Curriculum development is not a project. It is a continuous leadership practice.
Schools often struggle with improvement cycles that are either too abstract or too reactive. Individual classroom experiences quickly lead to policy changes, while the real question remains unanswered: ‘how do we help teachers make policy work in practice?’.
The Lemniscate Loop connects policy and practice through two interconnected PDCA cycles: aligning policy, teaching and learning through a dual PDCA model.
- One PDCA between teachers and leadership
- One PDCA between teachers and students
The ‘check’ sits at the intersection: where learning begins.
The Model
The golden rule of the lemniscate loop: individual checks lead to professional learning. Patterned checks may lead to policy change.