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TEACHING AND LEARNING WORKSHOP

TEACHING & LEARNING TEAM
• Patrick McGing – NSW Regional Principal

• Simon Beaumont – VIC Regional Principal

• Damien Barry – QLD & TAS Regional Principal
• Paul Maher – SA & WA Regional Principal

• Carolyn Rhodes – Teacher Academy Director

• Sarah Whiddon – Teacher Academy Coordinator
• Jeff Lloyd – Director of Digital Learning

• Brad Joyce – AU Teaching and Learning Team Leader

TEACHING AND LEARNING DISCUSSION NOTES

• If a CA receives a comment from a parent about a teacher the first step is for the parent to speak to the
teacher about their concern, or the student’s concern. Unless the teacher hears about it, we cannot
expect them to change, showing they care for the student.

• When concerns are raised with a teacher the hope is that they will address the issue within about 3
weeks.
• Parents ultimately should go to the HOC or CSC if they are not happy.

• Regarding Canvass – parents will have been shown how to login using an app on their phone at one of
the next Webinars. If you are not a parent you cannot get a Canvas login. There has been suggestions of
the SLTs inviting parents to show them around Canvas.

TEACHING AND LEARNING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q: What is in place to support a student who struggles with the VC learning experience?

A: We believe this relates to how teachers teach and engage the students. Pedagogy first, then the tools.
We recognise that VC classes do present problems in terms of engagement. Some moves are underway to
obtain a national consensus about this. One of these is the Teacher Academy, which is assisting with setting
up a lot of strategies (face to face, zoom, canvas) for creating teacher training courses to support all the stu-
dents with a variety of skill sets. We have also created a Learning Support team of experienced community
contacts (see below). They will work together as a team to provide a consistent approach across the coun-
try. This will address questions such as: What do we need to develop for the LS teachers in all areas? How do
we put this support in at a campus level alongside of teachers? However, we do want the parents to contact
the teacher if they have a concern with how their child is coping. If a parent logs into a Canvas course and
finds a block of work and their child has Learning Support needs, they must ring the teacher to ask for guid-
ance to help the child understand their work on Canvas.

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