KU Professional Learning VIC Calendar 2017 | Page 6

TAILORED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
TAILORED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
KU offers a number of workshops and a two part series that can be tailored to meet
the professional learning needs of your service, and can be delivered onsite at a
time convenient to teams. Tailored professional learning can also take place online
and can be customised to suit your service through the delivery of a webinar.
CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DOCUMENTATION (3 HOURS)
The National Quality Framework has contributed to a new culture of thinking,
doing and assessing early childhood pedagogy and practice. This workshop will
invite participants to:
Examine beliefs and values embedded in Early Childhood Education

Construct curriculum that is relevant to the whole community and reliant
upon the reflective lens of engaged educators
‘Unpack’ a cycle of planning
Design learning environments that enable children to ‘be’ engaged, curious,
connected, collaborative, immersed in learning and teaching
Develop strategies to evidence a planning cycle inclusive of observation,
reflection and questions, learning experiences, intentional encounters and
analysis of teaching and learning
Design ways to record and document reflections, questions, actions and
outcomes
Explore ways to create opportunities for professional dialogue to promote a
culture of inquiry and teacher research
Curriculum Design and Documentation will address Australian Teaching Standard
3.2.2
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