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Understanding what Educational Services can do for your school
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A shared goalTo build expertise across your school or community of schools, so that you are a self-sustaining learning community.
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Learning and Leadership
•Learning and Leadership Coordinator•Curriculum Advisors•Teacher Quality Advisors
Learning and Engagement
•Learning and Engagement Coordinator •Learning and Engagement Advisors and Officers •Aboriginal Education Advisors and Officers•Aboriginal Community Liaison
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Other support (Learning and Leadership)
Reading Recovery
tutors
Reading Recovery
tutors
Arts Coordination
Officers
Arts Coordination
Officers
Senior Pathways Advisor
and Officers
Senior Pathways Advisor
and Officers
Literacy/Numeracy Trainers
Literacy/Numeracy Trainers
P-2InitiativesOfficers
P-2InitiativesOfficers
BestStart
Officers
BestStart
Officers
Home to SchoolAdvisor
and Officer
Home to SchoolAdvisor
and Officer
Road Safety
Officers
Road Safety
Officers
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Zoo Education
Zoo Education
Transition to School
Officer
Transition to School
Officer
Professional Standards
and Accreditation
Officers
Professional Standards
and Accreditation
Officers
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Accessing support
You can find out who your Educational Services team members are via the portal:
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Gosford : Lorraine [email protected]
Nirimba: Carolyn [email protected]
Talavera Road: Chris [email protected]
Learning and Leadership Coordinators
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Gosford: Lisa [email protected] [email protected]
Nirimba: Elisabeth [email protected] Zdena [email protected] Hines (relieving)[email protected]
Talavera Road: Scott [email protected] [email protected]
Curriculum Advisors
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Liaise with schools to identify and deliver high quality curriculum programs.
Provide advice and support to schools on the effective implementation of curriculum:
NSW syllabuses for the Australian Curriculum Quality Teaching programming, assessment and reporting differentiation state programs.
Facilitate the implementation and evaluation of professional learning with and between schools.
Role of Curriculum Advisors
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Gosford: Lucie [email protected] [email protected]
Nirimba: Rowena [email protected] Pam [email protected]
Talavera Road: Anne [email protected] [email protected]
Teacher Quality Advisors
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Work closely with principals and schools to:•identify and deliver targeted high quality professional learning to drive and maintain teacher quality.•provide advice to schools on matters relating to teacher quality.•build capacity in implementing policy and procedures for the accreditation of teachers seeking accreditation, the maintenance of accreditation and accreditation at the higher levels of the professional teaching standards.•implement the Department’s statutory obligations relating to teacher accreditation.•identify targeted and quality professional learning programs that are aligned to professional teaching standards and that support teachers achieve and maintain the different levels of accreditation.
Role of Teacher Quality Advisors
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Our role
• Provide support, advice and guidance to principals and school-based staff.
• Assist with facilitating professional support and advice, when requested by principals.
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Assistance in identifying schools with similar needs with whom professional learning might be collaboratively planned, implemented and evaluated.
Negotiation with state office personnel to facilitate delivery of state-wide training in order to best meet local need.
Negotiating training of facilitator or leaders if trained staff are not available.
Facilitation
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In line with Local Schools, Local Decisions, the facilitation process will generally be initiated by principals. However, Educational Services may seek the support of principals to assist in facilitating the delivery of state-wide programs, including releasing staff with expertise to lead professional learning and to assist in identifying possible collaborations.For example, L3, TEN.
Facilitation
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Model 1: Use expertise within your school to provide professional learning.
Model 2: Work with other schools (via principals) to facilitate or coordinate professional learning.
Model 3: Engage the Educational Services team to provide advice or assist in the facilitation of services.
Professional learning options
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Building capacity: Sharing expertise
Fluid and flexible networks
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Accessing outside school expertise and support
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1. Choose one of the three scenarios provided on each table – primary school or high school.
2. Read through the models of support.
3. Brainstorm a workable solution to your chosen scenario.
ACTIVITY
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You are the principal of a P2 primary school.Your school has teachers with expertise in English and Mathematics, and implementation for the new English and Mathematics syllabuses is progressing well.You are unable to identify anyone in the school with Science and Technology expertise, and need to start planning for implementation of the new syllabus in 2015. You are particularly concerned about some teachers’ understanding of specific scientific concepts.
Scenario 1
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You are the principal of a 7-10 high school.You are concerned about student outcomes in Mathematics. NAPLAN results indicate that students in the Head Teacher’s classes are achieving well above expected growth however, the average growth of students in other classes is comparatively low. The Maths Head Teacher is nearing retirement.
Scenario 2