3.6 Effective pedagogy
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Description
This is a continuing activity designed to support teachers in focusing on quality teaching. The main focus of the activity is on teachers engaging in a meaningful and productive examination of learning and teaching. Through this examination of teaching and learning it is hoped that participating teachers will reflect on and critique their current practices and identify areas for further professional learning. This would create opportunities for teachers to focus on relevant pedagogies that include technology to improve student outcomes. It is anticipated that the activity will sharpen teachers focus on pedagogy across a range of contexts and sites.
The activity will be managed by a designated officer who will take responsibility for meeting the professional needs of teachers participating in the activity. Instrumental to the design and implementation of the activity is the involvement of higher education institutions that will provide support in the professional learning of the participants.
Contacts
| Andrew Burgess email: aburgess@lism.catholic.edu.au Ph 02 66220422 Fax 02 6622 0990 Sector: CEC |
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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 this project, teachers will have engaged productively in collegial networks that extend and support knowledge and skills.
Access
Targeted Catholic Education Commission schools/teachers.
Design
This activity links to both state and national initiatives. Projects will be designed to engage teachers in reflective workplace learning that is based on organisational goals and diocesan priorities within the strategic plan 2006-2009. These projects may develop into clusters of schools working in collegial networks at a local and regional level through workshops which enable participants to have their work publicly celebrated and critiqued.
As beginning teachers are involved, projects aligned to meeting the NSW Institute of Teachers Professional Teaching Standards will be incorporated. Innovative professional development delivery strategies will be promoted wherever possible.
A partnership with a higher education institution to provide expertise in the development, design, implementation and/or evaluation of professional development activities may also be included.
Implementation
The implementation of the activity will be supported by the following key personnel: a designated project officer, various education consultants within the Catholic Education Office, Lismore, a variety of school-based professional learning teams and school based project managers and where applicable an academic and/or researcher within a higher education institution.
Delivery
Workplace learning, online learning, mentoring, action learning project, workshops/course, conference, resource development
Timeline
By June 2008:
- information sent to schools with invitations to participate in the activity
- school-based projects submitted and schools to be involved selected
- introductory training workshops held with project managers
- projects commence
- participation data submitted
- progress report submitted in June.
- teachers at various schools will have participated in school based projects and local/regional workshops and or networks to improve pedagogy.
- teachers will have had the opportunity to show case and critique their work
- school/network projects completed
- aspects of the activity will have been evaluated by a higher education institution
- annual report submitted in November.
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