Janine’s blog

Like all Tasmanian schools we are currently grappling with the new Tasmanian curriculum which is what the Essential Learnings have morphed into. Lyn has put us in touch with the writings of Mike Schmoker who provides some research-based ideas about how to achieve real educational improvement through the setting of small practical goals rather than spending large amounts of time on “strategic planning” and the resultant paperwork.  He proposes an alternative at school level,

…the dumb (if unsexy) certainties of having teams of teachers implement, assess, and adjust instruction in short-term cycles of improvement — not annually, but continuously. http://mikeschmoker.com/tipping-point.html

I have read some of his articles and am now looking forward to reading his latest book,  RESULTS NOW: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching and Learning.