Connecting the dots - from isolation to collaboration:
Creating a 21st Century learning community through curriculum mapping
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Educational Leadership
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Educational Leadership
The greatest job in the world
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Educational Leadership
The greatest job in the world
but it is not easy
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Cat Herding
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Overview
• The situation that needed to change - too much isolation and not enough collaboration
• How can curriculum mapping help to facilitate the collaborative effort?
• A 21st Century approach - using curriculum mapping software
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The isolation problem
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Various degrees of isolation
• Going it alone
• Small teams
• Small groups
• More ‘group’ than ‘team’
• Congeniality over collegiality
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Group versus Team
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Get on the bus or get off
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Priority #1
• Connect and collaborate both horizontally and vertically
• Greatest contribution of school leaders to improving student outcomes in schools is through developing collaborative cultures (Fullan, 2008)
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Priority #1
• Connect and collaborate both horizontally and vertically
• Greatest contribution of school leaders to improving student outcomes in schools is through developing collaborative cultures (Fullan, 2008)
Horizontallybetween subject areas
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Priority #1
• Connect and collaborate both horizontally and vertically
• Greatest contribution of school leaders to improving student outcomes in schools is through developing collaborative cultures (Fullan, 2008)
Verticallybetween year levels
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Priority #2
• De-privatise our practice
• Open up the ‘Black Box’ of instruction (Fullan, 2008)
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We all help students get across the line
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Essentially we must consider...
• Where do students have to be? Backwards Design
• What is developmentally appropriate on the way?
• We must strike the ‘right’ balance between the two.
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Why curriculum mapping?
A systems-based approach capable of
developing a 21st Century learning
community
IB World School
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The Big Ideas
TransparencyCollaborative and focused
conversationsIntegration
Knowledge transfer
Accountability
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Inquiry-based learning
Differentiation
Feedback
Engagement
Challenge
Relevance
Transparency
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PYP - MYP - DP
Library program
Interdisciplinary learning
ICT
Critical thinking
Literacy and numeracy
Integration
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IBO Standards and Practices
National tests (NAPLAN)
Diploma completion
Tertiary entrance + career paths
21st Century skills
Princes’ Pedagogy
Accountability
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Model of curriculum leadership
Evidence driven
Macro level conversations
Micro level conversations
Vertical and Horizontal focus
Collaborative and focused
conversations
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Centralised ‘dynamic’ repository
Accessible to all
Renew, upgrade, revise
Evaluate and reflect
Knowledge transfer
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How are we getting there?
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Rubicon Atlas - our system of choice
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Design
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Integrate
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Examine - through different lenses
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Identify gaps and repetitions
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Match assessment to aims / objectives /
standards
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Review and adjust
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Our process
1. Gather the available data
2. Review maps for their ‘quality’
3. Examine the written curriculum horizontally and vertically
4. Incorporate 21st Century learning skills, as appropriate
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The work never ends...
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but it is the journey that counts.
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It is a long road, both rough and smooth...
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but better travelled together than alone.
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Have fun along the way!
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Further information
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