JohnMunro


 * // Key Improvement Strategy: //**// John Munro – // // High Reliability Literacy Teaching Program //

// Professor John Munro: //// University of Melbourne. // // Employed by Neighbourhood Network for 2 days per term in 2010 to: // // 1. //// Lead literacy leaders, coordinators and regional teaching and learning coaches in the deep understanding of HRLTP. // // 2. //// Share understanding of HRLTP with all staff across 3 Neighbourhood schools. // // 3. //// Build the capacity of Neighbourhood Literacy leaders to trial strategies, develop expertise disseminate knowledge and share learning with colleagues. // // 4. //// Strategic literacy planning with Neighbourhood leadership teams // // 5. //// Critical friend // // 6. //// Appointment of Kate Rogers (N.P. Subregional Literacy Coordinator) to work specifically within this improvement strategy // ||

// Date // || // Key Leadership Actions // || // School Response // || // December 2009 // || · // Neighbourhood Principals Dougie Souter SGRPS, Jenny Manuel WRPS, & Travis Eddy GSPS with Regional Project Officer (Cecelia Morris) travelled to Melbourne to negotiate engagement of John Munro as a Literacy Critical Friend throughout 2010. // · // Prior to the visit the principal’s developed a ‘Theory of Learning in a Professional Learning Community’ based on current practice of neighbourhood PLT’s and John Munro’s model of professional learning. // · // It was determined at this meeting that Shepparton Neighbourhood Schools had established an effective professional learning framework for this work to commence early in 2010. // · // Sessions, timetabling and organisation took place to facilitate maximum professional learning throughout duration of John’s visits. // ||  · // Informed Literacy leaders, coaches and coordinators  // · // Created Job descriptions for all school based literacy personnel e.g. Literacy Coordinator, Sub-regional position, Oral language Coordinator etc. // · // Developed explicit and targeted goals for staff performance and development plans // · // Identified 5 students in every classroom across all neighbourhood schools as case studies for improvement. // || // February 22 -23 // // 2010 // || // 2 day visit included: // // 1. //// Neighbourhood PLT led by Literacy teaching & Learning Coaches // // 2. //// Professional learning workshop with neighbourhood Literacy Leaders on Stage 1 of HRLTP’s model – Getting Knowledge Ready. // // 3. //// Professional learning forum for combined neighbourhood whole staff on Getting Knowledge Ready. // // 4. //// Reflection & Strategic planning evening meeting with Principals, A.P’s Literacy leaders and coaches. // // 5. //// Classroom modelling session – Grade 3/4R SGRPS viewed by Neighbourhood Literacy Leaders // || · // Recording made of modelled session – used as part of whole staff PD: tuning students in with Big Book introduction // · // Literacy leaders practicing skill of GKR to become expert in this strategy before disseminating to section colleagues // · // Kate Rogers (SR –Literacy Coach) working with literacy leaders to embed GKR skills into classroom practice. // || // May – June 2010 // || // Literacy leaders met in the absence of John to discuss implementation at each school. // · // Literacy leaders identified strengths and gaps in school based implementation. // · // Each school identified a staff member prepared to ‘video’ practice for use in school based PLT’s – to support implementation at grade and section/department levels // · // This would be done prior to john’s next visit and introduction to 2nd Comprehension strategy // || · // Each school to tape and use GKR models to suit needs. E.g short segments of GKR strategies demonstrated by Lit leaders such as visualisation, work knowledge, paraphrase etc. // · // This idea initiated by principals – supported by Literacy coaches and coordinators // || || ||  || ||  ||  || ||  ||  || ||  ||  || ||  ||  ||