Course description
Stay connected.
Stay informed.
Take charge of your professional journey.
BeTTR Hour is a series of one-hour online sessions, tailored to the needs of Early Career Teachers (ECT). The program focuses on the fundamentals of teaching and learning meaningful to ECTs, with opportunities to connect with subject matter experts within DECYP, as well as nationally and internationally acclaimed leaders in education.
BeTTR Hour is for ECTs in their first four years of practice. Held twice per term, participants can enrol in individual sessions, or the whole series.
Course outcomes
Participants in this program will:
- Build confidence and knowledge in key focus areas that relate to teaching and learning for ECTs
- Deepen understanding of supports and resources available at DECYP
- Develop a professional learning network with other ECTs
Australian Professional Standards
- Standard 1 – Know students and how they learn
- Standard 2 – Know content and how to teach it
- Standard 3 – Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
- Standard 4 – Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
- Standard 5 – Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
- Standard 6 – Engage in professional learning
- Standard 7 – Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community