An online course presented by Dr. Rod Campbell, demonstrating that teaching English grammar (or more correctly, teaching students the knowledge and skills for writing English) can be creative, engaging and effective.This interactive and practical session will give teachers strategies and resources that can be used immediately in the classroom. Participants will have information for at […]
This self-paced course is presented and moderated by Professor Debra Myhill. Comprising 5 distinct modules, this comprehensive course looks at what is meant by metalinguistic understanding, how to plan writing lessons which foster understanding of language choices and how to generate metalinguistic talk in your classroom. It explores metalinguistic modelling of choices in writing and […]
This self-paced course is presented and moderated by Jennifer Asha. Using rich literature to teach writing, with quality texts as a springboard for explicit grammar instruction. What makes a quality text a good resource for teaching sentence level grammar? The delivery of this course emphasises the application of grammar knowledge to classroom activities and classroom […]
The Australian Curriculum is changing... Schools and teachers want a less crowded and more helpful curriculum – with time to focus on essential content and depth of learning! ACARA is now seeking your feedback! On 12 June 2020, education ministers agreed that it was timely to review the Foundation – Year 10 Australian Curriculum, which had been […]
MASA is offering three one-hour workshops to be held in May in person in the MASA training room, Building D, 80 Payneham Road, Stepney. Book for any or all using the registration form overleaf. All sessions 5pm-6pm. Wednesday May 12th Jarrad Strain, Using technology Technology can provide students with the opportunity to play with mathematical […]
Registrations for OSASA's Term 2 Workshop, "Music - Let's Do It" are now open. This half day workshop will feature local presenters Robyn Windham, Kristie Fudge and Maria Stone sharing musical ideas and activities to you in your classroom. • Half day of fun Professional Development suitable for JP, MP and UP Teachers • Lesson […]
This practical workshop, presented by Dr. Leonie Arthur and Dr. Margery Hertzberg, will focus on the use of authentic texts to teach phonics in the early years of school. The course will demonstrate strategies for planning engaging, culturally responsive teaching and learning sequences that support each student’s development of phonics skills and vocabulary knowledge in […]
Presented by Bronwyn Custance and Tony Hole. What are the core text types reflected in the Australian Curriculum; Science, and how do we support our learners in reading and writing science texts to successfully construct and represent their learning? This workshop explores core texts in Science: their specific structures and language features. It explores how […]
A day-long journey through an age-old artform, across two days. This workshop sees the participants writing as one, as some and as many. Suitability: Upper Primary - Secondary These two workshops enable you to experiment with strategies that work with helping students write devised pieces of theatre. You may also have a desire to foster […]
The Australian Association for Teachers of the Deaf (SA) presents its Term 2 professional learning event Students with a Hearing Loss - Sharing Professional Practice featuring a panel of Deaf Education professionals. Would you like to network with other educators working with students, with a hearing loss? Join us for a panel Q&A event with […]