| Leadership
& Key Learning Area Professional Development & Practica |
One
Day Teacher Practicum for Curriculum Leaders and Classroom
Teachers:
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This
program is designed to provide participants with an overview
of how BSSC effectively integrates ICT across the whole
school. Focus will include school tour, overview
of eLearning plan, examples of classroom practice including
use of our course management system, online resources
and internal professional development.
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Learning Area Practica:
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BSSC
will be offering the following Learning Area Practicum Programs
in 2004:
One day Learning Area specific
Practicum (select Learning Area)
Languages, Business Studies, English, Information Technology,
Technology Studies, Health and Human Development / Physical
Education, Studies of Society and Environment.
Combined
Learning Area specific Practicum
Select Learning Areas:
Art / Media, English / Media, Maths / Science
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| Follow-up
Visits |
BSSC
provides a one day follow-up visit in your school.
Schools selecting this option will be provided with resources
to work on between the practicum visit to BSSC and the follow-up
visit, which will occur between two weeks to one month after
the visit to Bendigo.
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| Principal
& Principal Class Practica
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We
work with leadership teams in schools on designing and managing
whole school change, sharing the strategies used within
the Navigator Schools Consortium.
This
seminar addresses:
Strategic Foundations - school's vision,
resource decision processes, provision of unique school
resources, sharing leadership responsibilities, social
justice and inclusivity practices.
Cohesive Community - support and promotion
of the school's vision, collective responsibility for
individual students and student learning, engagement of
all in serious critique of the school's vision and practices,
tailoring of individual talents to the school vision.
Infrastructure Design - use of time, space
and technologies ensuring they are responsive to the developmental
needs of students, conducive to excellence in pedagogy,
supportive of the school's vision.
Authentic
Teaching & Learning - shared understanding of excellence
in teaching and learning, teachers' work based on clearly
articulated educational theory, teaching practice reflects
school vision, assessment and reporting practices approved
by the community, student achievement measured against agreed
benchmarks.
Professional Development programs to support the change
process.
Using
research and data collection to monitor and inform developments.
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| Thinking
Oriented Curriculum Professional Development & Practica |
Thinking
Oriented Curriculum
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This
one day program provides an overview of a range of learning
and teaching strategies which can be used to ensure that
teachers are implementing a Thining Curriculum in their
classroom. Strategies include Bloom's Revised Taxonomy,
Gardners Multiple Intelligences, de Bono's 6 Thinking
Hats, Graphic Organisers and the Productive Pedagogies.
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| de
Bono's 6 Thinking Hats
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This one day program provides an introduction
to the educational theory of de Bono's Thinking Hats. Practical
suggestions on how the 6 hats can be used effectively within
the classroom and beyond will be demonstrated. Participants
will receive a de Bono Manual and Certificate.
Conducted
by a de Bono accredited trainer
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| de
Bono's Direct Attention Thinking Tools (DATT) |
This
one day program provides an introduction to the educational
theory of de Bono's DATT tools. Practical suggestions
on how each tool can be used effectively within the classroom
and beyond will be demonstrated
Participants will receive a de Bono Manual and Certificate.
Conducted by a de Bono
accredited trainer
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Implementing Higher Order Thinking Skills in your classroom
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This one day program will look at strategies
teachers can use to effectively implement units of work
incorporating Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and Gardner’s Multiple
Intelligences.
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| Technology
Professional Development & Practica |
Build
or Buy? Developing Intranets
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This
session is an investigation into the building blocks of
an educationally focused web based intranet.
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Developing an online course |
Learn the benefits and issues of developing an online
course; you can view examples from LOTE, SOSE and IT.
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Developing
online curriculum with
www.web-and-flow.com
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This three day program (2 days plus 1 day) provides participants
with an overview of the different online learning and
teaching formats which are available ranging from Hotlists,
Knowledge Hunts through to WebQuests. Participants are
then introduced and trained in the use of the interactive
website of www.web-and-flow.com which enables the development
of online curriculum without having to know html or webpage
authoring tools.
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One Day Library Practicum
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Participants of this program will develop
knowledge and understanding of BSSC's cyberlibrary and electronic
resources.
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| Teaching
and Learning Software Training |
Learn
how to use and incorporate different software into your
teaching and learning strategies. Software can include:
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| Student
Wellbeing Professional Development & Practica |
Student
Connectedness:
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