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Course Description

Learn practical strategies for reigniting motivation, scaffolding complex learning, managing academic stress, and building agency with senior students. This course provides real-world approaches to re-engage reluctant learners and support their success during the critical final years of schooling.



Audience

Years 11 and 12 Teachers 


Teaching Standards

1.2.2 Proficient Level - Know students and how they learn - Understand how students learn:  Structure teaching programs using research and collegial advice about how students learn

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




$119 + GST - Individual Enrolment


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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Acknowledgement of Country

    • Learning Objectives

    • Teaching Standards

  • 2

    Module 1 – Understanding the Senior Learning Mindset

    • Introduction

    • Developmental Changes in Senior Students

    • Common Causes of Disengagement

    • Signs of Hidden Disengagement

    • Teacher Activity - Diagnostic Quiz: Spotting Disengagement Behaviours in the Senior Years

    • Reflection Question

    • Reference List for Module 1

  • 3

    Module 2 – Reigniting Relevance and Focus

    • Introduction

    • Why Relevance is a Cornerstone of Engagement

    • What Relevance Looks Like in Practice

    • Embedding a “Futures Lens”

    • Practical Strategies: How to Build Relevance into Daily Teaching

    • Challenges and Pitfalls

    • Scenario Activity

    • Reference List for Module 2

  • 4

    Module 3 – Scaffolding Success Without Lowering Expectations

    • Introduction

    • Why Scaffolding Matters

    • What Does Effective Scaffolding Look Like?

    • Strategies to Scaffold Without Lowering Expectations

    • Avoiding Learned Helplessness

    • Class Activity

    • Scenario Activity

    • Reference List for Module 3

  • 5

    Module 4 – Managing Stress, Anxiety and Academic Pressure

    • Introduction

    • Why Stress Disengages Senior Students

    • Common Stress Triggers for Reluctant Students

    • Creating a Low Stress, High Expectations Environment

    • Supporting Emotional Regulation in Senior Students

    • Supporting Exam Resilience in Reluctant Learners

    • Spotlight: Stress and the Reluctant Learner — What You Might Miss

    • Reflection Activity

    • Reference List for Module 4

  • 6

    Module 5 – Building Student Agency and Ownership

    • Introduction

    • Why Agency Matters — Especially in the Senior Years

    • What Agency Looks Like in Senior Classrooms

    • Strategies to Build Micro-Agency in the Senior Years

    • When Senior Students Say “I Don’t See the Point”

    • Class Activity – Student-Led Reflection Tool

    • Scenario Activity

    • Final Reflection Question

    • Wrap Up

    • Reference List for Module 5

  • 7

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

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