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In this month’s issue:
- Why is it so difficult to improve teaching and learning in our schools?
- Introducing a new conference for support staff, including a call for presenters
- Useful links, including a starter PD library, the new TES jargon explainer, and a new report on school environment and leadership
I became an educator in 2009 because I wanted to contribute to the not-so-small task of improving the life chances of the next generation. Whilst the scale of that task quickly became clear to me, I think what has motivated me to stay in education for so long is the fact that improving teaching and learning at scale, which is one way to improve the life chances of our students, is so difficult. But this difficulty is not a cause for despair – I'm fascinated by the complexity of schools and strongly believe that we can learn to improve them in ways that are both ambitious and sustainable.
Today's problems in education cannot be solved through isolated individual actions. Each educator and school hold expertise that is valuable in solving a given problem, but we must also join with others to develop the solutions.
I hope this newsletter will serve as a tool for thinking about collaborative school improvement as well as a source of immediately useful resources, such as curated links to great content about professional development.
First up, is my debut article that is intended to lay the foundations of this newsletter by grappling with this question: Why is it so difficult to improve teaching and learning in our schools?
I’d love to hear what you think: Email | Twitter | LinkedIn
Ewen Bailey
Education Consultant - Teacher and Leadership Development
PD Academia
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Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash
Every month, I’ll share new opportunities for professional development in this section. If you have any that you think others would benefit from, please drop me an email and I’ll include it in the next newsletter.
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Call for Presenters - Support Staff Online Conference 2023
During March 2023, PD Academia is organizing an online conference for school non-teaching staff in East Asia. It is one of the first of its kind, primarily designed for and presented by support staff. These presenters will be experienced professionals from various international and bilingual schools.
PD Academia invites support staff and department heads to submit a proposal for presentation here. The deadline for submissions is Monday 31st October.
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ACAMIS Peer Learning Networks – Second Intake now open for registrations
At the end of September, we hosted live sessions for nearly 500 members across 8 Strands of our ACAMIS Peer Learning Network (PLN). It was amazing to see education professionals connecting from across Southeast Asia, hosted by our highly skilled moderators. Thank you to everyone involved in establishing these communities.
Due to popular demand, for anyone who still wants to join one of our 8 PLN Strands just click the link here
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Julie Winkle Giulioni – The Catalyst Behind Highly Effective Growth Conversations - Three helpful strategies for making professional growth conversations even more effective.
Evidence Based Education – New report on School Environment and Leadership - A thoroughly researched model for shaping the professional environment of your school. EBE are working on a feedback tool for schools to learn more about their professional environment and leadership so watch this space...
Angela Di Michele Lalor & Charles Sperrazza - How School Leaders Can Support Effective Professional Development - If the EBE model is a bit too much to get stuck into right now, here’s a much shorter piece with a few tips to reflect on.
Gale Morrison – Influential Education Books and Podcasts - Links to many useful books, websites and podcasts. It's like a starter pack for an online PD library. Note that the collection is heavily skewed towards cognitive psychology-informed and 'Knowledge Rich' approaches. Shared on Twitter by @GaleMorrisonEd.
TES Explains – New glossary of buzzwords in Education - Do you know your phonics from your balanced reading? Or a meta-analysis from metacognition? If, like me, you’d appreciate some clarity TES has you covered.
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