This document discusses several topics related to the teaching profession in Australia in 2010, including teacher demographics, retention, leadership, time, and interests in professional development. It notes increasing ages among teachers, interest in resources beyond just-in-time materials, focus areas for professional learning like the senior years curriculum and literacy/numeracy, and trends in classroom practices around disciplinary vs. interdisciplinary approaches, team-based learning, and use of ICT and inquiry-based models.

1. What we see now: Teacher Associations
Annabel Astbury
HTAV
July 2010

2. Snapshot of the
profession
Age
Teacher retention
Teacher leadership
Teacher time
Increased interest in more than
‘just in time’ resources
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3. Professional Learning
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Senior Years curriculum
Specific discipline
K - 6 (Literacy and Numeracy)
Professional standards
Increasing interest in Web 2.0 but ...

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Classroom practice
Disciplinary vs Interdisciplinary
Teams
Use of ICT
Inquiry based learning

5. Teacher age
What do you see in your Teachers’ interests for PD
Awareness of professional changes
school / setting? Use of ICT in classrooms