AISWA Professional Learning and other educational events, news and information
Early Childhood Breakfast – Thrive by Five – April 30th
School leaders and School Board members are invited to listen to Jay Weatherill, Early Childhood Champion and CEO of Thrive by Five, at our next Early Childhood Breakfast. Jay will share Early Years Initiative strategies to meet the vision of ‘Every child in every community has equal opportunity to grow and thrive.’ For more information, please click Here
Student Perspectives of Online Safety
Online safety is at the forefront of many educators' minds and with the right tools we can strengthen our knowledge and practices. The Office of the eSafety Commissioner has produced a set of resources to help schools understand students’ perspectives on online safety. These surveys, with accompanying educator notes, are suitable for children in kindy through to year 12. For more information, pleasse click Here
2021 Raising Trailblazers: Reimagining the Middle Years
Middle school teachers! You won’t want to miss out on the chance to be part of this impressive action research project – Raising Trailblazers: Reimagining the Middle Years – a collaboration by Griffith University, University of Notre Dame and AISWA. An innovative and supported action learning project that addresses an area of focus on wellbeing and student engagement in the middle years (6-10) Schools that have already applied have commented on the project’s well-scaffolded design and the potential benefits for students and teachers, as well as the chance to publish in a professional text
For more information or support to complete the application, please contact Pat Kershaw: pkershaw@ais.wa.edu.au or Jill Buckrell: jbuckrell@ais.wa.edu.au
For information to apply click Here
Year 12 ATAR English – Improving Student Performance Workshops
The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) will be conducting a series of workshops designed to support improving student performance in Year 12 ATAR English. Attendance is optional and capacity at each venue is limited. An individual teacher should not register more than once and it is requested that each school sends no more than two representatives. The workshops will focus on the Responding section of the 2020 exam and on some texts relevant to that section. Details of all workshops can be accessed when the teacher registers online from the Authority website. For more information, please click Here
KS:CPC Train-the-trainer course - AISWA member schools
For AISWA member schools - Teachers only.
The Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum (KS:CPC) is a comprehensive child safety and respectful relationships curriculum for children and young people ages 3 to 17+. Teachers that deliver the KS:CPC to children and young people must complete the full day KS:CPC Educator course.This 2-day course includes the Educator course and the Train-the-trainer course and is available to teachers from AISWA members schools. For more information and to register please click Here