How do teachers and schools benefit from the course?

The Reflective Teacher course coaches teachers in the practices of highly effective people. Through this course teachers will:

• Turn occasional reflective practice into a rewarding professional habit
• Deepen their understanding and contextualisation of the APST (AITSL) or ISTAA standards in terms of their current practice
• Develop a stronger evidence base upon which to self-assess against their professional standards
• Prioritise and set professional learning goals and develop professional learning plans
• Develop techniques to engage peers and curate resources to support their planned professional learning activities
• Develop agency, a growth mindset and a Professional Learning Network (PLN) to drive their professional learning
• Learn to interpret and respond to data related to their professional learning and ongoing reflective practice
• Use the mme moe app each step to continue a cycle of professional learning, daily, weekly, termly and beyond
• Reclaim their profession by shifting from a compliance mindset to a growth mindset,  modelling effective learning
• Secure 20 hours of NESA Registered PD (for teachers across NSW)
• Retain use of the mme moe app for a full year.

Schools and school leaders also benefit as their staff participate in the course. Through the course, schools and leadership teams will:

• Grow as communities of reflective practice
• Form a shared understanding of the APST standards in different contexts with all staff
• Encourage PD as a process, not an event
• Grow the capacity to shift from isolated annual reviews to continuous professional engagement
• Access, interpret and inform decision-making with the anonymous aggregated professional learning data collected through staff use of the mme moe app from day to day
• Potentially remove the need for annual professional evaluation forms and paperwork. mme moe app transforms PD management
• See the teaching staff development their competencies, agency, professional eportfolios and learning plans.

How, when and where does the course run?

There are course options for schools. Your entire teaching and executive staff take the course as a team exercise at your school campus, however, faculties or other sub-groups can be catered for. Up to 100% of the NESA endorsed course can be completed online, however, a blended model is available and recommended where practical, combining 10 to 13 hours of face-to-face staff workshops. The course can be spread over a one or two term period.  Seven hours of the course involves individual on-demand use of the mme moe coaching app for professional learning throughout the year.

Throughout the course, the mme moe teacher coaching app serves as a companion.

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How does the course address the specified APST standards?

Through this course, teachers:

• Develop habits of reflective practice at the APST (Australian Professional Standards for Teachers) standard 6.1.2 Proficient Teacher level
• Acquire a more detailed understanding of their current competence across all APST Proficient Teacher standards (6.1.2, 6.2.2, 6.4.2)
• Prioritise their specific professional learning objectives
• Plan for and undertake further learning to develop in a collegial context (6.1.2, 6.2.2, 6.4.2).

While the mme moe team can service most NSW school locations face-to-face, partial or complete online delivery is also and option.

​Having undertaken the course, teachers reflect more effectively day-to-day on their practice according to the APST standards. The course, in combination with the mme moe application, provides teachers with strategies and tools to act on their reflections, creating and executing development plans prior to, independent of, and/or in conjunction with the actions of a supervisor or mentor. In this way, teachers are afforded greater opportunity to take responsibility for their learning and development.

FAQs

Where can i find more information about the course?

These FAQs are a good start. You can also send us an online request in the form below and we will send you an information kit. If you let us know a little about your situation, we can tailor it for you. You will also glean more about the course app and our approach to professional learning on this site. Otherwise, email us at info@mme-moe.com and we will be in touch.

What's included for The Fee?

The fee includes:

• The Reflective Teacher course which delivers 20 hours of NESA Registered PD at the Proficient Teacher level
• A mme moe companion app subscription for each participant, throughout the course and beyond for a year
• Delivery by highly qualified mme moe trainers. Our trainers are very experienced with backgrounds as university-based teacher coaches, faculty heads, school system auditors, former NESA (BoSTES) and TAFE curriculum advisors and consultants to education ministries domestically and abroad
• The ability to connect online through mme moe with course participants as a professional learning network
• A direct connection with your trainer at and between sessions through the mme moe course app 
• 13 of the 20 hours are in hands-on workshop mode. Even when taken online by individuals, participants experience a personalised, active tutorial or workshop group experience for 13 scheduled hours
• Personal and whole faculty/school professional learning analytics generated by the mme moe app throughout the course and beyond for 12 months.  mme moe Analytics inform professional learning goals, gains and decisions at both the practitioner and school/faculty level
• Access to the mme moe app beyond the course to continue reflective practice and professional learning. Annual renewals for the mme moe app are optional and cost effective
• Through the mme moe app, each participant can build their professional portfolio. Each school team is able to map PD resources to APST standards for access by all teachers
• The mme moe app is often used to support annual teacher reviews processes.

