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3.10 Pedagogy and school

Description

This is a continuing activity in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn for primary and secondary schools. The activity will continue to focus on supporting school communities in the development of pedagogy and school revitalisation. The focus of the activity is on schools engaging in meaningful and productive examination of learning and teaching and changing practices.

Participation in the activity will provide teachers with opportunities to reflect and refine practice in relation to current pedagogy and/or to develop a school-wide pedagogy. The activity is designed to meet the professional learning needs of teachers by providing professional learning that is informed by current research, practical and relevant, challenging, well planned, sequenced and based on their identified needs.

The activity will be managed by a project officer who will have responsibility for the organisation of program activities and the implementation of activities as required. The project officer, in collaboration with members within Education Services, will design and implement activities and will collaborate, where appropriate, on joint activities.

Involvement in the activity by academics from the University of Southern Queensland (IDEAS) and the University of Newcastle (Quality Teaching) is planned.

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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

Primary and secondary teachers

Design

The professional learning strategy for this activity includes:

• school-based projects with a focus on learning and pedagogy, located within the context of Enlivening Education Through Partnership and Renewal, The IDEAS Process and the Quality Teaching in NSW Public Schools document. These projects will engage teachers in workplace learning that is based on a cycle of continuous improvement model


• clusters of schools working in collegial networks


• workplace mentoring and coaching


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


• local, regional and state 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 for formal courses or awards


• research and improvement processes, using action learning, reflective practice and double-loop learning


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

Implementation

The implementation of the activity will be supported by the following personnel: designated project officer, school-based professional learning teams and external providers.

Delivery

The types of delivery will include:

• workplace learning, mentoring, action learning project, workshops/course, resource development.

• timeline has been adjusted


• a major activity has been built into the plan based on positive feedback on sessions in 2006


• schools will continue implementation of IDEAS and Quality teaching in a two year rotation.

Timeline

By May 2007:

• conference on Quality teaching conducted in February


• project materials designed and developed


• workshops delivered, including between-session activities delivered


• submit progress report in May.

• workshops delivered including between session activities delivered


• action research learning projects developed


• submit annual report in November.

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