Office of Professional Learning
We provide professional development for the education and social work communities. Our presenters are leaders in their fields providing evidence-based content that is responsive to current issues, and to the needs of busy professionals. Our activities are endorsed by the NSW Institute of Teachers and the Australian Association of Social Workers and can count towards continuing professional development requirements.
Upcoming events – March 2012
- Symposium | Disciplinarity in schools: Building knowledge through writing
- Lecture | An evening with Dr Ben Levin
- Course | Game Sense
New modules for schools and teachers
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.
2012 Programs for Education and Social Work Professionals
| Theme | Program / Course | Designer | Blended Mode | Fully Online | SDD | Custom | On Campus | MEd Transfer | NSWIT | AASW |
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| 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 | |||
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Managing Groups | Agi O'Hara | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | TBA | |||
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Mentoring Module 1 | Di Bloomfield | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
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Mentoring Module 2 | Di Bloomfield | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Literacy | Disciplinarity in schools: Building knowledge through writing | Peter Freebody, James Martin & Karl Maton | ✔ | |||||||
| Conversations About Texts Modules 1 & 2 |
Joanne Rossbridge & Kathy Rushton |
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| Middle Years | The Middle Years Learner Module 1 |
David Smith | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| Reading & Writing for the Middle Years Module 1 | Bill Spence | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| Resilience in the Middle Years |
Michael Ungar | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| PDHPE |
Game 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 course or program listed will be available from this page shortly.
All blended mode and fully online programs are of 20 hours duration unless indicated otherwise. 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.