AHDS Annual Conference 2014 'Teaching Scotland's Future: What you need to know and do. Workshop by Jayne Horsburgh, Education Scotland

1. A ‘coaching approach’ to
professional review and
development.
Thursday 6 November 2014
Jayne Horsburgh
Development Officer
Teacher Education
Education Scotland
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4. Using the GTC Scotland Standards
Professional Skills and
Abilities / Professional Actions
Professional Knowledge and
Understanding
Professional Values and
Personal Commitment
•The Standards for
Registration (mandatory,
comprising the SPR and the
SFR)
• The Standard for Career-long
Professional Learning
• The Standards for Leadership
and Management (for middle
leaders and Head Teachers)

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6. Teachers are the major players
in the education process
A student in a high impact
teacher’s class room has
almost a years advantage over
his or her peers in a lower –
effect teachers classroom
(Slater, Davies & Burgess 2009 in
Hattie, J. (2012) Visible learning for teachers
page 23 Routledge pub)
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6 Key features
effective PRD..
1...is an entitlement and the responsibility
of all teachers (7)
2...has a positive impact on planning
professional learning (9)
3...an ongoing process within a collegiate
culture (10)

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6 Key features
effective PRD…
4...is founded on robust
self-evaluation (13)
5...involves focussed professional
dialogue (15)
6. ..requires teachers to maintain a record
supported by evidence of impact (17)

9. National PRD guidelines
Education Scotland 2013
Key Feature 4
PRD is founded
on robust,
evidence-based
self-evaluation.
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10. Effective approaches to Self Evaluation
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11. Reflective questions
Activity 1
How do my perceptions
of PRD
affect my ability to
ensure that
it is effective for my
colleagues /for my self ?
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&
ME

12. National PRD guidelines
Education Scotland 2013
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Key Feature 5
PRD involves
focused
professional
dialogue.

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Activity 2
1. Identify the key issues for the professional
development of the case study.
2. Use the ‘starter questions’ to help you
create some coaching questions in relation to
the key issues identified.

14. Activity 3
Coach
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Observer
Coachee

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17. ‘leadership is an interactive art
in which the leader is dancing with
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the context,
the problem,
the factions and
the objective’
(The Powers to Lead : J.S.Nye, 2008, pg86 )
Jayne.Horsburgh@educationscotland.gov.uk