Teaching Teams that support an innovative curriculum.Andrew Stone and Jayne Heath

The ASMS

• A public school that caters for years 10 – 12.• Purpose designed open learning

environment • 360 students and 35 teaching staff.

Platforms of Innovation at the ASMS

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

LEARNING PROGRAMS

STUDENTLEARNING

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

INNOVATION IN TEACHING

AND LEARNING

Initial thoughts and objectives“Faculty must make the shift from being experts to being expert learners, for in the collaborative classroom, teachers and students join in a shared process of intellectual discovery” Wentworth and Davis (in Leavitt 2006)

Action Research– Blurred classroom boundaries in Central Studies, with students

approaching multiple teachers for targeted support– Extending the Central Studies concepts…– ‘How can we use team teaching to enhance learning outcomes for

all students?’

Team Teaching at Stage 2.

• Collaborative design and delivery

• ‘two or more teachers combine classes and share instruction to provide enhanced opportunities and environments for students to learn’

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What next?

• Staged Teacher photo

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