New Staff Onboarding

New staff were introduced to the Learning Collaborative journey via this blog and also by the supported resource created by the Catholic Schools Office available here.
During conversations there was a focus on Glow and Grow - in regards to what individuals had engaged with already with their teams practice. New staff had the opportunity to also ask questions of Learning Collaborative leaders and how this professional learing translated to our school context.

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