Course Summary
How to Sustain Change in Schools: Strategies for Long-Term Impact is a practical course designed for educators and leaders who want to ensure that change in their classroom, school, or organisation sticks. This course focuses on strategies to maintain momentum and ensure lasting impact by incorporating key insights from behavioural science.
You’ll learn effective techniques for sustaining change, how to set realistic goals for long-term progress, and how to guide others in maintaining enthusiasm and focus through transitions. A must for anyone looking to create meaningful, lasting change in education.
You will learn:
- The basics of behavioural science, shared by international experts.
- Different strategies that support groups of people to maintain the momentum of change.
- How to use and teach with a tool that focuses on setting realistic goals.
Course time:
This course will take you 1 hour to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.
Accreditation:
This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours:
Proficient Teacher – all states and territories except ACT
- 3.7.2. Plan for appropriate and contextually relevant opportunities for parents/carers to be involved in their children’s learning.
- 4.2.2 Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities.
This course is not currently accredited in the ACT (TQI). However, it can be counted towards teacher identified learning hours (ACT).
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Course Content
Introduction
Maintaining Momentum
Reflection
Course instructors
Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech startup and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!
Frequently Asked Questions
How long will this take to complete?
This course will take you 1 hour to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.
How does it work?
This course is on-demand and for private study. Learn at your own pace and at times that suit you. Get a certificate when you finish. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard
Is this course accredited?
This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours:
Proficient Teacher – all states and territories except ACT:
- 3.7.2. Plan for appropriate and contextually relevant opportunities for parents/carers to be involved in their children’s learning.
- 4.2.2 Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities.
This course is not currently accredited in the ACT (TQI). However, it can be counted towards teacher identified learning hours (ACT).
What are the curriculum links?
- Foundation to Year 6: Civics and Citizenship, goal setting, creating change
- Year 7 to Year 10: Civics and Citizenship, goal setting, creating change
- General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding
- Cross-curriculum priorities: Sustainability
Who are the instructors?
Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech startup and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!
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