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Professional LearningProfessional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Changewere over 2000 educators from more than 1300 Australian schools registered in theprofessional learning community.Leading Curriculum Changecurriculum change in their local context, including the implementation of the AustralianCurriculum. The program includes 13 structured modules, facilitated forums for specialinterest groups, a project planning framework and a peer review process, all deliveredvirtually.To connect more schools from rural, regional and remote areas with the LeadingCurriculum Change program and to share other resources, AITSL has developedstrategies to support teacher and school leader quality, including ten Principals’ Forumsin regional New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania between May andprogram and with AITSL’s work.Australian Charter for the Professional Learning of Teachers andSchool LeadersThe draft Charter was endorsed for consultation by the Ministerial Council for Education,Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEEDYA) in October 2011.The consultation opened with a National Forum at which both Professor Michael Fullanprovide feedback through dedicated meetings and a national survey.presented to the Australian Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth AffairsThe Charter, in conjunction with the National Professional Standards for Teachers, theNational Professional Standard for Principals and the Australian Teacher Performance andDevelopment Framework, promotes the central role of professional learning in improvingteacher and school leader practice. The Charter focuses on improvement throughrelevant, collaborative and future focused professional learning that results in changes toteacher and school leader practice and, in turn, improvements in student learning.AITSL will continue to work with the profession and those who support the profession toenact the Charter and to conduct longitudinal research into the impact of a high qualityprofessional learning culture on teacher quality and student outcomes.40 AITSL Annual Report 2011–2012
Initial Teacher Education – Professional Experience ProjectWith funding partners the New South Wales Institute for Teachers (NSWIT) and theQueensland College of Teachers (QCT), AITSL has established the Initial TeacherEducation – Professional Experience Project. The project involves the design and deliveryof a suite of modules to enhance the capacity of teachers to supervise professionalexperience. A Project Reference Group oversees this work and includes representativesfrom the Australian Council of Deans of Education, employing authorities fromQueensland and Victoria, and regulatory authorities NSWIT and QCT. In April 2012, anexpert working party was convened and a literature review and environmental scanwas commissioned to inform the work. A literature review and environmental scan wasStronger, Smarter Leadership moduleStronger,Smarter Leadershipto lead change in schools to improve the outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslanders. This was completed and ready for testing with a view to release in 2012. Themodule examines critical elements of practice in schools working to make a differencesuch a difference and explores ways to enhance educational outcomes for Indigenousstudents.Empowering Local Schools InitiativeAITSL has responsibility for supporting the Australian Government’s Empowering LocalSchools initiative by providing national access to high quality professional developmentfor principals. AITSL has developed a national Flagship Professional Learning Program:Local Leadership to complement the Empowering Local Schools initiative.The program provides principals with professional learning, supports communitiesof practice and strengthens the provision of research and evidence around schoolenvironments with increasing empowerment.AITSL’s Flagship Professional Learning Program: Local Leadership has beendesigned to: support the Empowering Local Schools initiative provide principals with a deep knowledge and understanding of requirements to leadschools with greater levels of autonomy, linked to the National Professional Standard forPrincipals be innovative in content and delivery and demonstrate a focus on 21st century learning enable cross-sector engagement at a national level build and support strong communities of practice and a capacity for systemleadership.AITSL Annual Report 2011–201241
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Page 65 and 66: Government funding 18,900,909 13,80
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