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Lifting the Lid on Words and Pictures: Brett Healey looks at the Watertower by Gary Crew and Steven Woolman - AISWA's newest publication available for purchase from the AISWA Bookstore.

The 2017 Microsoft Enrolment for Education Solutions (EES) licensing program is due for renewal. The program provides schools with the opportunity make significant savings when purchasing licenses for Microsoft products. Renewal of this agreement is due 30 April 2017, indeed some schools may have already received an email notification from Microsoft advising the current agreement is about to expire. For further information please see the AISWA / Microsoft EES Agreement page.

​In 2016, the AISWA STEM Grant provided many of our schools with the inspiration and opportunity to try new ideas for teaching STEM subjects in a rich and integrated way. This is an opportunity for interested teachers and school leaders to come and explore some of the projects that were undertaken.

Social Ventures Australia presents Evidence for Learning in this information session for school leaders.

The AISWA LITERACY TEAM compile a frequently emailed digest containing targeted information on exciting upcoming professional learning, news and stories we feel may be of interest to you.

Executive Director, Valerie Gould and the Staff of the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia wish you a wonderful holiday season and a healthy and peaceful New Year. The AISWA Office will be closed from midday on Wednesday 21 December 2016 and will reopen on Tuesday 3 January 2017.

The Computer Science Education Research Group (CSER) Lending Library enables schools to integrate a huge range of exciting and motivating Digital Technologies educational equipment into the classroom.

APPortunities to Shine: Using Mobile Technologies in Classrooms and Other Amazing Places, is AISWA's newest publication and will be available for purchase from the AIWA Bookstore.

AISWA is pleased to announce a new partnership agreement with BrightBytes a research driven, learning analytics company and developer of the Clarity software platform.

Fancy an inspiring day of historical storytelling in and around the maritime precinct of Fremantle? Amazing PL on Fri 22 July for all teachers of English, History and Geography.

Despite widespread community concern about the pressure that the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing places on students, new research from ECU has found that the standardised testing regime has only a minimal impact on levels of stress.

Call for Expressions of Interest

Gary Crew is one of Australia’s most awarded authors of illustrated books having worked with Greg Rogers, Shaun Tan, Steven Woolman, Peter Gouldthorpe and Matt Ottley.

Teachers, ​librarians and school staff are invited to a morning with Leigh Hobbs.

School appointed "Languages Coordinators" have until 8 April to complete the annual Languages Survey.

AISWA member schools are invited to submit an application for funding to help teachers in implementing and promoting the incorporation of STEM knowledge and skills into the curriculum.

AISWA is pleased to announce in partnership with Microsoft and Hale School a free one-day professional learning workshop Tuesday 22nd March 2016, where you’ll hear from other schools and education experts about how you can transform learning using Microsoft and Intel technology.

Teachers are invited to submit an expression of interest to attend the ACTA/ACAL Conference Diversity on April 8-9, 2016.

AISWA invites Principals and school leaders to submit an expression of interest to attend the 2016 AISWA International Study Tour to China.

The first meeting of the Women in Educational Leadership network is to be held at Scotch College on Tuesday, 8 March commencing at 4.30pm