1. Teacher Statisitics
1.1. Average school and average teacher
1.1.1. Entering School
1.1.1.1. 50th
1.1.2. After 2 years
1.1.2.1. 50th
1.2. Least Effective school and least effective teacher
1.2.1. After 2 years
1.2.1.1. 3rd
1.3. Most effective school and least effective teacher
1.3.1. After 2 years
1.3.1.1. 37th
1.4. Most effective school and teacher
1.4.1. After 2 years
1.4.1.1. 96th
1.5. Most effective school and average teacher
1.5.1. After 2 years
1.5.1.1. 78th
1.6. Least effective school and most effective teacher
1.6.1. After 2 years
1.6.1.1. 63rd
2. Attribute of an Effective Teacher
2.1. Think of a time when you learnt powerfully
2.1.1. Chemistry
2.1.1.1. Mr Bowen
2.2. Powerful learning is promoted by
2.2.1. Using different learning styles
2.2.2. Making the environment warm and friendly
2.2.3. Content is less important
3. Talking Vs Doing
3.1. Walk the talk
3.2. Embody the values and beliefs you teach
3.3. Folio
3.3.1. Explain what you believe and what has/hasn't worked
4. Classroom Orientation
4.1. Learning Orientation
4.1.1. Focus on understanding major ideas
4.1.2. Work is purposeful and directed at making sense
4.2. Work Orientation
4.2.1. Focus on competing the work
4.3. Work-Avoidance Orientation
4.3.1. Teacher doesn't push students
5. Types of Knowledge
5.1. Fragile Knowledge
5.1.1. Inert
5.1.1.1. Its there but you can't do anything with it
5.1.2. Ritualisitic
5.1.2.1. Pattern useful for school task
5.1.3. Naive
5.1.3.1. Simplistic
5.2. Generative Knowledge
5.2.1. Retention
5.2.1.1. of knowledge
5.2.2. Understanding
5.2.2.1. of Knowledge
5.2.3. Active
5.2.3.1. Use of knowledge
6. Our Educative Purpose
6.1. What is powerful to Learn
6.1.1. VELS
6.2. What is powerful learning and what promotes it?
6.2.1. Principles of Learning and Teaching
6.3. How do we know if it has been learnt
7. PoLTS
7.1. Why
7.1.1. Teacher Ownership
7.1.2. Teachers as generators of knowledge
7.1.3. Collaboration
7.1.4. A willingness to question existing practice
7.1.5. Support for Risk taking
7.1.6. Evolutionary, not revolutionary
7.2. PoLTS Unpacked
7.2.1. Strategies for solving problems
8. Factors impacting on Student Achievement
8.1. Students
8.1.1. 50% impact on learning
8.2. Home
8.2.1. 5 - 10%
8.3. Schools
8.3.1. 5 - 10%
8.4. Peer Effects
8.4.1. 5 - 10%
8.5. Teachers
8.5.1. 30%
9. Teachers
9.1. Teacher are among the most powerful influences on
9.2. Teachers need to be aware of students thinking
9.3. Teachers need to be caring, influential and engaged
10. Completing vs Comprehending
10.1. Students are normally concerned with completing the task vs comprehending it
10.2. Need to move towards comprehension
11. What do Students Value?
11.1. From the students POV
11.1.1. What is the role of the teacher?
11.1.2. What is the role of the student?
11.1.3. What is effective learning?