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STEM-X Academy (continued)
Program Background
discuss the purpose and intent of the depth studies and plan
how you will incorporate them into your own classes.
• Teachers discussed the depth studies and how they can be
programmed into class time.
You will be able to share your ideas, ask questions, and discuss
and develop innovating and fantastic ways to enncourage
student deeper learning.
• STANSW members were trained to deliver the same program
across all schools in line with NESA requirements.
Completion of this course contribute 2 hours of QTC Registered
professional development .4.2 and 6.2.2 from the Australian
Professional Standards for Teachers) toward ???
• At events teachers present developed shared resources for
conducting depth studies by collaborating with other teachers
in order to share ideas about possible depth study options.
Diving Deep into Depth Studies 2017
This program was run as a new initiative by the STANSW PL
portfolio using the concept of existing teacher networks and
member hosts to deliver small group professional learning in the
suburbs and rural communities.
Depth studies were a new concept in all senior science syllabi
that were identified as a source of concern for STANSW members
and thus the Diving into Depth Studies initiative was added to the
PL portfolio’s program for 2017/18. The course, a 2 hour twilight
session, has been successfully run at 21 locations across NSW-
10 metropolitan schools and 11 rural or remote schools hosted
the event.
Completion of this course contributed 2 hours of QTC Registered
professional development (addressing 7.4.2 and 6.2.2 from
the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers) towards
maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
Several of the groups of teachers in attendance at the STEM-X
event at Condobolin are discussing the challenges presented,
deciding the best approach to a specified problem each group
plans to solve separately.
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