Curriculum Day overview

Curriculum Day

On Tuesday 7th September, Tarneit Senior College staff participated in a range of professional learning opportunities as part of our Curriculum Day. Teachers undertook Community Understanding and Safety Training (CUST), which was delivered by community members who are associated with Local Aboriginal Education Groups and Koorie Engagement Officers, and supported educators to understand cultural issues and boundaries affecting Koorie learners. This included educating them on how to teach and include indigenous culture to ensure the learning environment is culturally safe and inclusive of Koorie learners and their families. 

Staff then had the opportunity to select from a range of other professional learning opportunities including:

Classroom Teaching Strategies – Foundation House 

This workshop provided a variety of learning strategies to enhance classroom-based work with students of refugee backgrounds. The session focused on the High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS) and provided opportunities for teachers to links these to supporting students to recover from traumatic refugee experiences.

Student Anxiety – The Big Sister Project 

In this session, presenters from The Big Sister Project spoke about the science behind anxiety and how to explain this to students and shared their top tips for supporting students with anxiety, and how to empower them with strategies to manage their anxieties on their own, both in and outside of the classroom. 

Strengthening Connections To Promote Attendance – The Big Sister Project

In this session, presenters from The Big Sister Project supported staff to understand the vital role connection plays for a student in showing up to school and engaging in academic and social activities within the school community. Teachers were then provided with many useful strategies, tools and activities to use both inside and outside of the classroom to help create solid foundations for connection.

Nurturing Resilient And Independent Students – The Big Sister Project

In this session, presenters from The Big Sister Project presented hands-on activities to promote resilience, highlighted the importance of a gratitude mindset and provided tips and tricks that teachers could implement into their classrooms.

Prioritising Wellbeing As An Educator – The Big Sister Project

In this session, presenters from The Big Sister Project spoke about the importance of focusing on teacher wellbeing, modelling prioritising wellbeing to students and provided strategies and ideas to incorporating wellbeing practices.

Stephen Baker

Assistant Principal