Continuous Improvement in Schools

About This Event

This presentation has at its focus continuous improvement at all levels in schooling (at system, and individual school, teacher and leader levels).

Continuous improvement has long been a pursuit of those in various professions, including educators. Organisations that reflect continuous improvement seek to be constantly looking for improvements, no matter how small, to ensure that their mission remains in sight and their outcomes are not an end but part a marker on the way to excellence in all they do.

Continuous improvement is more than a mantra, it is a disposition that has at its core the moral imperative to ensure that those working in and for schools are focussed on providing the best teaching and learning outcomes for students and teachers.

The presentation has the following objectives, to enable educators to:

Develop an understanding of the basis and reason for continuous improvement

Gain insight into the features of schools that are committed to continuous improvement

Recognise the relationship between school effectiveness and continuous improvement

About the Speaker

Dr Phil Lambert PSM

National President, Australian College of Educators

Dr Phil Lambert PSM is an internationally recognised school education expert. He has extensive experience in education as a principal; inspector; Regional Director (Sydney) and General Manager, Australian Curriculum where he led the development of Australia’s first national curriculum.

He has led major reviews and reforms, presented a number of papers and keynotes at national and international conferences, had a number of articles and occasional papers published in journals, and authored three books, the most recent being, ‘The Knowing and Caring Profession’, released in 2022.

Dr Lambert is Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney and National President of the Australian College of Educators. He currently supports curriculum reform efforts globally as expert advisor and researcher. He is a Curriculum Expert to the OECD Education 2030 initiative and has been engaged by education ministries in several countries including Japan, The Netherlands, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Lithuania and Vietnam to review, guide and support the development of their respective national curriculum reforms.