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Implementing Whole School Approaches Consistent best practice to improve learning Dave Peck

Whole School Approaches to Teaching and Learning: A change of paradigm Some key lessons for schools • “I teach but they don’t learn” is not acceptable • Quality of teaching = quality of learning • Assessment is NOT to check how well learners have learned. It IS to check how well teachers have taught. • Assessment policy to ensure focus is on the impact of teaching? • Assessment feedback has an impact on teachers and learners • We need good quality DATA

The Tree of Learning Knowledge Competences Skills Attitudes High Quality Learning

The Nine WSA Dimensions 1. Working as one: School culture and enabling learning environment 2. Effective leadership 3. Enhancing teaching and learning 4. Addressing learner needs 5. Teacher professional development 6. Quality curriculum implementation 7. Involving parents and community 8. Schools as service providers for learners and community 9. Monitoring and evaluation

1.Working as one: School culture and enabling learning environment

2. Effective leadership

3. Enhancing teaching and learning

4. Addressing learner needs

5. Teacher professional development

6. Quality curriculum implementation

7. Involving parents and community

8. Schools as service providers for learners and community

9. Monitoring and evaluation

Where do we go from here? How do we • … encourage schools to use the handbook? • … encourage schools to take a strategic approach (not doing too much / doing what is most effective)? • … encourage schools and teachers to work together and share best practice? • … enthuse people despite all the challenges they face?

I’m never gonna put boundaries on myself ever again. I’m never gonna say I can’t do it. I’m never gonna say ‘maybe’. I’m never gonna say, ‘I don’t think I can.’ I can and I will.