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3.17 Rethinking supportive school environments
Description
This is a continuing activity for primary and secondary schools that will focus on supporting school to develop safe and supportive school environments in order to build capacity to meet the pastoral care needs of students. It will build a framework that synthesises and complements concepts and principles of the National Safe Schools framework, behaviour management and support, values education, social and emotional learning in order to develop clear links to the curriculum.
The activity engages participants in a series of modules that address the National Safe Schools framework. The activity will be managed by a team of learning officers who will take responsibility for meeting the professional needs of teachers participating in the activity. At this stage of the planning process it is not anticipated that there will be involvement by higher education institutions or professional associations.
Contacts
| Anne-Maree Creenaune email: anne-maree.creenaune@ceowoll.catholic.edu.au Ph 4253 0944 Fax 4228 7654 Sector: CEC |
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Outcomes
Through participation in an AGQTP project, teachers will in their interactions with students, have an increased capacity to provide inclusive learning environments within which all students can participate as active and engaged learners.
Through participation in an AGQTP project, teachers will in their interactions with students, have an increased capacity to create safe, supportive and respectful learning environments through which students can become enterprising, self-directed and resilient.
Access
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
- workplace mentoring and coaching
- flexible learning that includes components such as self-paced and facilitated online learning, face-to-face workshops, video and teleconferences, online mentors, and discussion groups
- onsite and offsite participation in knowledge building and skill sharing activities.
This is a continuing activity that has been reviewed and refined as a result of teacher evaluations, identification of system priorities and consultations with schools regarding ongoing professional learning needs. Some schools have taken the opportunity to support their learnings from this activity and follow-up with a learning community project that are offered as a Diocesan initiative for school based learning. The activity links to other priorities in values education and drug education.
Implementation
The implementation of the activity will be supported by the following personnel: designated project officer, system and school based professional learning teams.
Delivery
Workplace learning, online learning, mentoring, action learning project, workshops/course
Timeline
By May 2007:
- publication strategy including identification of participants
- design and development of project materials
- design and development of on-line support
- submit progress report in May.
By November 2007:
- 2 x 4 x one-day workshops
- school based planning
- school-identified learning projects developed and presented
- submit annual report in November.
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| This project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training as a quality teacher initiative under the Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme. |