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  • you believe that quality learning and teaching is critical to improving student learning
  • you want to build school-wide approaches to high quality learning and teaching
  • you want to strengthen and focus your professional community on improved practice and student learning
  • you want to facilitate professional learning that makes a sustained difference to teacher practice and student learning

  • the practical support you need in order to address these significant challenges
  • the means to tailor staff, team and individual professional learning to your context, needs and desired directions

Written by highly respected Australian educators, Joan Dalton and David Anderson, PLOT is based on their long-term work in facilitating highly effective professional learning for school improvement across Australia, New Zealand, and around the globe.

Grounded in current research and best practice, the practical resources in this website make a sustained difference where it counts: to teacher practice and student learning.

  
   

Chaffey Secondary College
 

Photograph of Fiona MerlinPLOT is profound. It offers a clear framework and a wealth of powerful practical processes for leaders of schools, teams and classrooms that enable them to build effective learning communities and facilitate sustained school improvement.


Fiona Merlin, Principal, Chaffey Secondary College

 

Fendalton Open Air School

 

Photograph of Cheryl DoigWhat I enjoy about PLOT as a principal is that I can find in-depth material that gives me the practical 'how-tos' to work on identified issues without having to reinvent that for myself. It's like working with Joan and David and getting the full benefit of their knowledge and experience without them having to be here in person.

        Cheryl Doig, Principal, Fendalton Open Air School

 

Great Ryrie Primary School

 

Photograph of Geoffrey Fairbairn, Great Ryrie Primary SchoolThe knowledge-base of PLOT and the access it provides to current learning theory, research, and cutting-edge practice is quite breath-taking. You can target the areas that are relevant to your school, look at how practising teachers are applying good theory to their work in the classroom, and print off what you need for individual, team or whole-school use. It's absolutely fantastic.

Geoffrey Fairbairn, Leading teacher, Great Ryrie Primary School

 

  

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Research clearly indicates that a whole-school approach to professional development is needed, one that is coherent, on-going, site-based, targeted at improving school-wide practices, aligned with school learning goals, and tailored to the people and the place.

Joan Dalton, PLOT, 2002

  
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The Art of Facilitation

How to facilitate highly effective professional learning with Joan and David

If you facilitate the learning of adults in your team, school or workplace, join us for an exceptional learning experience.

Dates: 26-30 May 2008

Cost: $1600 AU (excluding GST)
Cancellation fee will apply one month before the event.

Location: State Library, Brisbane.

Register: Online registration form.

Other Art of Facilitation events:

Adelaide, South Australia: Part A 12-14 March, Part B 12-13 June, 2008
Contact Barbara Jenkins

Previously advertised 2008 Institutes are now full, and so is our 2008 calendar.

If you would like us to facilitate an 'Art of Facilitation' Institute for your district, region, school system or organization during 2009, please contact us directly.

The sooner you do this, the more likely we can accept your invitation.

  

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