During this full day workshop, you will engage in STEM inquiry by exploring air in hands-on, interactive ways. You will learn how early education can support children’s metacognitive development and will uncover how communication, reflection and questioning enhances children’s ability to become confident life-long learners.The interactive nature of the session will provide the opportunity to experience the effects of prompts and questions on the learner. By the end of this workshop, you will be ...
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- 29 July, 2024Early Childhood
- 30 July, 2024The first year of the AISWA Early Career Teacher program is designed to support and develop educators who are in the early stages of their teaching careers. This scoped and sequenced program provides early career teachers with the necessary training, mentorship, and support to assist them in being effective and successful practitioners in the classroom, as well as active contributors to their school context.Leadership
- 30 July, 2024Literacy Bites are a series of workshops focused on Literacy and hosted by experts in the field. Workshops are stand alone, you can attend all or one of the workshop series. Literacy Hub & Phonics - The Literacy Hub, funded by the Australian Government, Department of Education, supports school leaders, teachers and families to engage in effective, evidence-based literacy practices. It also hosts the Year 1 Phonics Check, a free online 7-minute assessment of students' decoding skill...Early Childhood, Literacy
- 30 July, 2024Designed as a comprehensive professional learning opportunity that spans 6 months (Feb-August 2024), participants will unpack core elements and effective practices to intentionally cultivate early literacy in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten. This PL includes completion of the Playful Literacy online course, designed by Lisa Burman, South Australian education consultant. This course encompasses many vital aspects of early literacy practice such as symbolic play, oral language, early writing and...Early Childhood
- 1 August, 2024Engaging children through picture books can be an effective way for children to learn about mathematics. This workshop will explore making the connections to rich mathematical activities to embed regular routines in the classroom.Each participant will receive a copy of "Mathematics and Picture Books in Early Childhood" by Dr Paul Swan, Sheila Griffin and Linda Marshall. While the primary emphasis of this publication is on Pre Primary and Year 1, the story books suggested are versatile and suitab...Early Childhood, Mathematics, Numeracy
- 5 August, 2024Schemes are patterns of thinking and behaviour that help children (and adults!) make sense of the world as they try to find out how things work. Schemes are ‘short cuts’ for thinking about a collection of concepts and powerful motivators for repetitive action. Are you observing children, for example, repeatedly: • Dropping toys from their highchair or pram? • Moving things from one place to another? • Constructing fences and barricades to enclose themselves or animals? • Twirling and spinn...Early Childhood
- 6 August, 2024AISWA is hosting a Taxation and Payroll Seminar on Tuesday, 6 August 2024, from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm.The seminar will be presented by Australia Wide Taxation & Payroll, catering specifically for AISWA member schools at AISWA Offices.A minimum of 25 attendees are required for this course to proceed.Included in your registration is:-Receive a full day of training from 8:00 am to 4:00 pmTaxation & Industrial Relations training for payroll administrationHave your questions answe...Administration, Leadership, Human Resources
- 6 August, 2024The Reportable Conduct Scheme is legislation that EVERYONE in your school needs to know about as it covers all roles, including admin and support staff, educators, leadership, and board members.During this seminar we will cover the fundamentals of the legislation and the implications for staff and schools.We strongly encourage you to register and if possible, view the presentation as a whole staff, or if this is not possible or for Board members, invite them to join privately. 1. What is t...
- 8 August, 2024This one-hour webinar will explore student wellbeing and mental health in schools today, and how to facilitate the process of meaningful Student Action Projects.During this session, we will equip educators with a 'how to guide', from the selection of meaningful and appropriate issues, designing achievable and suitable solutions, to connecting to community and amplifying success through Digital Storytelling, with the aim of designing meaningful solutions to address student wellness and mental hea...Interdisciplinary, Leadership
- 14 August, 2024"One of the criticisms I’ve faced over the years is that I’m not aggressive enough or assertive enough or maybe somehow, because I’m empathetic, it means I’m weak. I totally rebel against that. I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate and strong.” Jacinda Ardern (Former Prime Minister of New Zealand) The afternoon network meetings are for anyone interested in gender equality and the role of women in leadership roles across varying industries. Each event will...Leadership
- 15 August, 2024This program invites early career teachers to develop leadership skills both inside and outside the classroom. Focusing on Leading in Action, the second year of AISWA's Early Career Teacher program provides new educators the opportunity to take on new leadership roles in their schools. This type of program recognises that leadership in education goes beyond just classroom teaching and includes roles like mentoring, curriculum development, and school improvement initiative. ...Leadership
- 15 August, 2024Welcome back to those who attended Session 1 - of Motivating Powerful Student Learning and Engagement Masterclass.Sessions 2 and 3 will continue the journey into the science of motivation and engagement and how teachers can address persistent and common learning dilemmas. “Why don’t some students engage with certain topics or feel connected to their peers or the school at large?Why don’t students perform well on exams after performing brilliantly on homework and other assignments?”Cracking ...Leadership
- 15 August, 2024Are you looking for a ready-to-use program to include in your Health and Physical Education plan? Register to this webinar to learn about the Heart Foundation’s 5-week Jump Rope for Heart program. In this webinar, our expert team will step you through the program and show you how your school can become involved. Speakers: Jump Rope TeamHealth + PE
