Tapestry Presentation

Great Teaching, Great Learning: a programme of professional learning

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A warm welcome to the team!

A dream of high standards, a dream of justice!

The Scottish Attainment Challenge

The National Improvement Framework is intended to drive both excellence and equity in Scottish education. We want to deliver

both excellence…and equity so that every child has the same opportunity to succeed, with a particular focus on closing the

poverty-related attainment gap. The Scottish Attainment Challenge is designed to accelerate progress on a key aspect of

the Framework: closing the poverty related attainment gap.

Graeme Logan, 2016

Gaps are hard to close!

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The link between poverty and educational attainment is even stronger for some groups

Jerrim (2013) using the 2009 PISA survey found that the brightest boys from poor homes in Scotland are almost

three years behind those from the richest homes in reading. Scotland’s gap in reading for boys was the highest in the developed world, comparatively worse than that in

emerging economies like Chile, Turkey and Mexico.

Why are there gaps?

Social and economic influences on the child and family, poverty – health, employment, housing, resources, access to networks to support education.

Educational ‘capital’, language, familiarity with schooling, match between home and school culture, emotional and social development, parental support and out-of-school enrichment.

School factors, successful experience and relationships, breadth and quality of curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, development and application of literacy, numeracy and H and W (basic and higher order), expectations.

‘Universal’ approaches: raising achievement for all

LeadershipPartnerships

Learning and teachingAssessment

Professional learning

So what is different about this programme?

‘Targeted’ approaches: Early and sustained action

Matching inclusive, additional, enriched provision to learners’

needs.

Building in key messages from research e.g. ‘What works?’: disadvantaged pupils

Feedback *** +8monthsMeta cognition/ self regulation **** +8months

Peer tutoring **** +6monthsEarly years intervention **** +6months1-1 tuition **** +5monthsCooperative learning **** +5monthsHomework *** sec +5, pri +1mth

Phonics **** +4 months

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Teams for change using all levels

Whole school team and groups of teachers Pairs and trios, shared observation and problem solving Learning communities Existing networks, ad hoc groups Authority, university and national support Visits across schools, better use of data Virtual networks

Expectations

Head Teachers will:

o Ensure that a whole school approach to GTGL is a school improvement priority

o Carefully select Leaders of Learning and advise them of what the role involves

o Support Leaders of Learning throughout the programme

o Allocate collegiate time for SLC meetings

o Participate in SLC meetings

o Observe and evaluate the impact of the programme

Leaders of Learning will:o Attend Support Sessions and Masterclasseso Maintain a reflective Learning Log and Portfolioo Engage in professional discussions on approaches to improving learning and teaching during Support Sessionso Lead professional discussions on approaches to improving learning and teaching during SLC meetingso Implement professional action throughout the programme to improve outcomes for learnerso Plan and lead SLC meetingsoContribute to the evaluation of the programme

Expectations

SLC Members will:

o Attend all SLC meetings

o Share progress and changes to their practice since the previous meeting

o Engage in professional discussions on approaches to improving learning and teaching

o Commit to and implement professional action throughout the programme

o Support colleagues through peer observation / feedback and discussion between meetings

Expectations

Meeting your school’s needs

Your school’s priorities to ‘close the gap’ from your improvement plan

o Supported thinking timeo Ideas from dialogue with

colleagueso Ideas from research and

practiceo Experience of applying ideas in

their own classroom

Leaders of Learning will gain: You need to match sessions to:

Activity: let’s get started!

Your school improvement plan - your priorities to close the gap(s)

How will this programme help?