Experienced teachers set to open their doors

A group of dedicated and experienced teaching staff, in conjunction with the Professional Learning and Staff Development Team, are collaborating to pilot an ‘Open for Observation’ program in Session 2.

Observe teaching in action

Teaching staff will have the opportunity to attend a ‘live’ class and observe another MQ colleague in action:

• see their teaching practices and techniques;
• learn about the tools and technologies they use;
• connect with colleagues within and beyond your discipline;
• gain a contemporary student perspective to inform your own teaching.

How will the ‘Open for Observation’ program work?

Below are details of classes that are open for observation. The range of class types includes tutorials, seminars, lectures and workshops. If you are interested, you can book in to attend as an observer. You will then be sent the relevant Zoom link and any other relevant information for that class.

You’ll be in the class with the students, just observing though, not participating or interacting with students yourself. As an observer, you will be provided with a guided Reflection Sheet to record your observations with prompts that will focus on capturing practices and techniques that you may wish to explore for your own teaching development.

It’s a great opportunity to get another perspective on teaching and to reflect afterwards on your own teaching practice.

Timetable of classes available for observation in Session 2 2021 (22nd September- 3rd November only)

Below are details of the classes where current teaching staff members have indicated that they are willing to have other teaching staff observe their class. If you are interested in observing one of these classes, please click on the relevant link to see details of the dates and times of classes and to book. Note the number of observers in any one class may be limited.

Unit (& link to Unit Guide)	Teacher	Class Type	Faculty	Link to View Dates/times & book to observe
AFCP8101 Financial System, Participants & Instruments	Shane Magee	1.5 hr Workshop	MQBS	AFCP8101 observation timetable
APPL6010 Planning & Programming in TESOL	Agnes Bodis	2 hr Tutorial	FMHHS	APPL6010/8240 observation timetable
APPL8240 Language Testing & Evaluation	Agnes Bodis	2 hr Tutorial	FMHHS	APPL6010/8240 observation timetable
CROA1020 Croatian Studies 2	Jasna Novak Milic	2 hr Seminar	FoA	CROA1020/2020 observation timetable
CROA2020 Croatian Studies 4	Jasna Novak Milic	2 hr seminar	FoA	CROA1020/2020 observation timetable
PSYU2235 Developmental Psychology	Josephine Paparo	2 hr lecture	FMHHS	PSYU235 observation timetable *Now closed*
MEDI2004 Pharmacology Fundamentals	Marina Junquiera-Santiago	2 hr Tutorial	FMHHS	MEDI2004 observation timetable

We are very excited to be working with teaching staff across the faculties to make this possible.

If you would like to open the door to your classroom, contact: professional.learning@mq.edu.au

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