Annual Report 2015 - page 14-15

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2015 Professional Learning Activity
& Presenters
Goals Target
21st January 2015 – Pedagoogy and
Learning Spaces – John Goh
• Support staff in moving to open
plan collaborative learning
spaces
• Increase capacity and confi-
dence amongst staff
4th February 2015 – Training on Of-
fice 365 (Lora Bance) & Anaphylaxis
(Parent Sharon Jenkins)
• Introduce and familiarise staff
with Office 365
• Provide further training on
anaphylaxis and increase under-
standing of importance – fol-
lowing on from Ablaze First Aid
• increase office 365 use as a staff
and student communication
tool (including daily and weekly
notices)
• Familiarise staff with epi-pen
procedures and give insight
from a parents point of view
18th February 2015 – Mathletics
Training (outside provider) K-6 staff,
TQI setting professional Learning
Goals, Mentoring 7 – 12 staff (Susan
Jones)
• Familiarise new staff with Math-
letics and update existing staff
• setting up learning goals (TQI
and to link in with BCC appraisal
system), establishing mentoring
• Increase capacity in the use of
Mathletics across K-6
• Identifying professional goals to
enhance teaching and learning
11th March 2015 – Collaborative
teaching K – 6 staff (Susan Jones,
Keith Roberts, Anne Bowman,
Rebecca Lubilanji), Introducing
learning frameworks – 7 – 12 staff
(Felicity McLure findings of PHD and
application of framework to learn-
ing outcomes)
• Christian devotion around pio-
neering
• Understanding what collabora-
tion is
• Identifying shared experience
of positives and challenges
through collaborative activities
• Establishing features of a
growth mindset
• Introducing a framework for
scaffolding learning
• Create shared team vision state-
ments for collaborative practice
and goals for Semester 1
• Build unity, shared understand-
ing with focus on learning and
positive growth mindset
25th March 2015 – Report Writing
(Susan Jones)
• Introducing new staff to report
writing at BCC, re-focusing exist-
ing staff
• Provide opportunities for shared
writing in working teams and
with mentors
• Staff will have a clear under-
standing of BCC Reporting
Guidelines, how to follow the
process and adhere to the
timeline
29th April 2015 – Design Thinking
for the Classroom Session 1 (Lora
Bance)
• Introduce Design Thinking
stages
• Begin to work through the
process
• Discuss application to classroom
pedagogy and planning of
teaching and learning
• Increase innovative practice
around learning and assessment
tasks
• Increase collaborative practice
• Begin to think around ideas for a
classroom design project
20th May 2015 – Additional Pro-
grams Session 1 (Sunday Ciast-
kowski)
• Introduce updated Individual
Learning Plan (ILP) format
• Revise Nationally Consistent
Collected Data for school stu-
dents with a disability
• Increase staff capacity in com-
pleting ILP’s correctly and with
intent to improve learning
outcomes
• Revise and introduce new staff
to funding categories
Professional Learning in 2015 included the following aims, objectives and format:
Objectives:
• Increase understanding of the Biblical worldview and how this can be applied to
pedagogy and curriculum; and
• Increase staff capacity for project based learning, 21st Century Learning and collaborative
practice.
Aims:
• Maintain and grow an understanding of what it is to teach in an authentically Christian
way;
• Grow capacity around best practice to improve student outcomes;
• Create an environment where staff take ownership for their own learning and see purpose
in self and collegial development;
• Continue to grow in collaborative practice and pedagogy for differing learning
environments;
• Keep up to date with any educational issues including; additional programmes, Australian
Teaching Standards, AITSL initiatives, reporting & TQI documentation;
• Educate staff aroundWHS requirements & updates on health related issues and legal
requirements (i.e. anaphylaxis training, first aid, mandatory reporting);
• Support early careers staff to move to fully registered & build upon College mentoring
program;
• Communicate and support staff through one to one interviews (HODS) and appraisal
reporting; and
• Continue to place all professional learning within the BCC overarching vision – ‘Our vision
is to advance a community of wisdom, integrity, service and excellence in and through
Christian Education’.