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.Building leadership capacity
.Improving literacy performance
.Improving classroom practice
and assessment

2. Service delivery options
Ann Leaf can present keynotes or facilitate in-house
workshops at:
school development days
faculty or stage professional learning days
executive meetings and conferences
staff meetings, community of schools meetings
after school workshops and P&C meetings
mentoring teachers in their classroom.
TRANSFORMING SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND LEADERSHIP
[Professional learning]
has to be focused and
sustained.
M. Fullan
QTC BOSTES
endorsed workshops
Completing Developing school leaders: From
instructional leadership theory to practice workshop
will contribute 14 hours of QTC Registered PD
addressing Standards 2.5.4, 5.4.4, 6.3.4, 6.4.4 from the
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards
maintaining Lead Teacher accreditation in NSW.
Completing A Beginner’s Guide to Grammar to Improve
Writing K-12 workshop will contribute 14 hours of
QTC Registered PD addressing Standards, 2.3.2, 2.5.2,
5.4.2, 6.4.2 from the Australian Professional Standards
for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher
accreditation in NSW.
Solutions for schools
Mentoring and coaching to build the instructional
leadership capacity of K-12 executive and teachers, to
improve school performance
Mentoring deputy principals
Providing strategic planning advice, including the setting
of SMART targets and developing whole school, sustained
professional learning plans
Providing practical primary and secondary classroom
strategies to improve school performance data and
classroom teaching practice
Aligning syllabus outcomes, NAPLAN data and the NSW
Quality Teaching Framework model of pedagogy in
programs, assessment tasks and classroom practice K-12
Conducting subject-specific workshops for secondary
teachers to address the literacy demands of KLA
syllabuses
Addressing syllabus outcomes and literacy through
technology
Auditing and evaluating assessment tasks, particularly
for the HSC. LearningScope can work with your school
team or as an external reviewer; professional learning
opportunities can then support further development of
the tasks
Developing practical tools, models and strategies to
support the monitoring and evaluation of programs,
particularly for the HSC
Developing backward mapping of assessment tasks to
programs and classroom teaching using the NSW Quality
Teaching Framework across KLAs
Establishing communities of schools to improve school
performance in literacy through shared professional
learning
Establishing middle years (years 5-9) curriculum
continuity initiatives to improve literacy performance

3. Profile
Ann’s practical experience includes a variety of senior leadership,
consultancy and classroom roles across the NSW Department of
Education at local, regional and state levels.
She has taught in various high schools and continues to provide extensive
consultancy support to both primary and high schools in private and state
systems. Ann is an expert in building leadership skills at the classroom,
team and executive level, improving NAPLAN performance results and
supporting the explicit teaching of literacy across all KLA areas.
Previous education experience
Department of Education (DoE) Secondary Deputy Principal in South
Western Sydney and Northern Sydney
Senior Curriculum Adviser, Literacy K-12 (DoE State Office)
Literacy Years 7-12 Consultant
(South Western Sydney and Northern Sydney)
Linkages Consultant (Literacy and numeracy years 5-8)
Head Teacher Languages
French and German classroom teacher
Ann recently conducted primary research into The Instructional Leadership
Role and Professional Learning of Deputy Principals in NSW High Schools.
This research has given her unique insights and expertise in senior
leadership in a Sydney context within the private and state systems.
About Ann Leaf
- M.Ed. (Management & Leadership), University of Sydney
- BA Dip Ed, Macquarie University
- Endorsed BOSTES Provider (No. P11948)
Who can benefit?
Ann Leaf provides education and
leadership advisory services for:
public and private schools
private education institutions
educators, teachers and trainers
businesses, corporations and
not-for-profit organisations.
The ultimate act
of leadership in
an organization
is creating a
leadership-oriented
culture that
continues after the
creator has gone.
J.P. Kotter

4. Ann Leaf
Director
p 0408 030 352 | e ann@learningscope.com.au
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