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This course is led by Tina Altieri, a highly respected journalist and television presenter with over 30 years of experience in the Australian broadcast news industry. Renowned for her warmth, honesty, and results-driven approach, Tina has developed exclusive communication programs to help professionals under the media spotlight. Whether you're new to media interactions or looking to refine your skills, Tina’s expertise and practical guidance make this course an unmissable opportunity for school ...

The Spectrum Space Autism Awareness & Neurodiversity Workshop is codesigned and delivered by a facilitator with lived experience. Content is evidence-based, and with a neuroaffirming, strength based approach to reframe perception and improve understanding of autism and neurodiversity. Topics covered include: Introduction to autism and neurodiversityThe social & physical environmentPreventing & managing escalationUnderstanding communicationHow to support executive functioning and...

AISWA is excited to announce the 2025 East Kimberley First Nations Immersion Program scheduled for 7 July – 11 July 2025. This is an inaugural opportunity being offered by AISWA.  The On Country Teacher Cultural Immersion Program is designed for aspiring school leaders and educators offering the opportunity to experience the uniqueness of Aboriginal Culture and deepen understanding of Australia’s First Peoples.The On Country Teacher Cultural Immersion Program will have participant...

Join us for a two-day professional learning (PL) opportunity at the Aboriginal Independent Community Schools Network Meeting. This session is designed to foster connections and networking among early childhood educators working in remote contexts. Participants will have the chance to engage with peers from independent and Catholic sectors, as well as prior to school programs and services, particularly those operating in the remote regions of the Kimberley and across Western Australia.Day One:The...

Join us for to foster connections and networking among early childhood educators working in remote contexts. Participants will have the chance to engage with peers from independent and Catholic sectors, as well as prior to school programs and services, particularly those operating in the remote regions of the Kimberley and across Western Australia.The day will begin with a Welcome to Yawuru Country and opportunities for attendees to connect. This will be followed by presentations on prior to sch...

Join us for a two-day professional learning (PL) opportunity at the Aboriginal Independent Community Schools Network Meeting. This session is designed to foster connections and networking among early childhood educators working in remote contexts. Participants will have the chance to engage with peers from independent and Catholic sectors, as well as prior to school programs and services, particularly those operating in the remote regions of the Kimberley and across Western Australia.Day One:The...

Designed for Business Managers and/or senior staff new to the areas of Disability Funding and Compliance.This session will cover the following topics:AISWA Manager, Inclusive Education,  Amanda FernihoughAn explanation of funding for students with disabilityUnderstanding the funding 'language'What is AISWA's role and how we can assist youFurther training and NCCD coursesAISWA Industrial Relations Consultant, Nigel Briggs with Lavan representativeIndustrial Relations and latest legal matters...

This Youth Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid course is open to school staff who work directly with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander youth. You must be 18 years or over to attend the course. Developed by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people this informative and strengths-based course will teach you how to assist Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young people who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis unt...

Positive Partnerships and AISWA Sector-led Professional Learning ProgramWe are excited to announce the Inclusive Education team will be running the Positive Partnerships two-day professional learning program.We will explore:Evidence-informed knowledge of autism and how it directly impacts on a young person’s learning and participation.Effective strategies to help maximise a young person’s learning in the school and home environment.Understanding the support needs of young autistic people and the...

Positive Partnerships and AISWA Sector-led Professional Learning ProgramWe are excited to announce the Inclusive Education team will be running the Positive Partnerships two-day professional learning program.We will explore:Evidence-informed knowledge of autism and how it directly impacts on a young person’s learning and participation.Effective strategies to help maximise a young person’s learning in the school and home environment.Understanding the support needs of young autistic people and the...

This course focuses on teaching decoding fluency through the GUIDED READING component of your reading program. It provides an efficient routine that gets results.Systematic decoding instruction is important, in part, because of the limitations of the human mind. Neural processing has severe limits in terms of capacity for attention and working memory (Craik & Lockhart, 1972).Brains can only pay attention to so much information at a given time. If comprehension is going to take place during r...

This course focuses on comprehension teaching through the GUIDED READING component of your reading program. It provides an efficient routine that gets results.This workshop provides participants with:A knowledge of the skills employed by successful readers.An explicit, transferable routine for comprehension instruction, that empowers students and simplifies the work of teachers.A routine that acknowledges current brain research that reduces anxiety and frees up working memory to enable readers t...

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.Matching Quality Books to Learning and Teaching Focus This engaging webinar is designed to help educators discover the power of high-quality books in enhancing teaching and learning. Through a practical and inspiring session, participant...

Join us for a special Term 3 Professional Learning session held on country (location to be confirmed). This immersive experience will offer a unique opportunity to connect with Country, learn from First Nations Elders and community members, and deepen your understanding of Indigenous perspectives. Together, we’ll explore ways to incorporate this learning into creating culturally responsive and safe school environments.

Please note, this course costs $2,000. The noted fee of $200 is the deposit only. Are 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 app...

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.This 2-day course is offered twice during the year, with Semester One and Semester Two intakes following th...

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.This 2-day course is offered twice during the year, with Semester One and Semester Two intakes following th...

Immerse yourself in a full day of professional learning with Educated by Nature, designed to inspire and equip educators to embrace outdoor learning on school campuses or in nearby natural spaces. This workshop highlights the benefits of teaching outdoors, supported by research and inspiring stories of outdoor classrooms in action. Learn how to transform everyday lessons by incorporating the natural environment, from simple, single-session activities to more extensive programs that utilise schoo...

Your school needs to be using the Brightpath Narrative Ruler to gain maximum benefit from this course.Brightpath: Next Steps creates the opportunity to nurture and develop students' writing skills through literature and a focus on language, storytelling, character, and the creative process.This PL gives teachers and aspiring leaders the unique opportunity to work with fellow professionals to improve children's and young people's writing and reading.This Train the Trainer course provides all the ...

This session is only available to participants who have engaged with the previous two 2025 sessions: 19 March and 11 June.This session offers for all participants from the Oral Language workshops (PK-Year 2) sessions earlier this year with the opportunity to come together with a registered speech pathologist to critically reflect on the use of the Oral Language Resource Kit and its effectiveness. This workshop will also offer the opportunity for educators to ask questions, share ideas with ...

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...

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...

If you are an Education Assistant seeking to upskill your knowledge and repertoire of strategies, this PL is for you. This full day PL will cover a range of topics selected based on feedback from 2024 sessions and will be a combination of more formal presentations and hands-on experiences.Session topics include:Supporting EALD students; Literacy games to support individuals and small groups;Strategies to enhance the development of executive functions and behaviours of students including tho...

This training focuses on schools developing a culture of safety by implementing the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations in conjunction with the Guide to the registration standards and other requirements for Non Government Schools. These Principles have been developed as a result of the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and cover all aspects of a child safe culture and community.  This professional learning should be att...

Network 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.The day will address the needs of those working to support students’ literacy in the Secondary school context.  Literacy Support Workers, Ho...