Friday 6 June 2014

Do you need some help with the delivery of the new Australian Curriculum?

Visit Snapshots for 21C learning http://snapshot-21stcentury-learning.weebly.com/new-curriculum.html

by Shellie Tancred - Attunga PS Principal

You could loose yourself for many hours but certainly come out much more informed!!!

For our NSW staff-Visit NSWDEC Intranet https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/australiancurriculuminnsw/professional-learning/curriculum to access information on these new courses.

Implementing new curriculum

The registered courses below are designed to assist with the implementation of the new curriculum. They can be completed individually or in collaborative groups such as the whole school, a faculty or stage.

Each course focuses on a specific aspect of the implementation and includes:

information on registering professional learning with the NSW Institute of teachers
materials to support presenters in delivering the course.

Course title	Course Description
The learner and the new curriculum	Provides a focus on diverse learning needs in the 21st Century and introduces the new syllabuses. Course duration: 2 hours at the key stage of Professional competence.
Teaching for the new curriculum	Assists schools to implement the new curriculum effectively by exploring planning and programming, teaching and assessment practices. Course duration: 2 hours at the key stage of Professional competence.
Your school and the new syllabuses	These courses support the introduction of new curriculum in schools by examining each syllabus, analysing needs and formulating implementation plans Each course duration: 5 hours at the key stage of professional competence.
Programming for quality teaching and assessing	Provides a guided approach to curriculum planning and development of teaching programs and assessments. Course duration: 10 hours at the key stage of professional competence.
A process for programming a unit of learning	These courses provide a more contextualised guide to curriculum planning and programming for each of the new syllabuses. Each course duration: 5 hours at the key stage of professional competence.

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Wednesday 4 June 2014

Australian Science Teachers Association seeks your assistance.

Delese Brewster as Senior Projects Officer is looking for help to determine primary teachers needs to ensure that they are well supported.

Are you able to help them, help you?

With permission I share Delese's message:

Dear Colleagues

There is a focus on ensuring that primary school teachers are well supported with innovative and meaningful tools and resources. Consequently, we seek the support of primary teaching staff to participate in a survey that aims to clearly determine their current needs as well as test their reactions to some new concepts. ASTA is conducting this survey with support from the Office of the Chief Scientist. It is endorsed by the Australian Primary Principals Association.

An independent company, Down To Earth Research (DTER), has been commissioned to undertake an online survey to collect the data required. The online survey is only part of a broader project that has already seen completed a series of group discussions and in-depth interviews. The online survey is relatively simple and should only take about 10 minutes to complete. Not only would we like you personally to complete the survey, we are seeking your assistance to distribute this invitation to your primary teacher network by forwarding them this email with the survey link.

All information provided via the survey will be treated as confidential, with responses compiled into a general summary that does not identify specific respondents or their school. We will provide all schools with a summary of the survey findings at project completion, which I’m sure you will find extremely interesting.

If you have any queries about the study, please contact Vic Dobos on email: vdobos@icloud.com or phone: 02 6282 9377.

To participate in the survey, please http://v8.smpsurveys.com/survey.jsp?KEY_SURVEY=f2ccfaeb-1375-4742-913c-a1cd793beec6&locale=en&UID= (you may have to press Ctrl + Click).

Thank you for your assistance.