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Monday 30 of April 2012

Positive Teaching Behaviours

As we are all well aware, one of the most important prerequisites for fertile learning is the quality of relationships between Students and Teachers. A research study conducted in Los Angeles went on to identify specific teacher...

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Monday 30 of April 2012

Habits of Mind

There has been considerable research into how human beings think when we are asked to solve problems. Art Costa, Professor Emeritus of Education at California State University and Co-founder of the Institute for Intelligent...

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Performance and Development

Staff are a school's greatest asset and the Learning Curve is a tool to be used to support the professional development of your staff.

The Learning Curve Newsletter will regularly introduce acitivities on how to build a robust Performance and Development Culture within your school. The central focus is to provide opportunities for staff to enter into meaningful dialogue about what they want they students to:

  • act like
  • look like
  • sound like
  • know and 'can do' because of their collective teaching and influence.

These opportunities build:

  • role clarity
  • professional interaction, learning and growth
  • peer appraisal and recognition
  • staff empathy and morale
  • supportive peer leadership and
  • teacher capacity

Activities: