Page 2069 - Week 05 - Thursday, 3 May 2012
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PRESENTER |
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS |
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Bronwyn MacLeod, Director of Gateways Education and Coordinator of the JASON Project for the Asia-Pacific region. |
Bronwyn Macleod facilitated six professional development sessions with the following focus: o Utilising the JASON Project curricula to model o VLA overview – purpose and design; timelines o Effective identification and VLA program offerings o Teacher and Mentor preparation day o Introductory day of VLA Semester 1 Pilot Program |
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Information and Knowledge Services, ACT Education and Training Directorate (ETD) |
Information and Knowledge Services facilitated two professional development sessions with the following focus: o The technology platform – Part I: connected o The technology platform – Part II: Adobe Connect |
To ensure teachers and students are appropriately supported throughout the implementation of the Virtual Learning Academy pilots, ongoing professional development and evaluation processes have been planned as follows:
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PRESENTER |
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS |
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Gateways Education staff |
Gateways Education will facilitate a professional development sessions on: o Mentor and team day for students, mentors and |
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Bronwyn MacLeod |
Bronwyn MacLeod will facilitate two professional development sessions on: o Semester 1 pilot program presentation day o Evaluation of semester one pilot through |
In addition to the professional development, the Virtual Learning Academy Project Team meets weekly to ensure the progression of this initiative. This has often included video conferencing with Gateways Education staff who are based in Sydney. As a continuing support mechanism, pilot schools will receive ongoing assistance from Directorate staff in content delivery, the technology platform and student wellbeing.
Dr Bourke (in reply to a supplementary question by Ms Hunter on Thursday, 29 March 2012): It was pleasing to note the significant response from local community organisations interested in membership of the Tuggeranong Re-engaging Youth Network Board. No applicant was “rejected” from such an excellent field. There are sixteen members of the Tuggeranong Re-engaging Youth Network Board. Nine of the positions on the Board are mandated positions.
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