| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 53.71 |
| Liaison | Andrea Bradley |
| Submission Date | Nov. 28, 2023 |
TAFE Queensland Robina Campus
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.04 / 3.00 |
Bianca
Mandalios Manager, Communication & Engagement TQGC |
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Part 1. Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
118
Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
68
Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
57.63
1st program
Peer to Peer Classroom Observation
A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):
The Peer-to-Peer Classroom Observation Professional Development Initiative was developed as a follow-on from the Professional Learning Program (PLP) completed by all educators in the 9 months prior to the campus opening. The PLP program supported educators in learning about sustainability and how to embed sustainability into every unit of every course delivered at Robina Campus. The educators mapped the sustainability learning against the 6 selected SDGs of Robina Campus by using unit templates.
Peer observation is a professional learning opportunity that enables educators to share practice and learn from each other. The focus for Robina Campus in the Peer-to-Peer Classroom Observation program is to identify how educators are including sustainability learning and practices in the delivery of course units. Each time a Peer observation is conducted a peer observation template document (refer to the Peer to Peer Learner Engagement Observations document) is completed and discussed with the educator who was observed. These observation documents are retained as evidence of continual improvement.
Educators and managers are also encouraged to post pictures and short write-ups regarding their peer observation experiences to share knowledge and build a community of practice within Robina. All educators at Robina Campus participate each term and at the end of each term, an overall champion is chosen and recognised within the faculty for their active learning, sustainability, and use of technology to win their class. Each term, the educator will conduct a 1-hour class observation with a peer and have a peer conduct a 1-hour observation on their teaching practice, this includes feedback. The total is 2 hours per term and a total of 8 hours of participation annually.
Participation within the initiative can be used for currency points within MyProfile on an annual basis. Each term since the start of delivery in July 2022, the faculty management, educational capability team, and educators at Robina have undertaken classroom observations to improve:
• Using the learning spaces: the collaboration rooms and breakout booths; the classroom - taking advantage of the ability to teach from anywhere in the room (not just from the front); and the new classroom tables (stand-up and move as needed)
• Technology: Vivi including apps; student share; video etc
• SurfacePro: digital inking; using it as a tablet when moving around the room
• Sustainability: messaging and resources: changes to the way you teach for sustainability
• Active learning: Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL); using strategies to provide opportunities for the applied learning principles.
Peer observation is a professional learning opportunity that enables educators to share practice and learn from each other. The focus for Robina Campus in the Peer-to-Peer Classroom Observation program is to identify how educators are including sustainability learning and practices in the delivery of course units. Each time a Peer observation is conducted a peer observation template document (refer to the Peer to Peer Learner Engagement Observations document) is completed and discussed with the educator who was observed. These observation documents are retained as evidence of continual improvement.
Educators and managers are also encouraged to post pictures and short write-ups regarding their peer observation experiences to share knowledge and build a community of practice within Robina. All educators at Robina Campus participate each term and at the end of each term, an overall champion is chosen and recognised within the faculty for their active learning, sustainability, and use of technology to win their class. Each term, the educator will conduct a 1-hour class observation with a peer and have a peer conduct a 1-hour observation on their teaching practice, this includes feedback. The total is 2 hours per term and a total of 8 hours of participation annually.
Participation within the initiative can be used for currency points within MyProfile on an annual basis. Each term since the start of delivery in July 2022, the faculty management, educational capability team, and educators at Robina have undertaken classroom observations to improve:
• Using the learning spaces: the collaboration rooms and breakout booths; the classroom - taking advantage of the ability to teach from anywhere in the room (not just from the front); and the new classroom tables (stand-up and move as needed)
• Technology: Vivi including apps; student share; video etc
• SurfacePro: digital inking; using it as a tablet when moving around the room
• Sustainability: messaging and resources: changes to the way you teach for sustainability
• Active learning: Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL); using strategies to provide opportunities for the applied learning principles.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
This program is totally focused on educator-to-educator. The faculty structure at Robina Campus is set up to provide support for each other, develop specialist expertise that can be shared, and support collaborative partnerships with each other and industry partners.
The faculty includes a director, operations manager, education delivery managers, education team manager, educational team leaders, educators, and other specialty positions such as the Manager and Educator Capability.
The faculty includes a director, operations manager, education delivery managers, education team manager, educational team leaders, educators, and other specialty positions such as the Manager and Educator Capability.
Number of trained employee educators (1st program):
68
Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):
4
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (1st program):
2
Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):
8
Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st program) :
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A brief description of the employee educators program (2nd program):
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Number of trained employee educators (all other programs):
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Part 2. Educator hours per employee served by a peer-to-peer program
8
Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.07
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The senior leaders of TAFE Queensland Gold Coast have completed a number of programs based around sustainability and to support the mentoring of staff members i.e. UNESCO UNEVOC TVET Leadership Program.
The attachment shows the online Sustainability Program for Robina Campus. As it requires a login, we are unable to share the details other than the image.
The attachment shows the online Sustainability Program for Robina Campus. As it requires a login, we are unable to share the details other than the image.
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