Other Workshops

Staff Day Schedule

Workshop Sign Up Lists

Please click on this link to find out which workshops you are signed up for. All staff should be signed up for a workshop in Workshop 1. All Academic staff are signed up for Workshops 1 to 3, unless they are completing the First Nations Cultures and Histories PL. Then they are signed up for two workshops only.

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Staff Day 10th October Workshop List.xlsx

Location of Junior School Classrooms

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8:15 to 8:45 : Chapel Service - All Staff

8:45 to 8:55 : Move to JLT

8:55 to 9:25 : Welcome Address - Dr Kate Hadwen - All Staff

9:25 to 10:15 : Key Note Address - All Staff

Professor Fiona White

Advancing a social agenda for diversity with inclusion

• Australia has come a long way in addressing racism... but…

• A national curriculum that explicitly involves the four Rs: wRiting, Reading, aRithmetic and RESPECT

• An ‘intergroup’ focus, where the voices from both groups are encouraged to be expressed in an equal cooperative interaction, that works toward achieving a common goal

• The teacher’s role in evidence-based classroom activities

• The Pymble Pilot Program

10:15 to 10:25 : Move to workshops

10:25 to 11:15 : Workshop 1 - All Staff to choose one:

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Cross-group friendship -a step towards promoting diversity with inclusion Professor Fiona White

Chinese Cultural Competency Victoria Adamovich

Anti-racism and ally ship: Staff training based on student developed curriculum Sarah Loch & Mel Boyd

Working with Multi-lingual Learners Anna To & Hamsa Venkataramanan

Growing Diverse Teaching Teams Kate Rimer

Leading and working with diverse groups and teams Kerryl Howarth

Diversity in Practice Salina Bussien

Exploring unconscious bias through online tools and other resources Julie Shaw

11:15 to 11:40 : Morning Tea in KM

(Provided - To save the planet please bring your own mug or keep cup)

Choose 2 workshops from the lists below:

11:45 to 12:40 : Workshop 2

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Creating a Pymble Definition of Wellbeing Mel Boyd

The art of asking questions Jake Plaskett

Using the ATAR estimator program as a tool in academic mentor conversations Natasha Stanfield

Teaching for High Potential 7 to 12 Debbie Tarrant

What's possible? Exploring Digital Technology Jake Turnbull

Tech Tips and Shortcuts Dan Brown

Passport - Promoting reflection and celebration of self Siobhan Rooney

12:45 to 1:40 : Workshop 3

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Teaching for High Potential K to 6 Debbie Tarrant & Lara Bird

Embedding Social Emotional Learning across the Curriculum Kimberley Tyson

LEARN, GROW, INSPIRE: How the K-12 Libraries can support your teaching, learning and research

Tessa Zwar, Martha Itzcovitz & Josephine Laretive

Leveraging the iPad as a teaching tool and improving your workflow Siobhan Rooney

"Using student voice and STEM pathways to develop transdisciplinary capabilities in students Liam Hume & Deb Owens

To IMA or not to IMA... that is the question Natasha Stanfield & Jake Plaskett

Creating a Pymble Definition of Wellbeing Mel Boyd

1:40 to 2:30 : Team Lunch - Organise a Team Lunch within Teams

2:30 to 3:30 : Team Planning and Commitment Activity - KM - All Teaching Teams

3:30 to 4:00 : Personal planning and Reflection: Embedding the Learning into practice.

What actions will you take in your teaching?