Bound Instructor. David is also an International Mountain Guide who still climbs regularly in the Alps and Himalayas. Before becoming a civil servant he outlined his views on teaching quality, school improvement and large scale reform in Hopkins D. (2001) School Improvement for Real, London: Routledge / Falmer. His new book Every School a Great School has just been published by The Open University Press.
Email: [email protected]: www.davidhopkins.co.uk
Professor David Hopkins HSBC Chair in International Leadership