by Glen Pearsall | Sep 17, 2020
The first time I saw a Fitbit it was worn by a PE teacher I was coaching. We’d finished our coaching session at the junior campus of his school and, as both of us were working at the senior campus that afternoon, I offered to drive him. He said he would walk. This...
by Selena Fisk | Jun 4, 2020
Adapted from the preface and introduction to Leading Data-Informed Change in Schools.Data are everywhere. On a Monday morning, our phones know we’re heading to work and tell us whether the traffic will be light or heavy. Data collected on our online activity feed into...
by Jeremy Adams | Apr 3, 2020
Originally published on the Solution Tree Blog. Teachers are used to standing at the water’s edge, peering into the distance and seeing wave after wave of change coming their way. It can certainly be daunting. Usually, teachers can correctly gauge how much time they...
by Janelle Wills | Mar 10, 2020
There is a vast and ever-expanding body of research on effective school leadership and school improvement (see Transformative Collaboration by Flanagan et al., 2016). In recent times this research was synthesised by Robert Marzano, Phil Warrick and Julia Simms in the...
by Sonya Mackenzie | Feb 17, 2020
Across Australia, school leaders are reporting high numbers of beginning teachers entering the profession. Since the provision of effective support for beginning teachers throughout their first year is central to developing their expertise and encouraging retention, a...