Big Picture Distinguisher: 

Distinguisher #11: 

Teachers and leaders are learners too

New ideas constantly emerge as part of the learning cycle process. Teachers and leaders in Big Picture schools and programs regularly attend to new ideas and learn new ways of working. They develop reflective practice and find ways of sharing this learning with others.

Towards the end of Term 2 some of our staff attended Big Picture Learning Workshops in Western Australia. Marianne Olsen attended a 5-day Senior Years Training Course. Participants from across Australia came together to understand the key elements of the design in Years 11 and 12 including senior project, autobiography, social action projects, and Leaving 2 Learn.

Hayley Gangell, Mel Tyson, and Jacqui Leslie attended the 5-day Foundation Training. This included building their understanding of the key elements of the Big Picture learning design, focussing on Advisory, projects, Leaving 2 Learn, narratives, and the Big Commitment.

Staff had the opportunity to learn from Eliott Washor, Co-Founder of Big Picture. Eliott spent time with our advisors when he visited our school on Monday, 12^th and Tuesday, 13^th May.