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Leading As One: A Whole School Approach to Wellbeing and Respectful Relationships The inaugural 2025 AISWA Wellbeing and Respectful Relationships Conference is dedicated to advancing a whole-school approach to wellbeing, consent, and respectful relationships. It brings together educators, leaders, and experts to explore how united leadership and collaborative action can create lasting cultural change. Through keynotes, workshops, and shared dialogue, participants will engage with evidence b...

This session will provide an overview of the stages of behavioural escalation, interventions that may work to de-escalate a risk situation, and crisis management with the aim of reducing the situational and behavioural risk.

AISWA and Elizabeth Carr AM (ChairConnecet Convenor) are excited to invite you to the second WA ChairConnect event for 2025!This sundowner event designed specifically for school Board Chairs will provide guests with a chance to meet and connect with other Board Chairs, gain an overview of AISWA, and an opportunity to hear from a special guest speaker. This event will also include the launch of the AISWA/ISQ Online Governance Course.Elizabeth Carr AM is currently Chair of St Mary's Anglican ...

Positive Behaviour Strategies for Low-Risk Settings.Equip your staff with the skills to de-escalate distressed behaviours with the Team Teach Level One Course.Through this course, your team will learn the drivers behind behaviours of concern, and gain a detailed understanding of the legal context around behaviour support. They will learn how to use non-restrictive, positive behaviour strategies for effective communication and de-escalation, both verbal and non-verbal, for supporting individuals ...

Designed for Heads of Teaching and Learning, Heads of Department, Year Level Coordinators, and Pastoral Leaders, this masterclass is focused on unlocking your leadership potential by strengthening relationships, working as your best self, and driving purposeful outcomes. Participants will explore how clarity of identity, strategic influence, and collaborative impact can empower both individuals and teams to thrive. The session will be facilitated by Ben Calleja, Director of CCSolutions / Gr...

An opportunity for teachers of Secondary Media Production and Analysis to come together to network, share resources and ideas, ask questions, and engage in professional learning.The course is run in conjunction with Catholic Education WA.An agenda will be posted closer to the event.

The inclusive education symposium provides opportunities for learning support teachers and coordinators to meet and engage in Professional Learning and networking.  The Symposium is designed to meet the specific needs in educating students with disability.  A range of presenters and activities will be made available to participants and a final outline for the day will follow.Target AudienceLearning Support Coordinators and teachers

Imagine this common school example... you have a preferred supplier you have been working with for many years but want to validate their rate on the open market - without offending the incumbent. AISWA Buyer Connect allows you to log a request for pricing and automatically align it with local and suitable school vendors who will quote on the details provided – without identifying your school!AISWA Buyer Connect is a new, easy-to-use platform designed specifically for our Member schools - to make...

Designed specifically for Business Manager use, this PL is also a great opportunity for networking. Join us for a 3-hour session to learn how to seamlessly integrate AI into your day-to-day workflows.How can you harness generative AI to enhance your productivity and transform the way you work? This hands-on session presents a variety of different generative AI tools and platforms that you could use to streamline your workflow. We will touch on how generative AI works and, guided by your inp...

This AISWA Inspire event explores the early stages of AI adoption across Western Australian Independent schools. Dylan Wiliam will examine how educators can prepare young people to thrive in an unpredictable, AI-influenced future. Wiliam will argue that while higher levels of achievement are increasingly necessary, this cannot come at the cost of narrowing the curriculum or dampening students’ intrinsic motivation to learn. He will highlight the role of formative assessment in creating more incl...

Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? The Aspiring Leaders Program is an empowering, three-day professional learning experience designed for educators in primary and secondary schools who aspire to lead. Through engaging workshops, expert insights, and hands-on activities, participants will explore foundational leadership principles, develop practical skills, and build confidence in their ability to inspire and lead teams. This program also offers invaluable opportuniti...

This Early Numeracy Action Research project will focus on weaving aspects of mathematical concepts derived from the Early Years Learning Framework V.2 and the Kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines into the spaces and places within Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten environments.The Early Numeracy Action Research Project will guide educators in mathematicising their environments, ensuring that maths is meaningful and relevant to children's lives. The project will involve active participation in 2 ful...

