General Professional Learning Opportunities

All employees of the Department commit to engage in professional learning as part of their planning for continuous improvement. The Department supports access to quality professional learning that attends to the identified needs of employees and leads to improved student learning.

Support for quality professional learning ensures that staff:

• are confident in their abilities and capacities, including the skills and knowledge needed to respond to emerging technologies and societal change;
• assume responsibility for renewing and building on their professional skills and knowledge;
• engage in exemplary practice that is recognised and promoted; and
• feel motivated, knowing they are valued and supported. [Plan for Government Schools 2004-2007]