WORKSHOP PREPARATION
Pre-readings
Leading School Transformation: Using an Evidence-based Approach workshop
Pre-workshop readings
- Leadership for Learning: A framework synthesizing recent research (Neil Dempster, 2009)
- a. The Science of Learning (Deans for Impact, 2015)
b. The Science of Early Learning (Deans for Impact, 2019) - The principles of instruction: Research-based strategies all teachers should know (Barak Rosenshine, 2012)
- Explicit Instruction: Effective & efficient teaching, excerpt Chapter 1: Exploring the foundations of explicit instruction (Anita Archer and Charles Hughes, 2011)
- a. Blue Haven Public School – Evidence-based practice case study (NSW Department of Education, CESE, 2019)
b. Case study: Grace Lutheran Primary School (MultiLit, 2024)
Program pre-work
- School data to bring to workshop
- Behaviour and engagement (student opinion data) measures
- Attendance data – including ‘categories’ of attendance
- NAPLAN Reading, Writing, Numeracy:
- Relative progress and achievement data
- Proficiency levels – % of students’ literacy and numeracy proficiency
- Pre-work activity: Alignment of evidence-based practices (Archer & Hughes/Rosenshine)