Professional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Change

ContentsIntroduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1Curriculum change: Implications for leadership ............................................................................ 2The challenge of curriculum change .................................................................................................... 4Factors which promote curriculum change .......................................................................................... 5Recommendations ............................................................................................................................... 8Research on professional learning ................................................................................................. 9The potential of professional learning ................................................................................................. 9Features of successful professional learning programs ..................................................................... 10Online professional learning .............................................................................................................. 12Teacher preferences in professional learning ................................................................................... 13Professional learning communities ..................................................................................................... 14Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 17The processes of leadership ........................................................................................................... 18Distributed leadership ......................................................................................................................... 20Teacher leadership ............................................................................................................................. 22Curriculum leadership ......................................................................................................................... 27Curriculum leadership and social justice ............................................................................................ 32Recommendations ............................................................................................................................. 33Conclusion and recommendations ................................................................................................ 34References ....................................................................................................................................... 35