SASTA Professional Learning For Middle & Secondary Years
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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.
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.
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)
South Australian teachers are being supported to help bring the national curriculum to the classroom with the launch of new complete units of work for Science R-10.
The new resources include detailed scope and sequence documents for the science learning area in the Australian curriculum, as well as flexible and practical units of work that teach directly to the curriculum and are designed specifically for South Australian students.
This workshop has a particular focus on how the Science units embed Aboriginal knowledge and ways of knowing connected to scientific concepts in the Australian Curriculum: Science.
Teachers will also be introduced to the many resources and culturally responsive practical ideas available to support understanding and implementation of First Nations cross curriculum priorities science elaborations with a focus on South Australian Aboriginal knowledges.
Details
Date:
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh
Bookings close: 18/08/2021
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
Description
Presenters: Katrina Elliott and Caroline Dean
South Australian teachers are being supported to help bring the national curriculum to the classroom with the launch of new complete units of work for Science R-10.
The new resources include detailed scope and sequence documents for the science learning area in the Australian curriculum, as well as flexible and practical units of work that teach directly to the curriculum and are designed specifically for South Australian students.
This workshop has a particular focus on how the Science units embed Aboriginal knowledge and ways of knowing connected to scientific concepts in the Australian Curriculum: Science.
Teachers will also be introduced to the many resources and culturally responsive practical ideas available to support understanding and implementation of First Nations cross curriculum priorities science elaborations with a focus on South Australian Aboriginal knowledges.
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
Details
Date:
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 19/08/2021
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
Description
Presenter: Carolyn Pinchbeck
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)
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
Details
Date:
Time: 9.00 am - 3.00 pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 26/08/2021
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
Description
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)
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 2021
Details
Date:
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 26/08/2021
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
Description
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 2021
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)
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 Nutrition teachers
Details
Date:
Time: 9.00 am - 3.00 pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 01/09/2021
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
Description
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 Nutrition teachers
Program:
9.00am - Registration
9.15am - Overview of the performance standards
9.30am – Case Study 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)
Intended Audience: Stage 1 and 2 Psychology teachers
This session will provide an introduction to the new subject outline for Stage 2 Psychology covering content, resources, assessment and SACE requirements.
Keynote Speaker:
Dr Neil Kirby, Organisational Psychology
Dr Neil Kirby is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide. His research interests in organisational psychology include: organisational culture, the historical development of organisational theories, the role of the organisational psychologist, and person/organisation fit. Dr Kirby is also Director of the Wellbeing Research Unit (WRU) in the School of Psychology
Presenters: Kirsty Gebert and Deb Green
Overview of content – SU, SIS, SHE
Planning for learning and assessment
Task designs for D&D and SHE
Rethinking the Stage 2 exam – what might this look like?
Conversation groups – brainstorming ideas for learning activities
Networking to the finish day
Details
Date:
Time: 9.00 am - 3.00 pm
Venue: TBA
Bookings close: 26/10/2021
Event Pricing
Type
Regular price
Personal Member (1 day)
$145.00
Corporate Member - SA School (1 day)
$185.00
SASTA Student Member (1 day)
$50.00
1st Year of Teaching (1 day)
$145.00
2nd Year of Teaching (1 day)
$145.00
Non-Member (1 day)
$225.00
Description
Intended Audience: Stage 1 and 2 Psychology teachers
This session will provide an introduction to the new subject outline for Stage 2 Psychology covering content, resources, assessment and SACE requirements.
Keynote Speaker:
Dr Neil Kirby, Organisational Psychology
Dr Neil Kirby is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide. His research interests in organisational psychology include: organisational culture, the historical development of organisational theories, the role of the organisational psychologist, and person/organisation fit. Dr Kirby is also Director of the Wellbeing Research Unit (WRU) in the School of Psychology
Presenters: Kirsty Gebert and Deb Green
Overview of content – SU, SIS, SHE
Planning for learning and assessment
Task designs for D&D and SHE
Rethinking the Stage 2 exam – what might this look like?
Conversation groups – brainstorming ideas for learning activities
Networking to the finish day
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)
Online Workshop Session - Planning for Stage 2 Psychology 2022
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.
Intended Audience: Stage 1 and 2 Psychology teachers
This session will provide an introduction to the new subject outline for Stage 2 Psychology covering content, resources, assessment and SACE requirements.
