First meeting for 2017

Hi everyone and welcome to the new school year,

Our first meeting for the year is scheduled for Thursday 3rd March 2017 from 4.00pm - 6.00pm in the staffroom at Mooroopna Park Primary School.

The topic for this meeting is "Back to Basics' where we will look at setting yourself up for another year of CRT, becoming a career CRT, things you should have in your bag of tricks, what’s essential for teaching and what’s not.  We would love for you to bring along your ideas, stories and resources to share with others.

Please RSVP to Mel at sheppartoncrtsupportnetwork@hotmail.com at least 2 days before the meeting.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Regards, 

Mel and Jen 

June Meeting Details

Hello everyone,

Our May collegial meeting is scheduled for Thursday 16th June 2016.  You can find all the details below.

Venue: Mooroopna Park Primary School, 45 Macisaac Road, Mooroopna

The meeting will be held in the school's staffroom.  Please enter the school via the main front door and enquire at the main office for directions to the Staffroom!

Date: Thursday 6 June 2016

Time: 4.00pm - 6.00pm

Cost: gold coin donation to help cover afternoon tea

Parking:  Avaliable in staff carpark (access vis Macisaac Road), street parking on Macisaac Road or around the corner on Norton Drive.

Topic: 
It's now winter and there will be times when the students won't be able to head outside to let off some steam so bring along your games and activities that you will be able to run inside on these wintery day. 
 
Catering: A light afternoon tea with continuous tea/coffee/hot chocolate (coffee machine and milk frothers).

RSVP:  We would love to hear who will be joining us.  If you are able to RSVP to Sheppartoncrtsupportnetwork@hotmail.com at least two days before the meeting, this will help us with the catering for afternoon tea.

If you have any enquiries regarding this meeting, please email Mel at Sheppartoncrtsupportnetwork@hotmail.com

We look forward to seeing you there!

Regards,

Mel and Jen

Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder - Key Strategies for Success Webinar

Hi everyone,

I have just come across a free 40 minute webinar (normally $60) presented by Sue Larkey on Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder.  This webinar is available free until Monday 16 May 2016.  You can access the webinar from the link below:

http://elearning.suelarkey.com.au/

You will need to set up a free profile to access the webinar but there is no payment required.

Make sure you have a spare piece of paper and pen with you before you enter the webinar.  There are also notes provided that you can print.

Regards,

Mel

May Meeting details

Hello everyone,

Our May collegial meeting is scheduled for Thursday 12th May 2016.  You can find all the details below.

Venue: Mooroopna Park Primary School, 45 Macisaac Road, Mooroopna

The meeting will be held in the school's staffroom.  Please enter the school via the main front door and enquire at the main office for directions to the Staffroom!

Date: Thursday 12 May 2016

Time: 4.00pm - 6.00pm

Cost: gold coin donation to help cover afternoon tea

Parking:  Avaliable in staff carpark (access vis Macisaac Road), street parking on Macisaac Road or around the corner on Norton Drive.

Topic: ICT in the CRT classroom.  Bring along websites and writing prompts, games and video clips.  Bring along all things ICT to share with everyone.

Catering: A light afternoon tea with continuous tea/coffee/hot chocolate (coffee machine and milk frothers).

RSVP:  We would love to hear who will be joining us.  If you are able to RSVP to Sheppartoncrtsupportnetwork@hotmail.com at least two days before the meeting, this will help us with the catering for afternoon tea.

If you have any enquiries regarding this meeting, please email Mel at Sheppartoncrtsupportnetwork@hotmail.com

We look forward to seeing you there!

Regards,

Mel and Jen

July Collegial Meeting Details

Hello everyone,

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 6th August 2015.  You can find all the details below.

Venue: Mooroopna Park Primary School, 45 Macisaac Road, Mooroopna

The meeting will be held in the school's staffroom.  Please enter the school via the main front door and enquire at the main office for directions to the Staffroom!

Date: Thursday 6 August 2015

Time: 4.00pm - 6.00pm

Cost: gold coin donation to help cover afternoon tea

Parking:  Avaliable in staff carpark (access vis Macisaac Road), street parking on Macisaac Road or around the corner on Norton Drive.

Topic:  Bring along any 10 minute games.  These might be used at the start of a lesson or to fill in 10 minutes at the end of a lesson, or even when you have a spare 10 minutes to fill in.  These games could be played inside, outside, with resources or with minimal resources, cover maths, literacy or just be lots of fun.  

Catering: A light afternoon tea with continuous tea/coffee/hot chocolate (coffee machine and milk frothers).

