Strengthening induction through QTR

The Australian Government has funded the University of Newcastle to undertake a project to expand Quality Teaching Rounds over the next four years.

The project aims to improve the morale, confidence, job satisfaction, and retention of early career teachers. Research shows participation in QTR also improves teaching quality and student achievement.

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Eligibility

This project is open to all Australian schools, across all states, territories and sectors. At least 50% of a school’s participating teachers must be in the first three years of their teaching career.

Schools should form professional learning communities of four teachers (schools can have multiple PLCs in the project). Schools can form PLCs across networks of schools or enter the project with individual early career teachers who we will pair with other PLCs to participate through our QTR Digital platform.

What’s involved

Eligible teachers will attend a two-day QTR workshop, either face-to-face or online. They will then participate in a set of Quality Teaching Rounds in their school or via our QTR Digital platform for teachers participating across schools.

Teachers will be asked to complete several short, online surveys before and after participating in QTR. A small subset of teachers and principals will be asked to participate in researcher interviews.

Benefits

All participating teachers will receive free registration to a two-day QTR workshop, either face-to-face or online. Research shows participating in QTR improves teaching quality, teacher morale, and student academic achievement.

Connecting early career teachers with experienced teachers through QTR leads to an improved school culture, greater job satisfaction and connectedness of teachers to their colleagues and the school. Mentors and experienced teachers will be better able to support teacher induction both within and beyond the life of the project.

One school leader and one mentor from each school will be invited to attend a free leadership and mentoring conference.

Expressions of interest

Submit an expression of interest via the below form to receive additional information about this project in early 2023.

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Eligibility

What’s involved

Benefits

QTR for all teachers:

Strengthening induction:

Leadership conference:

Expressions of interest