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1. Moving forward
Teaching and Learning
CIP Objective 2a:
All staff confident in planning and delivering
a good or outstanding lesson in order to
achieve 100% good or outstanding teaching
under September 2012 Ofsted criteria.
Found at S:CIP
2. Recent research on effect of
practice
• Currently all teachers slow, and most actually stop,
improving after two or three years in the classroom
• Expertise research therefore suggests that they are only
beginning to scratch the surface of what we are capable
of
• There is no limit to what we can achieve if we support
teachers in the right way. What is the right way?
3. Where have we come from?
• Swanmore Seven
• CPL Sessions
• Leading learning for others
• Personalised CPL
• Created T&L Newsletters, Blog etc.
• Top Tips
• QA Systems in place
4. How do we become a
Learning Centred
School?
Not because we are not good
enough because we can be
better!
9. Learning and Teaching
Fortnight
When?
4th February – 14th February 2013
•During a non contact lesson you and a
colleague will make 2 x 20 minute visits to
another class to observe another teach.
•Between the lessons and afterwards you
and the other observer will discuss key
points.
10. How?
• Names/ schedule will be published in
January of who is observing who.
• Intention is that both Monday meetings
over these two weeks will be cancelled
to allow quality time to reflect and
feedback.
11. Where?
• Feedback in staff room with biscuits
and tea provided on:
Tuesday, Wednesday (1st week.)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (2nd week)
12. PLEASE NOTE
This is nothing to do with Performance
Management – it is purely a tool to share
the very best of practice.
No gradings will be given.
Any observation notes belong to the
observed.
13. And finally
• This is to share the very best of
practice and to allow us to be more
confident when observers walk in.
• This may be your ideal opportunity to
showcase some work you have been
doing and take that risk!
You will get out of this what you put in.
Editor's Notes
What we need is to persuade those with a real passion for working with young people to become teachers, and to continue to improve as long as they stay in the job.
