The Power of Data in Schools
Using and analysing data is an expectation for teachers and school leaders around the world. International comparisons such as PISA and TIMSS play a role in the increased data culture in schools, but more broadly, increased accountability in all employment...
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Assessment in a PLC: Affirmations and Discoveries
Tim Brown has 28 years of experience in education. As a principal of elementary, middle and high-schools in Missouri, he has transformed his schools using the Professional Learning Community at Work® process. He now shares that success with educators...
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Differentiated Reading Instruction: Multiple Pathways to Literacy Success
Based on 200+ Proven Strategies for Teaching ReadingLooking for successful, easy-to-implement tools and techniques to integrate differentiated reading instruction? You’re in the right place. Read on!I imagine a literacy program as a maze of intersecting...
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How We Make a Difference: the Importance of Professional Learning
This article originally appeared in the June 2019 issue of Education Review.“I try to think of teaching as more than just a job,” begins one of the feedback forms from an anonymous professional learning participant, “teaching is an important vocation, but...
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Good Teaching Translates into Any Language
I recently had the good fortune to be invited to present at the Hawker Brownlow Education Thinking & Learning Conference in Melbourne, Australia. I had never been to the Eastern Hemisphere before, but at least the language would be familiar to me so I...
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Professional Learning Events Matter! Marzano Research Summit 2019 Wrap-up
The Marzano Research Summit in Brisbane was a fantastic event and a real joy to present at. It is a professional learning event that brings a whole range of people together to learn, to network and, most importantly, to walk away with some practical ideas for...
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Four Reasons Why PLCs Fail…and How to Stay on Track
Schools and systems throughout the world claim to embrace the professional learning communities process. Unfortunately, a term that is often used to describe some schools and systems is “PLC lite.” How can a school or system buy into the process but not...
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Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools
The importance of collaboration in general has been prominent in the literature since the 1970s, and the concept of a professional learning community (PLC) in particular has been prevalent since at least the 1990s. Schools and districts claim to be...
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Identifying When to Collaborate on Decisions
Based on Leading a High Reliability SchoolA key aspect of leading a high reliability school is to put formal structures in place that clearly invite teachers to participate in specific aspects of decision-making for the school. In fact, when specific...
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Advocating for the Gifted
What exactly does a "gifted coordinator" do?As a gifted coordinator, I get asked a lot of questions. Curiously, the question I probably get asked the most is not what great things are you doing, how can I be involved, or what way do we best reach our...
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