Eryc Leading Teachers

ERYC LEADING TEACHERS – discussion paper for 15/9/03

Action planning

This is what I did:

• Consultant visits school to discuss the teacher project plan.
• Following the discussion, teacher modifies the teacher plan to fit the criteria:

10 days work

relate directly to the KS3 strategy with a primary aim of raising achievement

use principles set out in the KS3 strand documents

be capable of being used to support effective learning by teachers and/or managers

be trialled by the leading teacher/team and then disseminated to the department, prior to wider use

be made available to all secondary schools in the East Riding and contribute to KS3 strategy professional development in the LEA

(try to get electronic version)

• Consultant produces a generic timeline plan (see later)
• Teacher completes monitoring and evaluation sections after training (see next page)

The two training days

Some thoughts:

• If the leading teachers are going to use coaching for dissemination, they need to be trained first.
• This training should start in the Autumn term, otherwise it is too late.
• The leading teacher year should run through to Dec ’04 for final evaluation
• Possible structure is:

Day 1 (Oct/Nov)

Coaching training: theory, demonstration (video) (1/2 day) – generic (all in!)

Training on the key principles of the strategy (1/2 day) – separate strands

The second half day creates a major problem with rooming – would it need to be separate half days?

Follow-up

‘Expert’ Coaching cycle with consultant – high level teaching skills (thinking skills?) (three ~1 hr sessions on Preview, Observe and Review).

Peer Coaching cycle – high level teaching skills (three ~1 hr sessions on Preview, Observe and Review).

Day 2 (Jan)

Reflection and evaluation: protocols, questioning skills, effective coaching (1/2 day) – generic

Progress reports on projects: share experiences so far (e.g. hints & tips; issues; examples of work; future plans etc); Monitoring and evaluation training - separate strands

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ERYC SIS Leading Teacher Project

Teacher: School:

Key aim of the project: To raise standards in KS3 science through the explicit teaching of enquiry skills.

• Attend the two Leading teacher training days
• Write the materials which will be designed to develop at least one Sc1 skill for each of the QCA units in year 7

• 2 days supply cover *
• … days work and ½ day discussion with science consultant

• Materials produced by Nov’ ’03 which cover at least 1 activity per QCA unit to teach the Sc1 skills of Planning, Obtaining & presenting, Considering and Evaluating

• Teach the materials and include one coaching cycle
• Make any necessary changes

• …. days for coaching and refining materials

• Materials have all been taught by SH and refined where necessary by Mar ‘04

• Work with at least two other teachers on the materials using coaching
• Make any necessary changes
• Include the materials into the KS3 scheme of work

• 2 days for coaching*
• …. days for refining materials

• At least two other teachers in the department have been coached in the materials by Mar ’04.
• Materials have been included into the scheme of work by Mar ‘04
• Materials have a positive effect on pupils’ understanding of enquiry skills by Apr ‘04

• Launch materials at a Science Projects INSET day
• Publish the materials on the eRiding website

• 1 day supply cover *

• Materials have been launched through an INSET day and the eRiding website by May ‘04

* these 5 days are in addition to the £1500 funding and the supply cover is paid directly to the school

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