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Have you seen the NGV program for students up to Y10? From learning about Australian history from art to talking about emotions with younger kids at school, they have a great variety this term:

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/learn/creative_catalyst/

Are you interested in technologies in the classroom? EdgedVR is conducting an online workshop next week on Virtual Reality and how it can be applied in a school setting. For more info, head to:

https://edupd.com.au/listing/how-to-innovate-using-virtual-reality-in-your-school/

How to innovate using Virtual Reality in your schoolEdu Pd - Connecting teachers and educators with professional learning General description We look forward to discussing: – Tips, advice and free resources – Virtual Reality can be used to innovate, allowing students to become creators of Immersive Project…

4 trends that will shape the future of education: An interesting view on the future of education with again the debate on standardised testing.

"1. Learning from everywhere
2. Replacing lectures with active learning
3. Teaching skills that remain relevant in a changing world
4. Using formative assessment instead of high-stake exams"

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/02/four-trends-that-will-shape-the-future-of-higher-education/

4 trends that will shape the future of higher education Higher education needs to reform by moving towards active learning, teaching skills that will endure in a changing world, and adopting formative assessment. Here are 4 higher education trends to watch out.

This month, we look at setting ourselves up for success by managing our goals to achieve our dreams.

Back to school - The latest on Professional Development for teachers and educators Strides gets you organised and tracks your progress towards your goals. Easy to use but you'll need to set it up first with your goals (weekly, monthly, or yearly) and enter your progress. It provides you with charts to stay motivated and you can set up your goals as SMART goals. 

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Back to school - The latest on Professional Development for teachers and educators Strides gets you organised and tracks your progress towards your goals. Easy to use but you'll need to set it up first with your goals (weekly, monthly, or yearly) and enter your progress. It provides you with charts to stay motivated and you can set up your goals as SMART goals. 

Environment Education Victoria is hosting a free one hour PD this Thursday. You'll learn about story-making. A great literacy PD hosted by author-illustrator Trace Balla.

"Join Trace for a special story-making workshop where you’ll experience being in your students’ shoes as you create a ‘travelling story’ and a ‘story map’. Walk away feeling inspired and confident to support your students to catch and hatch their own stories. "

https://edupd.com.au/listing/books-that-move-you/

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Environment Education Victoria is offering a free 1h online workshop for F-10 teachers next week "Climate Creatives".

The Arts play a key role in supporting students to process information about the environment and sustainability, express thoughts and feelings, and explore solutions.

Join Templestowe College to discover how they blend science, art, First Nations knowledge, and climate maps, to create beautiful and highly informative scientific art. And St Columba's Primary School will bring music to your ears with a presentation about their Climate Change Choir and how it has enriched the curriculum, empowered students, and influenced the broader community.

https://edupd.com.au/listing/climate-creatives/

Climate CreativesEdu Pd - Connecting teachers and educators with professional learning Professional development webinar for teachers - Learn from other teachers how they blend science, art, First Nations knowledge, and climate maps, to create beautiful and highly informative scientific art.

Remote learning for teachers - what works and what doesn't Education Perfect shares some helpful tips for teachers on how to boost student engagement and outcomes during lockdown

What tips and strategies did remote learning teach you that you can bring back to your face-to-face classroom?

An interesting read on what can work in the classroom, from ongoing formative assessment to lesson segmenting and Socratic discussions.

https://www.teachthought.com/technology/remote-teaching-strategies-that-work-in-the-classroom/

10 Remote Teaching Strategies You Can Take Back Into The Classroom In a physical classroom, the beginning, middle, and end play important roles but with more flexibility and opportunities for collaboration.

Attention Humanities teachers:

You can still register for this free 2h online workshop from the Parliamentary Education Office on teaching civics and citizenship.

You will:
- enhance your knowledge and understanding of the Australian Constitution
- examine key High Court cases that have influenced our understanding of the Constitution
- experience fun and engaging classroom activities that explore the Constitution
- come away with a collection of curriculum-aligned interactive and immersive teaching resources and strategies.

Tuesday 17 August 2021 18.30 – 20.30 (AEST)
Duration: 2 hours



https://edupd.com.au/listing/teach-civics-and-citizenship-constitution-masterclass/

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If you are after some ideas for your lesson planning, ABC Education offers lots of resources available for primary and secondary teachers from F-10 on a wide range of topics. Find out more:
https://ab.co/3rhvuUF

Education resources for schools teachers and students - ABC Education ABC Education has 5000+ educational games, videos and teaching resources for schools and students. Free Primary and Secondary resources covering history, science, English, maths and more

How to overcome block #1 is about having a growth mindset. Check out our July newsletter, in which we discuss having a growth mindset versus a fixed mindset.

