Leadership of Technology subjects
These Leadership pages assist technology teachers and head teachers to explore the qualities of effective head teachers and to identify strategies for improving student learning outcomes and for enhancing faculty practice in key leadership areas.
Leading and managing the faculty – reflection matrix
The reflection matrix was developed to assist head teachers and their faculties to identify existing leadership and management practices and to target areas for improvement. Three levels of performance have been outlined for each leadership area, from basic through to high-level operation. The levels recognise that effective change occurs step-by-step over time.
The Leading and managing the faculty – reflection matrix can be downloaded as a PDF file.
Curriculum Support article - Term 2, 2007
Professional Learning and Leadership Directorates webpages
The leadership area of the Professional Learning and Leadership Directorate's webpages provide useful resources for faculty leaders including:
First time executive - leadership toolkit (DET intranet)
Tools for review
Assistance from technology teachers across NSW, has resulted in the development of templates to assist the process of reviewing the teaching programs and practices of Stage 4 and 5 technology subjects. The following table provides the templates in:
- Word format to allow easy modification to meet school needs and
- PDF format to enable better print layout.
| Syllabus | Word .doc | |
| Technology (mandatory) | select | select |
| Agriculture technology | select | select |
| Design and technology | select | select |
| Food technology | select | select |
| Graphics technology | select | select |
| Industrial technology | select | select |
| Information and software technology (IST) | select | select |
| Textiles technology | select | select |
Workshop materials
Materials presented and distributed at the series of regional workshops are available for viewing and download. The materials include word documents, PDF files, power point files and video clips. view the materials
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