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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.
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2019 STEM in the Hills
Date: Friday 19th July 2019
Time: 9.00am to 3.00pm
Venue: Oakbank Area School
Bookings close: 15/07/2019
Event Pricing:
| Type | Earlybird price | Regular price |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 Day) | n/a | $125.00 |
| Joint Member (1 Day) | n/a | $125.00 |
| Corporate Member (SA School) (1 Day) | n/a | $165.00 |
| Non-Member (1 Day) | n/a | $200.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 Day) | n/a | $25.00 |
Who should attend? R-10 teachers and leaders involved in STEM disciplines.
Teachers are invited to a professional learning workshop aimed at building a common understanding of STEM teaching and learning.
Teachers will explore tasks that illustrate a problem-based learning approach, that challenge students to seek solutions to open-ended, real-world problems and incorporate the engineering design process.
Teachers will gain experience with the engineering design process through working hands-on with 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.
Presenter: Kate Dilger, SASTA Education Officer
This training meets the National Professional Standards for Teachers:
- Standard 2 Focus Areas 2.1 and 2.2
- Standard 3 Focus Area 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4
- Standard 6 Focus Area 6.2
2019 Stage 2 Chemistry Marking & Moderation Workshop
Date: Friday 30th August 2019
Time: 9.00 am - 3.00 pm
Venue: Underdale High School
Bookings close: 26/08/2019
Event Pricing:
| Type | Earlybird price | Regular price |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 Day) | n/a | $145.00 |
| Joint Member (1 Day) | n/a | $145.00 |
| Corporate Member - SA School (1 Day) | n/a | $185.00 |
| Non-Member (1 Day) | n/a | $225.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 Day) | n/a | $50.00 |
Presenter: Glen Arthur, University Senior College
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
2019 Stage 2 Psychology Marking & Moderation Workshop
Date: Friday 6th September 2019
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 02/09/2019
Event Pricing:
| Type | Earlybird price | Regular price |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 Day) | n/a | $145.00 |
| Joint Member (1 Day) | n/a | $145.00 |
| Corporate Member - SA School (1 Day) | n/a | $185.00 |
| Non-Member (1 Day) | n/a | $225.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 Day) | n/a | $50.00 |
Presenter: Kate Cutts
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
2019 Stage 2 Biology Marking & Moderation Workshop
Date: Friday 6th September 2019
Time: 9.00 am - 3.00 pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 02/09/2019
Event Pricing:
| Type | Earlybird price | Regular price |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 Day) | n/a | $145.00 |
| Joint Member (1 Day) | n/a | $145.00 |
| Corporate Member - SA School (1 Day) | n/a | $185.00 |
| Non-Member (1 Day) | n/a | $225.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 Day) | n/a | $50.00 |
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 - in particular Deconstruct and Design Practicals, SHE tasks, SHE SAT questions and SATs.
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
2019 Stage 2 Physics Marking & Moderation Workshop
Date: Friday 13th September 2019
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 09/09/2019
Event Pricing:
| Type | Earlybird price | Regular price |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 Day) | n/a | $145.00 |
| Joint Member (1 Day) | n/a | $145.00 |
| Corporate Member - SA School (1 Day) | n/a | $185.00 |
| Non-Member (1 Day) | n/a | $225.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 Day) | n/a | $50.00 |
Presenter: Michael Smith, Concordia College
This workshop is an opportunity to participate in moderating 2019 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: Stage 2 Physics 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