The de Ferrers journey to capture learning

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The de Ferrersjourney tocapture learning
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College
Mike York (Principal)John Slusar (Assistant
Principal)
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The journey that has shaped our thinking
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College

• 2002 2005
• Personalising Learning starts to impact on the
  college 9 gateways pursued.

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de Ferrers Specialist Technology College

• Huge investment in New Technologies and Learning
  Platform.
• Curriculum reviewed creatively but still exists
  predominantly as a series of interrelated subject
  experiences.
• Pressures to reconfigure the whole college
  curriculum, staffing, pastoral

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GCSE pathways
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The need for radical change
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College

• 2005
• Worries about plateau effect need to sustain
  improvements keep momentum for effective change.

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Reconfiguration
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College

• Merging of primary/secondary
• Academic/pastoral split removed
• Experimentation with new work periods other than
  conventional 1 hour lessons
• New uses of space
• Co-construction of learning
• Widespread college innovations
• New CPD strategies
• Power of New Technologies change the organisation
• Leadership reconfigured in line with the 4 Deeps

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The effects ofPersonalising Learning
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What does effectivelearning look like?
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College

• 2005 2007
• Huge need to understand what learning looks like
  and how to capture its impact.
• Curriculum focus shifts from teaching learning
  to Learning, especially L2L.
• Full realisation of the power of New
  Technologies, including the Learning Platform,
  and how they can enhance curriculum learning,
  thinking delivery

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DFS Learning Platform
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S T U D E N T S
S T A F F
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Learning Observatory
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College

• 2007
• R D project set up with/funded by the DCFS
  Innovations unit ? learning observatory

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What have we learnt so far?
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College

• Question How do you structure the curriculum to
  maximise learning?
• Dont focus on subjects develop whole college
  strategies to improve learning, such as L2L,
  Accelerated Learning cycle, AFL and use of New
  Technologies.
• Essential to focus on the pedagogy of delivery
  across the curriculum in order to sustain
  personalising learning.

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Complementarity
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College

• Build confidence in staff to innovate and be
  creative with time and space blur the
  boundaries but still focus on the standards
  agenda.
• Examples Health Safety extra time to
• carry out an extended task
• Induction group 3 x 20 minutes
• subject slots within the lesson

• Boundaries of key stages become permeable.
• Examples DT weekly lessons for Y5 students
• Learning platform available to all primary
  feeder school staff students
• Maths Y7 student can start AS Maths

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Future Curriculum Redesign
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College

• 2008
• Full 11 19 review
• Innovative pathways identified with creative
  junctions placed to personalise the curriculum
  and blur the key stages
• New offers available in each pathway
• New qualifications, eg, BTec, IB
• Research Development process in place
• Learning Platform available as a major support

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Post 16 pathways
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