The '8People app' is currently being developed for us by the Melbourne-based software firm Inyerpocket. This will be an amazing tool for gathering information in classrooms and guiding teacher's professional learning.
Teachers matter… a lot.
It is widely accepted that what teachers do affects learning more than any other factor controlled by schools.
More important than class size.
More important than school leadership.
More important than buildings and classrooms.
More important than having IT devices.
More important than the influence of peers.
So, improving teaching is the most powerful thing a school can do to increase learning.
But how?
That’s what 8People is for.
8People is a rich definition of teaching that is used to steer teachers’ professional learning. It can also be used:
- as a research tool
- to train mentors for teachers
- to check if a teacher is competent or not.
