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3.3 Leading quality professional learning

Description

The aim of this activity is to support teachers in NSW public schools to achieve accreditation of the NSW Institute of Teachers professional teaching standards. Models of quality teacher professional learning aligned to the professional teaching standards aim to build the capacity of principals, supervisors and school-based professional learning teams (PLTs) to:

• support New Scheme Teachers to achieve and maintain accreditation at professional competence


• develop effective and collaborative supervision practice


• implement meaningful professional learning programs


• conduct rigorous evaluation of professional learning in order to determine impact.

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Outcomes

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.
Through participation in an AGQTP project, teachers will have gained new knowledge and skills that contribute to a planned professional learning pathway.

Access

Early career teachers and their supervisors, school-based professional learning teams, principals

Design

The professional learning strategy for this activity includes:

• school-based projects that engage teachers in workplace learning using unit, lesson design and teaching review methodology


• clusters of schools working collegially


• workplace mentoring and coaching aligned to meeting the Professional Teaching Standards


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


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


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

Implementation

The implementation of the activity will be supported by designated project officers, school-based professional learning teams, principals, school education directors and school development officers, and staff from Professional Learning and Leadership Development Directorate.

Delivery

Workplace learning, workshops/courses

Timeline

By May 2007:

• support 30 schools across five regions


• establish evaluation plan


• conduct local/regional workshops for teachers and their supervisors in the targeted schools to implement and evaluate teacher professional learning aligned to the professional teaching standards


• support collegial support groups and networks


• provide online activities and resources to support school participation


• submit progress report in May.

• identify an additional 40 schools across five regions


• implement evaluation plan


• conduct local/regional workshops for teachers and their supervisors in the participating schools to plan the design, implementation and evaluation of teacher professional learning aligned to the professional teaching standards


• establish collegial support groups and networks


• expand online activities and resources


• submit annual report in November.

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