Support collaborative planning and problem solving
Work as a team to understand and address the unique learning needs of every ākonga.
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Avoid working in isolation
Avoid working in isolation
Michael Fullan believes today's principals don’t work in isolation – they collaborate and learn within their school and among other schools.
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Prioritise time for collaboration
Prioritise time for collaboration
If you value staff you have to find time for them to think and talk. You have to find clever ways for teachers to be released to have professional conversations, for example, so that teachers can meet regularly with their teacher aides. The payoffs are massive.
Andrew Morrall, Principal, Rolleston Primary School
Foster a collaborative learning culture
Foster a collaborative learning culture
School leadership teams support collaborative learning cultures when they:
- emphasise to teachers that they can succeed – together
- expect teachers to keep their knowledge and skills up-to-date
- share decision-making and prepare others to lead
- make data accessible
- teach and model discussion and decision-making skills
- provide teachers with the research
- take time to build trust.
Make time for collaborative planning
Make time for collaborative planning
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Useful resources
Useful resources
Promoting collaborative learning cultures
In this article, Michael Fullan’s idea of “purposeful peer interaction” is explained. This is where information and knowledge are shared openly, and when monitoring mechanisms are installed to detect ineffective actions and identify effective practices.
Publisher: Educational Leaders
Gary Punler: Deprivatising practice
In this video, Principal Gary Punler describes why is it important for schools to have a process in place to facilitate teachers meeting and sharing ideas.
Networks of Expertise
List of subject associations and other peer-to-peer networks which support teachers and kaiako.
Regionally-allocated PLD
How to apply for PLD funding for your school, kura, kāhui ako or cluster. Allocation decisions are made by regional allocation panels.
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