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2015 Professional Learning Activity &
Presenters
Goals Target
Coaching Writing – (Anne Spence) –
team collaboration and learning
• Writing for formative assessments • Understanding the markers of
mis-understanding and how to
prevent them
4th November 2015 – Report Writing • Provide time for report writing • Informative reports which show
that students are well loved and
well known
25th November 2015 – Assessment
Think Tank
• What is effective assessment and
who is assessment for?
• What does assessment look like at
BCC? – questions you have?
• How do we effectively integrate
assessment of 21st Century skills
• What would you change at BCC
with regards to assessment?
• Revise the practice of assessment
• Understand what our current as-
sessment looks like
• Think critically about what im-
provements to how we assess to
benefit student outcomes
8th December 2015 – Faith, Sex &
Gender – Mark Spencer
• Find out how do we as Christians
respond to issues of sex and gen-
der in light of our faith
• Informed staff on College policy
and appropriate response
10th December 2015 – Building
Blocks to a Worldview – Dr Brian Har-
ris, Vose Seminary
• Identifying worldviews and dis-
covering how we engaged with
and respond to these as Christian
educators
• Increase capacity for staff to
engage in meaningful discussion
with students and parents about
worldview perspectives
2015 Professional Learning Activity &
Presenters
Goals Target
3rd June 2015 – Collaborative Plan-
ning for Innovation Week (HODS as
discussed at Leadership Executive
Meetings)
• HODS to lead collaborative prac-
tice and guide the collaborative
planning of quality teaching and
learning experiences for innova-
tion week
• As appropriate utilise design
thinking for the classroom frame-
work
• Embrace collaborative practice
• Encourage collaborative learning
community
10th June 2015 – Design Thinking for
the Classroom Session 2 (Lora Bance)
• Revise learning and share experi-
ences of applications to class-
room
• Continue to work through the
process
• Discuss application to classroom
pedagogy and planning of teach-
ing and learning
• Increase innovative practice
around learning and assessment
tasks
• Increase collaborative practice
• Share experiences using the
framework
• Continue to think and work
through ideas for a classroom
design project
24th June 2015 – Strategies for stu-
dents with Aspergers, following Sue
Larkey Professional Learning Work-
shop (Greg Baines & Linda Perkins)
• Model and share a range of strate-
gies in an interactive presentation
mode
• Increase strategies to improve
teaching and learning experi-
ences for students on the autism
spectrum
29th July 2015 – How we communi-
cate as professional leaders to our
colleagues and stake holders (Susan
Jones)
• Understanding the complexity of
communication
• Understanding the narrative we
bring
• Exploring the ladder of inference
as a strategy to improve commu-
nication
• Reflecting on the Biblical example
of communication and how we
enact our Christian worldview
• Understanding the value of emo-
tional intelligence
• To look at different people styles
• Improving team communication
• Improving reflective practice
• Identifying how we think others
perceive us
• Using the ladder of inference to
explore communication difficul-
ties
• Improving how we act as Chris-
tian professionals
• Identifying our people styles and
how we interact with other styles
• Improving how we interact with
colleagues in teams and collabo-
rative relationships
12th August 2015 – Session 2 Addi-
tional Programmes (Sunday
Ciastkowski)
• Revise procedures of how to com-
plete ILPS & NCCD requirements
• Sharing strategies to differenti-
ate learning and assessment to
improve outcomes for students
with additional needs
• Effective and timely completion
of ILPS & NDIS requirements
• Build capacity to improve differ-
entiation of learning and assess-
ment
26th August 2015 – K- 6 Collaborative
Teaching, 7 – 12 Learning Communi-
ties (Susan Jones & Nathan Campbell)
• What are we doing?
• Challenges?
• Where are we heading?
• Data?
• Capacity Building for collabora-
tive practice
• Quality practice to improve out-
comes
9th September 2015 – Differentiated
Sessions
Mathematics – Preventing & Filling
the Gaps (Dianna Fitzsimons & Eliza-
beth Rademaker)
Coaching Writing – (Anne Spence) –
team collaboration and learning
• What are the gaps?
• How do we prevent them?
• Strategies for improved outcomes
• Improved understanding of
what the gaps are and strate-
gies for teachers to use to ensure
improved outcomes and under-
standing