After an abortive pd session for the majority of our KLACs and YLCs, I plan to put forward the idea of developing a professional Learning plan for all teachers, PART of which might be organising speakers from outside the school, but most of which will be sessions run by teachers in small groups or groups of individuals meeting together to discuss matters of import (e.g. Learning Pairs or Learning Teams).
Apparently the Flinders Maths and Science school run it this way and have done so right from the start. However, they have an afternoon off a week and don't have to share a campus with two other schools. This could be a sticking point because we won't have the flexibility in the timetable if we go it alone and say take Tuesday afternoon off.
I am thinking of coming up with a professional learning policy which includes:
- professional learning plans made by each teacher with their teacher mentors
- regular professional learning in groups or individually
- professional development sessions
- lead learning team made up of myself the Principal and deputy and three others who have responsibility for overseeing the structure and running of these teams.
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