day 2 connecting the dots from isolation to collaboration

Connecting the dots - from isolation to collaboration:

Creating a 21st Century learning community through curriculum mapping

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Educational Leadership



The greatest job in the world



The greatest job in the world

but it is not easy


Cat Herding


Overview

• The situation that needed to change - too much isolation and not enough collaboration

• How can curriculum mapping help to facilitate the collaborative effort?

• A 21st Century approach - using curriculum mapping software


The isolation problem


Various degrees of isolation

• Going it alone

• Small teams

• Small groups

• More ‘group’ than ‘team’

• Congeniality over collegiality


Group versus Team

Richard DuFour (2010)Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Get on the bus or get off


Priority #1

• Connect and collaborate both horizontally and vertically

• Greatest contribution of school leaders to improving student outcomes in schools is through developing collaborative cultures (Fullan, 2008)


Priority #1



Horizontallybetween subject areas


Priority #1



Verticallybetween year levels


Priority #2

• De-privatise our practice

• Open up the ‘Black Box’ of instruction (Fullan, 2008)


We all help students get across the line


Essentially we must consider...

• Where do students have to be? Backwards Design

• What is developmentally appropriate on the way?

• We must strike the ‘right’ balance between the two.


Why curriculum mapping?

A systems-based approach capable of

developing a 21st Century learning

community

IB World School


The Big Ideas

TransparencyCollaborative and focused

conversationsIntegration

Knowledge transfer

Accountability


Inquiry-based learning

Differentiation

Feedback

Engagement

Challenge

Relevance

Transparency


PYP - MYP - DP

Library program

Interdisciplinary learning

ICT

Critical thinking

Literacy and numeracy

Integration


IBO Standards and Practices

National tests (NAPLAN)

Diploma completion

Tertiary entrance + career paths

21st Century skills

Princes’ Pedagogy

Accountability


Model of curriculum leadership

Evidence driven

Macro level conversations

Micro level conversations

Vertical and Horizontal focus

Collaborative and focused

conversations


Centralised ‘dynamic’ repository

Accessible to all

Renew, upgrade, revise

Evaluate and reflect

Knowledge transfer


How are we getting there?


Rubicon Atlas - our system of choice


Design


Integrate


Examine - through different lenses


Identify gaps and repetitions


Match assessment to aims / objectives /

standards


Review and adjust


Our process

1. Gather the available data

2. Review maps for their ‘quality’

3. Examine the written curriculum horizontally and vertically

4. Incorporate 21st Century learning skills, as appropriate


The work never ends...


but it is the journey that counts.


It is a long road, both rough and smooth...


but better travelled together than alone.


Have fun along the way!


Further information

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day 2 connecting the dots from isolation to collaboration

Documents

curriculum mapping help

student outcomes

century approach

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collaborative effort

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educational leadershiptuesday

various degrees of isolation