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Improvement Guides

The following are the guides developed by QLA to assist you apply specific Quality Learning and Improvement techniques to the improvement of school education.

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The guides can be purchased singly, as a complete set or in handy packs of ten copies. Special prices are available for class sets and bulk purchases.

Purchase all eight guides for the discounted price of $150 per set.

System Mapping Fourth Edition

A System Map is a pictorial representation of the elements that comprise an organisational system. It can help us develop shared understanding of the critical elements within our systems and their interrelationships.

Click here to see examples of System Maps.

This fourth edition of the guide has been fully revised and update. It describes, with examples, the System Map tool. The booklet describes the key concepts and provides step by step instructions on how to create them.

Publisher: Quality Learning Australia, Full colour, 36 pages 297mm x 210 mm.

H-SM-one $30.00 incl. GST per copy.
H-SM-ten $220.00 incl. GST for a pack of 10 copies.
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Process Mapping Second Edition

Processes are the sequences of actions we go through to get things done. A process map can be used to document a process, including who is responsible for enacting each step along the way.

This improvement guide provides a comprehensive introduction to processes and process mapping, including step by step instructions for creating deployment flowcharts. The guide also includes a comprehensive inventory of approximately 200 typical school processes.

Publisher: Quality Learning Australia, Full colour, 20 pages 297mm x 210 mm.

H-PM-one $25.00 incl. GST per copy.
H-PM-ten $180.00 incl. GST for a pack of 10 copies.
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Using Data to Improve Third Edition

This guide explains the key concepts underpinning the use of data for improvement. Particuar attention is given to concepts relating to identification and appropriate responses to system and process variation.

This guide book provides a comprehensive reference that describes how to select, chart and interpret data to support improvement at the student, classroom and school levels.

Publisher: Quality Learning Australia, Full colour, 56 pages 297mm x 210 mm.

H-DV-one $35.00 incl. GST per copy.
H-DV-ten $260.00 incl. GST for a pack of 10 copies.
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System Documentation First Edition

This guide describes how to establish and maintain a comprehensive system to capture organisational learning in the form of Policies, Processes and Supporting Documents.

Eliminate frustration, wasted time and effort. Stop reinventing processes because you cannot locate an important document or because a key staff member has left the school.

The guide explains, with examples, how to ensure the most up-to-date version of all critical documents are available to those who need them. It also describes how to establish a system that becomes a foundation for ongoing improvement.

Publisher: Quality Learning Australia, Full colour, 44 pages 297mm x 210 mm.

H-SD-one $30.00 incl. GST per copy.
H-SD-ten $260.00 incl. GST for a pack of 10 copies.
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Capacity Matrices Second Edition

A Capacity Matrix is a visual learning tool and charting technique created by David Langford and Myron Tribus. It helps learners understand explicitly what they need to know, understand and be able to do. Progress towards these learning goals can be tracked over time using the matrix.

This guide book provides a comprehensive reference that describes the creation and uses of capacity matrices.

Click here to see examples of capacity matrices.

Publisher: Quality Learning Australia, Two colour, 28 pages 297mm x 210 mm.

H-CMAT-one $30.00 incl. GST per copy.
H-CMAT-ten $220.00 incl. GST for a pack of 10 copies.
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Quality Learning for Students with Special Needs

This guide was jointly written by QLA and Helena Hewish, a School Services Officer at Seaford 6-12 School in Adelaide.

The guide outlines how Helena uses the Quality Learning approach and tools with her Special Needs students - one-on-one, in groups and as a whole class.

The guide explains, with examples, the use of the following tools:
Parking Lot
Capacity Matrix
Code of Cooperation
Structured Brainstorming
Flowcharts

Publisher: Quality Learning Australia, Full colour, 20 pages 297mm x 210 mm.

H-SSN-one $25.00 incl. GST per copy.
H-SSN-ten $180.00 incl. GST for a pack of 10 copies.
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The PDSA Improvement Cycle Second Edition

The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Improvement Cycle encapsulates how we learn and improve things. It has been a basis of the scientific approach to improvement since the 1920s.

This booklet has been fully revised for this second edition. It describes PDSA thinking and its application as a structured nine-step process for improvement. For each action in the process, specific improvement tools are recommended and examples given.

Publisher: Quality Learning Australia, Full colour, 36 pages 297mm x 210 mm.

H-PDSA-one $30.00 incl. GST per copy.
H-PDSA-ten $220.00 incl. GST for a pack of 10 copies.
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Quality Learning School Self Assessment

This comprehensive guide introduces the 12 Principles that underpin the Quality Learning approach.

Each Principle is explained with description of how the Principle applies to a school and to a classroom.

A matrix of descriptors allows school teams to self-assess the maturity of the school's leadership and management processes against each Principle. This can be repeated periodically to measure progress integrating the Principles into daily action. Improvement opportunities are identified through the process to inform planning and improvement.

Click here to see a sample matrix.

Publisher: Quality Learning Australia, Two colour, 64 pages 297mm x 210 mm.

H-QLSSA-one $25.00 incl. GST per copy.
H-QLSSA-ten $180.00 incl. GST for a pack of 10 copies.
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This page updated 21-Jan-2013