3.19 Broken Bay pedagogy initiative
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Description
This is a continuing activity. The Catholic Schools Office (Diocese of Broken Bay) plans to provide structured and strategic opportunities for teams of teachers from all systemic schools to develop a deep understanding of the Quality teaching framework, and integrate this knowledge into teaching practice. Our strategic goal is to support high quality pedagogy in all classrooms across the diocesan school system. A strategic emphasis on supporting quality pedagogy aligns with previous initiatives to maintain and extend capacity for educational excellence in our schools.
The activity will be managed by a designated officer who will take responsibility for the activity meeting the professional needs of teachers. This project will involve input from academics from the University of Newcastle. Mentors, subject area expertise and critical friends may also be sourced from other tertiary institutions and from professional associations.
Contacts
| Carmel Kriz email: carmel.kriz@cso.brokenbay.catholic.edu.au Ph 02 9847 0358 Fax 02 9847 0001 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 an AGQTP project, teachers will have engaged productively in collegial networks that extend and support knowledge and skills.
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
- 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
- onsite and offsite participation in knowledge building and skill sharing activities;
- participation in formal courses or awards
- partnerships with professional associations and higher education institutions to provide expertise in the development, design and/or implementation of professional development activities.
This project is a continuing activity. It links to the NSW Department of Education and Training project Quality teaching and has links with other projects that focus on whole-school pedagogy.
The activity has been designed to respond to feedback obtained throughout 2006-07. Feedback indicates that most of our schools have introduced the Quality teaching framework. Participants have communicated the need to further deepen and refine their understanding and implementation of effective pedagogy. The 2008 plan is designed to address this need.
Implementation
The implementation of the activity will be supported by the following personnel: designated project officer, academic partners and school based professional learning teams.
Delivery
Workplace learning, mentoring, action learning project
Timeline
By June 2008:
- applications for final round of school-based projects processed and funding distributed to schools
- external evaluation submitted
- progress report submitted in June.
- reports on school-based projects submitted and evaluated
- achievements showcased and results/findings disseminated across the system
- system-wide forum held
- annual report submitted in November.
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