AITSL Annual Report 2011-12 - Australian Institute for Teaching and ...
AITSL Annual Report 2011-12 - Australian Institute for Teaching and ...
AITSL Annual Report 2011-12 - Australian Institute for Teaching and ...
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Innovation<strong>AITSL</strong> is building a strong <strong>and</strong> credible reputation as being <strong>for</strong>ward thinking, highlyconsultative <strong>and</strong> committed to excellence. This is an important plat<strong>for</strong>m from whichto build a culture of strategic innovation designed to achieve excellence throughimprovement <strong>and</strong> trans<strong>for</strong>mation across the <strong>Australian</strong> education l<strong>and</strong>scape ofprofessional practice. <strong>AITSL</strong> is committed to developing <strong>and</strong> modelling powerful<strong>AITSL</strong>’s commitment to innovation is driving new opportunities to support practices thatwill trans<strong>for</strong>m teaching <strong>and</strong> school leadership across Australia. Through projects thatchallenge boundaries, infuse technology <strong>and</strong> highlight exemplary practice, <strong>AITSL</strong> ismodeling to the profession new possibilities <strong>and</strong> ways to think differently about how toachieve success.Teacher Feature is an interactive online exchange <strong>for</strong> teaching professionals to sharetheir thinking <strong>and</strong> explore motivations in their work. Created to inspire excellence, this sitecurrently has uploaded examples of shared insights from practicing teachers.The <strong>Australian</strong> Awards’ Professional Learning Sabbaticals have created outst<strong>and</strong>ingopportunities <strong>for</strong> online interaction with award winners as they investigate new ideas <strong>for</strong>across the profession.Leading Curriculum Change was highlighted at the National Biennial Education Forumas an example of a national innovative model in professional learning delivery. Theonline design enables access to educators to have national professional conversations,user-friendly accessibility. Over 2000 educators are currently enrolled as participants.<strong>AITSL</strong> has created <strong>and</strong> continues to add to the Illustrations of Practice, an online bank ofauthentic examples of teaching practice aligned to the National Professional St<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>for</strong>Teachers (the St<strong>and</strong>ards). The Illustrations of Practice bring the St<strong>and</strong>ards to life <strong>and</strong> area valuable resource <strong>for</strong> use in multiple contexts <strong>for</strong> practicing teachers <strong>and</strong> leaders. Theyoffer a diverse insight into how the St<strong>and</strong>ards look in practice <strong>and</strong> set benchmarks ofexpectation <strong>for</strong> high quality teaching practice in diverse contexts from across Australia.46 <strong>AITSL</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong>–20<strong>12</strong>
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