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3.21 Supporting the implementation of the NSW professional teaching standards

Description

This is a continuing AGQTP activity. It is designed to meet the professional learning of new scheme teachers by providing opportunities, through action learning projects, for these teachers to work with their supervisors to achieve the standard of Professional Competence. New scheme teachers will be supported in a variety of ways including professional development workshops. These opportunities will support teachers to engage with the NSW Professional Teaching Standards and explore examples of effective pedagogical practices. Supervisors' knowledge of the Professional Competence teaching standards will be refined and their skills in mentoring new scheme teachers enhanced through access to a range of opportunities such as school-based action learning projects, professional development workshops and online forums.

The activity will be managed by a designated officer(s) who will take responsibility for meeting the professional needs of teachers participating in the activity. At this stage of the planning process it is anticipated that there will be involvement by academics from higher education institutions and external providers with specialist knowledge.

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Outcomes

Through participation in an AGQTP project, teachers will have strengthened the currency and depth of their pedagogical knowledge and skills.
Through participation in an AGQTP project, teachers will have applied professional standards to make judgements about the success of their practice and areas for future development.

Access

New scheme teachers and supervisors

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


• workplace mentoring and coaching aligned to meeting the NSW Institute of Teachers' professional teaching standards


• flexible learning that includes components such as face-to-face workshops, and discussion groups


• workshops and conferences that enable participants to have their work publicly celebrated and critiqued


• onsite and offsite participation in knowledge building and skill sharing activities


• partnerships with higher education institutions to provide expertise in the development, design and/or implementation of professional development activities.

Implementation

The implementation of the activity will be supported by a designated project officer, academic partners, sector consultants, school based professional learning teams and external providers.

Delivery

Workplace learning, mentoring, action learning project

Timeline

By May 2007:

• all NSW independent schools will be offered the opportunity to apply to participate in this activity


• successful applicants identified


• participating schools commenced their work by completing professional development orientation activities and putting processes and structures in place within their school to support new scheme teachers and their supervisors


• submit progress report in May.

• participating schools will have completed the work identified in their applications to support new scheme teachers and their supervisors


• participating new scheme teachers and their supervisors will have evaluated the efficacy of the processes and structures the school put in place to support the new scheme teachers achieve the standard of professional competence


• submit annual report in November.

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