Graduate
This is an opportunity for you to speak with expert teachers from across the NSW Department of Education and receive targeted professional learning to support you in becoming ready to teach in a NSW Public School. Enrol here!
Tailored professional learning to support professional experience
Adopting a collaborative approach to prepare future teachers for the benefit of students, supervising teachers, schools, our system and the profession.
Professional learning events: Upcoming and past highlights.
| Date | Title | Career Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 05 - 06/12/2024 | 2 day TAS workshop - Textiles | Graduate, Proficient |
| 30/09/2024 | 'Step up into teaching' | Year 12 |
| 12/09/2024 | Initial Teacher Education | HALT |
| 11/09/2024 | Parramatta PEx Hub TeachMeet | Graduate, Proficient |
| 04/09/2024 | RRR DEL Term 3 meeting | Principal |
Graduate
1. Build my future
Tailoring my skills for success in NSW Public Schools by accessing recordings, valuable resources, and guidance on my next steps in:
- Designing and leading your professional development - copy of presentation and resources.
- Taking control of your professional development copy of presentation and accompanying resources; self reflection against the graduate standards in action, SMART goal planning template and classroom practice feedback - graduate.
- Enhancing learning through your personal attributes by using your strength to improve your professional practice.
- Explore the open conversation about classroom management, differentiation and teacher well-being with an expert mentor panel and access the resources discussed.
- Access Strong Start Great Teachers resources discussed.
- Review the advice and reflections from a beginning teacher mentor panel
2. Lead and manage my classroom
This professional learning material creates a tailored pathway to connect your skills and career goals for success in NSW public schools by focusing on Standard 4: Creating and maintaining supportive and safe learning environments.
- By creating a positive classroom and understanding how to respond to student behaviour, we understand the importance of establish effective classroom practices to increase student engagement. Further ideas are presented on how to implement successful classroom management strategies.
Further resources and material:
- Behaviour and active student engagement, presentation and positive behaviour support resource for active engagement.
- Creating a positive classroom environment, presentation and positive behaviour support resources for classroom organisation and classroom management checklist.
- Preventing and supporting low level disruptive behaviour, presentation and positive behaviour support resource for behavioural expectations.
- Responding to challenging student behaviour, presentation and positive behaviour support resources for consistent and fair consequence, explicit teaching of social skills and reinforcement are available here.
3. Improve my students learning and engagement
This professional learning material focuses on strategies use to improve your students' learning and engagement, aligned with Standard 1: Know Students and How They Learn. It offers practical techniques to enhance classroom interaction, motivate learners, and foster a positive, inclusive learning environment
- Trauma informed practices and presentation
- Introduction to aboriginal education and presentation
- Strategies to support students with disability include session 1 and session 2 with a recommendation to complete Disability Standards for Education for pre-service teachers prior to watching session 2.
4. Deepen my professional knowledge
This professional learning focuses on how to differentiate your teaching to support a range of students in your care.
- Literacy K-12 and presentation
- Numeracy K-12 and presentation
- Beginning teacher tech guide that includes how to implement ICT to expand learning opportunities for students
- How to embed high potential and gifted education into your teaching with presentation notes
- How to start differentiating your teaching based on student learning needs with presentation notes
- How to differentiate the curriculum to meet student learning needs with presentation notes
5. Enhancing my understanding of assessing and reporting student learning
This professional learning focuses on ideas and strategies for assessing and reporting student learning.
- Formative assessment in action with presentation notes.
- Writing reports and working with parents for the first time with presentation notes and resource.
- Using student data to focus the pedagogical approach with presentation notes
Proficient
Proficient
Supervising preservice teachers - online training program
© 2017, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
Supervising Preservice Teachers is an interactive and self-directed online professional learning program aimed at enhancing teachers' knowledge, skills and confidence to effectively supervise preservice teachers.
The program is relevant to teachers who are supervising a preservice teacher or thinking about a supervisory role. It may also be useful for school leaders, school-based practicum coordinators, and those taking on other mentoring roles.
The program consists of five flexible learning modules:
- effective partnerships
- practice analysis - Minimum requirements in accordance with the NSW Professional Experience Agreement
- making judgements
- unpacking the Graduate Standards
- Teaching Performance Assessment
Recommended option when face-to-face training Is unavailable
Highly Accomplished
Highly Accomplished
Resources to support the leadership of highly accomplished teachers when supervising pre-service teachers
This follow collection of resources is designed to empower highly accomplished teachers in their leadership roles as they supervise pre-service teachers. These tools and materials aim to enhance the mentoring experience, promote effective teaching practices, and foster a supportive learning environment for both the pre-service teacher and the supervising teacher.
Resources include:
- Supervising teachers: Higher level accreditation
- Participant roles and responsibilities in professional experienceExternal link © Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
- Professional experience - Common roles and responsibilitiesExternal link © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)
- Guidelines for the supervision of pre-service teachers © State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2024.
- Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) videos of effective professional experience case studiesExternal link
- Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (CESE) literature review on Professional experience in teacher education
- NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Framework for High-Quality Professional Experience in NSW SchoolsExternal link
- NSW Council of Deans of Education videos of illustrations of the Graduate Standards
Lead
Lead
Resources to support the role of professional experience coordinators (PEXC) in implementing a whole school approach to professional experience
This collection of resources is designed to empower Professional Experience Coordinators (PEXC) and school leaders in effectively managing professional experience placements while fostering a vibrant learning culture. It advocates for viewing professional experience as a shared responsibility in preparing future teachers for the benefit of students, schools, and our system.
Some of the key roles of the Professional Experience Coordinator (PEXC):
Serve as liaison: Facilitate communication between initial teacher education providers (ITEPs), pre-service teachers (PSTs), supervising teachers (STs), and the school.
Oversee supervision: Manage the supervision of all pre-service teachers and supervising teachers within the school.
Advocate for involvement: Promote the active participation of school staff in the professional experience program, aiming to increase both the number and quality of supervising teachers.
Coordinate with initial teacher education providers: Ensure appropriate class placements and connect pre-service teachers with supervising teachers.
Welcome pre-service teachers: Introduce pre-service teachers to school policies and encourage broader involvement in school activities by communicating with them and starting the induction process prior to Day 1 of placement.
Support induction and onboarding of pre-service teachers and collaborating with supervising teachers to create effective teaching schedules and observation programs. Ensure that this information is communicated to the pre-service teachers prior to their start date.
Address concerns and support pre-service teachers and supervising teachers: Communicate promptly with the tertiary supervisor about any issues regarding pre-service teachers performance.
Ensure reports are submitted: Support supervising teachers and ensure consistency in judgment across the school.
Resources include:
- Professional experience - Common roles and responsibilitiesExternal link
- Framework for High-Quality Professional Experience in NSW SchoolsExternal link © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)
- Guidelines for the supervision of pre-service teachers.
- Schools supporting flexible professional experience placements in 2024
- Professional experience coordinators: Proven strategies that support high quality professional experience placements
- Professional experience hub schools © State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2024.