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*NEW BLOG POST*

School Improvement | Tiny Gains

https://saysmiss.wordpress.com/2024/08/17/school-improvement-tiny-gains/

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samgibbs.bsky.social•201 days ago

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rufuswilliam.bsky.social•201 days ago

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impactwales.bsky.social•190 days ago

Absolutely agree, professional learning needs to be different. Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation is so much more effective than 3 year high level school improvement plans. PDIA focuses on the tiny grains & grows outward. This alongside habit formation is a key focus of our support for schools.

simbadd64.bsky.social•201 days ago

This is probably the biggest challenge in CPD. We often look for system wide solutions when in fact it's the amalgamation of small improvements that will have sustained impact.

saysmiss.bsky.social•201 days ago

Agree. It’s why silver bullets and large scale audience format of delivery just doesn’t work as a coherent approach. With the silver bullet, we isolate ourselves to one method of PD for impact. With large scale, we limit ourselves to never moving beyond launches and key messages to get into..

saysmiss.bsky.social•201 days ago

The gritty bit of trying (and failing, to start) to transfer to practice or share experiences. So much of effective implementation relies upon a contextual understanding of not just the org/school, but the subject/classroom.

simbadd64.bsky.social•201 days ago

The thing that strikes me is that we know all this to be true about students' learning. We wouldn't dream of relaunching an entirely new way of writing letters, for eg., every half term. Yet we do it with staff. We could do with a good dose of Rosenshine in our CPD.

saysmiss.bsky.social•201 days ago

And adult professional learning is more difficult to design because of our refusal to recognise learning as learning, amongst other aspects such as starting points, misconceptions or legacy models/terms etc. I find it so interesting to think about!

richardwh84.bsky.social•201 days ago

I wrote about the same think "marginal gains" on a subject level yesterday #edusky https://everythingpedagogy.wordpress.com/2024/08/16/part-1-embracing-the-power-of-marginal-gains-returning-to-middle-leadership/

saysmiss.bsky.social•201 days ago

Interesting to read that you capture through the lens of gains on impact, Richard. Great to see subject leaders front and centre of any staff development strategy and so heavily involved in the co construction of any offer. Thanks for sharing!

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