1. PRIMARY
CURRICULUM
LEADERS NETWORK
March 2011

2. INTENTIONS:
Explore school based data re: inquiry based learing
Engage in a profesisonal learning protocol
Develop a project/action plan for 2011
Read and discuss leading learning in schools
Considering One Body One Spirit in Christ: Called to
Action

3. DATA LITERATE LEADERS
“Data is not information.
Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not
understanding.
Understanding is not
wisdom.”

4. “The goal is to transform data
into information,
and information into insight”

5. Data is a precious thing and will
last longer than the systems
themselves.
Tim Berners-Lee

6. Errors using inadequate data
are much less than those using
no data at all.
Charles Babbage

7. Intuition becomes increasingly
valuable in the new information
society precisely because there is so
much data.
John Naisbitt

8. It is a capital mistake to theorize
before one has data.
Arthur Conan Doyle

9. The more the data banks record
about each one of us,
the less we exist.
Marshall McLuhan

10. You can have data without
information, but you cannot
have information without data.
Daniel Keys Moran

11. Without data you are just
another person
with an opinion.

12. RESEARCH

13. EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
How should we determine the right work?
What are the implications of evidence based decision
making?

14. EXPLORING OUR DATA
What is our data on IBL saying?
Where is there alignment/patterns of response?
What might be our successes? Do we agree? Why?
What might be our areas for growth? Why?
Where to next?

15. WHAT ARE PROTOCOLS?
• A protocol is a formal structure to assist teachers to hold
respectful, collegial discussions about their work and their
students’ work
• Developed by the National Schools Network in participation
with the Coalition of Essential Schools (USA) and Australian
teachers
• Designed by teachers for teachers to explore ways we can
use critical reflection about student work to strengthen our
professional practice

16. • Protocols are intended to provide you with a supportive way
of talking to each other about your work and your students’
work
• They provide a “safe” way of doing difficult but rewarding
work
• They require a depth of thinking and analysis
• They include strategic questioning, warm and cool feedback
and involve everyone including the facilitator at the table in the
discussion.

17. A CAUTION
Whilst protocols provide a structure to support
professional dialogue, it is important to make sure they
help youand do not become an orthodoxy that stifles
discussion.
It is important, however to try to stick to the rules as
they are specifically designed to support the presenter
and make the discussion fruitful for all

18. TUNING PROTOCOL
Designed to help fine tune a policy, unit plan, program
of work, design or samples of student work
Very efficient and gives everyone a chance to provide
feedback
A good one to start with as it is very straightforward
and easy to follow

19. HTTP://
WWW.NEWCASTLE.EDU
.AU/RESOURCES/

20. PRACTICING THE
PROTOCOL?

21. WOWS & WONDERS
On the star sticky notes
record any Wows!
On the speech bubble
sticky notes record any
Wonders?

22. SPEED NETWORKING

23. PROFESSIONAL READING
Using the Compass and
Circles of Viewpoint
thinking routines to
consider models of
improvement and
revitalisation.
Teachers as Leaders
PLCs

24. Frank Crowther
developing teacher leaders
Challenge Solution
• Convey convictions about a
• Heightened parental
better world
expectations for
individualisation • Facilitate communities of
learning
• Increased child development
research • Strive for pedagogical excellence
• Duty of care legislation • Confront barriers in school’s
culture and structures
• Performance based pay
schemes • Translating ideas into
sustainable action
• National assessment
programs • Nurture a culture of success
• Gen Y

25. Richard dufour & Robert eaker
professional learning communities at work
Challenge Solution
• The complexity of the task • Shared mission, vision and
values
• Misplaced focus
• Collective inquiry
• Lack of clarity on intended
results • Collaborative teams
• Lack of perserverance • Action orientation and
experimentation
• Failure to attend to the
change process • Continuous improvement

26. Walt
We Are Learning To
Wilf
What I’m Looking For
Tib
This Is Because

27. NING???
WIKI???
How will we stay
connected?