Instructional Rounds-Best Teacher Practice-The e5 Model PLN
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SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN REGION, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS 2010 PILOT VIDEO LINK
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At year's End What Have We Learnt?
The end of the year prompts us all to think: What have we learnt? Has it all been worthwhile? Instructional Rounds is a big investment in our time, is it bringing about the changes we'd hoped?I was interested to look at your evaluation. In many ways it mirrors ours.Us Sydney-siders have now been conducting rounds for a year. We started up after viewing your efforts from afar via your ning and we were encouraged by your experiences. One difference in our model is that we involve three people…See More
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Welcome to the "Best Teacher Practice' Professional Learning Network (PLN)!
Welcome! Are you a new visitor? Please scroll down to learn about how you can pariticipate in this ning.
This Professional Learning Network (PLN) has been created to provide a space for schools and educators to share and discuss the connection between Best Teacher Practice, Instructional Rounds and The e5 Instructional Model.
Teacher Professional Leave (TPL) through the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in Victoria, Australia has given us the opportunity to explore best practice.
Please join this ning to support us all in our quest to identify and record 'Best Practice'.
'It is what teachers think, what teachers do, and what teachers are, at the level of the classroom that ultimately shapes the kind of learning that young people get”.Andy Hargreaves & Michael Fullan
"You don’t change performance without changing the instructional core. The relationship of the teacher and the student in the presence of content must be at the centre of all efforts to improve performance”.
Elmore 2007
This Professional Learning Network (PLN) has been created to provide a space for schools and educators to share and discuss the connection between Best Teacher Practice, Instructional Rounds and The e5 Instructional Model.
Teacher Professional Leave (TPL) through the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in Victoria, Australia has given us the opportunity to explore best practice.
Please join this ning to support us all in our quest to identify and record 'Best Practice'.
'It is what teachers think, what teachers do, and what teachers are, at the level of the classroom that ultimately shapes the kind of learning that young people get”.Andy Hargreaves & Michael Fullan
"You don’t change performance without changing the instructional core. The relationship of the teacher and the student in the presence of content must be at the centre of all efforts to improve performance”.
Elmore 2007
Southern Metropolitan Region: Victoria- Instructional Rounds Program - A Reflective Journal
To make it easier for members to read our reflections, we are using this space to upload PDF files. Please ‘click’, read and let us know what you think.
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The Southern Metropolitan Region, Victoria, Australia, Instructional Rounds program is using the expertise of two Regional Network Leaders from Gippsland Region, Mark Anderson and Terry Harrington who are keen to work with schools from SMR to develop capacity in Instructional Rounds. Bob Stephens, Assistant Regional Director of the Southern Metropolitan Region has organised this Instructional Rounds pilot program.
"The focus of Rounds must be on problems of practice. An important part of the process is creating mechanisms for continuous learning. Instructional Rounds focuses on teaching NOT the teachers and requires members to practice skills of observation and debriefing. We need to use Rounds to go beyond the “land of nice’ and move into a culture of challenge." Background Information - Bob Stephens
Please join the discussion in the forum box below:
Do you have any wonderings or information to share about Instructional Rounds from what you have read so far? Do you have ‘hopes’ or ‘fears’ yourself? Please share your wonderings, knowledge, thoughts, hopes or fears here with us all. We're sure members of this learning community will respond.
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Instructional Rounds: REFLECTIONS
SMR IR Leading the Learning Session 1.pdf
SMR IR The Rounds Process Session 2.pdf
IR - Observation & Analysis Day 2 & 3 Session 3.pdf
SMR Instructional Rounds 2010 Photos
Instructional Rounds.pdf
InstructionalRoundsSummaryrecommended.pdf
Instructional Rounds Summary Document
SMR%2BRounds%2BBalnarring.ppt Southern Metropolitan Rounds Powerpoint.
Central Peninsula Principal's Network Instructional Rounds Evaluation 2011 (Victoria, Australia)
As part of our Teacher Professional Leave (TPL), we were asked to organise the evaluation of the Central Peninsula Principal’s Network Instructional Rounds Program. We’ve been part of this group for a year, and were also members of the initial Southern Metropolitan Region Instructional Rounds Pilot Program -2010.
We met with a local principal and a city principal (Ray & Mark) to discuss the format of this evaluation and the information being sought. The evaluation needed to elicit the information required in a short time frame.
We decided to use Survey Monkey and create an on-line questionnaire to be completed by this group of principals. Survey Monkey has many options for structuring questions and is ‘user friendly’. Once a survey is created, a link is provided, and this link is sent out via email using a distribution list (DL).
The information gathered was used to direct this group’s professional development and the meeting structure for 2012. This outcome of this survey was presented and discussed by this group. We used PowerPoint to record the outcome of the survey for the network presentation. The slideshow is posted below.
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Slide used by Nina & Jenni to introduce Instructional Rounds to a school staff.
Personalised Learning - What's that? Dan Buckley
Today a group of educators were talking about 'personalised learning', and the work of Dan Buckley. New terms i.e. T Route & P Route were used. Here is a slide which introduces these terms. More research by us is needed, but it appears there is a strong link between 'personalised learning' and 'best practice'.
