Implications,+Questions+for+our+Work

=We considered the implications and Questions for our Work. Here is a summary:=

** Implications: ** Break up faculty in year levels and use strategies to enable staff to think about why they are doing what they are doing unit by unit. Having time to plan for depth with colleagues, not alone Given time constraints I need to screen topics for what is relevant for LEARNERS. How do I work within the constraints of VCE? Giving the teacher more freedom to run with what is needed for students Role of teacher: Helping, guiding, assisting students’ journey Exploring units of work using aspirations with senior staff/leadership (prin, DP) so they can see for themselves the importance of RE and think about in terms of school vision and school priorities Putting the learner and our aspirations for them at the forefront is paramount Importance of leadership Providing PD for rest of RE staff- not just RECs Allowing for experimentation Flexibility as well as working within school framework Resistance to the evolving curriculum in preference for teaching the same units again    Developing a culture of teachers as learners for teacher learning   Teaching skills that need to evolve over a life span of a student at school e.g. collaboration   Making connections with the perspective of the school’s charism; scripture   Enabling students from other traditions to have a voice   School becoming more interactive with the community- ongoing relationships   Enabling access to ICT ** Questions: ** How do we dialogue with the tradition? – there are many sources to draw on How do we assess the learning of students in an inquiry environment. How to extract from the action of students for reporting etc? How the leadership in a school expresses/enacts the aspirations e.g. recognising the contributions of all in the school; recognising leadership at various levels  How do we shape tasks so that more students can reach our aspirations – enabling more in the class  How do we assess our work in light of our aspirations?