- 16 August, 2024Network days provide opportunities for teachers to meet and engage in Professional Learning throughout the academic year. The Network Days are designed to meet the specific needs of teachers engaged in the various English courses. A range of presenters and activities are sourced for these events to address the demands of each of the courses.A new Network Day forum. The day will address the needs of those working to support students’ literacy in the Secondary school context.&nbs...Literacy
- 16 August, 2024We are excited to offer you an opportunity to work with Educated by Nature to develop your confidence in using tools and open-ended materials in everyday experiences with children.The ability to build and create provides opportunities to develop confidence and independence. Developing an “I can” attitude and saying “YES” to children encourages self-sufficiency and autonomy, which translates to other areas of school and home life and can engage all areas of the curriculum. This workshop empowers ...Early Childhood
- 19 August, 2024The first year of the AISWA Early Career Teacher program is designed to support and develop educators who are in the early stages of their teaching careers. This scoped and sequenced program provides early career teachers with the necessary training, mentorship, and support to assist them in being effective and successful practitioners in the classroom, as well as active contributors to their school context.Some of the module content includes, but is not limited to: 1. Professional identity...Leadership
- 19 August, 2024AISWA is proud to present the online AICD Governance Foundations course for Not-For-Profit Directors of Independent Schools. This 1.5-day online course is open exclusively to Governing Board Members and Principals of AISWA schools and is being run in partnership with the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), a leading provider of governance education and development programs. The course has been tailored to the unique governance needs of Independent schools, providing participants wi...Governance, Leadership
- 20 August, 2024Are you an Education Assistant working in Early Learning or Middle years of Primary School? Do you want to enhance your skills and knowledge to better support the students you work with? This day of professional learning offers a range of sessions focused on effective communication, working with children with additional needs, oral language development and hands-on literacy and numeracy experiences. You will be provided with practical strategies and techniques that can be applied in the classroo...Early Childhood, Inclusive Education, Literacy, Numeracy
- 20 August, 2024AISWA is proud to present the online AICD Governance Foundations course for Not-For-Profit Directors of Independent Schools. This 1.5-day online course is open exclusively to Governing Board Members and Principals of AISWA schools and is being run in partnership with the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), a leading provider of governance education and development programs. The course has been tailored to the unique governance needs of Independent schools, providing participants wi...Governance, Leadership
- 21 August, 2024This one-day, practical and informative workshop is designed to support PK-2 educators who DID NOT participate in AISWA Early Childhood's 2023 EYLF v2.0 professional learning days, and those who would like a refresher.Providing an update on the revised Framework through unpacking a number of the most pertinent updates and changes, this workshop will explore the overarching vision for children's learning and early childhood pedagogy, including the new planning cycle. Key elements of the EYLF v2.0...Early Childhood
- 21 August, 2024Are you a highly effective and skilled classroom practitioner who regularly guides, supports or leads others?Why not be recognised for your excellent work through National Certification? Come and join a group of like-minded colleagues as you support one another to evidence your practice and achieve National Certification as a Highly Accomplished or Lead teacher. These sessions are a compulsory component of applying for Highly Accomplished or Lead Teacher (HALT) status. We will meet fou...Early Childhood, Inclusive Education, Leadership, Primary
- 22 August, 2024This 14 hour course teaches adults how to assist adolescents who are experiencing a mental health crisis or developing a mental health problem. The course is suitable for adults working with adolescents (those aged between 12 and 18 years), however, it can also be relevant for those helping people who are a little younger or older. Course Content Participants will learn about adolescent development and the signs and symptoms of these mental health problems, where and how to get help and...Psychology + Wellbeing
- 22 August, 2024The WA Curriculum is underpinned by an intercultural approach to language teaching. This approach moves away from the traditional approach, often typified by 'festivals, food and folktales'. Rather than treating culture separately, an intercultural approach highlights how cultural world-views and assumptions are continually enacted through language, and prompts learners to consider their own, as well as, the target language and culture. This workshop aims to: • Present a rationale for ...Languages
- 22 August, 2024As part of the AISWA Purposeful Pedagogies Masterclass series, this one-hour webinar will explore the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their relevance to education. We will explore how they can be used to start conversations on a range of topics linked to topics in the curriculum and issues students can take action on, in their local communities.During this session will explore how the SDGs might be taught through different resources, models of different groupings which s...Interdisciplinary, Leadership
- 23 August, 2024Professional learning relating to the issues faced by learners for whom English is an additional language or dialect (EALD). This session provides advice to primary and secondary classroom teachers to support such students, and to make use of the linguistic and cultural knowledge and understandings that EALD learners bring to the classroom. Learning academic content in a second language raises issues that are considerably different from learning academic content in a familiar language. ...EALD, Inclusive Education, Literacy