3 mental blocks that keep you from doing what you say you want to do The bad news: We all face powerful mental blocks that stop us when we’re trying to achieve our goals. The good news: We can outwit them. Here’s how, according to cognitive psychologist Amanda Crowe…

Remote teaching, here we come. We've got this.

Learn more about how to support your students' mental health and wellbeing with this 30min online PD that can be done in your time. You'll discover some tips and strategies to help your students manage their anxiety, and help build their coping, resilience and positive help-seeking behaviours.

Find out more:

https://edupd.com.au/listing/coach-2-cope-youth-mental-health-first-aid-program/

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This month we look at growth mindset versus fixed mindset and how to foster success by harnessing the power of YET.

Your monthly bulletin - The latest on Professional Development for teachers and educators Carol Dweck gave a powerful TED Talk of growth mindset, which you can find here. It's a 10min introduction talk on how to foster success and develop a growth mindset.  https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en  

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Your monthly bulletin - The latest on Professional Development for teachers and educators Carol Dweck gave a powerful TED Talk of growth mindset, which you can find here. It's a 10min introduction talk on how to foster success and develop a growth mindset.  https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en  

Have you seen this online professional development workshop from the Parliamentary Education Office on the Australian Constitution? Spots are filling fast and so they added a second workshop due to popular demand. Happening in August - suitable for primary and secondary teachers.

"In this exciting collaboration with the High Court of Australia and the National Archives of Australia, teachers will explore the significance of Australia’s Constitution, the High Court’s role in interpreting it and how the National Archives of Australia preserve it and other important documents. Teachers will receive a range of curriculum-aligned interactive and immersive teaching resources and strategies."

https://edupd.com.au/listing/teach-civics-and-citizenship-constitution-masterclass/

Teach civics and citizenship: Constitution masterclassEdu Pd - Connecting teachers and educators with professional learning Professional learning education Primary school teachers Wellbeing Professional Development Teaching Secondary School Teachers Civics and citizenship effective teaching constitution

A teacher's view on how to develop students' critical thinking in the classroom:

- independent research by students on the topic gathering facts and not opinions
- followed by class discussion to form own opinion which can change as the discussion progresses
- then students write 3 reasons for their opinion: one opinion written on one sheet of paper with facts supporting that opinion
- students argue as a class their opinion
- they then write on a fourth sheet of paper the best argument they heard against their opinion and aim to rebut it

A Strategy for Teaching Students to Write Political Arguments Modeling how to disagree on political issues of interest to middle and high school students boosts their critical thinking and literacy skills.

Australian Curriculum Website Redesign - tour of current prototype ACARA's Melanie Isaacs gives a quick tour of the current prototype of the new Australian Curriculum website.

How do you adapt your teaching for gifted students? What strategies do you use to ensure your gifted students are challenged enough in your classroom?

An interesting look at how some schools are developing best practice around teaching gifted learners:

- be encouraged to try a variety of activities in your classroom
- use formative assessment to know at what level your students are
- have very high expectations
- include higher order thinking skills in every activity
- extend with fun, problem-solving activities or competitions through additional projects in a field that interests them
- and ongoing professional learning for teachers to stay informed of the best and most effective strategies to teach gifted students

https://policies.education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/educational-data/cese/publications/audio/gifted-education-podcast

Coming up next month, this one hour online PD will discuss how disability is portrayed within children's literature and examine the potential impact of the underlying messages about disability. For more information, head to:

https://edupd.com.au/listing/respectful-representations-of-diversity-within-childrens-literature/

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NAIDOC Week starts TODAY!!! ❤️💛🖤 This year the theme is Heal Country, heal our nation.

Country is inherent to the identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - spiritually, physically, emotionally, socially, and culturally.

It is more than a place. Country is spoken of like a person.

For generations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been calling for stronger measures to recognise, protect, and maintain all aspects of our culture and heritage for all Australians.

They continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction.

We’ll be sharing content from our partners across the week and insights from Bush Heritage staff working on our partnerships. Please tell us in the comments below what you’ll be doing for NAIDOC Week this year!

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Last day of term, enjoy a well deserve break!

