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2026 Stage 2 Physics Marking & Moderation Workshop

This workshop is an opportunity to participate in moderating 2025 student work prior to external moderation. Teachers can prepare, discuss, and comparable judgements of their students' work across a range of grade boundaries in a professional environment with colleagues from other schools.

NOTE FOR PARTICIPANTS:  Please bring complete or near complete portfolios of both Investigations and Skills and Application Tasks across a range of grade boundaries.

Presenter: Michael Smith

Intended audience: Physics teachers currently teaching Stage 2 Physics in 2026

"This was a very effective, collaborative and respectful session. Sharing resources and potential improvements is invaluable." - 2025 attendee

Details

Date: Monday 24 August 2026

Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm

Venue: Education Development Centre

Bookings close: 20/08/2026

Event Pricing

Type Regular price
Personal Member (1 day) $160.00
Joint Member (1 day) $160.00
Corporate Member - SA School (1 day) $205.00
Non-Member (1 day) $250.00
SASTA Student Member (1 day) $55.00
1st Year of Teaching (1 day) $160.00
2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) $160.00
Retired member (1 day) $160.00

Description

Program: 

9.00 am - Registration

9.15 am - Overview of the day

9.30 am – Investigations (SHE/Design and Deconstruction)

10.45 am - Morning Tea

11.00 am - SATs

12 noon - Mock moderation and benchmarking - recognising and confirming grade bands in samples

1.00 pm - Lunch

1.30 pm - Moderation (bring samples from your school)

2.45 pm - Questions

3.00 pm - Close

* Program may be subject to change

"Michael is a great presenter. He is clear about the demand of the SACE rubric." - 2025 attendee