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ACER's Centre for Professional Learning

ACER's effective professional learning workshops provide teachers with a clear directional road map that relates the new knowledge gained to effective classroom practice and improved student learning outcomes.

START THE YEAR ON THE RIGHT TRACK - Program of Workshops

ACER’s Centre for Professional Learning is conducting a series of practical workshops to support teachers to start the 2009 school year on the right track. This program of workshops will greatly assist teachers to achieve their required 100 hours of recognised professional learning relating to the VIT's Standards of Professional Practice for full registration. ACER provides full records and certification to each participant upon the completion of the professional learning activity.

MONDAY 19 JANUARY TO FRIDAY 23 JANUARY 2009

These specifically designed workshops offer a variety of opportunities for teachers working in a range of areas including :-

  • Curriculum Development and Knowledge
  • Student Assessment
  • Strategies for Inclusion
  • Student Health and Wellbeing
  • Effective Communication for Teachers

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Literacy

  • Cued Articulation – Learning the Consonant Cues Intensive - Primary Focus
  • Cued Articulation – Implementation in the Classroom - Primary Focus
  • Teaching Literacy – Phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency - Primary Focus
  • Magic Words - Primary Focus
  • Spelling, Writing and Comprehension - Focus specific Primary or Secondary
  • Spelling Recovery and Teaching Grammar - Focus specific Primary or Secondary
  • Bringing the ‘Real’ World to the Literacy Classroom - Focus Secondary 7 - 10
  • Many Faces of Literacy - Focus Middle Years

Curriculum

  • Inquiry based integrated curriculum
  • Student centered teaching
  • Students' interpersonal and personal development
  • The Thinking Curriculum

Using Assessment Data

  • Interpreting PATMaths data to drive student learning
  • Interpreting PAT Reading data to drive student learning
  • Interpreting TORCH data to drive student learning

Numeracy

  • Introduction to Maths Intervention - Focus Primary to Y8 Focus
  • Developing Mathematical Capabilities - Focus Primary
  • Linking Maths and Science - Focus Primary Years 3-6 or Prep-2
  • Open Ended Maths Tasks - Focus Primary Years 3-6 or Prep-2
  • Using a Real World Context for Mathematics - Focus Primary Years 3-6
  • Engaging all Students in Maths and Numeracy - Focus Secondary 7 - 10

Student Wellbeing & Behaviour Guidance

  • Students at Risk
  • A whole school and whole classroom approach to including students with special educational needs
  • Beyond 'Telling Off'
  • Hidden Curriculum
  • Turning behaviour around
  • Understanding and working with students with ADHD

Leadership, Coaching and Mentoring

  • A Survival Guide for Beginner Teachers
  • Coaching for Commitment
  • Resolving Conflict