QUT TeachConnect Presentation, August 26th, 2016. This presentation gives a rationale for TeachConnect and its value for preservice teachers in creating a personal learning network. Instructions for logging on to TeachConnect are included: http://www.teachconnect.edu.au Presenters: Nick Kelly and Steven Kickbusch Lecturer: Peter O'Brien Location: QUT, Kelvin Grove

1. August 2016

2. An online community
to support
pre-service teachers in
the transition through
practicum and into
early career.
What is
TeachConnect?

3. Personal Learning Network (PLN)
“everything & everyone that you look to when you need to
know something about being a teacher”
• Who do you connect with?
• What do you connect with?
• When do you connect?
• Where do you connect?
• Why do you connect?

4. Community Q&A
Growing
Knowledge
database
Answering
questions
Sharing
resources
Giving
adviceKnowledge
never lost
Helping
one
another
A space for Community Knowledge
Sharing where teachers help one
another
Shared knowledge is easily accessible to
the rest of the wider community.

5. A space for deep reflection upon
teaching practice.
Pre-service and Early-career
teachers are mentored by
experienced teachers.
Mentorship Circles
Small
Private
Trusted
Stable

7. Your Student email address i.e. joe.bloggs@connect.qut.edu.au
password (you should change this straight away)

8. Time to explore TeachConnect
and your
Mentorship Circle
“There is no down side to asking””
“There are no wrong answers – just different opinions”
The more you contribute, the more you get.

9. Standard Description
6.1 Identify and plan professional
learning needs
Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Australian
Professional Standards for Teachers in identifying
professional learning needs.
6.4 Apply professional learning and
improve student learning
Demonstrate an understanding of the rationale for continued
professional learning and the implications for improved
student learning.
7.1 Meet professional ethics and
responsibilities
Understand and apply the key principles described in codes
of ethics and conduct for the teaching profession.
7.3 Engage with parents/carers Understand strategies for working effectively, sensitively and
confidentially with parents/carers.
7.4 Engage with professional
teaching networks and broader
communities
Understand the role of external professionals and community
representatives in broadening teachers’ professional
knowledge and practice.
Australian Professional Standards
for Teachers (APST)

10. Exporting Evidence for Graduate Portfolio

12. One of the things I've found is that if
any one of a group of people with
similar problems asks a question
there's a good chance that the
question will reflect some of the
thinking of their peers.
- Myles Horton

13. Steven Kickbusch
Steven.Kickbusch@qut.edu.au
Contact us
Nick Kelly
Nick.Kelly@qut.edu.au