Example Teams

Team Name	Team Topic
Y7Team	Year 7 Team - HoM & creating an environment conducive to effective learning.
Y7G7H	To use HoM strategies to promote self-regulation, cooperative learning, interdependence and better organisational skills among Years 7G & 7H.
Y7G7H	To use HoM strategies to promote self-regulation, cooperative learning, interdependence and better organisational skills among Years 7G & 7H.
FI&M	Developing students' ability to think flexibly, independently & metacognitively.
Y7-12	To apply a variety of Thinking Curriculum strategies to existing units of work and VET/VCAL - Years 7 - 12 with emphasis on Middle Years.

  Balwyn High Organisation used a single simple code to identify each of their Teams by name, with a more detailed description to explain the topic, however you can use any name up to 15 characters to describe your team.

Example Professional Development Topics

How to develop Fertile Questions

Graduate Portfolios

Introduction to Multple Intelligences

Visual learning through the De Bono's Six Thinking Hats

Exploring your laptop for effective teaching

Information and Communication Technology for Learning Activities

Continuous improvement practices and learning tools

PEEL workshop

Arthur Costa's Habits of Mind

Intranet - Basic / Advanced

Brain Based Learning

Teaching Thinking in the Middle Years

Creative Problem Solving

Developing emotional intelligence for effective learning

Mnemonics, Post Boxes and Jigsaws

Computer based problem solving

Authentic Assessment

  Balwyn High Organisation uses PDTrack to list PD from technology issues such as Intranet security and use to teaching technique and method based sessions.