<div style="width:425px" id="__ss_143310"> <strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/HandheldLearning/dan-buckley-cambridge-education-143310" title="Dan Buckley, Cambridge Education">Dan Buckley, Cambridge Education</a></strong> <div style="padding:5px 0 12px"> View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/HandheldLearning">HandheldLearning</a> </div> </div>
Blog Posts
At year's End What Have We Learnt?
The end of the year prompts us all to think: What have we learnt? Has it all been worthwhile? Instructional Rounds is a big investment in our time, is it bringing about the changes we'd hoped?
I was interested to look at your evaluation. In many ways it mirrors ours.
Us Sydney-siders have now been conducting rounds for a year. We started up after viewing your efforts from afar via your ning and we were encouraged by your experiences. One difference in our model is that we…
ContinuePosted by Barbara Reynolds on November 24, 2011 at 3:53pm
Theory of Action - CEDP
Barbara
We, Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta (CEDP), developed our Theory of Action (TOA) a few years ago.
It is our understanding that a theory of action is a way of stating the connection between the actions undertaken and the effect/s which these actions are meant to produce.
Our TOA is based on the best research available on how schools and systems can go about achieving the best of student learning. Clicking the following link…
ContinuePosted by Paul Meldrum on July 18, 2011 at 1:23pm — 1 Comment
Theory of Action
Having taken part in two full "rounds" our Sydney group is now trying to grapple with the concept of a Theory of Action. We've all read the chapter in Instructional Rounds and are interpreting it differently. Have you developed a Theory of Action that you could share? What do you understand by a Theory of Action?
Posted by Barbara Reynolds on May 28, 2011 at 1:45pm
Professional teaching associations pause for reflection?
I wonder how the professional teaching associations can support Instructional Rounds or even incorporate the methodology into their own programs.
Whilst some associations are utilizing the e5 model, others regard it as a theoretical exercise. I would like to hear from practicing teachers as to how they see the teaching associations in relation to these recent DEECD innovations. Are the associations becoming extinct?
Posted by Olwyn Gray on April 18, 2011 at 11:05am
Forum
SCHOOL CULTURE: Is this what drives everything? 7 Replies
“There are only three ways to improve student learning at scale.The first is to increase the level of knowledge and skill that the teacher brings to the instructional process.The second is to…Continue
Started by Nina Davis Jenni Byass. Last reply by Bill Gilpin Sep 6, 2011.
Raising attainment by tackling students' work ethic 2 Replies
I would like to have a discussion around how to get secondary school students to develop a good work ethic that will enable them to reach their full potential. Has anyone got ideas on this. A…Continue
Started by Rebecca Jackson-Koufie. Last reply by Barbara Reynolds May 28, 2011.
Instructional Rounds SMR Pilot Program Reflections - Do you have any wonderings, hopes or fears? Please comment here... 5 Replies
Do you have any wonderings about Instructional Rounds from what you have read so far? Do you have ‘hopes’ or ‘fears’ yourself? Please share your wonderings, thoughts, hopes or fears here with us…Continue
Started by Nina Davis Jenni Byass. Last reply by Mark Walker May 29, 2010.
Changing the Instructional Core 5 Replies
"You don’t change performance without changing the instructional core. The relationship of the teacher and the student in the presence of content must be at thecentre of all efforts to improve…Continue
Started by Nina Davis Jenni Byass. Last reply by Melissa May 11, 2010.
The E5 Instructional Model, Instructional Rounds & 'Best Practice'- Resources and Links
"The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement." Anon
Our committment to sharing is important to us. Look for references, resources and links to great websites, nings & blogs here.
General - PDF's, Powerpoints:
E5 Instructional Model Background.pdf
E5_A1PosterTable4.pdf
Marzano_Protocol.pdf
Instructional Rounds In Education.doc
LOTUS DIAGRAM PRODUCED COLLABORATELY -DANDENONG E5.pdf
An elaboration of theE5 instructional Model http://mwalker.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/Improving-Instructional-Practice-shortened-version-2.pdf Instructional Rounds In Education.doc
Last Curriculum Leadersip Class
View more presentations from dbrady3702.
Boroondara_conference - Instructional Rounds.pdf
Blogs:
Lucacept - exploring the web http://jennylu.wordpress.com/
WYN Education Associates http://www.angelastockman.com/
http://dern.org.au/ ACER's Digital Education Research Network (new)
Mark Walker http://mwalker.com.au/ Mark is a member of this 'ning'. Visiting Mark's blog is time well spent. Thanks Mark for giving us the 'OK' to provide this link to the PLN & visitors.
Project Zero - Harvard School of Education
Bluyonder - Greg Whitby We recommend you spend some time in this blog. The search box will allow you to read what Greg has written about Instructional Rounds and many other topics relevant to us all.
Sir Ken Robinson's Web Site - no intro needed here.
http://www.sirkenrobinson.com/
http://www.teacherstv.com.au/ ACARA - Videos: The National Curriculum (new)
The Evolution of Education - Brian Nichols http://theevolutionofeducation.blogspot.com/
Brian is a member of this learning community. We recommend all to visit Brian's blog. You'll need to set aside some time but it will be time well spent.
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