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Sustaining System and School Improvement Episodes 1 & 2 now available. Weekly podcast episodes bringing CLARITY to your educational...
Feb 23, 20231 min read


To Commit or Not Commit. Putting FACES on the Data
Putting FACES on the Data: What Leaders and Teachers Do! After a Professional Learning session this week, I worried about 1. those...
Dec 30, 20222 min read


Putting FACES on the Data NEW 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
What Great Leaders and Teachers Do! Sharratt and Fullan turn worldwide research into a road map for school leaders to use ongoing...
Aug 18, 20221 min read
A Relentless Focus on ALL FACES!
Ali Busuttil is the epitome of Parameter #2: Embedded Instructional Leadership. It is hard work because we are asking teachers to refine...
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Knowledgeable Others
I have been working in the Diocese of Paramatta for many years now. And I am always wondering about the sustainability of the work as it...
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Student Voice is KEY!
Listening to students and really hearing them are 2 very different things. Last week, teachers from St. Bernadette’s The Basin planned...
Oct 22, 20211 min read
Success Breeds Success
Students rise to the occasion when teachers and leaders have high expectations for them. It begins with careful and ongoing PLANNING to...
Oct 15, 20211 min read
Resistance!
I am often asked how do you deal with resistors? This is a key question to unpack if we need ALL staff members to ‘buy-in’ to our core...
Oct 8, 20211 min read
‘Tiger’!
Parameter #1 is the easiest to say and the hardest to do. Do we really believe all students can and will learn? The ‘Tiger’ Story says it...
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Students Teaching Teachers!
How good is it when students become teachers!! A Kindergarten student in the Diocese of Lismore is excelling in his Oral Language...
Sep 24, 20211 min read
Terrific PD!
Secondary Science Teacher, Josh Dennis, says it all: Case Management Meetings (CMMs) are ‘terrific Professional Development (PD) for all...
Sep 17, 20211 min read
3 Lyn WORDS
Canadian Leaders, Mike and Elaine, from Manitoba, who meet regularly with leaders across the world doing the CLARITY work, focus on...
Sep 10, 20211 min read
Learning at School Again
School is the best place to be to learn! My guests explore questions that they’ll be asked when they return to school - very soon! My 5...
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Canvases of Learning
Lyn is speaking with Principal Frank Dame , Macs – Eastern Region, Victoria - who reflects on ‘what has changed’ since he and his staff...
Aug 27, 20211 min read
'Collaborative Learning Teams' Work!
All ‘Learning Teams’ work when they are organic and begin with co-constructed Operating Norms and Protocols that point to the commitment...
Aug 20, 20211 min read
Consistent-Persistent-Insistent Instructional Leaders!
Everyone is an Instructional leader! We must all know the ‘look-fors’ of quality teaching and learning – and see them in every classroom,...
Aug 13, 20211 min read
Powerful Learning Walks and Talks Defined!
In an Interview with Carol Grinsted, MACS, Victoria, Lyn explores daily Learning Walks and Talks (LWTs) as an instructional leadership...
Aug 6, 20211 min read
Growth Versus Evaluation
Lyn explores a frequently-asked interview question: ‘What is the difference between growth and evaluation?’ Without getting too technical...
Jul 30, 20211 min read
Dr. Alma Harris Shares Initial CLARITY Research Findings from Wales
Lyn has been inspired by the CLARITY work that is happening in Secondary Schools right across Wales. Researching alongside this work is...
Jul 23, 20211 min read
Descriptive Feedback is Critical!
Leaders and teachers at St. Joseph’s Wauchope, Lismore, NSW, AU share the way they most appreciate giving and getting Descriptive...
Jul 16, 20211 min read
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