Our Whole School Professional Learning Program is designed to support whole school, sustainable change.
It provides practical ways to strengthen partnerships between families and school staff and promote improved learning outcomes for autistic students.
This free program provides a combination of face to face learning experiences and online learning activities, leading to the implementation of a school action plan.
‘The Positive Partnerships training is relevant, current and highly applicable to the school environment.’
Principal, Queensland
Participants will:
- Explore current evidence informed research and information about autism and better understand the impact on a young person’s learning and participation
- Investigate the processes and strategies that strengthen effective partnerships between home and school
- Plan and implement strategies that support the young person to maximise learning in the school and home environment
- Foster an inclusive school culture through productive partnerships between school, home and the broader community
Program Stages:
Stage 1
- Meet with Positive Partnerships staff member to confirm involvement and discuss expectations and commitment
- Form a school Action Team (up to 5 staff) to coordinate the program and lead change within the school
- Whole staff complete a survey to identify school strengths and priority areas
- The Action Team participate in a planning day to review survey data and work with Positive Partnerships staff to plan content delivery of 2-day whole staff professional learning
Stage 2
- Whole staff complete the online module ‘An introduction to autism’. This gives a foundational understanding of autism prior to the workshop. It will take approximately 2.5 hours to complete
Stage 3
- Whole staff participate in two face-to-face workshop days
- Action Team supports colleagues’ learning at the workshop and the development of action plans based on survey data
Stage 4
- Post-workshop, whole staff complete two online learning activities and contribute to an online forum
- Whole staff participate in the implementation of school action plans developed at the workshop
- A certificate is issued to staff who complete all elements of the program
Frequently asked Questions
What does it cost to attend the workshops?
- There is no cost to attend Positive Partnerships workshops.
What resources do we receive?
- A small funding allocation is available to support schools’ participation in the program. (contact us for more details)
- Attendees will also get access to templates and tools that help them to better understand how to support a student and to work in partnership with families.
Find out more
If you think this program may be suitable for your school and you want to speak to one of our team, please click on the coordinator for your state or territory and complete the enquiry form. You can also download a brochure of the program specific to your state or territory.
