The challenges confronting schooling in the 2000s are diverse and numerous. Australian culture is clearly challenging many of the values and practices of the past and yet searching for continuing values that are core to our society.
The need for these values, highlights the importance of an understanding of tradition, teaching and culture. An ongoing commitment to the development of values in the whole school community takes centre place in the growth dimension of the school.
Working in partnership with the Principal, Assistant Principal and Coordinators, offering a network of learning opportunities, promoting community celebration with parents, fosters the development of a rich curriculum that maintains traditions and rites, and are all integral in addressing the current challenges.
As a teacher, knowledge of curriculum, management and organisational skills, reporting and assessment are key facets in the educational achievements of school life. Ensuring Professional development opportunities are utilised and built upon, affirms and empowers professionalism in abilities and skills and most recent pedagogy.
Classroom teaching must demonstrate excellence. It is also essential to be innovative, flexible and creative in all educational endeavours, continually striving to reach expectations and goals. Getting students enthusiastic about social justice issues and involving them in making a difference to people’s lives around the world plays an important part in today’s educational vision. These skills maximise opportunities for all students to become independent learners - a life long skill.
Education is about successfully managing change. Technology continues to progress at a rapid speed and teachers have a duty to access and embrace technology in all its forms to produce even better results in curriculum areas.
Cooperating and collaborating with staff, students and parents, uses many interpersonal skills in many different ways. Being open and honest, while maintaining confidentiality and professionalism can help to establish strong decision making. Clear communication is an essential skill that is important in forging a strong link in creating a healthy school environment.
Therefore, it is an educator’s role to ensure that the material they teach is taught in a manner that enables each student to learn to their full potential catering for different learning styles. The national curriculum highlights national teaching standards for the first time, an exciting time in education, and one in which teachers should embrace to ensure the changes are implemented successfully.
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