1. Schools As Catalysts
for Change
CEASA Spotlight Seminar
May 16, 2012
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2. Acknowledgement of Country
NinnaMarni – (Hello how are you?)
We would like to acknowledge that we are
meeting on the traditional land of the Kaurna
people. We respect their spiritual relationship
with this land. We also acknowledge that the
Kaurna people have been the custodians of
the Adelaide region since time immemorial.
We understand that their cultural and
heritage are still important to the Kaurna
People today

3. The Council of Education
Associations (CEASA)
President Secretary
Rick Baldock Richard Apps
Vice -President Treasurer
David Horsell Anne-Marie Morgan
Executive Director
Phil Callen

4. The Council of Education
Associations (CEASA)
Website: www.ceasa.asn.au
Representing 56
professional associations in
South Australia

5. Professional Learning
AITSL
Informing the Draft:
‘Australian Charter for the
Professional Learning of Teachers
and School Leaders’
www.aitsl.edu.au

6. Professional Learning
Enabling educational systems to
achieve on a wide scale the kind of
teaching that has a substantial impact
on student learning requires much
more intensive and effective
professional learning than has
traditionally been available
Professional Learning in the Learning Profession
(2009) Linda Darling-Hammond et al

7. Professional Learning
If we want all young people to possess
the higher-order thinking skills they
need to succeed in the 21st
century, we need educators who
possess higher-order teaching skills
and deep content knowledge.
Professional Learning in the Learning Profession
(2009) Linda Darling-Hammond et al

8. Professional Learning
Question:
How can we think differently about
professional learning – to bring about
real change in schools?

9. Presenters
Adrian Dilger
Numeracy consultant in SA, Catholic
Schools

10. Presenters
Lisa Burman
Education consultant in SA, Catholic
Schools, DECD and interstate schools
Joe De Tullio
Principal, St Francis Xavier’s Regional
Catholic School, Wynn Vale
MaliaKanongata’a
Professional Development

11. Presenters
Leslie Tulloch
Education consultant in Victoria, Dept
of Education and Early Childhood
schools

12. Presenters
Sharon Callen
Education consultant in SA, DECD
and Independent Schools
Leesa Shepherd
Principal, Nairne Primary School

13. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Adrian Dilger
3. Break – supper
4. Lisa Burman and team
5. Leslie Tulloch
6. Sharon Callen and Leesa
Shepherd

14. Professional Learning
• Professional development should be
intensive, ongoing and connected to
practice
• Professional development should
focus on student learning and address
the teaching of specific curriculum
content

15. Professional Learning
• Professional development should
align with school improvement
priorities and goals
• Professional development should
build strong working relationships
among teachers

16. Professional Learning
• School-based coaching may
enhance professional learning
Professional Learning in the Learning Profession
A Status Report on Teacher Development In the United
States and Abroad. Linda Darling-Hammond, Ruth Chung
Wei. Alethea Andrea, Nikola Richardson
&StellosOrphanos, Published by the National Staff
Development Council and The School Redesign Network at
Stanford University 2009.

17. School Based Change
•The process and outcome must be
personally and politically empowering
•Significant change will only be
sustained when the process fosters
commitment
Planning and Teaching in an Unjust World
G. Petherick& R. Smith. A Case Study of the Complexities
of Developing Critical Reflective Practices in a Primary
School: Curriculum Perspectives Vol 16 No 3, September
1996

18. School Based Change
•Opportunities for both individual and
collaborative learning best support
change
•Ideas that are demonstrably
integrated (rather than unconnected)
with current arrangements have a
greater chance to be viewed as
potential improvements and not
impositions

19. School Based Change
•All change ideas, policies, etc, need
to be further developed by participants
to complement their educational
settings; such developments are most
empowering when supported by the
rigour of research and documentation.

20. School Based Change
•Educational change is often a non-
linear and unpredictable process.
•Change involves grit and sweat.
•Change takes time and so must be
given time and expect time.

21. Comments
• Please provide comments on the
process of tonight’s seminar
• Please comment on the content of
tonight’s seminar
• What questions do you have?

22. Schools As Catalysts
for Change
CEASA Spotlight Seminar
May 16, 2012
Website: www.ceasa.asn.au S