PERSONALISING LEARNING: THE DEVELOPMENT

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PERSONALISING LEARNING THE DEVELOPMENT
RESEARCH NETWORKSPaul ChristensenNeil Tunstall
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Why Development Research Networks

• By schools, for schools
• Action Research
• Bottom Up, not Top Down innovation
• Building on the Trusts strength in Networking
• Establishing Next Practice

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The First Five Gateways to Personalising Learning

• Assessment for Learning
• Curriculum
• Learning to Learn
• New Technologies
• Student Voice

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Structure of the Project

• 5 gateways x 11 regions 55 networks
• Applications invited for hub schools
• 6k funding for hub to coordinate network
• Expressions of interest from schools to join
  network
• Hubs to recruit further members
• Initially a one year project

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Hub schools in the South West

• Assessment for Learning Backwell, Court Fields,
  Redruth
• Curriculum St Johns, Wootton Bassett
• Learning to Learn John Cabot, Lipson
• New Technologies Chulmleigh, Cirencester Deer
  Park
• Student Voice Callington, Thomas Keble

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Learning to Learn John Cabot CTC

• Cabot Competency Curriculum
• Student Competencies not National Curriculum
• Year 7 teaching by themes 5 term year
• Smaller CCC teaching team
• Science Technology Day
• Innovation Exchanges
• Now in Year 2 evaluation pending!

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Curriculum Wootton Bassett School

• Personalising the Curriculum
• Introducing choice in Key Stage 3
• Curriculum Plus
• Key Stage 3 options into GCSE e.g. Astronomy,
  Catering
• Pupils Attitude to Self and School
• Learning to Learn Champions in each faculty
• Learning Mentor for each student

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New Technologies The Community College,
Chulmleigh

• Active network, sharing innovation
• MP3 players for research
• Collaboration with Blundells
• Portal for network partners to share ideas
• Wide variety of approaches between schools
• Using new technologies across the curriculum

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Student Voice Thomas Keble School

• Students central to shaping the project
• Student Conference in council chamber
• Each school allocated a project
• Focus on improvements in Teaching Learning

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Network Characteristics

• Disciplined
• Decentralised
• Distributed

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Roles of the Hub schools

• Develop own current practice
• Lead and coordinate the network
• Facilitate sharing of practice
• Coordinate different models of innovation
• Investigate methods of dissemination beyond the
  network
• Communication innovation champion

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Redruth School A Technology CollegeSW1 DR Hub
Assessment for Learning

• Starting Position
• School Improvement Group AfL focus
• 2 lead teachers delivering Inset across Cornwall
• Some strategies embedded across the school
• Other areas of good practice developing

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Starting Position

• Embedded Practice
• Objectives shared with students
• Success Criteria to see how to succeed
• No grade marking with Next Steps for
  improvement
• Marking ladders
• Personal target setting

• Developing Practice
• Use of starters and plenaries to inform planning
• Self and peer assessment
• Peer coaching for teachers to develop their
  skills

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Developing a Network

• Build a core team within our school
• Utilise expertise and contacts of strategy
  consultants
• Make personal contact with partners
• Advertise network via e-newsletter
• Develop a website for sharing innovation
• Provide subject focussed case studies for all to
  use

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Website

• www.redruth.cornwall.sch.uk
• Assessment for Learning link
• AfL links
• Whole School issues
• Subject focus
• Aiming for 5 case studies per subject

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Next Steps

• Build up website case studies
• Widen network across South West
• Work within national AfL Super Hub
• Develop list of Mentors to support local schools
• Develop AfL focus within school

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Making Contributions

• Register for an e-newsletter
• Offer to write a case study
• Pass on details to your school AfL Coordinator
• See our AfL via our website at
• www.redruth.cornwall.sch.uk

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First Lessons The Real Deal!

• 6k is not a lot of money!
• Interest from schools in joining networks varies
• Not a top down model school sharing expertise
• How can a local network be extended?
• Keen to start slow to get going
• Life of the networks will there be a Year 2?
• Is the hub structure the right one
  decentralisation?

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D R Networks the next steps

• Deep Learning (Assessment for Learning, Learning
  to Learn, Student Voice)
• Deep Experience (Curriculum, New Technologies)
• Deep Support (Advice Guidance, Mentoring
  Coaching)
• Deep Leadership (Workforce Development, School
  Organisation and Design)

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D R Networks the next steps

• Alternative network structure
• Distributed innovation because we must
• Network first, hub second
• Network schools decide their own direction

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