Collective Teacher Efficacy

1. COLLECTIVE TEACHER
EFFICACY
Maximising Impact #2

2. Review/Link: Our teaching practice should be…

3. Top teaching practices: Reflection
1. Review the top teaching practices according to Hattie’s
research (Handout on the table).
2. Tick any that you think you are currently doing well.
3. How could you test your assumption?
(Data? Dipsticks? Student surveys?).
4. How could you use that data to grow the teaching practice of
the Senior School?

4. Collective Teacher Efficacy
CTE: The collective belief that individuals in this school
context have the capacity to influence (MAXIMISE) the
achievement of our students.
It is not enough to be a good INDIVIDUAL practitioner.
Higher individual achievement comes from being part of a
committed, coherent team of experts.
• Team goals  individual responsibilities  group success
• Team processes  individual action  group coherence
• Shared knowledge  individual growth  group expertise

5. Best Example

7. Our standard for high quality teaching
practice
Are
students
learning?
Are we
MAXIMISING
student
learning?

8. GROWING COLLECTIVE TEACHER EFFICACY
through Department Meetings
1. Be willing to sacrifice personal objectives
for a group purpose
2. Be willing to contribute to help others grow
in their teaching practice.
3. Be willing to try new things, and to change –
otherwise your teaching practice will not
keep up with the needs of the students
IT’S ABOUT
PURPOSE
UNITY
&
PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY

9. ITS ABOUT PURPOSE, UNITY AND PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
IT’S ABOUT
-PURPOSE
-UNITY, AND
-PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY