Common use of Professional Involvement Clause in Contracts

Professional Involvement. participation in a wide range of professional activities at classroom, school or community levels as follows: (I) Work relating to classroom activities – involvement in curriculum and resource development and planning; involvement in reflective and adaptive classroom practice; including knowledge and preparation of syllabus content; relevance of methodology used. (II) Promotion of learning in the classroom - assessed by the Principal and/or the Principal’s nominee as able to create a learning environment that engages students in their learning by the use of a variety of teaching strategies and management of the classroom to promote learning. As part of the assessment the Principal and/or the Principal’s nominee may make direct observations of the classroom practice for up to two lessons which will include assessing the class rapport, tone, discipline and motivation. (III) Involvement beyond the classroom – sharing and learning knowledge and skills with and from peers; involvement in cooperative planning. (IV) As a member of the whole school – effective involvement as a team member; effective contribution to the life of the School. A Teacher should be assessed as highly skilled and competent on the basis of the Teacher’s professional involvement and shall have participated in a satisfactory level of in-service or tertiary study.