3.2: Quality Teaching
Quality teaching for better outcomes. Other Information:
Teachers in ACT public schools will be supported to improve student learning. Officers trained in the NSW Quality Teaching
Model will work with a cluster approach to improve the quality of teaching. Targeted professional development will be provided
to literacy and numeracy coordinators in all public schools to build their knowledge and skills about best practice, assisting
to implement a whole-school approach to improve the literacy and numeracy of all students. To address the important issue
of succession planning, educational leaders at all levels of the Department of Education and Training will be supported with
the School Leadership Strategy. This will enable the department to find and offer professional learning opportunities linked
to school leaders’ needs. Underpinning quality teaching, the ACT’s new curriculum framework, Every Chance to Learn, has been
designed to provide all students from pre-school to Year 10 with a comprehensive and balanced curriculum. This contemporary
curriculum, the result of extensive review, development, consultation and external validation, sets a clear direction for
teaching and learning in all ACT schools. Schools are currently working with their communities to implement the new framework
with support from online resources, professional learning opportunities and other school-based supports.
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