Professional Learning

Catholicity STUFF (Spending Time Unpacking Faith Foundations)

K-6 Professional Learning opportunity
For: Primary Principals and RECs
Contact: Helen Moon (moonh01@dow.catholic.edu.au)

Targeting K-6 early career and beginning teachers, this course aims to build foundational knowledge and skills in the area of Catholicity for application in the K-6 Classroom and across the Primary School.

• Tuesday 11 March 2025 (9 am - 3 pm)

Funding available as follows (1 stream school = 1 place, 2 stream school = 2 places, 3 stream school = 3 places, 4 stream school = 4 places).

Casual Release code: C01.

Please consider who on your staff may benefit from this one day professional learning experience. For more information and registration details please click here.

Registrations close Friday 28 February 2025.

EAL/D Professional Learning 2025

We are pleased to share that an EAL/D professional learning opportunity will once again be available in 2025. Enrolments are now open via LMS.

The EAL/D Induction Day – Building an Understanding of the EAL/D Learner will take place in Term 1 on Wednesday 26 March 2025, at the Marian Centre, Wollongong. This event is designed for teachers from Early Stage 1 to Stage 3. It offers a valuable opportunity to network with colleagues and deepen their understanding of CEDoW’s strategic priorities and practices for supporting EAL/D students.

Participants will engage in peer-to-peer discussions and explore practical, hands-on resources designed to enhance student engagement and improve learning outcomes for students with diverse linguistic and cultural needs.

Each school is invited to nominate one participant to attend, with funding provided by CEDoW (F04). If additional participants wish to attend, the school will need to cover the associated casual relief costs.

This is a valuable opportunity to enrich your understanding and enhance your skills to support EAL/D learners effectively.

Building An Understanding of the EAL/D Learner 2025

Wednesday 26 March 2025 9:00 am - 3:00 pm The Marian Centre, Wollongong 5 hours NESA Accredited PD

Please contact Crystal Ash (0437 173 976) or Kylie Phillips (0417 826 081) for any questions.

Year One SPOT

Year 1 SPOT is an optional professional learning course aimed at supporting Year 1 teachers to gain a deeper understanding of how to support students to reach their developmental milestones in communication, sensory and motor development.

Throughout the course, participants will collaborate to understand the importance of executive functioning skills and their implications on student learning. With this understanding, participants will consider and implement practical evidence-based strategies to support developing these skills within a tier-one classroom.  

This 2-day face-to-face professional learning course is facilitated by a speech pathologist and occupational therapist. Over both days the course will address evidence-based research and its application to classroom practice.

Name:
Year One SPOT

Audience:
New Year One teachers

Dates and Venues:

Day 1 - 13 March 2025 @ Emmaus Suite 3.01 Building B, Lvl 3 Hyde Parade, Campbelltown

Day 2 - 21 March 2025 @ Emmaus Suite 3.01 Building B, Lvl 3 Hyde Parade, Campbelltown

RSVP:
Day 1 Year One SPOT

Funding Code:
One Year 1 teacher per class (F02).

A Course for Aspiring Leaders

Expressions of Interest are sought from suitable applicants to enrol in A Course for Aspiring Leaders, a CEDoW professional development opportunity focused on developing and supporting future leaders within the CEDoW system of schools.

The course is for those teachers who do not currently hold a formal leadership role within their school but would like to aspire to a leadership role in the future.

A Course for Aspiring Leaders will be conducted over 12 months in 2025 during Terms 1-3 with an opt-in session in Term 4.

There will be two cohorts for this course. An Illawarra cohort and a Macarthur cohort. Please register interest on LMS.

View the course flyer here.

Blended Online Learning

Short courses are self paced (approx 2hrs) and include;

• The Needs of Students with EAL/D
• Culturally Inclusive Teaching and Learning
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder
• Learning Theory
• Working in Partnership with Parents

Parent courses are also available and can be offered to SSO and families requiring information/support around Understanding ADHD & Autism through the OLT website.

For more information about the available courses, including short courses and parent offerings, please refer to our flyer or visit the OLT website.

Note: Certificates will only be issued when registering with @dow.catholic.edu.au email address. Requests from alternative email addresses will incur a fee.

Please contact Eleah Aidulis for any questions - 4253 0800 (aidulise01@dow.catholic.edu.au)

Register now: 2025 Kathleen Burrow Research Institute Annual Lecture

Catholic Schools NSW is pleased to announce that Greg Sheridan AO, author, commentator and Foreign Editor of The Australian, will deliver the 2025 Kathleen Burrow Research Institute Annual Lecture on 9 April.

Previous guests include the Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Reverend Anthony Fisher OP, the Hon. Jacqueline Gleeson, Justice of the High Court of Australia, and the Hon. Chris Minns MP, Premier of NSW.

The lecture will take place at 6.00 pm at St John's College, 10 Missenden Rd, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2050. Guests are invited to enjoy drinks and canapes canapés.

We welcome Catholic Schools NSW board members, school principals, relatives of Kathleen Burrow and any stakeholders in Catholic education to join us for this fantastic evening.

Dress code: Academic dress/business.

The Kathleen Burrow Research Institute is a research unit within Catholic Schools NSW that conducts and publishes research on contemporary issues in school education to promote the advancement of education in all school sectors in Australia.

The institute is named after Kathleen Burrow (1899-1987), an Australian Catholic teacher who had a strong presence in the history of Catholic education and the Church in the 20th century.

Register here

Please contact Diana Novak for any questions (novakd01@dow.catholic.edu.au)

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