Presentation from breakout session at the Whole Education 'Designing an impact curriculum conference'

1. Vision
1. For students to have a central role in the improvement of learning in
the school through participation in a Student Pedagogy Team that
collaborates with the Pedagogy Leaders.
2. To develop Student Learning Communities (SLCs) within the StuPeds
– each with their own vision and action plan.
Implementation
2013-2014: pilot with 15 students nominated and given clear guidance.
2014-2015: application process (40 chosen), then visioning day where 5
SLCs were created, and vision/action plans were generated within
groups. Student-driven, mostly dialogue & collaboration.
Impact
Student dialogue about learning; student ideas about great learning
shared across school; students generating Tech guidance for teachers.
Positive signals about what lays ahead.
Our Learning
Although it is important to have a plan, this has been a very organic
process that has been steered by the students – the Ped Leaders found
that authentic collaboration and dialogue with students was the key to
moving forward! - Stephanie Hill, Senior Pedagogy Leader
THE STUPEDS’ TOP 5
VISIONS & TOOLKITS
Chief Learners
Making learning more interactive
- Student lessons & dialogue with
teachers; comments on units -
Learning Detectives
Asking students & developing
student-teacher relationships
- Questionnaires & interviews -
Learning Agents
Exploring, observing and sharing
great learning
- Observations & dialogues; blogs -
iLearners
Apps & eLearning to engage and
challenge
- App list & Tech tutorials -
eHub Developers
Learning through technology using
the eHub (iPods; iPads; MacBooks)
- eHub Buzz Booklets -