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SASTA Professional Learning For Primary Years

Download the 2024 Professional Learning Calendar (PDF) to see what's on offer. Keep an eye on this page for event registrations when available.

Please note: If you require an invoice for school payment, please simply select Bank Transfer at the payment option during your booking. This will email you an invoice - please wait approximately 15 minutes for this to come through.

Cancellation policy: 

Notice of cancellation received more than 48 hours before the event will incur a standard $50 administration processing fee, any registration fees received in addition to this amount will be refunded. For cancellation notice received less than 48 hours before the event, registration fees unfortunately cannot be refunded. 

Should SASTA need to cancel or reschedule a professional learning event, then all registered delegates can opt either to receive a full refund or have their registration transferred to the rescheduled event.

Are you a SASTA Member? You can receive discounted / free professional learning!
 

Find out all the member services you could receive as part of the SASTA science community and join here

2024 Pre-Service Teacher Professional Learning Day

FREE for SASTA Members!

This Professional Learning Day has been specifically designed for pre-service (and Early Career) teachers who will be teaching science. 

The workshops cover a range of interactive and engaging presentations from experienced practitioners to provide the tools and skills needed to survive and thrive in the early years of being a science educator.

This day is suitable for Primary and Secondary pre-service teachers and early career teachers.

Focusing on the development of sustainable, professional practice in early career science teachers, the topics covered include high impact teaching strategies, key concepts and key ideas, task design and teacher wellbeing.

See the full program and workshop descriptions HERE

Details

Date:

Time: 8.30am - 3.15pm

Venue: Education Development Centre

Bookings close: 20/03/2024

Event Pricing

Type Regular price
Personal Member (1 day) $0.00
1st Year of Teaching (1 day) $0.00
2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) $0.00
SASTA Student Member (1 day) $0.00
Corporate Member - SA School (1 day) $0.00
Personal Non-Member (1 day) $145.00
1st Year of Teaching Non-Member (1 day) $50.00
2nd Year of Teaching Non-Member (1 day) $80.00
Student Non-Member (1 day) $30.00

Description

FREE for SASTA Members!

This Professional Learning Day has been specifically designed for pre-service (and Early Career) teachers who will be teaching science. 

The workshops cover a range of interactive and engaging presentations from experienced practitioners to provide the tools and skills needed to survive and thrive in the early years of being a science educator.

This day is suitable for Primary and Secondary pre-service teachers and early career teachers.

Focusing on the development of sustainable, professional practice in early career science teachers, the topics covered include high impact teaching strategies, key concepts and key ideas, task design and teacher wellbeing.

See the full program and workshop descriptions HERE

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2024 SASTA Annual Conference

Details

Date:

Time: 8.30am - 5.30pm

Venue: St Peter's Girls School

Earlybird cutoff: 15/03/2024 (no longer available)

Bookings close: 10/04/2024

Event Pricing

Type Regular price
Non-Member (1 day) $300.00
Personal Member (1 day) $180.00
Personal Member - Lab Officer (1 day) $150.00
SASTA Student Member (1 day) $70.00
Corporate Member (SA School) (1 day) $240.00
Corporate Member (Business or Interstate School) (1 day) $240.00
Life Member (1 day) $180.00
Retired Member (1 day) $180.00
Joint Member (1 day) $180.00
Presenter Non-Commercial (Non-Member) (1 day) $150.00
Presenter Non-Commercial (Member) (1 day) $90.00
Presenter Non-Commercial (Corporate - SA School) (1 day) $120.00
Presenter Non-Commercial (Lab Officer) (1 day) $75.00
1st Year of Teaching SASTA Member (1 day) $180.00
2nd Year of Teaching SASTA Member (1 day) $180.00
Type Regular price
Non-Member (2 days) $440.00
Personal Member (2 days) $260.00
Personal Member - Lab Officer (2 days) $220.00
SASTA Student Member (2 days) $120.00
Corporate Member (SA School) (2 days) $350.00
Corporate Member (Business or Interstate School) (2 days) $350.00
Life Member (2 days) $260.00
Retired Member (2 days) $260.00
Joint Member (2 days) $260.00
Presenter Non-Commercial (Non-Member) (2 days) $330.00
Presenter Non-Commercial (Member) (2 days) $195.00
Presenter Non-Commercial (Corporate - SA School) (2 days) $262.50
Presenter Non-Commercial (Lab Officer) (2 days) $165.00
1st Year of Teaching SASTA Member (2 days) $260.00
2nd Year of Teaching SASTA Member (2 days) $260.00
Presenter Non-Commercial (Member) (2 days) $195.00

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FREE Excursion - SA Water Desalination Plant

The Adelaide Desalination Plant at Lonsdale is the state’s largest desalination plant able to produce 100 gigalitres a year. As metropolitan Adelaide’s only climate-independent source of drinking water, it has been delivering drinking water since 2011.

Join a guided tour to see how we turn seawater into fresh clean drinking water, and how important desalination is to South Australia’s water security.

Please note, this tour takes place from a vehicle. 

Also, morning tea will be provided.

Participants will need to make their own way to the venue.

Please note that this is a SASTA members only event.

Details

Date:

Time: 10.00am - 12.00pm

Venue: Adelaide Desalination Plant

Bookings close: 03/07/2024

Event Pricing

Type Regular price
Personal Member (1 day) $0.00
Joint Member (1 day) $0.00
Corporate Member - SA School (1 day) $0.00
SASTA Student Member (1 day) $0.00
1st Year of Teaching (1 day) $0.00
2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) $0.00

Description

The Adelaide Desalination Plant at Lonsdale is the state’s largest desalination plant able to produce 100 gigalitres a year. As metropolitan Adelaide’s only climate-independent source of drinking water, it has been delivering drinking water since 2011.

Join a guided tour to see how we turn seawater into fresh clean drinking water, and how important desalination is to South Australia’s water security.

Please note, this tour takes place from a vehicle. 

Also, morning tea will be provided.

Participants will need to make their own way to the venue.

Please note that this is a SASTA members only event.

Date: Monday 8 July

Time: 10.00am - 12.00pm

Venue: Adelaide Desalination Plant

15 Chrysler Rd, Lonsdale SA 5160

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