Literacy Bites are a series of workshops focused on Literacy and hosted by experts in the field. Each session will focus on a different aspect of literacy targeted at K-6 education. Workshops are stand alone, you can attend all or one of the workshop series.***Subsidy provided from Preschool Reform Agreement (PRA)

Wrap up the year with our Term 4 Professional Learning session, focusing on reflection and planning for the year ahead. Celebrate successes, share challenges, and collaborate on ways to sustain and grow your impact in supporting First Nations students. This session will provide practical guidance for setting goals and aligning strategies with your school’s vision for reconciliation and inclusivity.

School-based psychologist network meetings are held biannually at AISWA, one in Term 2 and one in Term 4. The meetings allow psychologists in Independent schools to meet with their peers.Each meeting focuses on a topical psychology issue. Past topics include:School response and planning guidelines for students with suicidal behaviour and non-suicidal self-injurySuicide prevention guidelines for LGBTQA+ young peoplePsychologists and school counsellors as Mandatory ReportersHuman trafficking and s...

Enhance your differentiation skills and ability to cater to gifted learnersGERRIC's Mini-COGE courses are practical professional development for educators to support high-potential and gifted students. High-potential students are not necessarily high achievers; we focus on how to engage and support these students to reach their potential.The unit of work allows you to implement practical changes to curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy, receive feedback from other educators and the GERRIC academi...

This network day will give teachers the opportunity to work on course outlines and assessment ideas for 2026.  Consultants will be on hand to support and clarify with regard to the latest developments in the syllabi, and to help with liaison between teachers and schools to generate collegial collaboration, the printing of documentation, and whatever else is required as the planning progresses!  This PL is run in conjunction with CEWA.Agenda TBA.

Enhance your differentiation skills and ability to cater to gifted learnersGERRIC's Mini-COGE courses are practical professional development for educators to support high-potential and gifted students. High-potential students are not necessarily high achievers; we focus on how to engage and support these students to reach their potential.The unit of work allows you to implement practical changes to curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy, receive feedback from other educators and the GERRIC academi...

Effective planning for critical incidents in schools is vital, as they often happen unexpectedly, create significant stress, and can have a widespread impact on the school community.The Non-Government Schools Registration Standards (Standard 7: Critical & Emergency Incidents) states that incidents are managed “...in the best interests of affected students. This requires that the risk of harm or actual harm to student’s wellbeing and the measures needed to promote their recovery are prioritis...

The AISWA Early Career Teacher Network is designed to support and develop educators who are in the early stages of their teaching careers. Guided by extensive feedback from previous participants in the Early Career Teachers (ECTs) program, this series of masterclasses provides a range of targeted focus topics for ECTs of all levels of experience to assist them in being effective and successful practitioners in the classroom, as well as active, informed contributors to their school community.In p...

This 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 ContentParticipants will learn about adolescent development and the signs and symptoms of these mental health problems, where and how to get help and what sort o...

This 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 ContentParticipants will learn about adolescent development and the signs and symptoms of these mental health problems, where and how to get help and what sort o...

Specifically designed for Principals, Boards, Business and Finance Managers new to the school environment in 2025, this 90 minute webinar offers a comprehensive introduction to the Commonwealth and Western Australian State Government Recurrent Funding Models.It is tailored for those new to the sector, while also serving as a valuable refresher for experienced staff.Topics Covered:Illustrative examples demonstrating how a school's Capacity to Contribute (CTC) score affects the School Resourcing S...

Attendance available to Curriculum Reference Group Members Only.Established in 2024, the AISWA Curriculum Reference Group (CRG) consists of 26 educators in Executive or Senior leadership positions with responsibility for Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, working within AISWA member schools.  These Curriculum leaders come together to discuss, deliberate and provide advice on all matters relating to primary and secondary curriculum.The CRG works in partnership with AISWA to inform the provis...

This series of after school sessions will give you a taste of elements that may be incorporated into STEM education & projects or a Design Technologies Maker Space. Participants will get to explore and play with a range of materials, resources and tools.Our Fourth session in this series is based on the Little Scientists Technology module and will focus on engaging children in technical learning through design, production, investigation, and analysis and fostering children’s technical compete...