1. Professional Development Model, Implementation Plan and Communication Strategies

• revise professional development model
• develop implementation plan
• negotiate contract variations with DEETYA
• publicise model and implementation plan to key stakeholders
• develop communication strategy
• ongoing development of Discovering Democracy communication strategies (production of fliers and handouts)
• plan and deliver awareness raising and familiarisation workshops.

2. Professional Development Network

• initiate Queensland Discovering Democracy professional development teachers’ and stakeholders’ network
• ongoing promotion and development of Discovering Democracy network.

3. Professional Development Audit and Environmental Scan

• audit existing school-based and other civics and citizenship professional development programs
• develop and maintain environmental scan of events and links

4. Discovering Democracy Website

• initiate planning and development of Queensland Discovering Democracy web site
• engage website designer
• launch Queensland Discovering Democracy web site
• publish lesson plans from Open Learning Australia (OLA) assessment
• publish best practice exemplars from school initiative grants
• ongoing development and administration of Queensland Discovering Democracy web site.

5. University Accredited Professional Development (80-100 teachers)

• review and select University courses and units in civics and citizenship education
• design stage 1 professional development expression of interest and information survey
• distribute stage 1 professional development expression of interest and information survey
• design and distribute stage 2 professional development expression of interest and information survey
• distribute stage 2 expression of interest survey
• plan for delivery of OLA units DEM 11 and DEM 12
• audit unit contents
• maintain contact with teacher enrollees
• administer first, second and third intakes for OLA DEM 11 and DEM 12.

6. Professional Development Needs Survey

• review existing professional development needs research for the Discovering Democracy project
• design and distribute professional development needs survey
• analyse results of needs survey
• make adjustments to project design where needed.

• engage outside evaluators
• plan and coordinate evaluation surveys for each project phase
• respond to results of evaluation surveys
• adjust project model and strategies where needed.

8. Professional Development Materials

• administer and distribute extra Discovering Democracy Kits
• engage designers, writers and producers for workshop manual, presenter’s kit and schools’ kit
• manage the design and production of the materials
• materials trial and evaluation
• materials publication and distribution.

9. School Initiative Grants

• design grant applications
• administer grants
• publish reports/results.

10. Presenters’ Conferences (7 x 10-15 participants each)

• plan presenters’ conferences (Brisbane 1; Gold Coast; Sunshine Coast; Rockhampton; Toowoomba, Brisbane 2; Townsville/Cairns)
• conduct presenters’ conferences (Brisbane 1; Gold Coast; Sunshine Coast; Rockhampton; Toowoomba, Brisbane 2; Townsville/Cairns)
• initiate planning for final network conferences.

11. Teacher Workshops (80 x 7-8 participants)

• design workshops
• plan for workshop delivery
• establish and maintain contact with workshop presenters
• coordinate statewide workshop delivery
• evaluate workshop design and delivery.

12. Teachers' Conference (Cairns, March 2000)

• plan concluding network conferences
• coordinate conference organisation.

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