RSVP:  We would love to hear who will be joining us.  If you are able to RSVP to Sheppartoncrtsupportnetwork@hotmail.com at least two days before the meeting, this will help us with the catering for afternoon tea.

If you have any quiries regarding this meeting, please email Mel at Sheppartoncrtsupportnetwork@hotmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Regards,

Mel and Jen

June Collegial Network Meeting details

Hello everyone,

Our second meeting is scheduled for Thursday 11 June 2015.  You can find all the details below.

Venue: Mooroopna Park Primary School, 45 Macisaac Road, Mooroopna

The meeting will be held in the school's staffroom.  Please enter the school via the main front door and enquire at the main office for directions to the Staffroom!

Date: Thursday 11 June 2015

Time: 4.00pm - 6.00pm

Cost: gold coin donation at the door

Parking:  Avaliable in staff carpark (access vis Macisaac Road), street parking on Macisaac Road or around the corner on Norton Drive.

Topic:  Bring along folded items you can make in the classroom.  This topic was suggested at the last meeting.  You are going to become the teacher and teach us how to fold your items.  I will have spare paper for everyone to use.

Catering: A light afternoon tea with continuous tea/coffee/hot chocolate (coffee machine and milk frothers).

RSVP:  We would love to hear who will be joining us.  If you are able to RSVP to Sheppartoncrtsupportnetwork@hotmail.com at least two days before the meeting, this will help us with the catering for afternoon tea.

If you have any quiries regarding this meeting, please email Mel at Sheppartoncrtsupportnetwork@hotmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Regards,

Mel and Jen

Good Professional Reading Links to Bookmark

Resources for casual relief teachers

Source

'Using The Age in the Classroom' was a very popular session conducted at a seminar for CRTs. Download the materials here.

Useful websites that enable self-paced learning as well as professional reading include:

Assessment Professional Learning Modules
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/assessment/preptoyear10/default.htm

Research publications
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/researchinnovation/resources/default.htm

Keeping records of professional development activities for CRTs (Word -72 KB)

The Digest - The Digest is prepared for the Institute by the Australian Council for Educational Research, and will be published periodically on this page. Each digest focuses on a single topic, and provides a review of key messages from current research.

Inside Teaching

The Professional Identity of relief teachers

Teacher Magazine: Synthetic Phonics & a Balanced Literacy Programme

What is a balanced literacy programme?

First off, balanced literacy doesn’t mean a ‘little bit of this and little bit of that’ – it is not teaching an eclectic mix of reading strategies! It means that all five essential elements of a balanced literacy programme are taught explicitly, systematically and thoroughly.

The Fab Five of Literacy

As Get Reading Right has always stipulated, and the draft National Australian Curriculum goes on to agree, learning to read must take a balanced approach that encompasses the five core literacy skills of: phonemic awareness, synthetic phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary and compre­hension.

In the latest issue of Teacher Magazine* Get Reading Right Curriculum Director and literacy trainer, Jo-Anne Dooner discussed how synthetic phonics sits in a balanced literacy programme, and what that looks like in your classroom.

Read the article here

Read more about The Fab Five in a balanced literacy programme

*This article was first published in Teacher, Australia's award-winning national monthly education magazine for educators across all state, Catholic and independent schools. Reproduced with kind permission. Subscribe by visiting http://teacher.acer.edu.au

Virtual Conferencing with Elluminate ...

You may be wondering what on earth I am doing posting the above image. Its' a screen snapshot of an example of Elluminate (from the DEECD website.) Now your probably thinking, well what on earth is Elluminate and what does it have to do with me as a Teacher and Professional Development?

Elluminate is essentially your own private virtual meeting room where you can collaborate with colleagues on a familiar subject. It was a very straightforward piece of software to download and setup. The main tools you will require are a piece of audio, which can be as simple as plugging a microphone headset into a usb port or many newer web cams come with a joint audio device already installed in them, so you are set to go as soon as Elluminate has been downloaded.

Now I'm not one to immediately jump in with new software interfacing, so last week (or it may have even been the week before), I joined in and observed my first Virtual Conference through DEECD (yes they are offered and what another great way to access Professional Learning) I used my time to observe how Elluminate works, and how participants interact via chat and audio .. What a wonderful experience, I have now bookmarked the Events Calendar and look forward to further participation (pending on the background noise of course of the 3 Little B's in the afternoon.)

So go now and have a look at what Elluminate can offer you too!

To read more about the Department’s Virtual Conference Centre, click HERE

To read more on what is web conferencing, click HERE

To view the Virtual Conference Events Calendar click HERE ... if this does not work click HERE