Professional Learning Opportunities

Student Management

A 6 hour online course on student management.

Being in a new School

Professional learning resources for new teachers and their mentors

Topics include:

• using formative assessment to improve student learning

• student engagement as a behaviour management strategy

• teacher wellbeing and resilience

Registrations will be open through Eventbrite in Term 2. (May change because of COVID-19 situation). See the Education website for various locations and dates and more information.

The Graduate Teacher Conferences (GTCs) build the capacity of graduate teachers and foster a network at the area level.

We invite graduate teachers in their first year of teaching to attend the conference. The conference program gives you an opportunity to:

• become an active part in your professional community

• build your professional practice and resilience as professional educators

• form a strong professional identity.

The program is delivered by Deakin University on behalf of the Department.

Bastow is delivering three webinars in the coming weeks to support principals, leadership teams and teachers in the return to school.

This next phase of change will bring with it a host of new challenges and changing priorities. To support school leaders, the webinars will provide participants with practical tools and techniques to navigate this uncertain environment.

Held on 28 May, 11 June and 18 June, the 60-minute webinars will be run twice - one at 10am and one at 4:30pm. The webinars are supported by a suite of resources available to schools. There is no cost.

The webinars have been designed as a series, but you can attend individual sessions.

See the for more details and to register: Bastow’s Leading in Challenging Times web page.

See the Education website for more information and to register.

Literacy professional online learning

Recordings and webinars focusing on best-practice literacy improvement available for teachers to support the return to on-site schooling

For teachers by teachers: Reading F–2

This series of recordings and webinars explores the strategies and approaches schools have used while transitioning their Foundation – Year 2 classrooms online.

Participants will identify what new skills and approaches they can take back to face-to-face teaching.

Designed and delivered by expert classroom teachers from across Victoria, the series focuses on six key areas of reading instruction.

For each area, participants can access:

• a digestible recording that presents ideas for teachers to trial in their classrooms, and additional resources to explore

• an optional webinar to further unpack the ideas examined in the recording, as well as the opportunity to collaborate and learn from peers. 

Each recording and webinar is standalone – teachers can direct their learning based on their specific needs and experiences.

Visit the for Teachers by Teachers: Reading F-2 web page to access the recordings and to register for webinars.

Literacy data, assessment and practice – secondary

Designed for secondary school teachers of all disciplines, this course has a strong focus on the use of formative assessment to collect student data and equips participants with the practical skills to analyse and interpret this data to inform instructional decisions. 

Participants will leave empowered to build student readers, writers, vocabulary users and conversationalists who are motivated and engaged in all subject areas. 

Visit the Literacy Data, Assessment and Practice – Secondary web page to register.

See the Education website for more information and to register.

Designed to support the health, safety and wellbeing of our school staff and leaders. On this page you’ll find the details of free webinars, tip sheets and videos. They’re designed to support the health, safety and wellbeing of our school staff and leaders

Health and Wellbeing Webinars

Student Engagement

The Student Voice, Agency and Leadership in Schools (SVAL) online learning program has been designed to bring together teams of teachers and leaders to focus on SVAL development. The professional learning will help schools to build collective knowledge, skills, and practices about SVAL and guide a collaborative implementation approach.

Access the SVAL online toolkit, professional learning and case studies.

Teaching Mathematics - 3 webinars from Bastow

Topics include:

• setting up conditions for effective teaching,

• building blocks of effective mathematical teaching

• effective feedback and assessment).

The 90-minute webinars, presented by Bastow introduce secondary teachers to the Literacy Teaching Toolkit (LTT) Levels 7 – 10 content that is specific to their discipline area.

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected and support each other as we navigate through remote teaching and learning. As such, we hope you will join John Hattie, Douglas Fisher, Lyn Coote and Sam Rodgers for these online, interactive and engaging events.

During this day you will hear about a research-based model of learning and how to apply the principles to achieve more effective learning outcomes for your learners. You will consider how learning strategies can be used to maximise impact so that learners develop the skill, the will and the thrill of learning and what strategies work best at the surface, deep and transfer phases of learning.

Webinar dates and times

• Wednesday 20 May – 8.00am to 2.00pm

Register for the How students learn webinar

Rich tasks, collaborative work, number talks, problem-based learning, direct instruction… with so many possible approaches, how do we know which ones work the best? In Visible Learning for Mathematics, acclaimed educators assert it’s not about which one—it’s knowing WHEN these practices are best leveraged to maximise impact on EVERY student’s progress.

Webinar dates and times

• Monday 25 May – 8.00am to 2.00pm

Register for the How students learn webinar

Discover the literacy practices that ensure students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of growth for every year spent in school. In Visible Learning for Literacy, acclaimed educators assert it’s not about which one – it’s knowing WHEN these practices are best leveraged to maximise impact on EVERY student’s progress.

Webinar dates and times

• Wednesday 3 June – 8.00am to 2.00pm

Register for the How students learn webinar

CPTAV members are Professional Teacher Associations. To become a member contact one of the Committee of Management.

Top 6 reasons for being a member:

• Stay connected to the latest news of importance to Professional Teacher Associations – member newsletters and networking galore!

• Be represented locally to various key education stakeholders

• Share resources, strategies for success, draft policies and templates to make strengthening your association more efficient

• Access free/super cheap professional learning for your association

• Be represented nationally at the Australian Professional Teachers Association (APTA)

• Support, and be supported by, people who know exactly what it’s like to run a teachers’ association

• Make new friends!

https://www.cpta.vic.edu.au/member-associations

Learning from Home with Stile is a collection of 30-minute webinars that introduce the key features of the Stile platform.

Stile is an online application where science teachers can integrate interactive and engaging STEM content with their existing lesson plans.

Each webinar will walk participants through specific features of Stile and demonstrate how to get the best out of the platform’s interactive features in the classroom and for remote learning.

You will gain an understanding of how to use Stile effectively to support remote learning and working.

Each webinar will end with a Q&A session. You can attend all webinars or choose those that best suit your needs.

The modules provide autism, policy and framework guidance plus programming approaches to support responsiveness to the individual needs of autistic children.

Individual education plans (IEP) : An IEP assist students who require a range of supports with their education. An IEP is a written statement that describes the adjustments, goals and strategies to meet a student’s individual educational needs so they can reach their full potential. An IEP is essential as it helps you plan and monitor a student’s unique learning needs.

Behaviour support plan (BSP) : The BSP is a document that addresses inappropriate behaviour of a student, and outlines strategies to improve their behaviour.

TEAM Around the Learner (TAL) : The TAL provides a framework for an individualised, holistic and team-based approach to support learners at risk of disengaging, or who have disengaged from education and learning.

Kaiela Dhungala Curriculum : The Kaiela Dhungala First Peoples Curriculum is the work of many community members, organisations and educators, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, of the Goulburn Murray region. It incorporates the cultures, histories and knowledge of the Goulburn Murray region’s Indigenous peoples, within the framework of the Victorian Curriculum, in a significant and meaningful way