Butterfly effects for School Improvement Changes come from the small initiative which works, initiatives which initiated, become the fashion (Charles Handy). The webinar will discuss activities and strategies which are smaller but have a larger impact on school improvement. # Educational leadership

1. Small efforts lead
to bigger changes
Muhammad Yusuf
Sargodhians’ Institute for
Professional Development
Rashidabad

2. Little things make a big difference

3. The effect of a very small change in the
initial conditions of a system which
makes a significant difference in the
outcomes
Butterfly Effect

4. Starting the Day Well
The morning – and how it begins – sets the
tone for the rest of the school day. The
manner in which teachers and students
greet each other as they enter the school
corridor has an impact on the children’s
learning throughout the day.
In the mornings, headmaster/mistress stands
near the entrance to have pleasant interaction
with entering students and staff.

5. • Assign a personal academic tutor to each student of
grade 5/9 to help students in planning, presenting and
organizing work, motivation and encouragement, and
facilitating other forms of assistance.
Personal Tutoring
• Explain to students how the scheme will work and
consider students’ suggestions.
• Develop a guideline describing the role of personal
tutor.
• Allocate time during the school day.

6. • Students appreciate their personal link to somebody who
can give them advice and help
Personal Tutoring
• It works best when staff does not teach their tutor
students.
• They both have agreed targets to monitor and evaluate
progress.
Impact

7. • Explain the importance of effort and achievement at
school assembly.
• Alternate days, pick 3 to 4 students at school assembly.
• Ask them to bring their books to you at break times,
and discuss with them by using following questions.
Where are you in your subjects?
Pick out one thing which you are really proud of in
your progress, and others areas you would like to
improve.
Transforming attitudes towards achievement

8. Impact
Transforming attitudes towards achievement
Shows your interest in “Teaching and Learning”
It is a less threatening way of establishing an
assessment consistency.

9. Using high achievers to reinforce a culture
• Select 4 to 5 students who did
well in the last examination.
• Take individual photographs,
print off in color and mounted on
card with name and reason for
the award.

10. Impact
Using high achievers to reinforce a culture
The environment will improve as result.

11. Remedial classes
Help students, who are left behind
• Diagnose what is missing.
• Reteach basic concepts.
Impact
• Better examination result.
• Improve students’ self confidence.

12. Revision classes for parents and students
Organize a series of after school session for students
and their parents on study skills, revision techniques,
examination techniques.
Senior teachers from school or outside
specialist conduct the workshop in the
most active way possible.
It should be short and very specific.

13. Impact
Revision classes for parents and students
Increase in parental involvement in area of learning
and teaching.

14. Be a Marker in examination board
To understand the difference between D or A grade answer.
Encourage secondary school teachers
to register as an examiner in the
examination board.
It helps inexperienced teachers to
understand what examiners are
looking for in the answer-sheets.

15. Impact
Be a Marker in examination board
The butterfly helps school to move from C to A grade
results in examination.

16. Break timing
Initiate a system of staggered break times where only a
quarter of the school will be on a break at time.
It will help canteen staff to serve
better and students to get more
peaceful environment.

17. Impact
Break timing
Students behavior will improve during break times .
Canteen staff will work effectively to serve the
students in their breaks.

18. A staffroom teaching and learning noticeboard
Allocate a notice board in the
staffroom for articles, cutting, book
reviews, etc. related to teaching and
learning.
Ask staff to provide materials for the
notice board and to discuss about
this during a staff meeting.

19. A staffroom teaching and learning noticeboard
Impact
Such noticeboards generate interest and discussion about
teaching and learning informally and formally.
It usually highlights key articles from
the newspaper, education magazine
and other sources that would aid staff
development.

20. Distributed Leadership
To avoid an ‘us’ and ‘them’ culture.
Engage a middle management and a
young member of staff in upper-
leadership team for a term.
Invite them to attend meetings, and
respect confidentiality.

21. Distributed
Leadership
Impact
Staff gets a better insight into whole school issue and
strategic management.

22. Work shadowing key posts in the school
Ensuring that other staff members
develop some competence in particular
key areas like: time-table, budgeting,
conducting exams, making/reviewing
school polices.

23. Work shadowing key posts in the school
Impact
Over time, the 'shadow' may well take overall
responsibility for that area, allowing
colleagues to move on to develop new
expertise in another area.
It would allow for the exchange of ideas and
values that come from having another point
of view, resulting in the development of a
team approach.

24. Learning environment
Choose a theme like “Planets” and
display related picture (full sized).
Transform dull areas into an exciting learning space.
Change them every half term (two
months).

25. Extending students’ Vocabulary
Each subject teacher of grade 8 will
teach one vocabulary item each day
from Monday to Thursday.
Students will prepare meaning,
spelling and usage of the vocabulary
items.
On Thursday, each subject teacher Math, Science, English, S. St, etc.
will put three words in the box
Friday, competition day

26. Extending students’ Vocabulary
Impact
Cooperation between teachers and coordinators
will be improved over a whole-school issues.

27. Everyone reads in
schools
Make a whole-school language
policy that everybody in the school
should read for 15 minutes after the
break.
This means that all the students,
teachers, and staff have to read.
The school library (if it exists) provides essential support where
required

28. Everyone reads in
schools
Impact
It demonstrates the high value the school places on
reading.
When pupils are reading the same book this can
lead to ‘book review’ discussions.

29. Transform you PPT from notes to
Quiz
Element Name Symbol Atomic Number Atomic Weight
Helium He 2 4.003
Neon Ne 10 20.18
Argon Ar 18 39.95
Krypton Kr 36 83.8
Xenon Xe 54 131.29
Radon Rn 86 222
Oganesson Og 118 294
Nobel Gases

30. He Ne Ar
Xe
Kr
Rn Og
Nobel Gases

31. He
Nobel Gases
Helium
Symbol
Atomic Weight
4.003
Atomic Number
2
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32. Ne
Nobel Gases
Neon
Symbol
Atomic Weight
20.18
Atomic Number
10
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