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Course Description

This course equips early career teachers with practical strategies to build positive classroom environments, plan effective lessons, manage behaviour confidently, and maintain personal wellbeing. With a focus on inclusion and reflection, it offers essential tools to support success from the very start of your teaching journey.



Audience

Beginning Teachers


Teaching Standards

1.1.2 Proficient Level - Know students and how they learn - Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students:  Use teaching strategies based on knowledge of students’ physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics to improve student learning

4.1.2 Proficient Level - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments - Support student participation:  Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities

6.2.2 Proficient Level - Engage in Professional Learning - Engage in professional learning and improve practice:  Participate in learning to update knowledge and practice targeted to professional needs and school and/or system priorities




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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Acknowledgement of Country

    • Learning Objectives

    • Teaching Standards

  • 2

    Module 1 – Setting up for Success

    • Introduction

    • Building Classroom Routines and Procedures

    • Teaching Without a Fixed Classroom: Routines That Travel With You

    • Creating a Positive Classroom Environment

    • Organising Your Physical Space – A Dual Lense Approach

    • Teacher Activity: Design Your Ideal Learning Space

    • Scenario: First-Day Entry Routine

    • Reference List for Module 1
  • 3

    Module 2 – Planning Effective Lessons

    • Introduction

    • Understanding Lesson Objectives and Curriculum Standards

    • Teacher Activity: Writing a SMART Objective

    • Structuring Lessons for Success

    • Incorporating Differentiation

    • Timing and Pacing

    • Plan for Questioning

    • Connecting Lessons in a Sequence

    • Common Planning Pitfalls (and How to Avoid Them)

    • Reflection Question

    • Reference List for Module 2
  • 4

    Module 3 – Engaging and Managing Students

    • Introduction

    • Understanding Classroom Management Basics

    • Co-Regulation and Emotional Safety

    • Voice, Posture, and Presence

    • Fostering Student Engagement

    • Building Relationships with Students and Families

    • Reflection Question

    • Reference List for Module 3

  • 5

    Module 4 – Managing Workload and Wellbeing

    • Introduction

    • Managing Time and Prioritising Tasks

    • Managing Marking and Feedback

    • Making Report Writing Manageable

    • Developing a Support Network

    • Realistic Self-Care for Real Teachers

    • Reflecting for Growth (Not Guilt)

    • Scenario: Rescuing an Overwhelmed First-Year Teacher

    • Reflection Question

    • Wrapping Up: Keep Growing, Stay Grounded

    • Reference List for Module 4
  • 6

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

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