Keynote Speaker:
Dr Neil Kirby, Organisational Psychology
Dr Neil Kirby is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide. His research interests in organisational psychology include: organisational culture, the historical development of organisational theories, the role of the organisational psychologist, and person/organisation fit. Dr Kirby is also Director of the Wellbeing Research Unit (WRU) in the School of Psychology
Presenters: Kirsty Gebert and Deb Green
Overview of content – SU, SIS, SHE
Planning for learning and assessment
Task designs for D&D and SHE
Rethinking the Stage 2 exam – what might this look like?
Conversation groups – brainstorming ideas for learning activities
Networking to the finish day
Details
Date:
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue: Live from Adelaide Botanic High School
Bookings close: 26/10/2021
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
Description
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.
Intended Audience: Stage 1 and 2 Psychology teachers
This session will provide an introduction to the new subject outline for Stage 2 Psychology covering content, resources, assessment and SACE requirements.
Keynote Speaker:
Dr Neil Kirby, Organisational Psychology
Dr Neil Kirby is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide. His research interests in organisational psychology include: organisational culture, the historical development of organisational theories, the role of the organisational psychologist, and person/organisation fit. Dr Kirby is also Director of the Wellbeing Research Unit (WRU) in the School of Psychology
Presenters: Kirsty Gebert and Deb Green
Overview of content – SU, SIS, SHE
Planning for learning and assessment
Task designs for D&D and SHE
Rethinking the Stage 2 exam – what might this look like?
Conversation groups – brainstorming ideas for learning activities
Networking to the finish day
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)
Finding STEM in the Science Curriculum - morning session
This is a FREE Teacher Professional Learning Workshop for teachers attending the STEM Day Out at Science Alive.
The goal of the workshop is to provide teachers with a simple, practical process for implementing meaningful STEM challenges in the Science classroom. Teachers will explore exemplar tasks that incorporate engineering practices and design processes. 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.
This structured approach will provide teachers with a clear process and a wealth of resources for implementing an effective STEM teaching and learning program.
Details
Date:
Time: 10.00am - 11.00am
Venue: Science Alive - Adelaide Showground
Bookings close: 14/11/2021
Event Pricing
Type
Regular price
Personal Member (1 day)
$0.00
Corporate Member - SA School (1 day)
$0.00
Student Member (1 day)
$0.00
1st Year Teaching (1 day)
$0.00
2nd Year Teaching (1 day)
$0.00
Non-Member (1 day)
$0.00
Description
This is a FREE Teacher Professional Learning Workshop for teachers attending the STEM Day Out at Science Alive.
The goal of the workshop is to provide teachers with a simple, practical process for implementing meaningful STEM challenges in the Science classroom. Teachers will explore exemplar tasks that incorporate engineering practices and design processes. 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.
This structured approach will provide teachers with a clear process and a wealth of resources for implementing an effective STEM teaching and learning program.
Finding STEM in the Science Curriculum - afternoon session
This is a FREE Teacher Professional Learning Workshop for teachers attending the STEM Day Out at Science Alive.
The goal of the workshop is to provide teachers with a simple, practical process for implementing meaningful STEM challenges in the Science classroom. Teachers will explore exemplar tasks that incorporate engineering practices and design processes. 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.
This structured approach will provide teachers with a clear process and a wealth of resources for implementing an effective STEM teaching and learning program.
Details
Date:
Time: 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Venue: Science Alive - Adelaide Showground
Bookings close: 14/11/2021
Event Pricing
Type
Regular price
Personal Member (1 day)
$0.00
Corporate Member - SA School (1 day)
$0.00
Student Member (1 day)
$0.00
1st Year Teaching (1 day)
$0.00
2nd Year Teaching (1 day)
$0.00
Non-Member (1 day)
$0.00
Description
This is a FREE Teacher Professional Learning Workshop for teachers attending the STEM Day Out at Science Alive.
The goal of the workshop is to provide teachers with a simple, practical process for implementing meaningful STEM challenges in the Science classroom. Teachers will explore exemplar tasks that incorporate engineering practices and design processes. 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.
This structured approach will provide teachers with a clear process and a wealth of resources for implementing an effective STEM teaching and learning program.
