AITSL Annual Report 2011-12 - Australian Institute for Teaching and ...

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