Professional Learning
Connect and Collaborate: Primary Programming Workshops for Teachers
Are you a primary teacher looking for an excellent opportunity to network and collaborate with colleagues from other CEDoW schools?
The Learning K–12 team is excited to offer a series of voluntary programming workshops designed specifically for you! Imagine working alongside fellow educators to plan and refine your English and Mathematics units, sharing your best ideas, practices, pedagogy, and quality resources from across the Diocese.
Workshop Options
We've designed flexible scheduling to suit your availability, with workshops held across various dates and venues during the second half of Term 3 and throughout the September pupil vacation period.
You can choose from:
- Afternoon Workshops: Four 1.5-hour, one-off sessions available in:
- Macarthur
- Southern Highlands
- Wollongong
- Far South Coast
- Full-Day Workshop Session: Two sessions, delivered over two separate weeks (one day per week) during the September pupil vacation period.
Don't miss this chance to connect, create, and experience the power of shared expertise!
Complete the Google Form here to register your interest.
Who Am I? Scriptural Foundations for Our Search for Meaning and Purpose
Date: 19 September 2025
Venue: The Emmaus Centre, 4 Hyde Parade, Campbelltown
Are you a secondary Religious Education teacher, or a Pastoral Care or Wellbeing leader, seeking to deepen your understanding of meaning and purpose within a scriptural framework?
This professional learning day, Who Am I? Scriptural Foundations for Our Search for Meaning and Purpose is designed for you.
We'll explore how foundational scriptures can empower you to:
- Enrich your Religious Education curriculum: Discover new ways to connect biblical narratives with students' personal journeys of self-discovery.
- Enhance pastoral care and wellbeing initiatives: Equip yourself with scripturally-grounded insights to guide students through life's big questions.
- Foster a deeper sense of identity and belonging in your students: Learn how to help students explore their unique purpose through the lens of faith.
Join us for a day of insightful discussion, practical strategies, and renewed inspiration as we explore together the profound question, "Who am I?" and its scriptural answers.
Click here to register.
Blended Online Learning – Semester 2
Audience: All staff
How can Blended Online Learning be used as a response to Literacy Data?
If you are interested in a bespoke course, delivered on-site at a time that suits you, please email wssadmin@dow.catholic.edu.au. You might also consider partnering with neighbouring schools that have similar interests or needs.
All courses can be offered as bespoke courses with a minimum participant cohort of eight.
Upcoming courses in Term 3 – Flyer link here.
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs [Zoom]
- Understanding Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder [Zoom]
- Supporting Student Wellbeing and Mental Health [face to face]
- Attachment and Trauma Theory [face to face]
Enrolment in only one course at a time.
See the flyer above for registration links.
Explore Generative AI
Join the Catholic Learning Online team to explore Generative AI. With the rapid development of AI, you may be feeling overwhelmed. These two sessions aim to develop your understanding of AI and its impact in the classroom.
Generative AI Basics
28 August 2025 | 3:30 pm
Get up to speed on the Generative AI explosion. Discover what AI is, how it has developed, its implications, and explore positive integration into teaching and learning. By the end of this session, you'll be able to define Generative AI, identify key historical developments, and articulate its potential positive applications in education.
Advancing your AI Success
4 September 2025 | 3:30 pm
Take your understanding beyond the basics. This session delves into effective prompt creation, Agent/Gem creation, and shares current tools for classroom use. You'll learn to create effective AI prompts, understand Agent/Gem concepts, and identify practical Generative AI tools and their applications in the classroom.
Click here to register.
Australian Early Development Census report and upcoming webinars
Reports at school, community, state and national levels show the number and percentage of children considered developmentally vulnerable, at risk, or on track across the five developmental domains.
The AEDC 2024 NSW data report provides a summary of state findings and explains outcomes for children from various equity backgrounds. Families, stakeholders and communities can use this report to plan, develop initiatives and measure their impact on developmental outcomes.
You are invited to engage with the 2024 AEDC data through the following webinars:
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26 August 2025 – New findings from the AEDC: Implications for policy and practice in NSW presented by Mary Taiwo, Toni Kember and Lauren Anderson. Click here to register now.
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3 September 2025 – Responding to the 2024 Australian Early Development Census: Planning your next steps presented by Nathan Wallis (neuroscience educator), who will share research-based, effective, low-cost techniques that can be implemented immediately in response to the AEDC 2024 data. Click here to register now.
Centre for Independent Studies Event: Beyond Phonics: Building Knowledge-Rich Literacy
The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) invites you to a breakfast event featuring an engaging talk and discussion with Natalie Wexler and Associate Professor Lorraine Hammond on the science of learning.
At a time when literacy rates are declining and many students continue to struggle with reading comprehension, it is critical to reassess current approaches. American education journalist and senior contributor at Forbes, Natalie Wexler, challenges prevailing methods of literacy instruction, arguing that reading and writing should not be taught as isolated skills, but as powerful tools to deepen understanding and strengthen memory across all areas of learning.
Joining the discussion, Associate Professor Lorraine Hammond, a leading expert in evidence-based instruction and literacy coaching, will share practical insights on how teachers and school leaders can apply research to classroom practice.
Date/Time: Thursday 30 October 2025, 7:30 am–9:00 am AEDT
Location: Centre for Independent Studies, 131 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000