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PD and ConferencesDTECC - Diocesan Technology and E-Learning Curriculum conference - Cairns 23rd August 2014.
Topic: Building teachers ICT capacity and capabilities to engage, collaborate and create. For further details and registration access the website here The App Guide to Emotions and Autism This workshop combines Professor Tony Attwood's extensive knowledge of emotions and ASD with Bronwyn Sutton's experience professionally evaluating apps which support emotional education and management. Date: Friday 22 August, 2014 Location: Broncos Leagues Club (Red Hill Brisbane) Time: 9am-3pm Cost: $240 (+ GST) Free bonus: All registrations receive a full one year's subscription to the Learning App Guide. Please register online at www.learningappguide.com Click here for more information Opportunity for Classroom Teachers If you are a classroom teacher of a student with a disability, funds are available for professional learning opportunities. Access Flyer here Access File with further details here Acer Professional Learning ACER draws on its expertise as a leader in educational research, assessment, and data collection and analysis to provide professional learning for educators and system leaders, policy makers, psychologists and human resources professionals, and others to support improved learning. For further details access the website here "Harness your Experience, Skills & Passion for Teaching and Start Your Own Consultancy!" Who: Ralph Pirozzo Where: Fitzy's Loganholme, Cnr Bryants Road & Pacific Highway, Loganholme When: Saturday, August 30, 2014 Time: 9am (sharp) - 3pm Cost $220 per person (GST, Manual, Certificate & catering included). For further details and registration, please see here. MultiLit Professional Development Dates: 7-8 Aug MiniLit, Brisbane 12 Aug Reading Tutor Program, Cairns 13-14 Aug MiniLit, Cairns 15 Aug Reading Tutor Program, Brisbane 4 Sep Positive Teaching, Brisbane 5 Sep Word Attack Skills-Extension, Brisbane For registration details click here Emotion Management, children & teens with ASD Friday 7th November 2014 9.30am - 4.00pm Presented by Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle Garnett Venue: Rydges 209-217 Abbott Street, Cairns Q 4870 Fees: Earlybird $175 - Deadline 24th October, 2014 For more information and registration go to www.mindsandheart.net Critical Agendas PD For details of PD offered in Brisbane in Term 2, please view the Website here iPads in Education National Conference 14 & 15 August 2014 Melbourne Flyer Flying Arts Alliance Inc Creative and Arts Business workshops Education Outlines Primary School Outlines [PDF] NEW Secondary School Outlines [PDF] NEW A Twilight Session with International Education Consultant and QAR author Professor Taffy Raphael Thursday, 16th October, find more details here The National Learning and Teaching Conference Brisbane 6-8 November Access further details here QCAA Subject area Workshops QCAA has scheduled subject area syllabus workshops. Access their Years 11-12 regional professional learning program for Semester 2 and professional development opportunities for teachers covering BonSAI, Business Communication and Technologies, Graphics, and the delivery of quality VET in schools here Access the July newsletter here Learning with the iPad Explore the potential of iPad to help transform teaching and learning in your classroom. Morning and afternoon sessions at St Therese's School, Bentley Park. For more information and to register follow the link here Improving Students' Writing Achievement Monday, 18 August - Whitfield State School The primary English Teachers Association is bringing Alison Davis back to Cairns to deliver PD. Last time she was here, the focus was on reading comprehension and quite a number of teachers from Catholic schools attended. This time, the focus is on writing. All of her sessions follow an explicit teaching model and they are always very hands-on. Registration is through PETAA. For more information follow the link here Auditions Aboriginal centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) Are you interested in a career in Acting! Music! or Dance!. 22 to 24 September, 2014 59-69 Shafston Avenue, Kangaroo Point Queensland [email protected] (07) 3392 4420 Application forms are available on our website here Creating Connections and Growing Understanding 2014 National Conference on Numeracy, Mathematics and Indigenous Learners Adelaide 10-11 November, 2014 The conference will explore the complete learning cycle for mathematics and numeracy: Community, Pre-service teacher education. School practice and Business. Go to the conference website for some more information about these themes and the conference overall. Introducing QCAA - Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Chief Executive Officer Chris Rider introduces the new Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority. Access the video and website here |
Resources
