Professional Learning

Transform Your Leadership Impact: Mentoring & Coaching Development Program

CEDoW Partnership Opportunity with University of Technology Sydney

Limited positions available - UTS is offering a select group of mid-career teachers and middle leaders (Assistant Principals encouraged to apply) the optional chance to join a groundbreaking research initiative that will elevate your professional capabilities and directly impact teacher retention across Australia.

Why This Opportunity is Game-Changing

This isn't just another professional learning session. You'll be joining a select cohort (10-20 max) working alongside leading UTS researchers Dr Keith Heggart, Amy Cotton, and Dr Andrea Stringer on "The Impact of Online Mentoring and Coaching Training on Retention of Early Career Teachers in Australian Schools" - research that will shape the future of education in Australia.

What Makes This Program Exceptional

• Evidence-Based Training: Receive contemporary coaching methodologies directly from university researchers - training typically reserved for executive leadership programs
  
  
• Real Impact: Your coaching will directly contribute to solving Australia's teacher retention crisis while transforming an early career teacher's professional journey
  
  
• Career Acceleration: Position yourself as a recognised coaching leader and university partnership recognition
  
  
• Networking: Connect with forward-thinking educators across multiple school systems - expanding your professional influence beyond your current environment
  
  
• Structured Commitment: Six-month coaching relationship with comprehensive support - a manageable timeframe with maximum impact

Selection Criteria - Are You Ready?

Click HERE for more information and how to express your interest.

Next Steps

If you're ready to elevate your leadership impact and contribute to groundbreaking educational research, we want to hear from you. Principals are encouraged to share this opportunity with relevant middle leaders. 

Contact Vanessa Taylor at vanessa.taylor@dow.catholic.edu.au for details on how to express interest or for more information. Expressions of interest close Term 2, Week 10 - Friday 4 July 2025.

Pathways to Flourishing – Diverse Learning K-12 Professional Learning

Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners K–12

Flyer HERE

Audience: K-12 Diverse Learning, Support Class Teachers, Pastoral Care/Wellbeing Leaders (Optional), and Curriculum Leaders (Optional)
Mode: Face to Face
Date: 24 July 2025
Time: 9.00 am to 3.30 pm
Venue: To be advised.
Guests: Marina Bailey and Dr Matt Capp

RSVP Link HERE

Reminder: Catholic Social Teaching – Scriptural and Theological Foundations

Please register via the LMS link HERE by Friday 18 July 2025.

Date: Wednesday 30 July 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Venue: Xavier Centre, 36 Harbour Street, Wollongong

Targeted Audience: K-12 Religious Education Coordinators, K-12 Classroom Teachers, Team Leaders (e.g., Stage Leaders, Subject Leaders), CEO Staff, School Leadership, Middle Leaders, Student Wellbeing/Pastoral Care.

Facilitator: Professor Gerard Moore, Broken Bay Institute.

Outline

This professional learning day explores the Christian call to cooperate with all people in promoting human flourishing, right relationships, and the common good—key themes that connect deeply with the study of God, religion, and life. Central to the day are the guiding questions: Who ought I be? and How must I respond?

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the scriptural and theological foundations of Catholic Social Teaching. The day will also offer a solid introduction to the Life to the Full Framework, supporting those seeking to integrate it into curriculum design and pastoral care initiatives.

Additionally, this professional learning experience will enrich the teaching of Religious Education Strand E across Stages 4 and 5, while also providing valuable insights and practical support for those involved in social justice initiatives and youth ministry coordination.

Contact: John Coppola, Education Officer – Secondary at coppolag01@dow.catholic.edu.au.

Blended Online Learning – Semester 2

Upcoming courses in Term 3 – Flyer link HERE

• Understanding and Supporting Behaviour [Zoom]
• Speech, Language and Communication Needs [Zoom]
• Understanding Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder [Zoom]
• Supporting Student Wellbeing and Mental Health [F2F]
• Attachment and Trauma Theory [F2F]

Enrolment in only one course at a time. See the flyer above for registration links.

Attention: Semester 1 Course Participants

Reminder to participants who undertook Semester 1 courses: Understanding Autism, Understanding Behaviour, and Dyslexia & Significant Difficulties in Reading — the completion date is 3 July 2025.