Flip the System Australia

Dr Deborah Netolicky is an education leader and researcher with more than 25 years of experience leading and teaching in independent schools across Australia and England. Operating as a 'pracademic'—bridging the gap between academic scholarship and high-stakes school governance—Deborah is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and holds a PhD in school leadership and educational change. Currently serving as a school principal, senior fellow, and board member, she is dedicated to building futures-looking organisational cultures of trust, inclusivity, and rigour. Deborah’s leadership is anchored in collective action, stakeholder engagement, and strategic governance to ensure schools, staff, and students are prepared for a technology-rich world, while honouring tradition and remaining anchored in human values.Jon Andrews leads his school’s staff professional development program, system of teacher coaching and feedback, beginning teacher mentoring and staff engagement with professional learning.Cameron Paterson is responsible for the strategic leadership of learning and teaching, innovation, and promoting excellence in teaching practice at SHORE School in Sydney. He is closely connected to Harvard’s Project Zero. In 2016, he received the 21st Century International Global Innovation Award for Teaching.

This excellent book is an exemplary collaboration between teachers, school leaders, and educational researchers. By pointing to a vast range of challenges, tensions, and spaces for hope and possibility, it gets to the heart of what’s important in contemporary Australian education. The book is an urgent call to ‘flip the system’ for the creation of more equitable and generative schooling for all Australian children and young people. It is an important and timely reminder of the power we have as educators, both collectively and individually, to engage in this crucial work.Associate Professor Nicole Mockler, University of SydneyThis book will be a very welcome addition to the professional libraries of Australian educators and schools. It has a combination of new voices and new thinking from experienced academics that can be read sequentially or can be read by dropping into particular issues and themes. Its commitment to providing a forum for these voices as they contest some of the big ideas, trends, myths and confusions of education will add depth to the broader educational debate and professional thinking in the next decade.Christine Cawsey AM, Principal, Rooty Hill High SchoolIn far too many countries around the world, education as the practice of freedom has become degraded into an alienating experience for teachers and students alike. Australia has not been immune to these pressures, but its educators are rallying and providing a powerful set of new narratives and agendas for the future of our young people and our endangered planet. For all of those intrigued by the prospect of uplifting the human condition through education for a rising generation, 'Flip the System Australia' is an indispensable guide and a clarion call to action.Professor Dennis Shirley, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Educational Change, Lynch School of Education, Boston CollegeBy giving voice to the real work of teachers while recognizing students as individuals, Flip the System Australia invites us to embrace the rich, nuanced, complexity of teaching and learning. By treating the reader as a trusted and engaged colleague, this book elevates the conversation beyond "what works" to begin to explore new possibilities of what education might be. As with the other volumes of Flip the System, one will not find a simple compendium of platitudes, prescriptions, or advice; but rather a surfacing of important questions and issues. In doing so, this book reminds us that education is fundamentally about people, potential, and possibilities.Dr. Ron Ritchhart, Senior Research Associate, Harvard University, and author of Creating Cultures of Thinking

• List of FiguresForeword Jelmer EversIntroduction: What Matters in Education? Deborah M. Netolicky, Jon Andrews And Cameron Paterson PART I: Teacher Identity, Voice and Autonomy: Turning the System Inside OutChapter 1. Elevating the Professional Identities and Voices of Teachers and School Leaders in Educational Research, Practice, And Policymaking Deborah M. NetolickyChapter 2. Teachers’ Perceptions of Commercialisation in Australian Public Schools: Implications for Teacher Professionalism Anna Hogan and Bob LingardChapter 3. Flipping the System, But in Which Direction? Reclaiming Education as a Public Concern Gert BiestaChapter 4. Podcasts: Vehicles for Professional Growth and System Flipping Cameron MalcherChapter 5. Education Beyond Risk: Vulnerability as a Challenge to Neoliberalism’s Colour-Blind Order Benjamin DoxtdatorPART II: Collaborative Expertise: Reprofessionalising the SystemChapter 6. Flipping Large Scale Assessments: Bringing Teacher Expertise to the Table Greg Thompson, David Rutkowski and Sam SellarChapter 7. Schools for the Future: Networks and Innovation Cameron Paterson and Keren CapleChapter 8. Developing Teacher Leadership and Collaborative Professionalism to Flip the System: Reflections from Canada Carol CampbellChapter 9. Changing Education in Action: Lighting the Collective Efficacy Flame Gavin Hays and Adam HendryChapter 10. From Weakness to Strength: Turning the Challenge of ‘Out of Field Teaching’ into a Team that Thrives Yasodai SelvakumaranChapter 11. Flipping Their Lids: Teachers’ Wellbeing in Crisis Andy Hargreaves, Shaneé Washington and Michael T. O’ConnorPART III: Social Justice: Democratising the SystemChapter 12. "In 2017 We Seek to Be Heard": De-Tangling the Contradictory Discourses that Silence Indigenous Voices in Education Melitta HogarthChapter 13. Locked Out, Left Out: Three Generations Schooled and Classed Kelly CheungChapter 14. Learning with Connection: Shifting Teachers’ Practice through Authentic Engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities Kevin LoweChapter 15. Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in Schools Ben LewisChapter 16. Reach Them Then Teach Them: Engagement in Alternative Education Settings Dan Haesler and Melissa FoteaChapter 17. Makerspace as ‘Soul Work’ of Public Schooling Tomaz LasicChapter 18. Equitable Education in Australia: Empowering Schools to Lead the Way Pasi SahlbergPART IV: Professional Learning for a Flipped SystemChapter 19. Coaching for Agency: the Power of Professionally Respectful Dialogue Jon Andrews and Chris MunroChapter 20. Changing the Landscape through Professional Learning Rachel LofthouseChapter 21. From Silo to Study Group: Subverting Teacher Learning Ryan Gill and Carla GaglianoPART V: Leadership for a Flipped SystemChapter 22. Empowering Educators Through Flipped School Leadership? Scott EacottChapter 23. Riding Two Wild Horses: Leading Australian Schools in an Era of Accountability Rebecca CodyChapter 24. A Culture of Trust: Key Practices of Compelling Leadership Paul BrowningChapter Number & Title – Chapter 25. Context Matters: Women Leading in Rural Schools Susan BradbeerChapter 26. One School’s Journey to Create a New Education Paradigm Ray TrotterChapter 27. Finding Our Roots in The Leaves: An Ecology of Change in Leading Learning That Matters Flossie S. G. Chua, David N. Perkins, and Daniel G. WilsonConclusion: Speaking Hope into Education Discourse Deborah M. Netolicky, Jon Andrews and Cameron Paterson List of Contributors