Teachers as Learners

1. Teachers as Learners Ray Tarleton South Dartmoor Partnership

2. Teaching … • Learning to teach is not like learning to ride a bicycle (Stenhouse) • Teaching is a multi-dimensional & creative process • “The power to startle William Blake” (John Moat, Co-founder Arvon Foundation)

3. Working in Partnership … • Model new processes, new relationships • Develop a new vocabulary • Pioneers for change • Teacher training – Teacher education • In-service training - Teacher learning

4. Learning through Partnership • Joint research conferences • Mixed school teams engaged in futures thinking • Web site access • On-line communication and e-discussion • Leadership learning

5. Learning for Teachers • To learn vs. To assess • Non bureaucratic • Short episodes • Reflection on personal learning from observed processes

6. Learning from Students • Experimenting with new technology • Using tools and exercises to develop student thinking and capture student voice across partnerships • Student voice clear that learning is main priority

7. Teachers as Learners • New roles for teachers • Dynamic new relationship with HEIs • Creative work in teams • Evidence-based, research-focused • Everyone can be involved

8. Schools as Learners • Schools as learning organisations for every adult, every child • Schools take responsibility for developing current workforce and inspiring the next generation of teachers • Key to school transformation and raising attainment

9. I made a film, An animated film: Cutting away a strip of blackened Paper, scalpeled From a page taken From a book. The strip removed, revealed An other text. Day by day Short moments of insight Humour, trust, Stand out from my life If I cut the rust away An other life is revealed This process, My life, Continues while I teach. It does not lie comatose. It walks beside the lives I touch. Teacher