Online Communities of Practice
Years 9 to 12 Learning has established a number of Microsoft Teams sites for Teachers’ of Years 11 and 12 students. The intention of these Teams sites is to provide a space that will allow you as Teachers to collaborate and develop a community of practice across sectors, and share resources and ideas with your peers working in similar learning areas.
The content found on these Teams sites is just a starting point, with content increasingly driven by the teaching community, sharing resources that you find most effective in supporting your students learning from home. The following outlines the Teams sites that have been established.
Full list of Teams sites available:
Teams sites for TASC courses include
- English
- Health and Physical Education
- HASS – Economics and Business
- HASS – Behavioural
- HASS – Civics and Citizenship
- HASS – History and Geography
- Languages
- Maths – Essential, Workplace, Everyday and Preliminary
- Maths – General Maths
- Maths – Specialised and Methods
- Mixed Field
- Science – Natural Sciences
- Science – Physical Sciences
- Technologies – Agriculture
- Technologies – Design
- Technologies – Digital
- Technologies – Foods
- The Arts – Dance
- The Arts – Drama
- The Arts – Media Arts
- The Arts – Music
- The Arts – Visual Arts
Teams sites for VET subjects include
- Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Studies
- Applied Fashion, Retail Services, ICT and Business, Creative Arts
- Automotive and Engineering Pathways
- Community Services and Health
- Construction and Furniture
- Electrotechnology
- Foundation Skills
- Hairdressing and Beauty
- Hospitality / Kitchen Operations
- Sport, Fitness and Recreation, and Defence
- Tourism
Accessing these Teams sites
If you are a DoE Teacher, please access join codes and instructions.
If you are a Teacher from the Catholic or Independent sector you need to have an email address associated with a Microsoft Office 365 account. If your school email address is already linked with an Office 365 account, please register. If you don’t have an email address linked to an Office 365 account, please create an account first and then register. More help on MS Teams is available at the Microsoft Education Centre.
Online Professional Learning
Years 9 – 12 Learning is co-ordinating professional learning opportunities for Tasmanian teachers who have Year 11 and 12 classes undertaking TASC accredited and VET courses in preparation for learning at home.
The schedule of webinars and meetings allows teachers to access information about teaching and learning to support learning at home in three main areas:
Years 11 and 12 TASC Curriculum Professional Learning – April 6 to 9, 2020
Purpose:
Live drop-in sessions will discuss how Years 11 to 12 teachers are transitioning courses to a learning from home model.
These sessions are an opportunity for teachers to ask questions and to share their practice, ideas, resources and challenges.
Outcomes:
During this session the Curriculum Leader will:
- Give an introduction to the online collaborative space and processes for contributing to the shared resource materials and professional support network
- Facilitate a conversation on ways teachers can collaborate, network and work together to support their teams and share initiatives
- Identify, explore and consider issues associated with TASC course requirements.
Questions to be discussed may include:
- What are your immediate concerns?
- What are the big issues you see if/when/as the situation continues?
- How can I help as your Curriculum Leader?
Years 11 and 12 VET Curriculum – April 2 to 6, 2020
Outcome:
Professional learning to develop a clear and immediate plan for how to restructure and reprioritise training and assessment activities considering the shared availability of resources for students.
This session will cover:
- ASQA advice
- COVID19 information flow for VET teachers
- Microsoft Teams industry area set up
- ‘Using Canvas Assessment for VET Courses’ – canvas course with how to instructions
- What next term’s planning looks like for you?
- What gaps do people have?
- How can you support each other?
- What else do you need?
Using Canvas and Office365 to support learning from home
Outcome:
- Develop understanding and/skills in the use of Canvas and Office365 to support learning from home.
Access to these live webinars and recordings will be through the Years 11 and 12 website Professional Learning Page.
DoE staff can access further information relating to DoE schools and PL on the TLC website
Schedule
Tuesday 31st March
11:00 – 11:30 – Getting Started With Canvas (beginners) Join Here
12.00 – 12.30 – Getting to Know Office 365 (beginners) Join Here
12.30 – 1.00pm – Getting to Know Office 365 (beginners) Join Here
12.30 – 1.00pm – Setting up a class notebook in OneNote (beginners) Join Here
2pm – 2.30pm – Diving Deeper With Canvas – Adding content to your course Join Here
Wednesday 1st April
11:00 – 11:30 – Getting Started With Canvas (beginners) Join Live Event Here
11:30 – 12:00 – Canvas Commons - Sharing resources, Importing learning resources Join Live Event Here
12:00 – 12:30 – Office365 – Managing emails, Providing feedback in OneNote Join Here
12:30 – 1:00 – Office365 - Sharing resources through Teams Join Here
2pm – 2:30 – Canvas Communicating teaching and learning with students – Discussions Join Live Event Here
2:30pm – 3pm – Getting Started With Canvas (beginners) Join Live Event Here
Thursday 2nd April
9:00 – 10:00 – Electrotechnology VET Professional Learning Community Join Here
10:30 – 11:30 – Automotive and Engineering Pathways VET Professional Learning Community Join Here
11:00 – 11:30 – Canvas Communicating teaching and learning with students – Assignments Join Live Event Here
11:30 – 12:00 – Getting Started With Canvas (beginners) Join Live Event Here
12:00 – 12:30 – Getting to Know Office 365 (beginners) Join Here
12:30 – 1:00pm – Using Teams for collaborative planning Join Here
12:30 – 1:30pm – Construction and Furniture VET Professional Learning Community Join Here
2pm – 2:30 – Canvas Communicating teaching and learning with students – Discussions Join Live Event Here
2pm – 3pm – Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Studies VET Professional Learning Community Join Here
2:30pm – 3pm – Getting Started With Canvas (beginners) Join Live Event Here
Friday 3rd April
9:00 – 10:00 – Foundation Skills VET Professional Learning Community Join Here
10:30 – 11:30 – Hairdressing and Beauty VET Professional Learning Community Join Here
11:00 – 11:30 – Getting Started With Canvas (beginners) Join Live Event Here
11:30 – 12:00 – Canvas – Collecting evidence of learning and giving feedback – assignments Join Live Event Here
12:00 – 12:30 – Office365 – Collecting evidence of learning and giving feedback – assignments Join Here
12:00 – 1pm – Sport, Fitness and Recreation, and Defence VET Professional Learning Community Join Here
2pm – 2:30 – Getting Started with Canvas (beginners) Join Live Event Here
