Registration Buzz - Issue 51 - Professional learning | Teachers Registration Board of South Australia

Issue 51, September 2016

	Professional learning

	In response to teachers’ feedback, the Board has updated its Professional Learning Policy. Each year the renewal of registration occurs between mid-October and 31 December. Previously (as outlined in issue 36 of the Buzz), any professional learning undertaken in the January just after a renewal period and prior to the start of a new term of registration (February), could not be counted towards the 60 hours of professional learning required by teachers in each three year term.
	Under the new policy teachers will now be able to include professional learning completed from their date of renewal, (anytime between October and 31 December), up until the date of their next renewal. The Teachers Portal has been updated to reflect this change which you can view in our instructional video here. The Teachers Portal is a safe, central location to store all of your professional learning. If you don’t have a portal account, watch our video on how to sign up for one here. All professional learning activity previously recorded on the portal is still available to access and print.

TRB conference videos

If you missed out on attending our recent annual conference, you can now watch the videos of the six key speakers on our website.

Professional learning opportunities

2nd Annual EdTech Team Adelaide Summit Featuring Google for Education focussing on contemporary teaching and learning ideas using Google Apps for Education and other powerful web-based technologies. October 13 & 14 at Immanuel College, 32 Morphett Road, Novar Gardens.

The South Australian Science Teachers Association present their Early Career Teachers Conference 2016 that will provide teachers new to the profession with information, skills, strategies and resources that will assist them in their classroom practice. Student teachers are welcome. Immanuel College, Novar Gardens, 9.00am – 4.00pm, Friday 14 October. Find out more here.

The Ethnic Schools Association of SA presents De Bono’s 6 Hat Learning Style for the Language Class, Wednesday 2 November, 6.00-8.00pm at the School of Languages, West Croydon. Tel 8301 4814 or email DECD.ESA@sa.gov.au for more information.

ACHPER (SA) Primary Years Conference Monday 26 September at the Australian Science & Maths School, Flinders University. Find out more here.

Teacher Professional Learning Networks an online site for crowdsourcing a list of key people and organisations for new Australian teachers. Read more about this topic in Education Review.

The Australian Association for Environmental Education’s 19th biennial conference TomorrowMaking – Our present to the future is being held at Adelaide High School 5-7 October. The conference will showcase the best thinking and actions in the environmental field and asks, how can our work in Environmental Education and Education for Sustainability enable schools and their communities to change their values and behaviours? Find out more here.

The SA Writers Centre has a series of workshops coming up specifically designed for teachers and educators.

Participatory Literature – focussing on students with low literacy levels, Tuesday 20 September, 6pm - 9pm. More information here.
Storytelling for Teachers – focussing on using creative writing techniques to teach non English subjects. Friday 14 October, 10am – 1pm. More information here.
Diversity in the Classroom – focussing on supporting EAL students/multilingual class environments. Tuesday 8 November, 6pm – 9pm. More information here.

All workshops will be held at the SA Writers Centre, Level 2, 187 Rundle Street, Adelaide.

Launch of the National Interdisciplinary Education Framework for Professionals Working in the Early Years, Room 1, Level 1, Flinders University, 182 Victoria Square, Thursday 29 September, 4pm-6pm. RSVP here by 27 September.

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