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SASTA Professional Learning For Middle & Secondary Years
Planning for the rest of the year? Click here to download a copy of the 2020 Professional Learning calendar.
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.
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.
2020 Stage 2 Chemistry Marking & Moderation Workshop
Date: Friday 21 August 2020
Time: 9.00 am - 3.00 pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 18/08/2020
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: Glen Arthur, SACE Board, Education Innovation Project Officer.
An opportunity for teachers to discuss assessment and the application of the performance standards to samples of work, as well as to have invaluable professional input with their own student samples. An opportunity to readjust marking standards prior to final moderation.
Tasks that will be discussed include the deconstruct and design task, science as a human endeavour investigation and marking of SATs, in particular short answer and extended response questions, including SHE responses.
NOTE FOR PARTICIPANTS: Please bring examples of your own students' work.
Intended audience: Stage 2 Chemistry teachers
Program:
9.00am - Registration
9.15am - Overview of the performance standards
9.30am - Deconstruction and Design and Science as a Human Endeavour
10.45am - Morning Tea
11.00am - Mock moderation and benchmarking - recognising grade bands in samples
12noon - Lunch
12.30pm - Group marking exercise (bring samples from your school)
1.30pm - Marking exam-style questions (bring test samples from your school)
2.30pm - Questions
3.00pm - Close
* Program may be subject to change
2020 Stage 2 Psychology Marking & Moderation Workshop
Date: Monday 24 August 2020
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 19/08/2020
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: Kate Cutts, Carolyn Pinchbeck and Deborah Green
An opportunity for teachers to discuss assessment and the application of the performance standards to samples of work, as well as to have invaluable professional input with their own student samples. An opportunity to readjust marking standards prior to final moderation.
NOTE FOR PARTICIPANTS: Please bring examples of your own students' work
Intended audience: Stage 2 Psychology teachers
Program:
9.00am - Registration
9.15am - Overview of the performance standards
9.30am - Guiding research proposals and drafting of investigations
10.45am - Morning Tea
11.00am - Mock moderation and benchmarking - recognising grade bands in samples
12noon - Lunch
12.30pm - Group marking exercise (bring samples from your school)
1.30pm - Marking exam-style questions (bring test samples from your school)
2.30pm - Questions
3.00pm - Close
* Program may be subject to change
2020 Stage 2 Biology Marking & Moderation Workshop
Date: Friday 4 September 2020
Time: 9.00 am - 3.00 pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 01/09/2020
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: Dr Kathy Adams, Horizon Christian School
An opportunity for teachers to discuss assessment and the application of the performance standards to samples of work, as well as to have invaluable professional input with their own student samples. An opportunity to readjust marking standards prior to final moderation.
Tasks that will be discussed include the deconstruct and design task, science as a human endeavour investigation and marking of SATs, in particular short answer and extended response questions, including SHE responses.
NOTE FOR PARTICIPANTS: Please bring examples of your own students' work.
Intended audience: Stage 2 Biology teachers
Program:
9.00am - Registration
9.15am - Overview of the performance standards
9.30am - Deconstruction and Design and Science as a Human Endeavour (SHE and SAT tasks)
10.45am - Morning Tea
11.00am - Mock moderation and benchmarking - recognising grade bands in samples
12noon - Lunch
12.30pm - Group marking exercise (bring samples from your school)
1.30pm - Marking exam-style questions (bring test samples from your school)
2.30pm - Questions
3.00pm - Close
* Program may be subject to change
2020 Stage 2 Physics Marking & Moderation Workshop
Date: Friday 11 September 2020
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 08/09/2020
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 |
This workshop is an opportunity to participate in moderating 2020 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 examples of your own students' work - in particular Deconstruct and Design Practicals, SHE tasks, SHE SAT questions and SATs.
Intended audience: Physics teachers teaching Stage 2 Physics in 2020
Program:
9.00am - Registration
9.15am - Overview of the performance standards
9.30am - Deconstruction and Design and Science as a Human Endeavour
10.45am - Morning Tea
11.00am - Mock moderation and benchmarking - recognising grade bands in samples
12noon - Lunch
12.30pm - Group marking exercise (bring samples from your school)
1.30pm - Marking exam-style questions
2.30pm - Questions
3.00pm - Close
* Program may be subject to change
FULL - Planning for Stage 1 Psychology 2021
Date: Monday 26 October 2020
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh
Bookings close: 19/10/2020
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 |
THIS EVENT IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT - PLEASE USE THE BOOK NOW BUTTON BELOW TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAITING LIST
Presenters: Kate Cutts, Kirsty Gebert and Deb Green
- Overview of content – SU, SIS, SHE
- Planning for learning and assessment
- Task designs for D&D and SHE
- Conversation groups – brainstorming ideas for learning activities
- Networking to the finish day
- Presenters to produce ‘Starter pack’.
- Free to conference attendees, for sale afterwards.
- Including helpful hints, semester planner, test, D&D and SHE exemplars etc.
Intended audience: Stage 1 & 2 Psychology Teachers
Planning for Stage 1 Psychology 2021 - New Workshop Session
Date: Saturday 31 October 2020
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Adelaide Botanic High School
Bookings close: 24/10/2020
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: Kate Cutts, Kirsty Gebert and Deb Green
- Overview of content – SU, SIS, SHE
- Planning for learning and assessment
- Task designs for D&D and SHE
- Conversation groups – brainstorming ideas for learning activities
- Networking to the finish day
- Presenters to produce ‘Starter pack’.
- Free to conference attendees, for sale afterwards.
- Including helpful hints, semester planner, test, D&D and SHE exemplars etc.
Intended audience: Stage 1 & 2 Psychology Teachers
Online Workshop Session - Planning for Stage 1 Psychology 2021
Date: Saturday 31 October 2020
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Adelaide Botanic High School
Bookings close: 24/10/2020
Event Pricing:
| Type | Regular price |
|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 day) | $100.00 |
| Joint Member (1 day) | $100.00 |
| Corporate Member - SA School (1 day) | $140.00 |
| Non-Member (1 day) | $180.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 day) | $25.00 |
| 1st Year of Teaching (1 day) | $100.00 |
| 2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) | $100.00 |
This workshop will be delivered online.
You will be sent a link to log into the live workshop as well as electronic copies of all the workshop resources.
Presenters: Kate Cutts, Kirsty Gebert and Deb Green
- Overview of content – SU, SIS, SHE
- Planning for learning and assessment
- Task designs for D&D and SHE
- Conversation groups – brainstorming ideas for learning activities
- Networking to the finish day
- Presenters to produce ‘Starter pack’.
- Free to conference attendees, for sale afterwards.
- Including helpful hints, semester planner, test, D&D and SHE exemplars etc.
Intended audience: Stage 1 & 2 Psychology Teachers