Note: There are no PowerPoint lectures in the course. Sessions are more hands-on. Selected professional reading material provided in the course is linked to practical activities. There course brings teachers together for important continuing professional discussions.The Reflective Teacher course offers an engaging, empowering experience for practitioners, individually and collectively.

What if I want to do the course on my own?

We encourage teachers to speak with their school or faculty/KLA coordinators to do this course as a team. The Reflective Teacher course is an ideal team development activity. Nonetheless, we do offer the 20-hour course to individual teachers or teacher leaders wholly online. This individual participant option costs $1,800 plus GST per teacher and includes four one-hour online sessions and 9 hours of out of session practical activities. The final 7 hours of the course is through the ongoing use of the mme moe professional learning application in daily practice.  This approach ensures the same depth and quality course experience as doing it onsite with a whole staff.

Importantly, the course online Course provides a lot more than online reading, assessments, discussion forums and written feedback. Participants get a live, synchronous workshop tutorial group experience; hands-on activities they get to take into daily practice, and have access to the mme moe app that follows them through the process each day.

Individual practitioners can indicate their interest in the course by using the online form below. We will then be in touch.

HOW is The Reflective teacher course unique and beneficial?

As a BoSTES endorsed course, The Reflective Teacher course is unique and beneficial as it:

1. Immerses participants in the coaching methods of highly effective people
2. Leverages the mme moe teacher coaching app to make the course all about each participant's actual practice and development. It is not 'one size fits all'
3. Is highly practical, driving more holistic levels of professional reflection against the APST standards
4. Increases teacher agency. This inspires professional learning planning and engagement 
5. While the course has a strong individual development component, it is collegial - a powerful team experience. The course and companion mme moe app strengthen professional buddy and mentoring relationships and culture
6. The course is available onsite and/or online to suit participants. Geography is no barrier
7. The mme moe app is embedded with the APST competency statements, enabling participants to reflect, self-assess and grow against those standards, developing a unique online professional learning eportfolio and Professional Learning Network in the process
8. Upon completion of the course, participants continue to benefit from their ongoing use of the mme moe teacher app, putting into practice the skills and approaches learnt throughout the course.  The course is sustainable
9. Each school or faculty group obtains detailed, real-time data regarding professional reflective practice and professional learning across the entire staff. This is done in a way to protect teacher privacy, yet enable school executives and staff to see the entire staff professional learning journey through powerful online graphical visualisations. The Course also trains staff and executives to interpret and best respond to data provided through teacher use of the Course app.
10. The course represents excellent value for money, leveraging the cost-advantage of the mme moe online tool.

Are there any 'techy' requirements?

Not really. If you are reading this, you have all the technology you need. Course participants only need to have access to a device with an Internet browser. The device can be a mobile phone, tablet, laptop or PC. It does not matter if the device is Mac, Windows or Android, and all major browsers are supported. There is no need for high speed Internet. A typical Internet connection is fine. Personal devices (BYOD) are encouraged. The course app works at school and home and anywhere you are online. Users can switch devices with ease and still access their mme moe account.

When does the course run?

The Course can run from any time in the school year. We liaise with your school or faculty/KLA to arrange course kick off session dates that work for you. Course session delivery is somewhat flexible. The course usually commences with a full-day onsite workshop followed by a half-day or one-hour sessions thereafter. After the main onsite or online sessions, participants complete the course using the mme moe course app on an on-demand basis. The course can be run within a term or stretched across a couple of terms.

​HOW MUCH DOES THE COURSE COST?

It depends. The entire 20 hour BoSTES endorsed PD course, including the annual mme moe companion app subscription, costs $450 per teacher plus GST if taken as a whole staff at a larger school on a blended, onsite and online, basis. The cost for a small school or faculty of around 10 staff is higher, around $750 per teacher if taken mostly online. The Course fee for an individual teacher is $1,800 plus GST and includes personalised online sessions. Prices can also vary depending on how much of the course is taken onsite vs. online. To obtain an exact quote, please complete the form below with your preferences and we will send you an information package and quote.

What if our whole school system wants to do this?

We welcome school systems to adopt the Reflective Teacher course and mme moe course coaching app on a more systemic basis. Catholic diocesan schools, multiple private school campuses, DEC school clusters and TAFE Institutes can contact us to discuss options. mme moe has the capacity to deliver the Reflective Teacher course across multiple schools and we are able to train PD specialists at Catholic Education, DoE and other agency offices. We also can also provide a variant of the course for practicum stage students attending teaching degree courses.

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