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SASTA Professional Learning For Middle & Secondary Years
Planning for next year? Click here to download a copy of the 2021 Professional Learning calendar.
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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.
2021 Teachers New to SACE Stage 2 Biology
Date: Friday 12 February 2021
Time: 9.00am - 3.30pm
Venue: Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh
Bookings close: 10/02/2021
Event Pricing:
| Type | Regular price |
|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Joint Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Corporate Membership - SA School (1 day) | $185.00 |
| Non-Member (1 day) | $225.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 day) | $50.00 |
| 1st Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
| 2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
Presenters: Kathy Adams
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
2021 Teachers New to SACE Stage 2 Physics
Date: Friday 12 February 2021
Time: 9.00am - 3.30pm
Venue: Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh
Bookings close: 10/02/2021
Event Pricing:
| Type | Regular price |
|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Joint Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Corporate Member - SA School (1 day) | $185.00 |
| Non-Member (1 day) | $225.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 day) | $50.00 |
| 1st Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
| 2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
Presenters: Michael Smith (Concordia College)
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:
- Overview of the course
- Using the subject outline in teaching
- Planning and assessment
- Assessment types
- Developing a LAP
- Good investigations
- Developing SATs
- Formative / Demonstration activities
- Other resources
- Planning the year
- Sample tasks and discussion
- Have some prepared to discuss
- Assessing and using the performance standards
- Science Inquiry Skills / SHE assessments
- Examination preparation
- Moderation
- What is required
- Planning and organisation
2021 Teachers New to Stage 1 and Stage 2 Nutrition Workshop
Date: Friday 19 February 2021
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Education Development Centre, Room G11A
Bookings close: 12/02/2021
Event Pricing:
| Type | Regular price |
|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Joint Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| 1st Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
| 2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Corporate Member - SA School (1 day) | $185.00 |
| Non-Member (1 day) | $225.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 day) | $50.00 |
Presenters: Elizabeth Arthur, Nazareth College and Lisa Cibich, Gleeson College
Intended Audience: Stage 1 and 2 teachers new to Nutrition
This session will provide an introduction to Stage 1 and Stage 2 Nutrition covering content, resources, assessment and SACE requirements.
Program:
SUBJECT OUTLINES
Stage 1 Subject Outline
- Topics
(left hand column vs right hand column)
- How do these topics link to Stage 2
- Ideas for teaching
Stage 2 Subject Outline
- Topics
ASSESSMENT
Assessment requirements Stage 1 vs Stage 2
- Folio: prac and SHE
- SATs: task or case study
Performance Standards
Assessment tasks Stage 1 vs Stage 2
Science Inquiry Skills
+ Practical ideas
+ errors discussion
+ moderation
SHE
+ exemplar
+ writing a SHE test question
Case Study
+ exemplar
+ what it might look like in the exam
Test
+ writing good test questions
Examination – what to expect
2021 Teachers New to SACE Stage 2 Chemistry
Date: Friday 19 February 2021
Time: 9.00am - 3.30pm
Venue: Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh
Bookings close: 17/02/2021
Event Pricing:
| Type | Regular price |
|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Joint Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Corporate Membership - SA School (1 day) | $185.00 |
| Non-Member (1 day) | $225.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 day) | $50.00 |
| 1st Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
| 2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
Presenters: Glen Arthur (Education Innovation Project Officer, SACE)
Teachers new to SACE 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
2021 Teachers New to SACE Stage 1 & 2 Psychology
Date: Monday 1 March 2021
Time: 9.00am - 3.30pm
Venue: Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh
Bookings close: 24/02/2021
Event Pricing:
| Type | Regular price |
|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Joint Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Corporate Member - SA School (1 day) | $185.00 |
| Non-Member (1 day) | $225.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 day) | $50.00 |
| 1st Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
| 2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
Presenter: Carolyn Pinchbeck
Intended Audience:
For teachers new to Stage 1 & 2 Psychology
Program:
9.00am - 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:
- Assessment Type 2: Skills and Application Tasks (Stage 1 focus)
- Assessment Type 2: Skills and Application Tasks (Stage 2 focus)
3.30pm - Close
2021 Teachers New to SACE Stage 2 Scientific Studies
Date: Monday 1 March 2021
Time: 9.00am - 3.30pm
Venue: Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh
Bookings close: 24/02/2021
Event Pricing:
| Type | Regular price |
|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Joint Member (1 day) | $145.00 |
| Corporate Membership - SA School (1 day) | $185.00 |
| Non-Member (1 day) | $225.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 day) | $50.00 |
| 1st Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
| 2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) | $145.00 |
Presenter: Lois Ey (Senior SACE Officer, Curriculum and Assessment)
Teachers new to SACE Stage 2 Scientific Studies 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.
Agenda
Getting started – What do I need to know?
Looking more closely at:
- deconstruction
- SHE
- proposals
- journals
- pitches
Assessment
- school assessment and moderation
- external assessment
Please bring your own device (laptop, tablet etc.)