About this playbook
Protocols, technology and the four-year journey.
Protocols
- Monthly teacher learning community · always includedA group of 8 to 14 teachers meets once a month, with protected time, to report back, learn and plan. This is what makes the rest work.
- Whole-staff launch sessionEvery member of staff hears the why and the plan, together, at the start.
- Letter to parents from school leadersFamilies know what is changing in classrooms, and why.
- Structured peer observationPartners observe each other between meetings, focused on the technique each teacher is trying.
Technology in the classroom
Some lessons. Student devices in some lessons, printed response cards in others.
Where Nurture fits
Nurture Learn: Dylan Wiliam’s course on learning intentions and success criteria.
The four-year journey
Years 1 and 2You are here
Innovator Programme
A group of teachers starts with the playbook. Each year, the school’s practice is evaluated against two questions: are students learning more, and is teaching improving?
End of year 2
Whole-school workshop
A full day on site. Two years of evidence shape the plan for every classroom.
Years 3 and 4
Whole school
Leaders, the school board and parents are part of it. By the end, the practice no longer depends on any one person.
We’ll know it’s working when: students are learning more · teaching is improving.