Goals

**To introduce CAS calculators into year 11 Math Methods classes. Support Year 9 and 10 maths teachers in introducing the technology into their classes.**
Professional Development activity on Friday May 30th in Melbourne on introducing CAS calculators into math method classes. || ** Using the TI-Nspire CAS Calculator  ** This session will go over the layout of the calculator, the document & page structure, give tips and shortcuts on how to easily use the mouse feature and basically give a general tour so that teachers can feel more confident moving around the five environments. ||  || **  Maths Method  ** This session will give practical ways in which the TI-Nspire CAS can be used for 'CAS-active' explorations in Mathematical Methods Units 1 & 2, including Calculus, Functions and Graphs, Matrices… || This session will give practical ways in which the TI-Nspire CAS can be used for 'CAS-active' explorations in Mathematical Methods Units 3 & 4, including Calculus, Algebra and Probability   || Participants are welcome to bring questions (or email them before hand) as well as write some down over the day and the presenters will attempt to answer what they can in the time available. || Currently completing a series of online Professional Development which have familiarised me with the CAS calculators and their functions. The VCAA have published tasks and investigations at VELS level 6 on the CAS calculators which can be introduced into the classroom.
 * || ** TI-Nspire  **
 * Maths Methods Day ** ||
 * ** Start  **
 * 9:15 – 11:15 am **
 * ** 11:15 – 11:30  ** || **  Morning Tea  ** ||
 * ** 11:30 – 1:00  **
 * ** 1:00 – 1:40  ** || **  Lunch - provided  ** ||
 * ** 1:40 – 3:00 pm  ** || **  Maths Method  **
 * 3:00 – 3:30 pm ** || **  Q & A session  **.
 * 3:00 – 3:30 pm ** || **  Q & A session  **.

**To be involved in the Leaders In the Making program.**
1st workshop - Attended the first day program at Swan Hill on April 17th. Program is based on the Development Framework for School Leaders and Effective schools model. We have looked at the 5 profiles from the framework namely Technical Leadership, Human Leadership, Educational Leadership, Symbolic Leadership and Cultural Leadership. Program involves a network cluster challenge. Along with teachers at Pyramid Hill and Charlton we will be investigating whether there is a relationship between teacher satisfaction and improved student results.

Meeting on Monday June 2nd at Pyramid Hill to focus on our network challenge.

2nd workshop - Unable to attend due to ski camp

Term 2/3 Attended meetings in Pyramid Hill and Charlton to work on project. Also Video Conferenced.

The 4 day workshops throughout the year also require professional reading. The first readings I have completed is on innovative leadership which involves developing leaders not for the "present" but for the "future". It involves moving away from a situation of developing a program that looked at a person's deficiences as a leader and try and remedy them, to a situation were we build on a person's strengths and have less emphasis on a persons weaknesses.

Our cluster of schools (Charlton, Pyramid Hill and Wedderburn College) are investigating whether there is a correlation between staff morale and student morale in the 5-8 Sub schools in the North Central Cluster.

Completed the survey with students and most teachers in the 5-8 Sub School and results presented at Leadership and 5-8 Sub School meeting in the near future.

3rd workshop - 27nd August

4th workshop - 23rd October

Visit Reece High School and The Don College in Tasmania.



**Work closely with year 12 students in relation to career and tertiary goals.**
Working with Lizzie Wilde our MIPs coordinator to assist students in year 12 set "achievable" goals.

Attended the Tertiary Information Service in Charlton.

VTAC information evening Wednesday August 20th.

A extra parent teacher interview is sheduled for the last week of the term to provide parents with advice on support for the their child going into the final term.

VTAC