Sacred Heart Canossian College

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Sacred Heart Canossian College
Differentiated Curriculum The Implementation Path
(from a leadership perspective)
Thematic Series in Gifted Education EDB, 11th May
2007
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Sacred Heart Canossian College
Differentiated Curriculum

1. Foundation Drivers ????
2. Timeline ???
3. The Progress ??
4. Problem Arising ??
5. Foundation Touch Stones ???
6. Challenges/Opportunities ??

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Differentiated Curriculum
Foundation Drivers

1. Engaging teachers moral purpose Why?
2. Capacity building for deep learning How?
3. Understanding the learning process When?
4. Developing cultures for learning What?
5. Developing cultures of evaluation How well?
6. Fostering coherence-making Where?
7. Cultivating levels of leadership To whom?

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Differentiated Curriculum
Foundation Drivers

1. Moral Purpose - education mission, good portion
   of bright students of diff. areas of potential,
   recent enlarged learning gap, ESR recommendation
2. Capacity Building - DI Workshops I (05), II (06)
   III (07) for all teachers, inviting overseas
   teacher trainer, video conferencing with trainer
3. Learning Process implementation started 06-07,
   focus on one aspect only according to teachers
   choice, covering more aspects in following years

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Differentiated Curriculum
Foundation Drivers
4. Cultures for Learning peer school head
lesson observation, professional dialogue,
reports of performance 5. Cultures of Evaluation
self-evaluation, post lesson evaluation with
sch head, culture of prof. reflection 6.
Coherence-making part of the process towards
learner autonomy, MI development, etc. stimulate
co-operation collaboration among colleagues 7.
Levels of leadership trainer of colleagues
outside school, mentor to new teachers a system
perspective
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Differentiated Curriculum
Timeline

1. Exploration (2004-05) literature review
2. Capacity Building (2005-07) DI workshops
3. Initiation (2006-07) 1st year implementation
   evaluation
4. Consolidation (2007-09) lesson observation,
   professional dialogue, evaluation
5. Normalization (2008 onward) policy drawn
6. Subsequence Endeavour (2009 onward) learner
   autonomy

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Differentiated Curriculum
The Progress

• Take steps - not giant leap, for progress to
  occur
• Disseminate evolutionary plan and the big picture
• Adopt problem coping strategies
• Questions to ask-
• Is my school developing?
• Are individuals developing?
• Is the curriculum sustainable? What is success?
• Do we develop other leaders to carry on?

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Differentiated Curriculum
Problems Arising

1. Value rejection
2. Inadequate resources to support practice
3. Poor capacity
4. Insufficient time elapse
5. Resisters good points
6. Implementation dip

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Financial Investment

1. Create conditions for success
2. Dare to take risks
3. Deliver results to secure more resources
4. Culminate previous lesson working smarter to
   accrue well-deserved resources

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Touch Stones

• Maintain clear focus
• - keep both long and short view
• - persevere through the implementation dip
  
• Embrace Resistance
• - counter intuitive response
• - understand voice of resistance

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Touch Stones
3. Respect those who resist - listen with
interest - tell the truth 4. Relax -
stay calm and stay engaged - know their
intentions
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Touch Stones
5. Join with the resistance - begin
together - change when necessary -
find themes and possibilities
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Differentiated Curriculum
Challenges/Opportunities Bridging the generation
gap

1. Hiring as first step of induction
2. New teachers alongside experienced teachers
3. Scheduling Time
4. 1 to 1 mentoring
5. School-based induction
6. Ongoing Professional Development
7. Encourage teacher leadership differentiated
   roles

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Differentiated Curriculum
Thank you!
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