3.7 Quality learning (Armidale Diocese)
Back |
Description
This is a continuing activity. Quality learning is an approach to improving learning and quality of school life. It provides simple tools, methods and concepts to make classrooms, schools and organisations more efficient and effective. Quality learning is based upon research and practical experience with sustainable cultural change, school and classroom improvement as well as pedagogy and brain theory.
The activity will be managed by a designated officer 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
| Allan Williams email: a.williams@arm.catholic.edu.au Ph 02 6772 7388 Fax 02 67729285 Sector: CEC |
|
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 gained new knowledge and skills that contribute to a planned professional learning pathway.
Access
Targeted Catholic Education Commission schools/teachers.
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.
Implementation
The implementation of the activity will be supported by the following personnel: designated project officer, school based professional learning team, external providers.
Delivery
Workplace learning, action learning project, workshops/course
Timeline
By June 2008:
- a two-day Quality learning training program will be undertaken by whole school staffs of ten schools
- progress report submitted in June.
- a further two-day Quality learning training program will be undertaken by the same schools
- between-program visits by course facilitators to provide support and on-going feedback
- expectation that schools will implement strategies from the course and develop a three-year action plan
- annual report submitted in November.
Sectors
