Term 1 2020

Speech Pathology Update

This new course is designed to develop teachers’ knowledge of practical classroom strategies that can best support students with speech disorders. Participants will explore how students’ capacity to communicate, through listening and speaking, can be improved through modification of classroom practice.

CESE Pedagogy

In this course, participants will complete two Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (CESE) courses which focus on improving student achievement. They will engage in collegial discussion about how to improve student results at CHS. CESE sessions include:

‘What works best’ – this session looks at the connection between education theory and research.

‘Supporting students’ learning’ – this session explores the provision of advocacy and support in NSW schools, and allows educators to connect educational theory with their own practice.

‘How schools can improve literacy and numeracy performance’ – educators will examine contemporary literature to develop best practice in these areas.

CESE Wellbeing

In this course, participants will complete two Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (CESE) courses which focus on student wellbeing. They will engage in collegial discussion about how student wellbeing can be supported at CHS. CESE Sessions include:

‘Student wellbeing’ & ‘Anti-bullying interventions in schools – what works?’

Educators engage with contemporary literature on student wellbeing/bullying and connect it to their own practice.

CESE: Cognitive Load Theory & Effective Practices in High Growth Schools (5.5 hours reg)

This course allows educators to engage with contemporary literature on cognitive load theory - how the human brain learns and stores knowledge. Participants will be asked to connect their understanding of the research to their own practice.

This course allows educators to engage with research on practices identified as effective in high value-add schools, and connect this research to their own context.

Mind Matters - Be You (Online)

Mind Matters is a mental health initiative for secondary schools that aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people. It is a PL course that functions as a ‘framework’ for schools, through providing structure, guidance and support while enabling schools to build their own mental health strategy to suit their unique circumstances. In this course, participants will complete online PL modules to improve their knowledge of tools and resources that can promote positive mental health in school. See https://www.mindmatters.edu.au/ for more information.

Beginning Teachers' Induction (Mandatory for all new teachers at CHS)

This course is designed to ensure beginning/new teachers are supported and are given the tools to be able to perform their duties. It is also an opportunity for beginning/new teachers to discuss the roles and responsibilities of a teacher within a faculty and within a school, as well as look at the specific learning needs of students from Cabramatta High School.

Supporting Support Students

This course is designed to guide teachers in supporting students who require additional support. Participants will explore the challenges that students face, learn how to recognise and support behaviours in the classroom, and improve their capacity to differentiate to cater for students’ unique learning needs.

Teacher’s Tacklebox: Engaging them hook, line and sinker!

In this course, teachers will build their capacity to differentiate existing teaching programs to cater for the needs of diverse learners at Cabramatta High School.

Using research based methodology by Ralph Pirozzo, teachers across subjects will be provided with tools and methods of differentiating teaching and learning.

• Teachers will be provided with models and strategies for implementation.

• Teachers will be able to adapt the resources provided to create their own differentiated programs for classroom use.

• At the conclusion of the course, teachers will evaluate the effectiveness of these programs for classroom use.

As a result, teachers will build their capacity to engage learners across stages 4-6. By producing differentiated learning opportunities, teachers will provide educational equity and improve the educational outcomes for students at Cabramatta High School.

Aboriginal Histories and Perspectives @ CHS

This professional learning course will take a project based approach and ensure that teachers develop a greater understanding of the experiences of Indigenous Australians. In this course, teachers will develop a better understanding of what HSIE students learn about Aboriginal history and experiences in Stage 4-5. This will enable teachers to support these perspectives in their own subject area and develop their own knowledge of the struggles of Indigenous Australians in our collective past.

Teachers will work to produce learning experiences for students at CHS that incorporate Aboriginal histories and perspectives.

Leadership Essentials (***Includes a Twilight)

This course is an opportunity for teachers to discuss the roles and responsibilities for a second in charge of a faculty or a person wanting to have greater responsibility within a faculty. Teachers will be provided with support, information and networking opportunities.

Standards: 6.2.2, 6.3.2, 7.4.2

It's not you... it's Me-dia

This course will help you tell the perfect story of successful teaching and learning at Cabramatta High School.

CHS is a dynamic school with many powerful stories to share. This professional learning course is designed to give staff the opportunity to develop strategies and stories to promote positive relationships between the school and community.

Session 1: Lights, camera, action! Taking the perfect photo.

Session 2: Headliners: creating the perfect headline or catchphrase (with B. Godwin)

Session 3: Make every word count: short, sharp sentences.

Session 4: Promoting your faculty (Cabramatters)

Session 5: What story do you tell? How do we promote the values of the school?

Standards addressed: 7.4.2