LITERACY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING RESOURCE Primary Schools Program Session 6: Planning for School Implementation
Apr 01, 2015
LITERACY PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING RESOURCE Primary Schools ProgramSession 6: Planning for School
Implementation
Session 6 (Day 2) aims to:
• reflect on your understandings from the Literacy Professional Learning Resource
• consider and plan the best opportunities for implementation at your school
• formulate a goal to implement the Literacy Professional Learning Resource
• develop a plan to achieve your goal.
Framework for reflective thinkingDiamond Ranking
• record a new idea or learning on a ‘post-it’. One idea per ‘post-it’. You should have nine ‘post-its’ altogether.
• before writing on the ‘post-it’ make sure it looks like this:
Reference: Kath Murdoch 2005, ‘Take a moment:40 Frameworks for reflective thinking’ Seastar Education Consulting
• arrange your nine ‘post-its’ into a diamond.
• the first square represents the understanding/strategy that will have the most impact on literacy learning at your school and the last square the least .
Framework for reflective thinking
Most
Least
Activity - Explore your diamond ranking using a Three Step Interview
Interview questions
- What did you learn?
- What challenged your thinking?
- What has this made you wonder?
- How would you use these strategies with colleagues and students?
In groups of threeA interviews BB interviews CC interviews A
Key principles for effective school planning and operation• build capacity
• develop a school literacy plan
• create literacy environments and communities
• respond to diverse student needs.
Source: Literacy Teaching and Learning in Victorian Schools Paper No. 9 Part A
Build capacity
Schools can build their capacity for effective literacy instruction through engagement with others, other schools and professional bodies. Teachers engaging in professional conversations with others allows sharing of effective ideas and creation of a learning organisation. Schools should cluster with other schools in the area or like schools to create professional learning clusters.
Develop a school literacy plan
Effective literacy instruction and planning requires a whole school literacy plan. This must be a living document, enacted in all classrooms, and discussed across the different year levels by teachers, allowing transitions in teaching and learning for students from year to year.
Create literacy school environments and communities
An effective literacy environment goes beyond the school. The literacy plan should be developed in consultation with members of the community and shared with members of the community. Parents and caregivers should be informed about the expectations of the school and instructional practices so that they also can assist in the development of their child’s literacy skills.
Respond to diverse student needsEffective literacy teaching for all students requires early identification of potential difficulties in literacy development and ongoing assessment and monitoring of students’ progress. Once identified, programs and interventions can be implemented to support the individual learning needs of students.
Consider:• Student Learning Whole School Self
Assessment Tool • new understandings of the Resource• key principles for effective school planning and
operation• the professional learning needs of your staff.
Setting a goal to implement the Literacy Professional Learning Resource
How are you going to share, motivate and inform staff?
How are you going to make the staff aware of the Resource?
Key questions
to consider
The goal can involve:
• an individual colleague
• Professional Learning Team
• whole staff.
Setting a goal
SMART GoalSpecific – is your goal to the point and related to informingyour staff of the Resource?
Measurable – how will you know when you have reachedyour goal?
Achievable - is your goal something you know you canachieve?
Realistic - is your goal reflective of the professionallearning needs of your staff?
Time - can you achieve your goal within the time frame?
www.nexus.edu.au/Divisions/curriculum/clp/VacationLiteracy/smart.htm
• Develop a goal
• Be prepared to share
Setting a goal
Share the resource at a Professional Learning Team
planning meeting
Demonstrate at a Leadership
Meeting. Share Paper No.9.
Create a bookmark for each staff outlining the
link to the resource!
Hands on demonstration-
clear focus
Make display of work samples/photos/ideas from the resource to
create discussionSelect a TS from the
program to use
Post the link on the school server with
blurb
Add to ‘favorites’
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Action plan
A detailed plan describing the actions and steps used to implement a strategic plan.
www.fiu.edu/~pie/sec8appglossary.htm
Developing an action plan
Get the action plan template here.
Developing an action plan
Project / key
tasks that will
support the
implementation
Date the key
task to be
completed
Team member
involved in the
implementation
Team
member
Team
member
Team
member
Team
member
Responsibility Chart – Literacy Leader Professional Learning ResourceR – responsibility A – approval S – support I - inform
Adapted from Eleanor Davis School Leadership Program 2005
Get the responsibility chart here.
Responsibility chart
R- Responsibility: to see actions occur.
A- Approval: of actions with the right to veto.
S- Support: to support so the actions occur.
I - Informed: of actions with no right to veto.
Bone diagram
Current Situation
IdealSituation
(Goal)Positive forces that create growth
Negative forces that prevent change
www.cap.nsw.edu.au/QI/TOOLS/abc/bonediagram.htm
Bone diagram
Identify current situation (dot points)
• write your ideal situation in relation to achieving your goal
• list the Positive Forces above the bone diagram
• list the Negative Forces below the bone diagram
Developing a plan
Develop a plan for implementation of the Literacy Professional Learning Resource.