All case studies in Building Leadership
There are 8 case studies of Building Leadership:
Note: all documents are in MS Word
Students have your say: Students learn by witnessing other students learning in a non-judgemental discussion groups (Teacher Professional Leave)
Brunswick Secondary College
Working in groups and as a class Paul Newson facilitates student "philosophical discussion" groups that encourage participation and maximises learning, while maintaining an equitable classroom. Artworks are used to encourage individual opinions while students gain confidence, vocabulary and engagement.
Grimshaw Kids Leadership (GKLT) (Exemplary)
Grimshaw Innovations & Excellence Cluster
Grimshaw Cluster aimed to improve the leadership skills of students and develop another strand to connect the nine schools in the Cluster.
Meter Mentoring (Promising)
Mooroolbark College
Year 8 students at Mooroolbark College mentored Year 6 students who were developing the skills to use meters and scientific apparatus in preparation for Year 7 science practical activities. Grade 6 classes from primary schools took part in a skill-up session workshop led by Year 8 mentors. Located around the room were seven stations, each attended by a mentor who is the 'specialist' for that piece of apparatus.
Developing a Performance and Development Culture (Teacher Professional Leave)
Northcote High School
How can you improve on teacher performance and development? Kevin Hoole and Shirley Barbara looked at how to fuse professional development with performance management by using objective broad based data to give feedback and assess performance.
Investigating best teaching and learning practice in exemplary schools, specifically investigating best practice in the Later Years (Teacher Professional Leave)
Peter Lalor Secondary College
Adrienne Johnson investigated best practice in "Like" and exemplary schools in the Later Years, access post-graduate studies in professional learning to refine and develop the research and share professional learning by means of PD in the Later Years Learning Team.
Valuing teachers through a performance and development culture (Promising)
Seabrook Primary School
To encourage a culture of shared experience, teachers at Seabrook Primary identified areas of expertise and shared them with one another by visiting each others classrooms. Teachers were able to see the links between classrooms and understand their individual roles in transforming the culture of the school.
Leaders of learning (Exemplary)
Seabrook Primary School
To transform its teaching and learning, Seabrook Primary School invited all staff to participate in a program to improve leadership skills. The program used a distributive model to give all staff a chance to take on new responsibilities and demonstrate leadership capabilities.
Effective Leadership in the United Kingdom (Teacher Professional Leave)
Southern Metropolitan Region
Over 21 days Vaya Cross and Jennifer Collier visited six extraordinary schools across England to discover the qualities which make them exemplary schools. Through interviews with the Head Teachers and a leading educator on leadership, Dr Dean Fink, Vaya and Jennifer discovered five qualities of effective leadership.
