Term 3 2019

Registered Courses

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.

Microsoft 365 (Hallab)

The course will demonstrate the use of many online apps that Office 365 provides to enable the creation of engaging and effective teaching and learning resources.

Engagement is gained from the use of collaborative ICT. Collaborative online apps will be demonstrated such as OneDrive for online storage, Word Online for word processing, PowerPoint Online for presentation creation, OneNote Class Notebook for notebook creation and Sway for online page and resource creation. Effective teaching and learning is gained through using such apps where accessibility is increased as the content can be accessed online anytime and anywhere on multiple devices such as computers and mobile phones. These apps will be used ethically and safely as teaching tools where teachers can create work for students as well as students being able to create their own work for class tasks and assignments.

Completing Microsoft 365 for Classrooms will contribute 5 hours of NESA Registered Professional Development addressing: 3.4.2, 6.2.2, and 6.3.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.

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.

Classroom Management Boot Camp

In this course, teachers will learn about a theoretical and practical approach to classroom management. The course will focus on 3 different approaches to behaviour management and how it will look in the classroom. Teachers will apply the theories to case studies and discuss the effectiveness and limitations to the different approaches. By the conclusion of the course, teachers will gain a greater understanding of the variety of strategies available and possibly adopt elements of a strategy or adapt to their own methods to create a more effective learning environment.

STARS - 2:25 - 3:25 PM each session to meet the 5 hours course requirements.

S.T.A.R.S. in Schools: supporting students from refugee backgrounds – this 5 hour registered professional learning course helps schools to support the successful resettlement of refugee students, to promote effective teaching and learning and to assist school staff in responding with sensitivity and awareness to behavioural issues that may arise for refugee students. It is based on the STARS framework, developed by UNICEF. STARS stands for Safety, Trust, Attachment, Responsibility and Skills.

Teacher Identified Courses

Ethical Decision Making

This course has been developed to support teachers in understanding policy documents and school systems and processes in their decision making. It is particularly relevant to new staff in the school or beginning teachers.

Staff will delve into numerous scenario based workshops to determine ethical, policy-based decisions that are professional and comply with department direction.

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.

Leadership (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.

Aboriginal Histories and Perspectives

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.

Diving into Data

This is a course designed to support teachers in using data to inform practice. Led by some of our wonderful deputies, this course will allow staff to gain a greater understanding of the available data software, including SCOUT, RAP and Sentral.

Literally Progressing on the Literacy Progressions

This course is designed to improve teachers' knowledge of the Literacy Progressions so that teachers can use this to improve literacy development.

The National Literacy Learning Progression has three elements that reflect aspects of literacy development necessary for successful learners of the NSW English K –10 Syllabus and in everyday life. The three elements, which align with the modes of language use, are:  Speaking and listening  Reading and viewing  Writing

Youth Mental Health First Aid Awareness and Intervention

Staff to gain knowledge and skills to provide better initial support to someone who is developing a mental health problem, has a worsening of an existing mental health problem or is in a mental health crisis.

1. Introduction to Mental Health Problems and Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health Problems on Australian Youth

Adolescent Development

Mental Health First Aid and Young People

2. First Aid for Depression in Young People

What, Risk factors, Interventions, Importance of interventions, Mental Health First Aid Action Plan, Helpful resources

3. First Aid for Anxiety Problems in Young People

What, Risk factors, Interventions, Importance of interventions, Mental Health First Aid Action Plan, Helpful resources

4. Eating Disorder, Psychosis, Substance Use Problems in Young People

What, Risk factors, Interventions, Importance of interventions, Mental Health First Aid Action Plan, Helpful resources

5. First Aid for Mental Health Crises

First Aid for suicidal thoughts and behaviours, non-suicidal self-injury, panic attacks, adults affected by traumatic event, severe psychotic states, severe effects from alcohol or drug use and aggressive behaviours

Casual Teachers

These sessions are designed to support the development of casual teachers at CHS. Enrol through MyPL for each session you attend.

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