At [SCHOOL NAME], we have implemented the GTT since September 2024.

Since the last GTT Learning Community Meeting in November 2025, we've been using Development Cycles

Colleagues have been using Development Cycles as the main tool to guide our professional learning.

Every other week, we come together to discuss what we've learned and tried out so far in our classes. This rhythm seems to be helpful as it is predictable, and ensures that everyone has a focus to their PD work. Development Cycles are the real anchor for everything we do.

We're also having regular 'cross-team' sharing through existing meetings (such as staff briefings) - one or two teams share what they're working on, and what they're trying in their own classrooms.

The new techniques in the GTT are really helpful - especially the video examples that appeared in the platform in January!

I work at [SCHOOL NAME] and I teach [SUBJECT or PHASE].

In December, I used the student surveys in the GTT to get some feedback from my class on Dimension 3, which is my focus this year. I also did a quick Self-reflection Survey, and that helped me to think about what I should be working to improve this year.

The survey data helped me to understand the experience of my class from the perspectives of my children. They indicated that transitions between activities seemed to not be as clear and effective as they could be. This surprised me a bit, but I talked to the children about what they meant, and they gave me some examples (for instance, when we transition from whole class reading to a different learning task, some of them said they just closed their book and then sat and waited because they didn't really know what to do next).

I've created a Development Cycle (it only took a few seconds!) and set the goal of improving our transitions in class. The technique that the GTT then suggested to me was called Explicitly Teaching Routines and I found the video example of Adam Kohlbeck in his classroom really useful to take as a model. I chose that technique and have been working on my planning and implementation steps in the Develop Expertise section of my current Development Cycle.