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The Elements of Learning and Achievement were designed to enable positive communication and has become the basis for positive relationships within the school community, and between a range of school communities.
How you implement the Elements of Learning and Achievement will depend on the academic and social needs of your school community.
It is recommended you create a school-specific induction manual for staff and students detailing explicitly how the Elements of Learning and Achievement will be implemented at your school.
Some suggested general strategies for implementing the Elements are:
The common language of the Elements pillars needs to be reinforced across all levels of the school community. This will allow all members to have a clear awareness of the skills required by, taught and reinforced to guide towards becoming successful life-long learners in a global society.
Moving your school towards the Elements of Learning and Achievement is a journey. Change is part of this process, and staff need to support each other and not lose focus on the goal.
While there are some models that are suitable for implementing change, this model (adapted from Knoster, 1991) provides an evidence-based model to help identify and report progress when implementing the Elements of Learning and Achievement on a whole staff level.
It demonstrates six key aspects needed for effective change, and can to ensure that each of the six aspects is implemented initially, as well as identify which areas staff need support in to ensure the Elements continue to be implemented effectively and efficiently across the school.
Another example is the Model of Behaviour Change, developed by AITSL (2014).
It describes the 5 steps in implementing changes:
AITSL, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (2014) Australian Professional Standard for Principals and the Leadership Profiles.
Knoster, T. (1991) Factors in managing complex change. Material presentation at TASH Conference, Washington DC.
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