Caragabal Public School:
Multi-age Primary Class

The first part of this video describes how Jodie Russell, the teaching principal in the one-teacher primary school, first introduced the principles and practices of Quality Learning and Improvement to her students. In the second part of the video, Jodie and her students describe how they applied the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycle to freeing the community park from litter and vandalism.

21 minutes on Quality Learning Case Studies Volume 1.

Faubion Elementary School, TX USA:
Year 4 Behaviour Management Storyboard

Angie Lane was a graduate teacher struggling with her first class, a grade 4, at a large elementary school in Texas, USA. Seeking assistance from her Principal, they worked through a quality improvement cycle capturing a story board as they went. The results were dramatic. Students developed deep insights into the importance of exercising self control and accepting responsibility for their actions.

16 minutes on Quality Learning Case Studies Volume 1.

Hackham East Primary School:
Capacity Matrices in the Early Years

Lindy Podzuweit has been a successful classroom teacher for nearly 30 years. Since being introduced to Capacity Matrices in 2001, Lindy has adapted them to her year 1 classroom with outstanding improvements in student success and motivation towards learning. In this DVD, Lindy and her colleagues share the application and success of using Capcity Matrices in the early years.

13 minutes on Quality Learning Case Studies Volume 2.

Hargraves Public School:
Creating a Shared Direction -
A School System Map

Hargraves Public School is a small rural primary school in New South Wales. The school engaged the students, staff, parents and members of the community in refining the direction and priorities for the school.

Through the development of A School System Map, the school clarified its purpose, vision, values, stakeholders and critical success factors.

This video describes and illustrates how the school went about clarifying its vision and direction, through the development of A School System Map.

10 minutes on Quality Learning Case Studies Volume 2.

Mordialloc College:
Quality Learning in Year 7

Mordialloc College commenced its Quality journey in 2001. Five years later, with support of the Victorian Government's Leading Schools Fund, the College established the Quality e-Learning Centre for junior students.

In its first year of operation, over 150 Year 7 students learned together in the open-plan environment. Students are responsible for planning, designing and tracking their own learning experiences, using the Quality Learning approach.

This case study displays the centre during that first year of operation.

In addition to the main story (17min 44sec), twelve extra vignettes have been included to illustrate specific aspects of the centre in more detail. These mini-stories, totaling 45 minutes, provide an excellent resource for those wishing to develop their own approaches based on the Quality e-Learning Centre.

62 minutes on Quality Learning Case Studies Volume 2.

Pascoe Vale North Primary School: Year 5/6 Mathematics

Paul Phypers and his students describe improvements in teaching and learning in his Year 5/6 Mathematics class. Applying Quality Learning principles and tools, the class worked together to develop new classroom practices that enabled the students to accept greater responsibility for their learning. The video describes the resulting increase in academic performance and student engagement.

13 minutes on Quality Learning Case Studies Volume 1.

Romsey Primary School:
A Whole-School Approach to
Quality Improvement

Romsey Primary School in rural Victoria has developed a whole-school approach to quality improvement.

This video describes and illustrates:

• staff and students using quality improvement tools and the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle to affect improvement
• school system and process improvements being documented and made available to everyone through the electronic 'school memory'
• the school Performance Development Culture
• the start of school process each year that establishes a quality learning environment across the school.

In addition to the main story (14 min), this DVD includes more detailed descriptions of each of these aspects of the school's approach to quality improvement.

61 minutes on Quality Learning Case Studies Volume 2.

Seaford 6-12 School:
Whole School Approach to
Quality Learning

Seaford 6-12 School is a large purpose built middle school and senior school situated in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. In the decade since it was established, the student population has grown to nearly one thousand. The school commenced its Quality Learning journey in 2000. In this DVD, students, parents, teachers and school leaders share how the school is:

• Increasing student engagement and learning
  
• Developing a whole school approach to continuous improvement
  
• Collecting data to demonstrate improvement
  
• Planning to continue their learning and improvement journey.
  

22 minutes on Quality Learning Case Studies Volume 2.

Tooleybuc Central School:
Year 8 English

This video describes how Glen Warren, the Head Teacher, English, began his journey into Quality Learning. Beginning with a few simple tools, Glen approached his new Year 8 class differently from previous years. Students discuss how they have taken more control of their learning and how they self and peer assess their work.

9 minutes on Quality Learning Case Studies Volume 1.

Warrnambool East Primary School: 
Learning How to Learn

This Victorian regional school's Learning How to Learn program was developed to bring the Quality Learning philosophy to life across all classrooms. The video describes how the first two weeks of each school year are devoted to working with students to establish a productive learning environment, based on a Quality Learning approach.

22 minutes on Quality Learning Case Studies Volume 1.