For the past two years, I’ve worked as a sessional Lecturer at Australian Catholic University (ACU), Banyo within the School of Education.
In my work with preservice teachers, I’ve been Lecturer-in-Charge and tutor of two units; Technologies Education and Science Education: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment both within the second-year of the primary education course.
In planning for tutorials I use hands-on learning experiences aimed at providing practical teaching and lesson planning methods for my students. I have relished the opportunity to empower and inspire the pre-service primary educators in the classes I teach and enjoy sharing resources, ideas and inspiration from my PLN. I am particularly proud to have gathered personal video messages from Queensland teachers doing excellent things in design thinking, digital technologies and food technologies speaking directly to my students in which I incorporate into my weekly lectures.
“I always value your hard work and the ocean of resources you have us behold and the way you encourage us to dive in and enjoy the water :)”
ACU students ideating with Makey Makey
ACU students get creative with LEGO Robotics
ACU students get hands on with green screen
In addition to lecturing, I have envisaged, designed and delivered a program entitled Share the Spark on behalf of ACU for two consecutive years. Share the Spark is a series of Introductory Workshops designed to support primary and middle years teachers in implementing the Australian Curriculum. In this program, I support educators to get hands-on with technology and provide practical ideas and ready-made resources for immediate implementation in their own classrooms.
In 2019, I was nominated to represent ACU at the National Education Summit. At the Education Summit, I provided an overview of the Share the Spark program at ACU and provided insights and examples from my own work with pre-service teachers.
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If you’d like to learn more about professional development workshops or public and education programs - please contact Leighann at CREATE ED here.
Leighann works with educators and students (P-12), tertiary institutions and cultural spaces of various sizes and can tailor her approach to suit what you need.