We began our journey by starting a forever-evolving Bowen State School (BSS) Guidebook. We started by 'explicitly' listing all the not-negotiatble pedagogies that we expected every teacher to follow. Basically, this was a process of putting current good practice into written policy. This proved succcesful in getting 80% immediate buy-in by all teachers as it validated all the great things that have been happening over the last x years.
We choose the not-negotiables after the Principal, Deputy and HOC attended a John Hattie seminar in Townsville where we learnt about Effect Sizes. The Principal and Deputy then attended a John Fleming presentation and visited a number of 'Fleming Schools' in Cairns and Innisfail.
Our mentor and driver for this project is our fabulous Deputy Principal who has worked very closely with John Fleming, while at his previous school in Far North Qld.
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