Succeeding with Differentation in the Nordics by Charlotte Møller-Andersen (VP of Sales Europe at itslearning

1. S u c c e e d i n g w i t h D i f f e r e n t i a t i o n i n t h e N o r d i c s
CHARLOTTE MØLLER-ANDERSEN
VP EUROPE

2. YOUR VOICE
Leadership conference survey

3. 100% - differentiation is important
100% - want to improve differentiation

4. BENEFITS
Increase student motivation
Allows students to reach their full potential
Inspire students to be responsible for their learning

5. CHALLENGES
Content availability to allow differentiation
Teacher resistance to change
How to make a joint approach

6. Örebro in Sweden
Leadership-driven
Forssan in Finland
Leadership-driven
Sonans NO & Next DK
Teacher-driven
Municipality close to
Stockholm
146 631 inhabitants
16287 students
69 schools
Vocational school
Two locations
1850 students
Sonans in Norway
Private internet-based high
school & 8000 students
Next in Denmark
Vocational school with 14
locations & 8500 students
Recent merger between 3
schools
Differentiation in the Nordics

7. LEADERSHIP-DRIVEN CASES
Örebro in Sweden & Forssan Am. Instituuti in Finland

8. Örebro: Ambition to differentiate, increase
student engagement and eliminate socio-
economic factors for student success

9. Reason to Act
18,1% changes in population
Student performance dropping
Differences in parent support & ability
Limited time for teachers

10. Örebro – Vision & Goals
SAVE environment that fosters LOVE TO LEARN
Differentiate to needs of EACH student
Create various ways for COLLABORATION

11. Star teacher task force
”
Culture based on
respect in people
Supporting structure
Highly driven teachers
selected
Explore pedagogical research
Practical guidance – focus on
planner & permission-based
learning paths – combined
with variation
Inspire – not mandate
Respect for teachers to find
their own way
Respect for various student
needs for learning
Task force continue as part of
work day
Share to ensure speed &
results
Centrally build template for
mid-term assessment
How Did Örebro Succeed?

12. • Anna-Eva Olsson - winner
of Örebro´s pedagogical
price 2017
• Sees possibilities &
creates a calm and
positive environment for
students to learn based
on individual needs

13. Situation for Forssan
Schools get funding by each completed
module
Students get 100% freedom to pick
modules
Schools get funding faster
Vocational schools get funding after
students´ complete 30 courses over 2
years
Not all students pass 30 modules which
made funding risky for schools
From January 2018

14. “Let´s use the change to drive change! Let´s aim
to make students creators of their own career –
in a FAST, FLEXIBLE & JOYFULL MANNER –
getting ready to work….
….by building a highway for knowledge”
Maaria Silvius 2017

15. Örebro – Vision & Goals
SAVE environment that fosters LOVE TO LEARN
Differentiate to the needs of EACH student
Create various ways for COLLABORATION
Forssan Ammatti Instituuti´s Vision
“Highway of Knowledge”

16. Step 1 – Initial
Assessment
Step 2 - Platform of
Choice
Current challenge
Tutor-student evaluation of
starting point
Guidance to make individual
learning/study plan
Itslearning as a platform to
pick & choose
Self-paced and freedom to
make assignment and final
assessments when students
are ready
See students for who they are
instead of same for all
How to engage teachers &
support the changing role of
the teachers?
Which PD-program to build
around the teachers?
How to Succeed?

17. TEACHER-DRIVEN CASES
Sonans in Norway & Next in Denmark

18. Sonans Before
Short self-paced sessions
Individualised high-quality feed-back –
using the video/audio
Roll out to teachers in one location
Internet-based education with e-books
Limited time & possibility for teachers
to interact with students
Lack of individual feed-back to students
in the learning process
One Teacher´s Initiative

19. Next steps for
Sonans
Flexible digitalized content to
differentiate learning paths
Engage leadership into a a joint
vision and support system to
roll out to all locations

20. Next Education Before
Explore itslearning to succeed
Initial assessment to understand
starting point of students and
differentiate in 2 groups of students
Mandatory for all new teachers
Lost students to competing school
Hired lead teacher to re-boot education
Ministry of Education demands
differentiation into 4 groups (2015)
One Teacher´s Initiative

21. Next steps at
Next Education
Success teacher tasked to roll
out & train all teachers across
all locations in new merger
Engage leadership to set clear
expectations and support
system to facilitate impact of
training program

22. Building Success
Conclussions

23. Do Not Forget
Be bold & ambitious
Respect for EVERYBODY in the process
Build culture that supports the vision
Set up the right conditions for success
Focus of quick-wins to gain momentum
for long-terms outcomes
Clear leadership
Engagement of teachers as much as
students
Adoption of technology in new ways is
not a routine task
Continue to explore & set new goals
Building Success

24. itslearning Leadership Network

25. B e d a n k t
CHARLOTTE MØLLER-ANDERSEN
VP EUROPE