Here's to us! 🥂

Lego is launching a space education series :-) For hands-on learning experience and to explore space, LEGO has teamed up with NASA. Teachers can sign up to receive alerts on the program coming soon, there'll be press conferences and activities to be incorporated into the curriculum. Engage your students with something different ;-)

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-062121a-lego-education-nasa-build-launch-artemis.html

Build to Launch: LEGO Education to bring NASA's Artemis I mission into classrooms | collectSPACE As NASA assembles the final parts for its return to the moon, LEGO is ready to launch into classrooms with a learning series themed around the space agency's Artemis I mission. LEGO Education announced "Build to Launch," a new collaboration with NASA.

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This month we look at getting organised and achieving our goals.

What's your top tip? Do you use any organisation app or tool? How do you stay focused and how to keep track of your goals?

Your monthly bulletin - The latest on Professional Development for teachers and educators - Write down your to-do-list the day or the night before then start your day by completing the most important tasks first (which are usually the ones you don’t want to do!)

What are your thoughts on report comments? Efficient? Useful? Important? Are they being read by the students and parents? What make comments successful and meaningful?

This article discusses the different types of comments, worth a look to see what comments can be effective or less effective.

https://www.teachermagazine.com/au_en/articles/teacher-comments-in-school-reports-whats-effective

Teacher comments in school reports: What's effective? Dr Hilary Hollingsworth and Jonathan Heard highlight some of the observations that they’ve made in their early analysis of teacher comments on school reports.

Coming to Geelong and Ballarat in June, a full day symposium on neurodevelopmental disorders and education, paediatric psychiatry and behaviour analysis. Don't miss out.

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Let's celebrate music teachers! Applications for the Telstra ARIA Music Teacher Award are open until the 18th of June. Music teachers do an amazing job every day working with students. "Creative kids are brighter kids, and research shows that participation in music programs has a positive impact on children's lives."

Share with your colleagues and friends who deserve recognition in their field :-)

https://www.aria.com.au/music-teacher/

Telstra ARIA Music Teacher Award Through our ARIA Music Teacher of The Year award, we acknowledge people for their contribution to music education. View the winners and nominees here.

ReachOut has some great resources for teachers' wellbeing and self-care. Especially in Victoria with the current lockdown restrictions, it's essential to look after yourself.

https://schools.au.reachout.com/teacher-wellbeing

Teacher wellbeing Mental health and wellbeing of teachers is just as important as that of your students. Here are some resources to get you started.

A nice view on teaching, "inspiring the next generation"

https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/desire-to-inspire-the-next-generation-20210430-p57nuo.html

Desire to inspire the next generation Great teachers inspired this school principal to enter teaching instead of law.

For all teachers in Victoria, this week during Education week, you can grab a free ticket to EduTECH in Melbourne in August.

"All educators are invited to attend, with topics covering:

kindergarten
primary and secondary school
higher education
workplace learning."

Grab your free ticket before Sunday!

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/classrooms/Pages/stories-Register-for-EduTECH-2021.aspx?utm_source=email+marketing+Mailigen&utm_campaign=In+Our+Classrooms&utm_medium=email

Register for EduTECH 2021 Register for EduTECH 2021 Page ContentTeachers can get a full access in-person ticket for free by registering during Education Week, from Sunday 23 to Sunday 29 May. Registrations are now open for the 2021 EduTECH conference on Tuesday 17 to Wednesday 18 August. The conference is an opportunity for....

Let's celebrate - Education Week 2021

Education Week 2021 is here!

This year the theme is about ‘Building Connections’ between schools and the community.

There is a calendar of events on the Department’s website with free activities for school students during Education Week.

Find out more www.education.vic.gov.au/educationweek

The Tokyo Olympics are fast approaching. Find out some activities to do in our classroom to engage your students:

https://olympics.com/museum/visit/schools/teaching-resources

Olympic Education Resources - materials for teaching the Olympics Access a wide range of Olympic teaching resources, grouped by theme, created with the help of teachers and education experts.

Have you done the self-assessment tool from AITSL? a free tool to help you review your teaching practice and inform your professional development plan:

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/teach/improve-practice/teacher-self-assessment-tool

Teacher Self-Assessment Tool TSAT, self assessment, self-assessment

Indigenous cultural competency Indigenous cultural competency

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Your monthly bulletin - The latest on Professional Development for teachers and educators This month, we are looking at data and how we can collect data to improve our teaching practices.  This month, we are all about wellbeing. As term 2 starts, it's important to look after ourselves and our students. We'll look at brain breaks in the classroom as well as some free mindfulness apps for...