Why Deep Learning?

Designing for Deep Learning Network is a specialised AISNSW program that supports school executive and senior teachers to incorporate the learning competencies (6Cs) into their whole of school teaching and learning programs to underpin the curriculum.

Deep Learning integrates academic skills with personal and social capabilities and gives priorities to those capabilities and dispositions that support whole-school learning and living.

Creativity

Having an 'entrepreneurial eye' for economic and social opportunities, asking the right inquiry questions to generate novel ideas, and leadership to pursue those ideas and turn them into action.

Critical Thinking

Critically evaluating information and arguments, seeing patterns and connections, constructing meaningful knowledge, and applying in the real world.

Communication

Communicating effectively with a variety of styles, modes, and tools (including digital tools), tailored for a range of audiences.

Character

Learning to deep learn, armed with the essential character traits of grit, tenacity, perseverance, and resilience; and the ability to make learning an integral part of living.

Citizenship

Thinking like global citizens, considering global issues based on a deep understanding of diverse values and worldviews, and with a genuine interest and ability to solve ambiguous and complex real-world problems that impact human and environmental sustainability.

Collaboration

Work interdependently and synergistically in teams with strong interpersonal and team-related skills including effective management of team dynamics and challenges, making substantive decisions together, and learning from and contributing to the learning of others.

The AISNSW offer for our schools

Schools commit to becoming active members of the AISNSW Designing for Deep Learning Network. As part of this network, each school has access to:

an introductory professional learning event
a suite of validated tools and capacity building resources including learning progressions, rubrics, exemplars, videos, webinars, presentations, and more
regular, ongoing coaching and consultancy support tailored to your school
exclusive and ongoing professional learning events
a facilitated and high-functioning network to leverage collective capacity and learning.

This is a 2-year dedicated program and the offering reflects a co-contribution model through which schools contribute $17,500 (+GST) each year and commit to releasing staff as appropriate. This subsidised cost is afforded by funding provided to AISNSW by the Commonwealth Government Choice and Affordability Funding.

Designing for Deep Learning is driven by your team, for your context, and connects you to a local and global network with a shared purpose. It provides the opportunity to work together with a fresh approach to curriculum, pedagogy and assessment - the vital machinery driving learning success.

Expression of Interest

Deep Learning in Action

Deep Learning Showcase Videos

Why Deep Learning?
What Does Deep Learning look like?
What is the impact on students?
What as a teacher do you love about Deep Learning?
Why join the Designing for Deep Learning network?
What does consultancy support look like?

The 6Cs and the General Capabilities

New South Wales syllabus documents incorporate seven general capabilities across all key learning areas. Some teachers report feeling insufficiently skilled to teach and assess these well. Designing for Deep Learning will support teachers to become activators of learning, use progressions to assess starting points and monitor competency development in these over time. The six global competencies align with the general capabilities as illustrated below.