Learning through Research The Mead Teaching School

Supporting Professional Culture Change - embracing vision Extended moral purpose EmpowermentAlignment Leadership of Enquiry Equity Knowledge- creation EthicsCollaboration

Teacher research and enquiry Seeking evidenced based answers to everyday but critical questions that teachers ask is becoming crucial to a school’s survival, growth and success. (Stoll, Harris and Handscomb, 2012)

Extended moral purpose Coaching Research mentor Research processes Quality assurance

Exploration and Definition Refinement and Enquiry Cultivating Quality and Innovation Validity and Impact

What is a Learning Sett? A school-based learning and development group to promote researchful practice through reflection, professional dialogue, and systematic enquiry A vehicle to shape, refine and drive TSA development priorities through collaboration, support and challenge An opportunity to capture the voices of stakeholders and triangulate findings A forum for the exploration and documentation of evidence-based approaches

The Mead Learning Setts BehaviourICTReading Early Years Maths The use of the 5 point scale as whole school approach. Implementing the use of restorative justice Does an increased level of child initiated learning impact upon progress and achievement? How can parental engagement be increased and maintained through the use of the new VLE Does an increased use of maniputlatives impact on progress and achievement? How can parental engagement in reading activities be increased and maintained?

Learning Conference Professor Graham Handscomb – Key note address

Learning Conference Research Market Place – Early Years

Learning Conference Research Market Place - ICT

Learning Conference The Research Cafe

Impact – teacher learning Modelling behaviours and attributes of teacher researchers Changing perceptions of professional learning Improved knowledge and understanding of research methodology SLEs as facilitators of research hubs Professional empowerment and respect Strategy for growing leaders Research-engaged buzz!

In the research engaged school, teachers have confidence in the process, and enjoy mutual support in exploring their thinking, scrutinising their practice and taking good ideas further. (Handscombe Nov 2013)

Impact – Early Years

Impact – Maths

Impact Behaviour for Learning

Impact – ICT

Next steps – Learning Setts To build capacity for leadership of research and enquiry through TA Learning Setts Extend opportunities for disseminating findings to enable transference across year groups Promote Aspirant SLE programme across alliance with critical inclusion of Teacher research module Continue to align research activity with school/ alliance improvement priorities, but support teachers in choosing own lines of enquiry

Discussion “All teachers should have an entitlement to research thinking in order to develop their role as critical users of research. All schools and colleagues should have an entitlement and perhaps a responsibility, to participate in a relevant research partnership for appropriate periods” Dyson, 2001

Discussion – question 1 How can we ensure that our research brings about improvements in teaching and learning?

Discussion Towards the research engaged alliance - Knowledge and transfer “If one teacher tells another about a practice that she finds effective, the second teacher has merely acquired information, not personal knowledge. Transfer occurs only when the knowledge of the first becomes information for the second, who then works on the information in such a way that it becomes part of her context of meaning and purpose…..Transfer is the conversion about one person’s practice into another’s know-how” (Hargreaves, 1998)

Discussion – question 2 How can we share the fruits of our enquiry meaningfully and systematically with our partners?