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1.3 Literacy online

Description

This is a continuing AGQTP activity. Literacy Online is a suite of three related projects: Literacy Action Research Kit (LARK) Online, Early Literacy Online (ELO) and Literacy Online-Stage 2 (LOL2). LARK supports schools, K-12, in whole school literacy change. ELO supports Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 classroom teachers, and LOL2 supports Stage 2 classroom teachers. Literacy Online connects teachers' professional learning needs to a comprehensive action research change process focussed on improving student learning.

This professional learning is delivered in an online environment. The activity will be managed by a designated officer who will take responsibility for the activity meeting the professional needs of a new cohort of participating teachers. The designated officer will be supported by course mentors, exemplary classroom practitioners and curriculum leaders, who will support course participants online and at face-to-face course workshops.

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Outcomes

Through participation in an AGQTP project, teachers will have strengthened the currency and depth of their learning area knowledge and understandings.
Through participation in an AGQTP project, teachers will have strengthened the currency and depth of their pedagogical knowledge and skills.

Access

Teachers and school executives K-12
Teachers in rural/remote locations

Design

The professional learning strategy for this activity includes:

• school-based projects to engage teachers in workplace learning that is based on a cycle of continuous improvement model


• clusters of schools working in collegial networks


• flexible learning that includes components such as self-paced and facilitated online learning, face-to-face workshops, teleconferences, online mentors, and online collegial discussion groups


• regional workshops that enable participants to meet course organisers and online mentors, and to continue their collegial and professional learning dialogue face-to-face


• presentation by participants of a course work professional learning portfolio for evaluation and certification.

Implementation

The implementation of the activity will be supported by the following personnel:

• designated project officer


• online mentors


• school-based professional learning teams and collegial networks


• regional literacy personnel.

Delivery

Workplace learning, online learning, mentoring, action learning project, workshops/course.

Timeline

By May 2007:

• participating individuals and/or schools selected for participation in LARK, ELO andLOL2


• resources distributed, orientations completed and course work in train


• teachers and school teams working on professional learning, and literacy learning, strategies with the support of the designated project officer and online mentors


• submit progress report in May.

• ELO and LOL2 courses completed, learning portfolios submitted and evaluated, certificates issued


• LARK action learning process completed, concluding with school presentations of professional learning portfolios through teleconference


• submit annual report in November.

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