The Bulletin 29 August 2019 Term 3 - Issue 7

Term
3
Issue
7

AISWA Professional Learning and other educational events, news and information

Featured AISWA Professional Learning
Date Event Title Code
Sep 6 2019
Minecraft: Education Edition for STEaM
  • ICT Skills and Integration
  • Leadership
  • STEM
  • Technologies
12358
Sep 13 2019
Creating Rich Tasks in Languages
  • Languages
12341
Sep 17 2019
Primary Arts Network Meeting
  • The Arts
12327
Sep 18 2019
AISWA HoD Maths Network Meeting - TERM 3
  • Mathematics
12078
Sep 20 2019
Micro:bit Mashup (BBC micro:bit, MakeCode)
  • Gifted Education
  • Science
  • STEM
  • Technologies
12376
Sep 23 2019
OS&H Representative 5 Day Course
  • Administration
  • Part 1 23rd Sep 2019
  • Part 2 24th Sep 2019
  • Part 3 25th Sep 2019
  • Part 4 26th Sep 2019
  • Part 5 27th Sep 2019
12324
Oct 3 2019
Programming and Assessment with the WA Curriculum, English
  • English
12368
Oct 21 2019
What's new in Microsoft - Term 4
  • ICT Skills and Integration
12360
Oct 21 2019
Sharp Reading: ADVANCED Comprehension (Prerequisite: Comprehension Strategy Instruction Stage 3)
  • Literacy
12364
Oct 23 2019
Masters of Educational Leadership Information Session
  • Leadership
12351
Oct 23 2019
Sharp Reading: Decoding Strategy Instruction
  • Literacy
12365
Oct 24 2019
Sharp Reading Comprehension Strategy Instruction
  • Literacy
12366
Oct 30 2019
Introduction to Programming Using Python
  • ICT Skills and Integration
  • Technologies
12361
Oct 31 2019
Secondary English Networking Day (English and Literature ATAR)
  • English
12206
Nov 4 2019
21st Century Learning Design
  • ICT Skills and Integration
  • STEM
  • Technologies
  • Part 1 4th Nov 2019
  • Part 2 5th Nov 2019
12359
Nov 7 2019
Adolescent Engagement and Success
  • Literacy
12367
Nov 11 2019
AISWA HoD Maths Network Meeting - TERM 4
  • Mathematics
12079
Nov 15 2019
Registration Seminar
  • Governance
  • Leadership
12317
Jan 20 2020
Masters of Educational Leadership
  • Leadership
  • Part 1 20th Jan 2020
  • Part 2 21st Jan 2020
  • Part 3 22nd Jan 2020
  • Part 4 23rd Jan 2020
12352

Kate Mullin Award 2019

The Kate Mullin Award aims to recognise and celebrate educators from any of the three WA school sectors of education, who demonstrate excellence in the teaching of English to Aboriginal students whose first language may be Aboriginal English, an Aboriginal Language or a creole such as the Kimberley Kriol. The educator can self-nominate or be nominated by a line-manager, colleague, student or community member.
For more information please click Here

Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards |  $45,000 Teaching Fellowship open to Australia’s teachers and school leaders

Applications for the 2020 Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards are now open. An initiative Schools Plus runs in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank, the Awards celebrate great teaching and leadership in schools across Australia, recognising those who see education as inspiration and challenges as opportunities.  The selected 12 outstanding teachers and school leaders will each receive a $45,000 Teaching Fellowship, which includes $10,000 to support their professional development, $25,000 for a major school project to improve outcomes for their students, and an overseas visit to a high-performing education system. For more information please click Here 
 

PTCWA: Curtin Resilience Workshops 

Curtin School of Education is hosting two face-to-face  Teacher wellbeing and resilience workshops in October and November. Please see the link to the PLHub FB registration page Here 

Australian Government Draft Religious Freedom Bills

On 13 December 2018, the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General released the Report of the Religious Freedom Review
The Review made several recommendations and concluded that there is an opportunity to further protect and better promote freedom of religion under Australian law and in the community. 
The Australian Government invites submissions on a package of legislative reforms on religious freedom. These are the:
• Religious Discrimination Bill 2019
• Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019
• Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Freedom of Religion) Bill 2019.
Copies of the Draft Bills and further information regarding submissions on the Draft Bills can be found  Here