The ability to manage crises effectively is critical for maintaining your school's reputation. While the operational response is crucial, equally as important is your ability to communicate clearly and effectively with your numerous key stakeholders. This includes parents, government agencies, the local community, and media as well as internal audiences such as teaching and administrative staff.In this tailored half-day workshop designed for schools with 500+ students, we will cover the key prin...
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- 23 July, 2024Administration, Governance, Leadership
- 24 July, 2024Designed as a comprehensive professional learning opportunity that spans 6 months (Feb-August 2024), participants will unpack core elements and effective practices to intentionally cultivate early literacy in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten. This PL includes completion of the Playful Literacy online course, designed by Lisa Burman, South Australian education consultant. This course encompasses many vital aspects of early literacy practice such as symbolic play, oral language, early writing and...Early Childhood
- 24 July, 2024Digital Literacy is every teacher’s responsibility. With the introduction of the Digital Technologies curriculum in 2018, which focuses on computational thinking and other technical skills, many schools and teachers have been left wondering how to address ICT General Capability.The results of the 2022 NAPICT assessment suggest that less than half of Year 10 students meet the proficiency standard for Digital Literacy and the results are similar for Year 6 students. Thus, there has never been a be...ICT Skills + Integration, Technologies
- 25 July, 2024This course focuses on teaching decoding through the GUIDED READING component of your reading program. It provides an efficient routine that gets results. This workshop provides participants with:-The 5-bits routine that provides a simple instructional guide to teach decoding, and prepares students to transfer to more complex comprehension skills. - an understanding of how learners begin to read and progress towards competent decoding- an explicit, transferable routine for instruction,...Literacy
- 26 July, 2024The Bookmaking Approach to literacy values and honours children’s prior learning, their cultural competence, and their dispositions for learning. It uses these to drive learning deeper and to create a culture of thinking, talking, and noticing about picture books. It values the intellectual quality of mark-making as an essential component of being a writer and offers a place for every child to feel successful.A Bookmaking Approach not only sees children from this competent lens, but it also empo...Early Childhood, Literacy
- 29 July, 2024During this full day workshop, you will engage in STEM inquiry by exploring air in hands-on, interactive ways. You will learn how early education can support children’s metacognitive development and will uncover how communication, reflection and questioning enhances children’s ability to become confident life-long learners.The interactive nature of the session will provide the opportunity to experience the effects of prompts and questions on the learner. By the end of this workshop, you will be ...Early Childhood
- 30 July, 2024The first year of 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.Leadership
- 30 July, 2024Literacy Bites are a series of workshops focused on Literacy and hosted by experts in the field. Workshops are stand alone, you can attend all or one of the workshop series. Literacy Hub & Phonics - The Literacy Hub, funded by the Australian Government, Department of Education, supports school leaders, teachers and families to engage in effective, evidence-based literacy practices. It also hosts the Year 1 Phonics Check, a free online 7-minute assessment of students' decoding skill...Early Childhood, Literacy
- 30 July, 2024Designed as a comprehensive professional learning opportunity that spans 6 months (Feb-August 2024), participants will unpack core elements and effective practices to intentionally cultivate early literacy in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten. This PL includes completion of the Playful Literacy online course, designed by Lisa Burman, South Australian education consultant. This course encompasses many vital aspects of early literacy practice such as symbolic play, oral language, early writing and...Early Childhood
- 1 August, 2024This 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 read...Literacy
- 1 August, 2024Engaging children through picture books can be an effective way for children to learn about mathematics. This workshop will explore making the connections to rich mathematical activities to embed regular routines in the classroom.Each participant will receive a copy of "Mathematics and Picture Books in Early Childhood" by Dr Paul Swan, Sheila Griffin and Linda Marshall. While the primary emphasis of this publication is on Pre Primary and Year 1, the story books suggested are versatile and suitab...Early Childhood, Mathematics, Numeracy
- 5 August, 2024In collaboration with Together for Humanity, AISWA is offering a workshop for school leaders and teachers from all disciplines. This workshop aims to enhance intercultural understanding, provide classroom strategies, and guide the development of a whole-school plan. Kate Xavier, the Professional Learning Lead from Together for Humanity, will present successful examples of whole-school approaches to building intercultural competence. Participants will engage in discussions about scenarios and str...Languages
