Orbis
The University of Melbourne has established a strategic industry partnership with Orbis to deliver exemplary professional learning to South Australian teachers, leaders and educators, as part of the South Australian Department for Education’s (DfE) commitment to becoming a world-class public education system by 2028.
The partnership commenced in 2018 with co-designing of the four flagship programs in literacy - primary, literacy - secondary, numeracy - primary and instructional leadership. All of these programs were successfully piloted in 2019. Since that time, the partnership has expanded to a suite of over 10 professional learning programs, including preschool and curriculum disciplines English, Science and HASS, and dedicated masterclasses.
Since the establishment of the program, the University has delivered professional learning programs to 40+ cohorts of learners with a reach of more than 1100 South Australian educators.
Figure 1: Professional Learning programs co-designed and piloted in 2019-21
For more information, visit the Orbis website.
All professional learning programs have been developed through an extensive co-design with South Australian teachers, school leaders and curriculum experts to ensure explicit understanding of local needs. All programs represent contextualisation to the local curriculum, frameworks and planning and improvement cycles.
Key features include:
- Intensive-based teaching model, with facilitated coaching embedded throughout delivery
- Applied Learning Project – school based project to apply new skills and knowledge developed in the program
- Rigorous design – tailored for the Australian curriculum, and supported with formative and summative Evidence for Learning tasks that enable advanced standing into graduate courses at MGSE
- Contextualised – customised content specifically targeted to South Australian frameworks and system-level learning needs
- Flexible and adaptive – all programs can be delivered seamlessly in either face-to-face, blended or fully online modes
- Research underpinnings – our programs are designed by leading academics with a clear and explicit link to current evidence-based research around innovative best-practice strategies to improve student achievement.
Figure 2: Sample Overview of Professional Learning Program
The UoM Orbis team is composed of internationally renowned academics and experts in education, who deliver a rigorous program based on the latest research and innovative approaches.
MGSE Staff include:
- John Hattie
- Stephen Dinham
- Helen Stokes
- Larissa Mclean Davies
- Nicola Yelland
- Tricia Eadie
- Jan Van Driel
- Wee Tiong Seah
- Jeana Kriewaldt
- Rob Sbaglia
- Pauline Thompson
- Jessica Gannaway
- Troy Potter
- Julie Hamston
- Annemaree O’Brien
- Ryan Dunn
- Cath Pearn
- Natasha Ziebell
- Carmel Mesiti
- Helen Cozmescu
- Bree Hurn
- Trish Bremner
- Jeanne Iorio
- Cath Pearn
- Penny Levickis
- Edith Nicolas
- Alex Bacalja
- Emma Stevenson
- Emily Rochette
- Maurice Toscano
- Jeff Kinsman
- John Whitehouse
- Amanda Ritter
For further information or enquiries about training partnerships, please contact MGSE:
- Administrator: orbis-programs@unimelb.edu.au
- Senior Business Development Manager: fiona.luck@unimelb.edu.au