Building Intercultural Understanding in Your School

Learning Focus
Australian Curriculum
Mode
Online
Start Date
4 Nov, 2021
Enrol by
28 Oct, 2021
Program Description

Would you like your learners to develop empathy, respect and awareness of others?

This workshop will focus on building intercultural understanding in your school by:

  • considering the special qualities and needs within your school context
  • unpacking the Australian Curriculum Intercultural Understanding general capability
  • embedding the Intercultural Understanding general capability into learning opportunities and environments

 

Program Outcomes

As a result of engaging in this program, participants will:

  • Know how to use the general capability continuum to inform building Intercultural Understanding in their school
  • Understand that a strong and respectful school culture is enabled by developing greater Intercultural Understanding
  • Create purposeful intercultural understanding learning opportunities for their context
  • Build a community to collaborate, share ideas, problem solve and celebrate with colleagues across the state
Australian Professional Standards

Teachers

  • Standard 1 – Know students and how they learn
  • Standard 2 – Know content and how to teach it
  • Standard 3 – Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
  • Standard 4 – Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments

Principals

  • Leading teaching and learning
  • Developing self and others
  • Leading improvement, innovation and change
Location, Date & Time

This two hour session will be delivered Online – 2:00pm – 4:00pm

The link to the meeting platform will be sent to participants prior to the session

  • Thursday 4 November 2021