Annual Report 2010 - Radford College

Annual Report 2010At mid-year, teachers enjoyed the opportunity to become more familiar with a varietyof digital tools and approaches to eLearning in workshops provided by Apple educators.Meanwhile the Junior School staff strengthened their understanding of the InternationalBaccalaureate PYP and focused on approaches to teaching reading, through ‘JollyPhonics’. In addition to this, staff across all schools attended a myriad of workshops,seminars and conferences ranging from individual needs, mental and physical health,literacy, NAPLAN, the Australian Curriculum, brain research and discipline specific andspecialist training.Staff attendance is typically high. Average illness or carer’s leave absence per teacherin 2010 was 8 days. Average individual participation in professional learning relatedactivities was 30 hours. Average expenditure per teacher on staff professional learning in2010 was around $1300.PD Spending by Departments—whole schoolJS Library 1%PYP 7%Junior School 14%SBL 7%NAPLAN 2%Kaleidos 3%BSSS 2%Pathways 4%Accreditation 1%ADT 3%English 4%HPE 7%Humanities 3%LOTE 5%Maths 3%Music 3%Science 3%Year 7 8%Whole School 20%ANNUAL REPORT 201029