2. Shore School
• Founded in 1889.
• Located in North Sydney
• Non-government school
• Co-educational from K to 2, then boys' school from 3-12.
• 161 teaching staff
• 1583 students
• “The emphasis on professional development and growth for the
teaching staff is a notable feature of the school's activities.”
3. "Schools are deeply hard-wired, culturally and
structurally, to resist systemic practices of adult
learning."
(Richard Elmore)
4. Undergraduate Professional Graduate Advice from
Courses Reading Courses Colleague
What Influences Teacher
Professional Practice?
1=“Notinfluential”4=“Veryinfluential”
1.8
2.3
2.6
3.6
0
1
2
3
4
Dr Douglas Reeves, The Leadership and Learning Center
5. “Schools learn collectively in teams and teachers get better by
working in teams on teaching issues.”
Richard Elmore
6. “Watching most teams operate in schools is
like watching Astroturf grow.”
Richard Elmore
8. “The most powerful source of information about
teaching and learning in a school is the student
and teacher work that occurs in classrooms, day in
and day out.”
(Tina Blythe)
12. Professional Learning Choices 2013
Coaching
Cultures of Thinking Breakfast Group
Looking At Student Work Focus Group
Feedback Focus Group
Instructional Rounds
Lesson Observation Focus group
Supervising a Student-Teacher
Team Coaching
Relevant Tertiary Study
Other Approved Option
Professional Learning Committee
Book Studies
18. “A stand-alone school cannot be a self-
improving school. Self-improving
schools work in partnership, in
clusters.”
David Hargreaves
19. I BLEW IT!I tried something new and
innovative
and it didn’t work as well as I
wanted
This coupon entitles me to be
free of
criticism for my efforts
I’ll continue to pursue ways to
help
my students be successful
