Professional Learning Archives - Learning with Mr. Lee

14 – Ross Fox on how Catalyst is transforming lives through learning

Posted on June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 by Brendan

This is the first of a three-part series that is focused on the Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra Goulburn. Across the 3 episodes, Brendan Lee will delve into how they have changed their approach to teaching and learning across the system under the banner of Catalyst.

For this episode, Brendan chats with Ross Fox the Director of the Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra Goulburn. He is the visionary behind Catalyst and you will hear about his journey. He will also discuss the process that he and his team have gone through in implementing Catalyst across 56 schools.

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13 – Jordan O’Sullivan on Shaping Minds and Practices

Posted on May 28, 2023June 1, 2023 by Brendan

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers podcast, Brendan Lee chats with Jordan O’Sullivan from Shaping Minds. Together with Jared Bussell and now Brooke Wardana, they have been supporting teachers in implementing the science of learning in the classroom through practical professional learning combined with lesson demonstrations. For this podcast, Jordan goes through the simple memory model, the process of building a mathematics curriculum, delivering effective PL and much much more.

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Gradual Release of Responsibility for Teacher Development

Posted on May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 by Brendan

We know how valuable the gradual release of responsibility model can be for supporting our students’ learning, but why don’t we also do it for teacher development? This article looks at how we could transfer the approach to support teachers’ practising new techniques in the classroom.

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07 – Greg Clement on achieving school excellence through the science of reading

Posted on March 19, 2023June 10, 2023 by Brendan

n this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers Podcast, Brendan Lee speaks to former principal, Greg Clement. In this conversation, we find out how he transformed Clayton South Primary School from the worst school in the network to the second best within 12 months.

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06 – Reid Smith on curriculum, collaboration and Ochre Education

Posted on March 12, 2023April 12, 2023 by Brendan

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers Podcast, Brendan Lee talks to curriculum expert Reid Smith, founder and co-CEO of Ochre Education and Head of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction at Ballarat Clarendon College. Reid’s done a lot of research around the importance of knowledge for comprehension and cognitive load theory.

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Knowledge for Teachers Podcast – Tom Sherrington on why we need effective and precise teaching techniques

Posted on March 5, 2023June 10, 2023 by Brendan

In this episode of the Knowledge for Teachers podcast, Brendan Lee chats to Tom Sherrington about how Tom randomly found some Bill Rogers videos that were transformational for him. How he worked out the need to deliver precise professional learning for teachers and the common challenges that schools face. Tom also goes through how schools are using Teaching Walkthrus effectively.

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Knowledge for Teachers podcast – 03 Lyn Stone on misconceptions about teaching literacy and how we should actually teach it

Posted on February 13, 2023June 10, 2023 by Brendan

In this chat, Lyn Stone addresses a number of misconceptions about teaching literacy and provides loads of practical tips for teachers. You will find out how Lyn’s passion for literacy developed, why we can’t teach the English language like we have a transparent orthography and how reading and writing are not simple, but you can view them simply.

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The Nuances Of Changing Teacher Behaviour

Posted on November 7, 2022January 8, 2023 by Brendan

We can provide the best professional learning for teachers, but often it doesn’t change what they do in the classroom. In this post, I look at why changing teacher behaviour can be so difficult and what we can do about it.

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Why you can’t change someone who believes in balanced literacy

Posted on August 16, 2022October 29, 2022 by Brendan

In this blog, I will look at why it can be so hard to get someone to change and four simple steps that we can follow to support them through the transformation in their thinking.
1. Agree on the problem
2. See the world through their eyes
3. Shrink the change
4. Clarify the solution

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Can we create professional learning that works for teachers? (Part 2)

Posted on May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 by Brendan

This post will look at what we used for effective professional learning for teachers, how we used it and how it measured up against the Education Endowment Foundations Effective Professional Development guidance report. Finally, I reflect on how effective it actually was and what future recommendations I have.

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