Professional+Learning

=Professional Learning=

In 2007 a Professional Learning model was established for the BEP. It was designed in the knowledge that f or highly effective professional learning to take place it must be focused on and embedded in teacher practice. It is important that the professional learning model be schools-based and built into the day-to-day work of teaching if teacher professional learning is to impact directly on classroom practice. Elmore (June 2002) argues that the central premise in large scale improvement in schools is “that if you don’t know what good practice looks like and you can’t translate it into a common and shared language, improvement won’t happen” . The BEP Professional Learning model should assist the development of shared language around teacher practice.

  **Key features of the professional learning model include:**        <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"> (1) Small teams of teachers with a shared focus from the BEP Learning and Teaching Framework (eg. Personalised Learning) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Gautami"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"> (2) Formation of a specific question around this focus <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Gautami"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"> (3) Discussions of solutions to this question, based on professional reading <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Gautami"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"> (4) Trialling an approach to this question in the classroom <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Gautami"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"> (5) Team observations of the classroom trial with a specific focus and agreed protocols for observation <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Gautami"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"> (6) Debriefing conversations that are evidence-based follow agreed protocols <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Gautami"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msoSpacerun: yes"> (7) A cyclical nature (plan → action →reflect → plan), where the team is engaged in continual learning


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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Bendigo Education Professional Learning Model Overview

Templates for each meeting of the Professional Learning Mode l