2pm – 3pm – Hospitality VET Professional Learning Community Join Here
Mon 6th April
9:30am – 10:00am – Getting Started With Canvas (beginners) Join Here
9:30am – 10:30am – Tourism VET Professional Learning Community Join Here
10:00am – 10:30am – Getting to Know Office 365 (beginners) Join Here
11:00am – 11:30am – Diving Deeper With Canvas Join Here
11:00am – 12:00pm – Community Services and Health VET Professional Learning Community Join Here
12:00pm – 12:30pm – Setting up a class notebook in OneNote (beginners) Join Here
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Applied Fashion, Retail Services, ICT and Business, Creative Arts VET Professional Learning Community Join Here
2:00pm – 2:30pm – 11/12 Mathematics – Workplace, Essential, Everyday and Preliminary Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 The Natural Sciences Join Here
2:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 Design Technologies – (drop-in session) Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 Languages Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 The Arts and Learning from home Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 English Applied Join Here
2:30pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 HPE Team Leaders Join Here
3:00pm – 3:30pm – 11/12 HPE Sport courses Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 The Physical Sciences Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 The Arts – Drama Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 Essential Skills Reading and Writing Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 HASS Join Here
3:30pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 Mathematics Methods 3&4, Mathematics Specialised Join Here
3:30pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 Mixed Field – Career and work related courses Join Here
3:30pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 HPE Outdoor courses Join Here
Tues 7th April
9:00am – 9:30am – Canvas Communicating teaching and learning with students – Quizzes Join Here
9:30am – 10:00am – Office365 – Managing emails Providing feedback in OneNote Join Here
10:00am – 10:30am – Getting Started with Canvas (beginners) Join Here
10:30am – 11:00am – Canvas Commons - Sharing resources Importing learning resources Blueprint Join Here
11:00am – 11:30am – Office365 – Sharing resources through Teams Join Here
2:00pm – 2:30pm – 11/12 HPE Health courses Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 The Natural Sciences Join Here
2:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 Digital Technologies – (drop-in session) Join Here
2:00pm – 2:30pm – 11/12 Languages Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 English Foundations Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 The Arts and Learning from home Join Here
2:30pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 HPE Recreation courses Join Here
3:00pm – 3:30pm – 11/12 HPE Sport courses (repeat session) Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 The Physical Sciences Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 HASS Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 The Arts- Dance and Media Arts Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 English as an Additional Language or Dialect Join Here
3:30pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 HPE Outdoor courses (repeat session) Join Here
3:30pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 Mixed Field – other courses Join Here
3:30pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 General Mathematics 2&3 Join Here
Wed 8th April
9:30am – 10:00am – Getting Started With Canvas (beginners) – Embeddables Join Here
10:00am – 10:30am – Canvas Communicating teaching and learning with students – Marks and DoE Markbook Join Here
10:00am – 10:30am – Getting to Know Office 365 (beginners) Join Here
11:30am – 12:00pm – Getting Started With Canvas (beginners) – Collaborations Join Here
1:00pm – 1:30pm – Canvas Communicating teaching and learning with students – Conferences & Course Analytics Join Here
1:30pm – 2:00pm – Getting to Know Office 365 (beginners) Join Here
2:00pm – 2:30pm – 11/12 Languages Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 The Natural Sciences Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 The Arts and Learning from home Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 Foods – (drop-in session) Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 English Level 3 Join Here
2:30pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 Mathematics (drop-in session) Join Here
2:30pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 HPE Health courses (repeat session) Join Here
3:00pm – 3:30pm – 11/12 HPE Recreation courses (repeat session) Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 Agriculture – (drop-in session) Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 The Physical Sciences Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 The Arts – Music and Visual Arts Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 HASS Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 English Literature Join Here
3:30pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 Mixed Field – Career and work related courses Join Here
3:30pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 HPE General – (drop-in session) Join Here
3:30pm – 4:00pm – Learning Online Join Here
Thurs 9th April
9:30am – 10:00am – Office365 Collecting evidence of learning and giving feedback – assignments Join Here
10:00am – 10:30am – Getting Started With Canvas (beginners) – Embeddables Join Here
12:00pm – 12:30pm – Office365 – Collecting evidence of learning and giving feedback – assignments Join Here
1:30pm – 2:00pm – Getting Started With Canvas (beginners) – Collaborations Join Here
2:00pm – 2:30pm – Canvas Collecting evidence of learning and giving feedback – assignments using quizzes Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 The Natural Sciences Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 The Arts and Learning from Home Join Here
2:00pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 Preliminary English and Practical English Join Here
2:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 Technologies (any course) – (drop-in session) Join Here
2:30pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 HPE – General – (drop-in session) Join Here
2:30pm – 3:00pm – 11/12 Languages Join Here
3:00pm – 3:30pm – 11/12 HPE Team Leaders Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 HASS Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 The Physical Sciences Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 The Arts – Q and A- All five art forms Join Here
3:00pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 English Writing Join Here
3:30pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 Mixed Field – other courses Join Here
3:30pm – 4:00pm – 11/12 Mathematics (drop-in session) Join Here