- 5 August, 2024Schemes are patterns of thinking and behaviour that help children (and adults!) make sense of the world as they try to find out how things work. Schemes are ‘short cuts’ for thinking about a collection of concepts and powerful motivators for repetitive action. Are you observing children, for example, repeatedly: • Dropping toys from their highchair or pram? • Moving things from one place to another? • Constructing fences and barricades to enclose themselves or animals? • Twirling and spinn...Early Childhood
- 6 August, 2024AISWA is hosting a Taxation and Payroll Seminar on Tuesday, 6 August 2024, from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm.The seminar will be presented by Australia Wide Taxation & Payroll, catering specifically for AISWA member schools at AISWA Offices.A minimum of 25 attendees are required for this course to proceed.Included in your registration is:-Receive a full day of training from 8:00 am to 4:00 pmTaxation & Industrial Relations training for payroll administrationHave your questions answe...Administration, Leadership, Human Resources
- 6 August, 2024AISWA are proud to welcome Kath Murdoch to Perth as part of the Purposeful Pedagogies Masterclass series.How can we document journeys of inquiry to support the development of students' metalanguage, and why is it important? How can learning walls, class and personal journals and other forms of documentation help narrate the process of inquiry?In this practical, interactive workshop, Kath Murdoch, global expert in inquiry-based learning,will guide classroom teachers through the exploration of the...Interdisciplinary
- 7 August, 2024This workshop, presented by Kath Murdoch for AISWA Early Childhood, is designed to suit K-6 educators. One of the core elements of an inquiry based approach is the use of a ‘cycle of inquiry’ to support and scaffold both planning and teaching. This collaborative process is creative and dynamic and can be a powerful professional learning experience in itself. In this workshop we will explore practical approaches to designing inquiry journeys with and for our learners with an emphasis on ...Early Childhood, Humanities + Social Sciences, Literacy, Science
- 8 August, 2024This one-hour webinar will explore student wellbeing and mental health in schools today, and how to facilitate the process of meaningful Student Action Projects.During this session, we will equip educators with a 'how to guide', from the selection of meaningful and appropriate issues, designing achievable and suitable solutions, to connecting to community and amplifying success through Digital Storytelling, with the aim of designing meaningful solutions to address student wellness and mental hea...Interdisciplinary, Leadership
- 14 August, 2024"One of the criticisms I’ve faced over the years is that I’m not aggressive enough or assertive enough or maybe somehow, because I’m empathetic, it means I’m weak. I totally rebel against that. I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate and strong.” Jacinda Ardern (Former Prime Minister of New Zealand) The afternoon network meetings are for anyone interested in gender equality and the role of women in leadership roles across varying industries. Each event will...Leadership
- 15 August, 2024This program invites early career teachers to develop leadership skills both inside and outside the classroom. Focusing on Leading in Action, the second year of AISWA's Early Career Teacher program provides new educators the opportunity to take on new leadership roles in their schools. This type of program recognises that leadership in education goes beyond just classroom teaching and includes roles like mentoring, curriculum development, and school improvement initiative. ...Leadership
- 15 August, 2024Welcome back to those who attended Session 1 - of Motivating Powerful Student Learning and Engagement Masterclass.Sessions 2 and 3 will continue the journey into the science of motivation and engagement and how teachers can address persistent and common learning dilemmas. “Why don’t some students engage with certain topics or feel connected to their peers or the school at large?Why don’t students perform well on exams after performing brilliantly on homework and other assignments?”Cracking ...Leadership
- 15 August, 2024Are you looking for a ready-to-use program to include in your Health and Physical Education plan? Register to this webinar to learn about the Heart Foundation’s 5-week Jump Rope for Heart program. In this webinar, our expert team will step you through the program and show you how your school can become involved. Speakers: Jump Rope TeamHealth + PE
- 16 August, 2024Network 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. A new Network Day forum. The day will address the needs of those working to support students’ literacy in the Secondary school context....Literacy
- 16 August, 2024We are excited to offer you an opportunity to work with Educated by Nature to develop your confidence in using tools and open-ended materials in everyday experiences with children.The ability to build and create provides opportunities to develop confidence and independence. Developing an “I can” attitude and saying “YES” to children encourages self-sufficiency and autonomy, which translates to other areas of school and home life and can engage all areas of the curriculum. This workshop empowers ...Early Childhood
- 19 August, 2024The first year of 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.Some of the module content includes, but is not limited to: 1. Professional identity...Leadership
- 19 August, 2024AISWA is proud to present the online AICD Governance Foundations course for Not-For-Profit Directors of Independent Schools. This 1.5-day online course is open exclusively to Governing Board Members and Principals of AISWA schools and is being run in partnership with the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), a leading provider of governance education and development programs. The course has been tailored to the unique governance needs of Independent schools, providing participants wi...Governance, Leadership