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Creating professional learning communities

Creating professional learning communities. Michael Davidson OECD Directorate for Education 9 May 2012. Professional learning communities.

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Creating professional learning communities

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  1. Creating professional learning communities Michael Davidson OECD Directorate for Education 9 May 2012

  2. Professional learning communities • the teachers in a school and its administrators continuously seek and share learning and then act on what they learn. The goal of their actions is to enhance their effectiveness as professionals so that students benefit.

  3. Insights from TALIS • Learning from professional development • Learning from appraisal and feedback • Learning through collaboration • School leadership support for learning

  4. What is TALIS? • Teachers of lower secondary education and the principals of their schools • Representative samples • Data collected through questionnaires • 24 participating countries • Netherlands did not achieve the sampling standards • School year 2007-08

  5. Learning from professional development

  6. Comparison of the level and intensity of participation in professional development Average days of professional development undertaken Netherlands Percentage of teachers undertaking professional development

  7. Aspects of teaching with high level of need for professional development (2007-08)

  8. Barrier to participation TALIS average

  9. Comparison of teachers participating in professional development activities: Participation versus impact(2007-08) Figure 3.15

  10. Professional development • Countries are investing significantly in teachers’ professional development • but there appear to be real issues about matching demand and supply, cost and benefit. • There is a lack of suitable development activities on offer to satisfy teachers’ demand • it is notable that those teachers who take part in more days of development are more likely to have to contribute towards the cost themselves

  11. Learning from appraisal and feedback

  12. Some teachers are left aloneTeachers who received no appraisal or feedback in their schools Figure 5.3

  13. Does appraisal and feedback support teacher development?

  14. Learning through collaboration

  15. Country profiles of cooperationamong staff (2007-08)Country mean of ipsative scores

  16. School leadership support In many countries an instructional leadership style is associated with supporting teachers’ professional development

  17. School principalsaccording to theirlevel of management styles by country (2007-08) Score on administrative leadership scale Score on instructional leadership scale Figure 6.2

  18. TALIS 2013

  19. TALIS 2013 • 33 countries (including the Netherlands) • Main focus teachers of lower secondary education • Options for primary and upper secondary and linking to PISA

  20. TALIS 2013 Main Themes • Initial teacher training • Induction, mentoring, and professional development • Appraisal and feedback • School climate • School leadership • Teaching practices and beliefs, student assessment • Mathematics module

  21. TALIS 2013 Timeline

  22. Thank you for listening! Michael.davidson@oecd.org www.oecd.org/TALIS

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