About the Great Book Swap... What is It? The Great Book Swap challenge is a fundraising event where students make a gold coin donation and swap books with one another. When is It? You can you Great Book Swap at any time throughout the year or on Indigenous Literacy Day, Wednesday September 3, 2014 or during Children's Book Week, NAIDOC Week, reconciliation Week, National Literacy and Numeracy Week. For further details click here To register click here C2C Curriculum Resources There will a release of a further 41 C2C units in the areas of English, Maths, Science and History. The following units of work have now been uploaded into Scootle and are currently available: • English (Years 1 – 10: Unit 5 • English (Prep: Unit 3) • Mathematics (Years 1 – 10A: Unit 4) • Mathematics (Prep: Unit 3) • Science (Years P – 6: Unit 3) • Science (Years 7 – 10: Unit 5) • History (Years P – 6: Unit 2) The Department of Education, Training and Employment have advised that the next major upload of 29 units National Science Week - 16-24 August 2014 For more details access the website here JCU Events Pecha Kucha Night Cairns Vol.12 Pecha Kucha, an entertaining evening covering a range of topics – 20 images x 20 seconds – dedicated to National Science Week at the Tanks and featuring JCU researchers: Richard Fitzpatrick, Dr David Wilson, AProf Susan Laurance, Dr Michael Smout, Prof Scott Ritchie and Dr Severine Navarro. Date: Wednesday, 20 August Time: 6:30pm for 7:30pm start Venue: Tanks Art Centre (Tank 3), Cairns Cost: $5.00 - tickets will be sold at the door Café Scientifique: Life in the Tropics An evening of inspiring science hosted by James Cook University researchers. The whole family can explore what makes like in the tropics so wonderful, terrifying, amazing and unique. National Science Week at the Tanks will also feature Science and Art of the Tropics with hands-on science activities, amazing images of our microscopic world and a live feed from the JCU Aquarium. Date: Thursday, 21 August Time: 6:30pm Venue: Tanks Arts Centre (Tank 3), Cairns National Literacy and Numeracy Week 25-31 August. We are looking forward to celebrating students' learning, literacy and numeracy skills with schools, teachers, parents and principals across Australia. Access website here Click here to view on-line newsletter Love to Read - Reading Hour Tuesday 19 August 2014 6-7pm Announcing the 2014 National Ambassador – William McInnes! Leading Australian actor and writer, William McInnes—who is also a champion of books—is the new National Ambassador for The Reading Hour in 2014! While driven by libraries, The Reading Hour supports all reading and literacy-related initiatives with the shared aim to unite everyone working together toward Australia becoming a nation of readers under one banner. Visit the website and stay tuned for more news of the count down to The Reading Hour in 2014! G20 Resources from QCAA The Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders Summit will be held in Brisbane, Queensland on 15 and 16 November 2014 and Cairns will host the G20 finance ministers and bank governors meeting on 20 and 21 September. Access QCAA Resources hereAccess to virtual field trips Kindy Resources Early years educators are encouraged to register to receive news updates from the QCAA related to implementation of the Queensland kindergarten learning guideline. These updates complement the wide ranging resources for kindergarten teachers on the QCAA website. The QCAA’s videos for kindergarten teachers are also available on our YouTube channel . Revised standards elaborations encourage national approach to assessment The revised standards elaborations (SEs) for P–10 Australian Curriculum English and Mathematics are now available. SEs assist teachers to use achievement standards to make consistent, comparable and defensible A to E judgments about a folio of student work. The revision process included an agreement to strengthen a national approach to assessment and standards by pitching the achievement standard at a ‘C’. Revised SEs for Science, History and Geography are coming soon. Reading Australia Resources Reading Australia is a major funding initiative for Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund, providing online resources for the teaching and learning of Australian literature in Australian schools and universities. For more information follow link here Learning Account Cards for Year 10 and 12 Schools wishing additional Your learning account cards for Year 10 students should email their order to [email protected] . The cards include a pop-out section where students can record their learning account login details. Please remind Year 12 students that by logging into their learning account on the Student Connect website before 31 August they will be automatically entered into the draw to win one of three iPad Airs . The Great Book Swap Awards, Grants and CompetitionsOpti-MINDS Challenge
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For further information please contact:
Sharon County, Acting Senior Education Officer - Primary Curriculum
Phone 40509760 or email [email protected] |
Danielle Purdy, Senior Education Officer - Secondary Curriculum
Phone 40509728 or email [email protected] |
Information presented in this update is sourced from a variety of organisations including the QCAA and QCEC