3.17 Learning Community Pedagogy
Back |
Description
This is a new activity. The Diocese of Wagga Wagga school system will begin a process to engage teachers in thinking, discussing and collaboratively developing a Learning community framework for all diocesan schools.
A task force will be established to investigate and recommend a process for re-engaging teachers with their core purpose of supporting student learning and their achievement. This group will be made up of and school personnel who will lead a whole diocesan approach to the Catholic Schools Office development of a Learning and teaching framework document.
The activity will be managed by the diocesan curriculum consultant who will take responsibility for the activity meeting the professional needs of teachers.
At this stage of the planning process it is not anticipated that there will be involvement by higher education institutions or professional associations. However, there is an opportunity to engage a 'critical friend' from outside the system to provide feedback and evaluation to the task force.
Contacts
| Kerry Mowett email: kerry_mowett@cso.wagga.catholic.edu.au Ph 02 69370046 Fax 02 6921 2986 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 applied professional standards to make judgements about the success of their practice and areas for future development.
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 workplace mentoring and coaching aligned to meeting the NSW Institute of Teachers Professional Teaching Standards 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 local, regional and state workshops and conferences that enable participants to have their work publicly celebrated and critiqued this is a new initiative that takes the earlier work of the diocese development of its core statement, Today's Children, Tomorrow's Adults, to reflect the needs of learning in the twenty-first century.
Implementation
The implementation of the activity will be supported by the following personnel: designated project officer, academics partner, sector consultant, school based professional learning team.
Delivery
Action learning project, resource development, cluster/precinct workshops
Timeline
By June 2008:task force established recommendations for diocesan teacher engagement pilot activities in one small primary school, one large primary school and one secondary
school.progress report submitted in June.By December 2008:engagement of every school community in development process writing group established to draft new document consultation draft circulated to all school communities annual report submitted in November.
Sectors
