The Australian National Schools Network is facilitating an exciting national Project in conjunction with Education Queensland International and supported by the AGQTP.

The Project will provide opportunities for teams of teachers, between 2 and 4 from each school, to engage in a supported ICT project focussing on improving ICT pedagogy. The participating teachers can already be proficient users of ICT or teachers who would like to develop their skills further.

Successful schools work continually to develop a culture of student, teacher and leadership learning success. Cognitive Coaching(sm) is integral to this.

Participation in this intensive workshop will equip you and/or members of your team with a set of strategies, a way of thinking and a way of working that invites self and others to shape and reshape their thinking and problem solving capacities to achieve learning success.

Term 3 and 4 - 2009 dates

Has your school been implementing and exploring the Habits of Mind or Dimensions of Learning and want to find ways to further enhance your school journey or alternatively your school is interested in developing a complete learning framework that incorporates a common language to bind assessment, pedagogy and planning though a "thinking" approach?

Please note this course has been postponed: click here to register your interest and we will contact you when the new dates have been scheduled.

 This course is also available on demand - if you would like to discuss the possibility of bringing this course to your school or region please click here

This three day professional learning opportunity has been specifically designed to support teachers to develop deeper levels of understanding on how curriculum that involves community partnerships can be utilised to strengthen teaching and learning. This work draws from the 2007 ANSN Curriculum Planning Action Research Hub.

The ANSN will be running two professional learning opportunities in Canberra in June.

Click the read more link to find out about our workshops in Habits of Mind and Dimensions of Learning.

Has your school been implementing and exploring the Habits of Mind or Dimensions of Learning and want to find ways to further enhance your school journey or alternatively your school is interested in developing a complete learning framework that incorporates a common language to bind assessment, pedagogy and planning though a "thinking" approach?

Then you might be interested in the Australian National Schools Network professional learning program Setting the Stage. This professional learning focuses on developing a climate for successful learning by discussing strategies that promote positive attitudes and perceptions towards classroom climate and classroom tasks, as well as exploring ways of explicitly teaching habits of mind as a framework for promoting thinking at a classroom and a whole school level.

Professional learning opportunity in Tasmania 2009

The Australian National Schools Network is launching a new PD opportunity for early childhood teachers focusing on making technology an integral component within a play focus for  teachers of prep - year 2 classrooms.  The project is based on the learnings from the KidSmart workshop which has been a national project since 2000 with ANSN and the IBM, where prep/preschool teachers from rural or disadvantaged areas were supported through a 12 month action learning PD model to focus on developing effective pedagogical strategies for ICT implementation.

Has your school been implementing and exploring the Habits of Mind or Dimensions of Learning and want to find ways to further enhance your school journey or alternatively your school is interested in developing a complete learning framework that incorporates a common language to bind assessment, pedagogy and planning though a "thinking" approach?

Then you might be interested in the Australian National Schools Network professional learning on Dimensions of Learning (DoL).

2009 has been targeted by education authorities as a year to improve literacy, numeracy and science outcomes for students in Australian schools.

For achievement levels to improve in our classrooms. teachers need to make changes to their current practices. Teachers not only need to have a deep knowledge of the subjects they teach, but they also need to know how students learn and how best to develop and nurture a culture and disposition for learning that is expected of independent thinkers in the 21st century.