LEADING TO LEARN TOGETHER HANDBOOK 2016-1-LV01-KA201-022658 2018 LEADING TO LEARN TOGETHER 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROJECT “LEADING TO LEARN TOGETHER” – WHAT IS IT ABOUT? .............................................. 7 METHODOLOGY OF COLLECTING SCHOOL BASED GOOD PRACTICE FROM FIVE COUNTRIES FOR TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................... 9 LELETO HANDBOOK - LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE.................................................................. 14 LATVIA EDUCATION SYSTEM IN LATVIA .................................................................................................... 17 INTRODUCING CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING (CLIL) IN RIGA ENGLISH GRAMMAR SCHOOL ...................................................................................................................... 29 CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) IN SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT ... 33 THE METHODICAL WORK IN THE SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ........................................ 41 DELIVERY OF BASIC VOCATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR STUDENTS WITH SEN .......................... 49 SCHOOL OUTSIDE SCHOOL ........................................................................................................... 52 WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH TO ENSURING HIGH QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING TO IMPROVE RATES OF PUPIL PROGRESS THROUGH A SERIES OF PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES ............ 63 CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND REALIZATION PROCESS IN RIGA SECONDARY SCHOOL NO 53 ......................................................................................................... 66 COLLABORATION WITH PARENTS ................................................................................................. 71 NOMINATION “THE BEST TEACHER OF THE YEAR” ..................................................................... 75 TEACHER COLLABORATION AND THE ORGANISATION OF METHODOLOGICAL WORK AT SCHOOL .......................................................................................................................................... 79 COLLABORATION OF TEACHERS WORKING WITHIN ONE YEAR GROUP .................................... 90 IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LESSONS ............................................................................ 97 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS BASED ON PRACTICE .................................... 103 METHODOLOGICAL WORK AND TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN THE SCHOOL 109 LEADING TO LEARN TOGETHER 2 TEACHERS' COLLABORATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ..... 119 LITHUANIA LITHUANIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM ............................................................................................. 139 FRAMEWORKS OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN LITHUANIA .................... 143 1. PROJECT-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING 2. PEER-TO-PEER OBSERVATION – AN EFFECTIVE METHOD OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.......................................................... 147 THE ROLE OF THE UTENA EDUCATION CENTRE IN THE CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL LEADERS AND TEACHERS ............................................................. 157 1. THE FOCUS OF TEACHERS ON PROGRESSING EDUCATIONAL SPACES TO ENSURE THEY ARE WELL ADAPTED TO CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION 2. AN OVERVIEW OF CELEBRATIONS, FESTIVALS AND EVENTS ................................................................................... 163 1. CREATIVE APPROACHES THAT RAISE TEACHING AND LEARNING STANDARDS 2. THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND BEST PRACTICE AMOUNG EDUCATORS – ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS OF CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ....................................... 167 1. PROFESSIONAL APPROACHES TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND CHILDREN WHO NEED SUPPORT IN SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 2. CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COOPERATION WITH OTHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS ................................................................................................................................. 175 1. PROFESSIONAL APPROACHES TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND CHILDREN WHO NEED SUPPORT IN SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 2. CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COOPERATION WITH OTHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS ................................................................................................................................. 179 1. CONTINUOUS CAREER EDUCATION AND IT‘S INTEGRATION INTO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM 2. APPROACHES TO SUCCESSFUL CROSS-CURRICULUM INTEGRATION; WHY CROSS-CURRICULAR TEACHING IS ESSENTIAL ........................................................................... 183 1. STRONG SPORTS TRADITIONS 2. INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL SPACES, MODERN IT AND CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES, AND THE APPLICATION OF MODERN DIGITAL METHODS IN EDUCATION 3. COHERENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM ............................................... 190 LEADING TO LEARN TOGETHER 3 EFFECTIVE CIVIC EDUCATION – THE RESULT OF PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP AND GOOD TEAMWORK ................................................................................................................................. 195 1. MATHEMATICS TEACHING STRATEGIES 2. COLLABORATIVE WORK BETWEEN SCHOOL LIBRARIANS AND SUBJECT TEACHERS ........................................................................................ 199 POLAND POLAND EDUCATION SYSTEM .................................................................................................... 205 THE ACADEMIC SECONDARY SCHOOL NO. 2, WHICH ENTAILS VARIOUS TYPES OF COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITIES ........................................................................................... 215 AUSTRIAN DAYS ........................................................................................................................... 219 RAISING TEACHER STAFF QUALIFICATIONS IN COMPLEX OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN KATOWICE AND SPREADING KNOWLEDGE ................................................................................................... 222 CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN COUNTY COMPLEX OF SCHOOLS .............. 229 AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT ................................................................................................. 233 EDUCATIONAL FESTIVAL “NEW INSPIRATIONS” ........................................................................ 237 MUSEUM LESSON - “LEGENDS ABOUT MILLS AND WINDMILLS” ............................................. 243 THE FIELDS OF VIEW OF A BOOK ................................................................................................ 251 COMPUTING IN HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE EDUCATION - ICSE4SCHOOL ..................................... 257 “YES - YOUNG EXPLORERS" - PROJECT METHOD IN PRESCHOOL ............................................. 260 SUPERBELFRZY RP ONLINE .......................................................................................................... 267 ESTONIA ESTONIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ............................................................................................. 272 SCHOOLS ...................................................................................................................................... 276 THE SOCIAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN SCHOOLS ................................................................ 281 PHYSICAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................... 286 NOVEL INSTRUCTIONAL MODELS AND APPROACHES IN ESTONIAN SCHOOLS ....................... 293 LEADING TO LEARN TOGETHER 4 CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING (CLIL) ...................................................... 296 HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL INTEGRATION IN GROUP WORK ................................................. 298 USE OF ROBOTICS IN EDUCATION .............................................................................................. 299 SUPPORTING SYSTEM FOR NQTS (NEWLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS) - MENTORING .................. 300 HEAD’S VISION ABOUT THE SCHOOL, SCHOOL AUTONOMY .................................................... 301 CHOOSING THE TEACHERS .......................................................................................................... 302 SYSTEM OF INNOVATION SCHOOLS ........................................................................................... 303 TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING SYSTEM ...................................................... 304 LANGUAGE IMMERSION MODELS IN TARTU ANNELINNA GYMNASIUM (TAG) ....................... 305 KINDERGARTENS .......................................................................................................................... 307 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 319 UNITED KINGDOM LEEDS EDUCATION CONTEXT ...................................................................................................... 323 PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN SCHOOLS IN LEEDS ........................................................... 333 EMBEDDING WORLD CLASS LEARNING THROUGH SIMPLE SYSTEMS AND WHOLE SCHOOL INNOVATIVE APPROACHES ......................................................................................................... 338 DEVELOPING HIGH QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING ACROSS THE SCHOOL THROUGH CLEAR WHOLE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES AND A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO CPD FOR ALL TEACHERS .............................................................................................................. 344 WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH