2011 Professional Development for Teachers & Educators
Follow the calendar links to the course web pages for more information about each event.
In addition to the events listed here, we can also provide tailored professional development on request for – teachers working in early childhood and school K–12 – principals and executive staff – management and support staff – parents and community.
| March | |
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| Fri 25 | Teaching Reading and Writing for Middle Years Syllabus Requirements |
| Tue 29 | Theatre by the Mad, Bad and Sad: Making theatre with troubled young people |
| Thu 31 | Certificate in Language Teaching – Parramatta Learning Pathway commences |
| April | |
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| Sat 2 | Implementing the Early Years Learning Framework and Quality Assurance Requirements (0–K) |
| Sun 3 – Thu 7 | Certificate in Language Teaching – City, North Sydney, Birrong, Strathfield, Wollongong & Distance Learning Pathways commence |
| Mon 11 – Fri 15 | Certificate in Language Teaching – Intensive Learning Pathway commences (Session 1 of 2) |
| May | |
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| Mon 2 | Lessons from the US: An evening with Linda Darling-Hammond |
| Sat 7 | Engaging with the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics for K–6 |
| June | |
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| Mon 27 & Tue 28 | Successful Learning Conference 2011 (K–10) |
| July | |
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| Mon 4 – Thu 7 | Certificate in Language Teaching – Intensive Learning Pathway finishes (Session 2 of 2) |
| Sat 30 | Engaging with the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics for 7–10 |
| August | |
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| Thu 4 & 18 | Certificate in Educational Studies (Learning Support) – Workshops 1 & 2 of 5 |
| Wed 24 | Using IWBs: Designing Effective Resources for Years 7–12 Using SMART Board |
| Tue 16 | Teaching to the Australian Curriculum: History K–10 |
| Fri 19 | Teaching Spelling Within a Balanced Writing Program (K–6) |
| September | |
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| Thu 1 & 15 | Certificate in Educational Studies (Learning Support) – Workshops 3 & 4 of 5 |
| Tue 6 | Strengthen your Strategies for Teaching ESL Students – Workshop 1: Resources & Strategies |
| Tue 13 | Strengthen your Strategies for Teaching ESL Students – Workshop 2: Designing Tasks |
| October | |
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| Sat 1 | Primary Schools Preparing for Implementation: The Australian Curriculum – CANCELLED |
| TBA | Quality Literature for Quality Learning K–6 (postponed from June) |
| TBA | Teaching Comprehension (postponed from May) |
| Thu 20 | Certificate in Educational Studies (Learning Support) – Workshop 5 of 5 |
| Wed 26 | Through the Lens of Language and Literature: Revisioning English in the Middle Years |
| November | |
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| Tue 15 | Making Sense of Education Research: An Introduction to Research Methodology and Reading Research Papers |
