Cross disciplinary teams in learning (Time 01.25)

Mark Sparvell: 'Jayne, often in schools we group our staff in "like" teams for professional learning but at the ASMS you don't always do that. What are the benefits of intentionally using cross-disciplinary teams as a delivery mode for professional learning?'

Jayne Heath: 'Because they're not in project-based groups or teams, they don't get caught up in talking about the content. They actually have to talk about teaching and learning. For non-teaching staff, it's critical that they are seen to have a valuable place in relation to teaching and the learning culture of the school and that they too have a responsibility to be learning about what's happening in the school and to improve their own capacity – but also for the teachers to understand more about each other's practice so, if it's outside your subject area, you will hear about what people are doing in those subject areas which may be relevant to you instead of being caught up in your own subject area… your own sort of culture around that teaching post.'



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