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Professional Learning

The Office of Professional Learning provides professional development for the education and social work communities, delivering courses and programs that support the development of professional knowledge and skills. Course presenters are leaders in their fields; courses provide evidence-based content responsive to the needs of busy professionals. Many activities are endorsed by the NSW Institute of Teachers or the Australian Association of Social Workers and can count towards continuing professional development requirements. Credit towards the faculty's postgraduate programs is also available for a number courses.

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In-school learning modules

The offices of Professional Learning and Professional Experience at the Faculty of Education and Social Work are pleased to announce that their joint venture offering professional learning modules for teachers that mentor the faculty's pre-service teacher education students will continue in 2012. The features of these modules are:

  • teachers can redirect their professional experience stipend to cover the full cost of a module

  • NSWIT endorsement as professional development for maintenance of accreditation at Professional Competence

  • two completed modules in the same program qualify for credit transfer equivalent to a full MEd subject

  • blended mode delivery (10 hours face-to-face classes at professional learning hub schools + 10 hours reading/online activities)

  • each hub school is eligible for two free enrolments for every module they host onsite

  • some modules are offered completely online for busy professionals to undertake learning at a time and place that suits them

  • modules can be adapted to be delivered at Staff Development Days and in other customised modes

  • each module is designed so that teachers must take action with classroom and school practices as part of the assessment.

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2012 programs for education and social work professionals

Theme Program Designer Blended Mode Fully Online SDD Custom On Campus MEd Transfer NSWIT AASW
Creativity Digital Storytelling

 Kirsty McGeogh         ✔   ✔  


Teaching & Creativity Module 1 Michael Anderson   ✔ ✔ ✔     ✔  
ICT

 Teacher Inquiry into Student Learning Peter Reimann   ✔         ✔  
  Using Computer Applications Effectively Wayne Cotton   ✔ ✔       ✔  
Leadership & Management Inclusive Leadership Rosalie Pockett ✔   ✔ ✔     ✔ TBA
 

 Managing Groups Agi O'Hara     ✔ ✔   ✔ ✔ TBA


Mentoring Module 1 Di Bloomfield  ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔   ✔ ✔  

 		 Mentoring Module 2 Di Bloomfield    ✔ ✔ ✔   ✔ ✔  
Literacy Conversations About Literary Texts Module 1 Joanne Rossbridge
& Kathy Rushton		 ✔         ✔ ✔  
  Conversations About Factual Texts Module 2 Joanne Rossbridge
& Kathy Rushton		 ✔         ✔ ✔  
Middle Years The Middle Years Learner
Module 1		 David Smith ✔           ✔  
  Reading & Writing for Middle Years Syllabus Requirements Module 1 Bill Spence ✔           ✔  
  Resilience in the Middle Years

 Michael Ungar         ✔   ✔  
PDHPE

 Games Sense Steve Georgakis        ✔     ✔  
Primary Curriculum Children's Literature Modules 1 & 2 Bill Spence & Robyn Ewing ✔         ✔ ✔  
Psychology Motivational Interviewing for Enhancing Intrinsic Motivation Kate Russell         ✔     TBA
Special Ed

 Successful Learning Conference David Evans          ✔   ✔  
Full details for each program listed will be available from this page shortly. Unless otherwise indicated, all blended mode and fully online programs are of 20 hours duration. Key: SDD = suitable for Staff Development Days. Custom = suitable for customised program design. NSWIT / AASW = will be endorsed by these organisations for continuing professional development requirements.

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