Hattie, PDSA Cycles

And An Example Improvement Project

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Two of Hattie’s Mindsets for Teachers and Leaders

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1. Our fundamental task is to evaluate the effect of our teaching on student learning
2. We see assessment as feedback about our impact

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Same pairs - Discuss these two mindsets and their relationship to PDSA cycles (2 mins each)

Takeaways:

Assessing common tasks, or using CFA’s are opportunities for teachers to become learners about our teaching.

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We need to ensure that PDSAs are learning opportunities for teacher teams

PDSA Cycles for Teacher Learning

We need to design our cycles to give us data on the impact of our change idea.

Examples:

PDSA Study Section

• What worked? For whom?
• What didn’t work? For whom?
• Did it work for better for some team members? Why?
• What should we keep?
• What should we change?

Rapid cycles = Rapid learning

Teams should aim to run cycles every 2-4 weeks. (Goldilocks timing)

During early testing, dialing back data collection can help with running rapid cycles

Improvement Journey

(What it really feels like)

Learning from a continuous improvement journey

Math Improvement Project Exemplar

Scan the charter (3 mins).

• What do you notice?
• What do you wonder?

Pairs/trios (3 mins)

Math Improvement Project Exemplar

Read through prototype A (3 mins).

• What do you notice?
• What do you wonder?

Pairs/trios (3 mins)

Math Improvement Project Exemplar

Read through PDSA 1 (plan only) (3 mins).

Read through PDSA 1 (all complete) (3 mins)

• What do you notice?
• What do you wonder?

Pairs/trios (4 mins)

Math Improvement Project Exemplar

Read through Prototype B (2 mins).

Read through PDSA 2 (all complete) (3 mins)

• What do you notice?
• What do you wonder?

Pairs/trios (4 mins)

Starting your own improvement project

Organization of Materials

• SUHSD On-Ramp Participant Folder
• Team’s Improvement Cycles Folders
• PDSA Documents and Templates

Improvement Journey

(What it really feels like)