Kirsten Durward Professional Development
Learner-focused.
Practical outcomes.
Professional learning built with your school around the goals, people and areas of practice you want to strengthen.
How we work together
Start with a focus.
Start with a goal.
Start with an area of practice.
The ignition points draw on developed content, practical approaches and years of experience improving learning. They are places to begin — not preset workshops or fixed packages.
Start with a strategic goal, improvement priority or area of practice.
From there, we work together to determine what will best support learning in your context — what to prioritise, what to connect and how to engage your people.
The professional learning can then be shaped around your annual goals, strategic plan and the progress you want to see.
“Kirsten skillfully tailored the workshop to be approachable for everyone. She took the time to meet beforehand to understand our school context and made adjustments as needed during the workshop. I highly recommend working with Kirsten.”
Ignition points
Where do you want to
strengthen learning?
These five connected ignition points are not separate workshop packages. They are areas we can draw from, connect and adapt around your school’s priorities, strengthening pedagogical practice and leadership impact.
Inquiry
How do learners investigate, think and construct understanding?
Move beyond generic inquiry to explore the knowledge, concepts, skills and disciplinary practices that give inquiry substance.
Explore Inquiry →Conceptual learning
What do we want learners to understand and transfer?
Strengthen the connections between knowledge, concepts and skills, and design learning that enables students to use what they understand in new contexts.
Explore Conceptual learning →Assessment
How do we know what is happening in learning — and what happens next?
Integrate assessment with learning so evidence, feedback and learner thinking inform responsive teaching and meaningful next steps.
Explore Assessment →AI & learning
What changes — and what remains fundamental — when AI enters learning?
Look beyond the tools to examine what AI means for teaching, thinking, knowledge, assessment and the learning experiences we design.
Explore AI & learning →Collaboration & coaching
How do we build the collective capacity to improve practice?
Strengthen professional thinking, coaching skills and collaborative practice so teams can learn, develop and move work forward together.
Explore Collaboration & coaching →Tailored professional learning
Your ignition point might
not be on this page.
Schools are different, priorities overlap and improvement rarely sits neatly inside one area.
Bring your strategic goals, annual priorities or the learning you want to strengthen. Together, we can identify the most useful place to begin and shape the professional learning from there.