For Middle & Secondary Years

Keynote speaker: Kirrilie Smout

Title: Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Digital Age

This presentation will focus on helping professionals to understand current issues related to adolescent mental health, and to be aware of practical strategies to use to support young people dealing with anxiety, trauma, and difficult life events.

Kirrilie Smout is a clinical Psychologist who has worked as a child and adolescent specialist for the last 23 years in private, government and community settings. She has provided therapy to approximately 5000 children, teens and families, supervised over 50 child and adolescent psychologists, and presented seminars to more than 50,000 students, parents and teachers in schools around Australia. She is the director of Developing Minds, a specialist child and adolescent psychology clinic in Adelaide which provides therapy to more than 250 families each week. Kirrilie has won national awards for her speaking work and research, authored three books about young people and provides consultation about youth mental health issues to national media, education and health organisations.

Intended Audience

For teachers new to Stage 2 Biology and current teachers seeking guidance for the new course.

Key Topics: 

Introduction

• Australian Curriculum 2018 (Topics and Assessment, SU, SIS, SHE)
• What’s new?
• SACE Board documents                                                                                                      
• Designing a Teaching Program                                                                                            
• Alternative Programs                                                                                                           

Theory Lessons

• Teaching biology (including discussion of new content for 2018)                                         
  • Analysing worksheets, class assignments, homework assignments using new assessment design criteria and performance standards
• AV and multimedia materials in Senior Biology

Practical Lessons

• Types of Practical                                                                                                                
• Assessing practical work                                                                                                      
• Test questions relating to practicals                                                                                     

Assessment Plans

• Including changes for 2018 – e.g. ‘weightings’, examination format                                     

Moderation

Preparing tests, SHE questions, and SHE investigations

• Analysing test questions                                                                                                      
• Preparing answers                                                                                                               
• ‘Deconstructing’ a problem                                                                                                   

 Marking

• Marking tests, SHE questions, and SHE investigations                                                        
• Marking extended response questions                                                                                

Q & A Session

An overview of the course will be provided, and guidance offered for planning, assessment and task design. Participants will be given the opportunity to share and discuss ideas, tasks and other resources for teaching the new course.

Intended Audience

For teachers new to Stage 2 Physics and current teachers seeking guidance for the new course.

Key Topics: 

This workshop is designed to address the needs of teachers who are new to teaching in a science laboratory.  Instruction will include; safety guidelines, including how to complete risk assessment, equipment use and behaviour management. Teachers will be guided through typical laboratory lesson scenarios and have the opportunity to plan and complete a practical investigation.

The workshop will be held in a school laboratory setting.

Who should attend: Secondary/Middle school teachers.

Intended Audience: 

For teachers new to Stage 1 & 2 Psychology

Program:

9.15am - Overview

9.30am - Levels of Explanation

10.30am - Morning Tea

11.00am - Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio

• How to conduct a research program
• Guiding students in writing research proposals, drafts and final reports
• Strategies to help students understand the skills needed for the research programs

12.30pm - Lunch

1.30pm - Assessment Type 2: Skills and Application Tasks

2.30pm - Grading of:

1. Assessment Type 2: Skills and Application Tasks (Stage 1 focus)
2. Assessment Type 2: Skills and Application Tasks (Stage 2 focus)

3.30pm - Close

Introducing Stage 2 Chemistry provides an overview, and guidance offered for planning, assessment and task design. Participants will be given the opportunity to share and discuss ideas, tasks and other resources.

Intended Audience: For teachers new to Stage 2 Chemistry

This session will provide an introduction and revision of Stage 1 and Stage 2 Nutrition covering content, resources, assessment and SACE requirements. 

Intended Audience: Teachers new to SACE Nutrition and those wanting a refresher and a chance to network with fellow Nutrition teachers.

Key topics: 

• Stage 1 & 2 Subject Outline
• Topics and resources
• Assessments
• Exam and Moderation

Please bring along resources used, task design and student work to share in moderation. 

Why is the E so important?

Engineering offers a tangible link between the STM components and their applications. Implementing engineering practices as part of a teaching and learning program offers teachers the opportunity to explore new exciting and engaging activities and students a new way to solve problems.

This workshop will focus on what this might look like in a classroom. Teachers will explore the engineering design process through prepared exemplar challenges. The tasks and resources aim to give teachers the experience and support they need to plan and deliver STEM focussed lessons that highlight the design thinking required in engineering.