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Protocols for Professional Conversations Project Zero Melbourne 5-6 March 2016 Cameron Paterson [email protected] @cpaterso

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Protocols for Professional Conversations

Project Zero Melbourne5-6 March 2016

Cameron [email protected]

@cpaterso

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Understanding Goals• What are protocols?• How can they deepen our understanding

of teaching and learning?• How can they improve the way we work

together?

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Your questions……

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The Question(s):Think of the professional conversation in which you learned the most. What made it powerful?Think of the least productive professional conversation you’ve ever had. What made it so difficult?

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Microlab Protocol

Purpose: To address a specific sequence of questions in a structured format with small groups, using active listening skills

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Three Essential Qualities of a Professional Learning

Conversation

CLARITY SAFETYEQUITY

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Protocol

A structure for guiding a conversation

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Features of Protocols

Roles Norms Purpose Steps Facilitation Reflection

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Classroom isolation leads teachers to fall back on the ‘apprenticeship of observation’ that they undertook as school students.

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‘Spray and pray’

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Undergraduate Professional Graduate Advice from Courses Reading Courses Colleague

What Influences TeacherProfessional Practice?

1 = “Not influential” 4 = “Very influential”

1.8

2.32.6

3.6

0

1

2

3

4

Dr Douglas Reeves, The Leadership and Learning Center

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Teachers get better by working in teams on teaching issues

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“Watching most teams operate in schools is like watching Astroturf grow. “

(Professor Richard Elmore)

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5 Minute Stretch Break

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Consultancy Protocol

Purpose: To help presenters think more expansively about a particular, concrete dilemma

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Using Protocols They are tools for the work of supporting

teacher and student learning (not the work itself).

They must be chosen with a specific purpose in mind.

It takes some practice before they can be used most effectively.

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How do protocols help? Create opportunities for and allocate time to

essential conversations about teaching and learning.

Provide routines and structures to scaffold collaborative analysis and planning.

Support interactions that enable us to develop and demonstrate our understanding of and respect for the variety of perspectives and experiences by our colleagues.

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Protocols(Almost) all protocols will enhance:

ClaritySafety Equity

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Some Protocols Do More Observing Listening Asking questions Using conditional language Question-finding and question-refining Learning

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Challenges of Using Protocols Well

the “learning curve.” Deciding when to use a protocol. Choosing the appropriate protocol. Resisting the impulse to problem-solve (at least

for a time) Documenting learning and building on previous

discussions. Facilitation. Time, time, time.

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Image: Aaron Davis

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One-Minute Essay

1. What was the most important insight ?

2. What is your most important question?

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Credit:Tina Blythe

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