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Case studies

These cases were developed for use in schools by Deputy Principals to build leadership capacity in your school.

They are meant to be used with your executive in an open discussio about how you solve some of the problems that you may encounter in your school using the School Leadership Capability Framework.

If you need more information about how to use the cases contact Margaret McLelland at GRC- Penshurst Girls or Miriam Wride.

• Executive leadership Cases

  Case 1 (pdf 349kb)	Case 2 (pdf 350kb)	Case 3 (pdf 356kb)
  Case 4 (pdf 348kb)	Case 5 (pdf 343kb)	Case 6 (pdf 347kb)
  Case 7 (pdf 345kb)	Case 8 (pdf 341kb)	Case 9 (pdf 345kb)
  Case 10 (pdf 351kb)	Case 11 (pdf 348kb)	Case 12 (pdf 349kb)
  Case 13 (pdf 349kb)	Case 14 (pdf 509kb)

• Whole school professional learning Cases

  Introductory case (pdf 276kb)	Case 1 (pdf 203kb)	Case 2 (pdf 289kb)
  Case 3 (pdf 209kb)	Case 4 (pdf 202kb)	Case 5 (pdf 195kb)
  Case 6 (pdf 208kb)	Case 7 (pdf 195kb)	Case 8 (pdf 205kb)
  Case 9 (pdf 200kb)	Case 10 (pdf 2196kb)	Case 11 (pdf 197kb)
  Case 12 (pdf 197kb)	Case 13 (pdf 2158kb)	Case 14 (pdf 195kb)
  Case 15 (pdf 208kb)	Case 16 (pdf 202kb)	Case 17 (pdf 200kb)

• Plan for Research on Effective Professional Learning (14kb)

• 2010 Professional Learning Plan (pdf 29kb)

• Professional learning and raising student achievement (pdf 377kb)

• Report on the 2007 NSW Secondary Deputy Principals’ Association
  Welfare Survey (pdf 32 kb).

• Supporting and mentoring New Scheme Teachers towards mandatory accreditation (pdf 38kb) - with thanks from the Illawarra Region.

• Finding Professional Learningand Leadership Activities on the ISER Portal(pdf 1MB) - with thanks from the Illawarra Region.

• Professional Learning Policy - May 2005 (pdf 16kb)

• The Art of Presentation (pdf 288kb)

• The Professional learning policy for schools:
  - establishes a new policy framework for the continuing professional learning for all staff
    in NSW public schools.
    Replaces the Training and Development Policy Statement (1996) (pdf 320kb)

• What is Facilitation? (pdf 146kb)

• Facilitating effective professional development and change in subject leaders (pdf 64kb)
  Professor Roger Murphy, Centre for Developing and Evaluating Lifelong Learning, School of Education, University of Nottingham

• Improving Professional Development: Research-based Principles (pdf 57kb)

• Forgotten Leaders (pdf 318kb)

• Pool Effective (pdf 36kb)

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