Stephen TierneyExecutive Director – BEBCMATCore Member of HeadTeachers’ Round Table

Good Enough for My Child

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High Quality

High Equity

High Agency

Closing the Gap to …

… Don’t Allow the Gap to Appear

High Quality

High Equity

High Agency

Acknowledgement: A Node in the Learning Network

PC =f(HC+SC+DC)

… a fundamental culture shift that sees the class room as the key structure within the system, the student-teacher

interaction as the critical interface and effective

professional development of teachers as the primary area

for leaders to influence. @LeadingLear

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Please complete the following sentence

Great professional development …

Own the Concept

Great professional

development …(… leads to

great teaching …) leads to improved student

outcomes

Research Informed

Experience Informed

Data & Feedback Informed

Impact BlindLacking Mastery Knowledge & Practical Expertise

Lacking Wider Perspective @LeadingLearner

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A High Quality Teaching Culture1. What’s going well and what not so? (Data &

Feedback)2. Which of these “not so” areas am I interested in

improving? (Teacher Agency)3. What options should I consider? (Published

Research)4. Which one might be the best bet? (Experience)5. Let’s see what happens in my class room (Teacher

Research)6. How do I know if it’s improving? (Data &

Feedback). Back to No 1

@LeadingLearner

Noise or Necessity• What is noise what is

necessary?

• What noise could you ignore?

• What would is your overriding priority for the next twelve months?

Two Years? Five Years?Acknowledgement: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown