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We will continue to add relevant case studies to this curation as we find them and hopefully we can use some of your work as a basis to develop our own case studies. Watch this space!
Traralgon Secondary College
“Every decision, where possible, every improvement initiative, we now put students at the centre of that initiative. We consult with them. We get feedback from them. We let them drive the actions. So the first point for us was to develop Student Voice Teams around particular data sets that they identified they wanted to improve. And then we developed Action Teams to develop the actions and the behaviours that would bring about change.” - Assistant Campus Principal
At Traralgon College, Student Voice Teams and Student Action Teams were the key enablers of several initiatives including co-designed learning behaviours, curriculum and student participation in school decision-making. The outcomes have been extremely positive in terms of improved attendance, behaviour, learning and engagement. What began as sporadic but purposeful student consultation grew into a culture of ongoing student consultation on all improvement initiatives, and an evolving dialogue between students and staff.
Download the Traralgon College Amplify case study (PDF, 223kb) or watch the Traralgon Junior School case study video to learn more about how they enable key initiatives in their school.
Traralgon Secondary College - Junior School Amplify case study
Country Education Partnerships
Country Education Partnerships (CEP), has been in existence for over 35 years and is seen as the pre-eminent organisation on rural and remote education. As a result, Country Education Partnership plays a unique role as an independent not-for-profit entity within the education industry.
It believes that rural and remote communities contribute significantly to the Australian economy and social fabric and the provision of quality rural education is an essential component for its sustainability, growth and future.
It also believes that working collaboratively through locally developed flexible partnerships, is the best approach to providing quality learning within these communities.
See the CEP's website for a collection of Victorian regional and rural Network cluster Case Studies.
The NW RISE Network
What if educators in small, rural schools were able to connect and collaborate with colleagues who teach the same subjects and struggle with the same challenges?
What if students in small, rural schools felt connected to their communities and engaged with their learning?
The Northwest Rural Innovation and Student Engagement (NW RISE) Network aims to answer those questions. The network convenes teachers and leaders from some of the Northwest’s most isolated and remote communities to learn from each other, share strategies to meet their unique challenges, and spread best practices of the region’s rural schools. See the NW Rise website and video Case Studies below for more information.
The Innovation Unit
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
Six case studies of innovative approaches to induction
AITSL commissioned the Innovation Unit, UK, to develop six case studies of innovative practice in induction. The case studies feature organisations within and external to education, both Australian and international.
This work builds on the Global Trends in Professional Learning and Performance and Development report (Horizon Scan), commissioned by AITSL and completed by the Innovation Unit in 2014.
The Horizon Scan report drew together sixteen features of innovative professional learning and performance and development. As induction should be an integrated part of professional learning and performance and development processes, the Innovation Unit found that these features also hold true for innovative induction approaches.
Six case studies of innovation in professional learning and performance and development
From a horizon scan carried out by Innovation Unit on behalf of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
Horizon Scanning
Horizon scanning is a future-focused research method which expands the range of ideas available to us as we innovate our ways of working.
By exploring a range of sectors and geographical contexts for inspiration around a particular set of questions, horizon scanning raises the level of ambition for what might be achieved, and challenges assumptions about what might be possible. A scan typically takes in a wide range of geographies and sectors, usually in the form of case studies or vignettes, to answer our questions and to address the issues we are wrestling with.
What Horizon scans are not
Horizon scans are neither comprehensive nor authoritative. Instead, the examples within should inspire and engage, provoke and challenge and stimulate enquiry and discussion as part of a learning and innovation process.
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