Setting Up a Passion Profile (2 of 3)

Setting Up a Passion Profile (2 of 3)

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • ...

Course Summary

This Course is Part 2 of 3 Courses. In this series of three courses, you will learn what passion-led learning is and why it is important. In Course 2, you will explore what a Passion Profile is and how this process evolves, including the role of student interviews and student strengths, as well as how to involve families in this work.

You will learn:

  1. What a Passion Profile is and how to use one
  2. How to have conversations with students about their passions
  3. What to do with Passion Profiles

Course time:

This course will take you 2 hours 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:

  • 1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students
  • 1.2 Understand how students learn
  • 3.1 Establish challenging learning goals
  • 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice

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

Introduction

01.
Start Here
02.
About this Course
03.
Set a Learning Goal
What is a Passion Profile?

What is a Passion Profile?

04.
Concept
05.
Process of Creating Passion Profiles
06.
Getting students ready for Passion Profiles
Student Passion Profiles

Student Passion Profiles

07.
The Questions
08.
Conducting Interviews with Students
09.
Students who Struggle to Identify Passions
Using Passion Profiles

Using Passion Profiles

10.
Involving Families
11.
Analysing and Interpreting Passion Profiles
12.
Develop Action Plans Based on Profiles
Reflection

Reflection

13.
Taxonomy of Reflection
14.
Congratulations!

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will this take to complete?

This course will take you 2 hours 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?

You will get a Cool.org certificate when you finish, which you can access any time via your personal dashboard, it will also be sent to you by email.

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:

  • 1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students
  • 1.2 Understand how students learn
  • 3.1 Establish challenging learning goals
  • 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice

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?

General Capabilities 

  • Critical and Creative Thinking 
  • Personal and Social Capability 
  • Ethical Understanding

Who are the instructors?

Madelaine Imber is a leadership coach and instructional designer with experience across a diverse range of educational settings, including schools, government departments, TAFEs, universities and the not-for-profit sector. She is passionate about high-quality teacher professional learning.

Hamish Curry has been involved in education and learning settings for over 25 years. He trained as a primary and secondary teacher but spent most of his teaching time with those tricky Year 9s. He has also worked in unique learning settings, from schools in the UK to English training in Japan and managing learning at the State Library of Victoria. He has also specialised in design thinking for learning and leading the Asia Education Foundation on intercultural learning. In fact, if anything has something to do with learning and its design, Hamish will always be interested in making it better.

With thanks to our partner

This course was developed in partnership with the Australian Learning Lecture (ALL). ALL acts as a hub and a catalyst, working with the world’s leading knowledge shapers to drive impact in key areas of education and the need for change.

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