澳门六合彩开奖现场直播

Enhancing Teacher Expertise at Flinders in 2024

Primary teacher with student reading

澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 is ensuring its staff are supported to grow professionally and be inspired, mentored and challenged by leading consultants, thought leaders and researchers from across Australia.

College Principal Michelle Carroll said the growth and development of staff across the Primary and Secondary Schools is an essential component of the Flinders Future 2023-2027, the College鈥檚 guiding blueprint for its future.

鈥淥ur Flinders Future identifies exciting opportunities for our community of students, staff and families to embrace new possibilities, adapt and realign when needed, and build a culture of continuous improvement,鈥 Michelle said. 

鈥淚n 2024, our staff will learn from a range of 鈥榚xperts in residence鈥 who are visiting the College.

鈥淚n the Primary School, the teaching team is thrilled to have two of Australia鈥檚 leading consultants in residence: Nicole Dyson, CEO of Future Anything and Jocelyn Seamer, an expert in the Science of Reading.鈥澨

Primary School Professional Learning in 2024

In Term 1, Nicole Dyson will be the Primary School's 鈥楨ntrepreneur in Residence鈥 to further develop the team鈥檚 expertise in teaching design thinking from Prep to Year 6, which also supports students鈥 strong social and emotional development.

Nicole also worked intensively with Primary teachers in 2023 to strengthen their skills in delivering the Flinders i-Impact and I-care curriculum programs where students embrace human-centred design thinking. 

Students learn to become problem solvers, problem seekers and develop an enterprising spirit, along with deep knowledge of science, humanities and technology.  

In Term 1 and Term 3, Jocelyn Seamer will guide the team through the as an Expert in Residence.

The Science of Reading reveals the latest and most conclusive, empirically supported research, based on the Science of Learning, on how to teach students to read from Prep to Year 6, and its practical implications for classroom learning.

New Science of Reading research reveals:

  • how we learn to read
  • what skills are involved
  • how they work together, and
  • which parts of the brain are responsible for reading development.  

The Flinders Head of Primary, Mrs Trudi Edwards said the Primary School was committed to being at the forefront of education research.   

鈥淭he latest Grattan Institute Report, , validates the all-important work we have undertaken in the Primary School as essential in supporting students鈥 literacy success,鈥 Trudi said.   

鈥淥ver three days last week, our Primary teaching team observed in action as she modelled powerful reading lessons, undertook lesson observations of our teaching staff  and engaged in coaching conversations to provide feedback and enhance our teachers鈥 expertise in teaching reading,鈥 she said.  

鈥淏y implementing these evidence-informed approaches, Flinders Primary is further empowering students to become proficient readers and writers, laying the foundation for their academic success and lifelong learning.鈥

Mrs Narelle Goan, the Head of Professional Practice and Curriculum in the Flinders Primary School, says that being a proficient reader positively influences a student鈥檚 entire education.

鈥淲e are grateful to have Jocelyn breathing life into the latest research on the Science of Reading to ensure we are giving our young learners the best start on their reading journey,鈥 Narelle said. 

鈥淭he aim is for each child to read proficiently and be engaged in their literacy development.

鈥淲e are seeing our students' results reflect our investment in the Science of Learning and the Science of Reading with our Year 5 students achieving the highest results on the Sunshine Coast in the 2023 NAPLAN 迟别蝉迟蝉.鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;

Mrs Edwards explains, 鈥淭he Primary and Secondary teams have worked with education leaders, including Jared Cooney Horvath - one of the best neuroscientists in the business - on the Science of Learning to understand how the brain learns and how to apply this research to classroom teaching.

鈥淎s a result, our staff have a deep understanding of how children learn, and continue to implement and refine these strategies and protocols to support engaged learning and achievement for our students.鈥 

To learn more about the Primary School at 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播, visit here.


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