Effective Teaching
Overview
Learning intents
- Develop practices that communicate high expectations and achievement for all (1.4.10).
- Implement school-wide academic and behaviour improvement actions into classroom approach (3.1.13).
- Articulate and document the effects of professional development on student mastery and behaviour goals (1.1.09).
- Develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of effective teaching through training focused on instructional improvement and high expectations positive school culture (1.3.09).
- Evaluate professional knowledge and practice and apply constructive feedback to improve practice (4.1.07).
- Monitor progress of the whole-school professional learning plan and effect of professional development on school improvement targets in academics and behaviour (1.1.09).
- Manage coaching and feedback cycles to provide the school team with regular feedback (1.1.10).
- Implement plan to enable observations and hours assessment of newly mastered techniques and practices being delivered to fidelity (3.5.06).
- Plan coaching and feedback with colleagues to improve effective teaching techniques (3.5.07).
- Implement plan to practice and share constructive feedback (3.5.07).
- Articulate outcomes based on student mastery and behaviour data and actions needed to optimise student learning (1.3.10).
- Model sharing data that shows how the school is closing achievement gaps of students (1.4.10).
- Model the use of technology to record, analyse and share information (2.2.10).
- Evaluate effect of improvement actions through changes in student data (4.1.06).
- Model peer collegiality focused on implementation of effective teaching and positive behaviour interventions and supports (1.1.11).
- Implement cycles of practice that increase professional collegiality, including professional conversations (2.1.07).
- Implement opportunities to expand professional learning opportunities through collaborative relationships (4.1.08).
- Develop collaboration with other schools and networks to guide, coach and mentor peers to promote effective teaching and positive behaviour interventions and supports (1.4.11).
- Model the understanding and respect for cultural and linguistic diversity (1.4.11).
- Develop leadership in others through encouraging parents and other community leaders to build consensus and take individual responsibility for implementing change (1.3.12).
- Develop a community partnership forum to ensure the school team and families are exploring ways to improve education opportunities for students (1.4.09).
- Evaluate ideas from community networks and forums to meet the needs of students and the school (4.3.08).
- Understand the role of community representatives in broadening effective teaching knowledge and practice (4.4.04).
- Plan practices that encourage families to build community consensus and individual responsibility for implementing change (2.3.08).
- Implement opportunities for families to become actively involved in school change efforts (2.3.08).
- Model effective ways to broaden and deepen parent engagement in student learning and behaviour (1.1.12).
- Coach school team in increasing parent engagement focused on school readiness (2.1.12).
- Understand how to utilise honest conversations to increase parental engagement (2.2.04).
- Plan how to positively engage parents in their children’s work to motivate and maximise children’s learning (3.8.05).
- Articulate what has worked in parent engagement and how that learning can be built upon to improve parent engagement practices (1.1.12).
- Articulate school progress and school improvement goals and the role of the parents and community in school improvement efforts (1.2.12).
- Develop routines for regular celebration of academic and behaviour achievement (1.4.12).
- Model high ethical standards, support codes of ethics and exercise sound judgement in all community contexts (2.4.09).
- Evaluate the effectiveness of actions to maintain appropriate conduct, exercise sound judgement and deal professionally with students (3.7.04).
- Plan a response that builds on a personal approach to incorporating local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures, and languages into personal practice (3.2.10).
Prerequisite
- Learn Effective Teaching Essentials.
Duration
- 12 Lessons
Assessment
Assessment has three stages:
- Test: Knowledge and skills taught in the lessons.
- Appraisal: Practical application in practicing knowledge and skills learned in the lessons.
- Mastery evaluation: Delivery with students of the knowledge and skills learned in the lessons.
Certification
Participants are eligible for certification based on attendance and completion of assessment requirements for each module.
- Certificate of Attendance: Complete online training and knowledge and skills tests.
- Certificate of Participation: Pass knowledge and skills video Appraisal.
- Certificate of Achievement: Pass knowledge and skills video Mastery evaluation.
