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1. William Walker Oration ADELAIDE October 2011
2. 1. The dilemmas of democracy and school leadership.Public Perceptions of Schools
3. Democracy ... “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that point on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship” Alexander Tytler (1834).
4. The pendulum swings in educational leadership
5. The pendulum swings in educational leadership
6. The pendulum swings in educational leadership
7. The pendulum swings in educational leadership
8. The pendulum swings in educational leadership
9. The pendulum swings in educational leadership
10. Reading distribution
11. Reading distribution
12. Reading distribution (N=126,424)
13. AUSTRALIA’S performance over time
14. Calculating PROGRESS effect-sizes
15. Average growth effect = .40
16. Individual PROGRESS effect-sizes
19. Transformational Instructional Set the vision, school goals, the expectations
Instructional support
Monitoring school activity
Buffering staff from external demands
Ensures that staffing is fair and equitable
Easily accessible to students and staff
Secures a high degree of autonomy for the staff
25. Retention rates
29. Thank youjhattie@unimelb.edu.au ADELAIDE October 2011
30. High Quality – Lower Equity
31. Visible Teaching – Visible Learning