New South Wales
Country Areas Program
Projects That Really Make a Difference!

 Project: Learning Styles and Better Teaching Practice
Type: Wagga Wagga District Initiative
Coordinators: Wendy Robinson
Participating Schools: Quandialla CS, Grenfell PS, Caragbal PS
Attributes addressed: Self, Communication, Self Directed Learning
Barriers:

• students not aware of their learning style
• current teaching not catering for all learners
• staff are isolated from and limited access to T & D on teaching processes and learning styles
• staff and parents have limited knowledge of teaching models based on learning and teaching styles

Overview:

 This initiative aims to increase student outcomes by creating a whole school approach to the delivery of lessons which explicitly address the needs of student learning styles. Through a planned and ongoing Training and Development program, involving a workshop presentation on teaching and learning styles and strategies to calibrate the effectiveness of lesson delivery teachers will:

• develop a better understanding of learning styles
• cater for the different learning styles of their students
• learn effective stategies to use in their teaching and learning practice
• be critical and reflective of their teaching to confidently support their colleagues in using teaching stategies which cater for different learning styles

Implementation

Staff Development Day (all staff)

• highlighting good teaching practice
• presenting cooperative learning processes
• identifying learning styles
• calibration techniques to evealuate teaching effectiveness

Staff Meetings

• Ongoing staff meetings to focus and reflect on teaching practice, and promote effective strategies and processes being used in the classroom.

Mentor Program

• Teachers provided with release time to work with another member of staff to calibrate a lesson, provide feedback to the teacher and support the teacher in further teaching and learning planning.

Parent Meeting

• Teachers will present programs to parents.