 Back on the books! After a couple of years out, it's been an adjustment returning to the study life but it's been great to stretch my brain and understanding of teaching pedagogies in different curriculum strands. Its also been great comparing (at least in my head!) the Australian Curriculum and SACE to the International Baccalaureate and how similar some of the concepts within the IB is to the new SA Curriculum.
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It was a surprise (and honour) to get an email to say that I was a winner in the AATE "60 words on film" competition. I won 'Listening from the Heart' and used the voucher to purchase the other three books. I can't wait to use them in my classes and units. This has been quietly bubbling away in the background for a little bit but I finally took the plunge and applied. Next year, I'm starting my Graduate Certificate in International Baccalaureate Education through the University of Notre Dame Australia. Housed at the Sydney campus, however, I am able to do it online which is fantastic. I can't wait to see how I go and get the study brain back into gear!  I've done EALD LEAP Levelling for the last few years, however, I have moved m training a little bit and now completed my EALD LEAP Train the Trainer course. This was a one day course at the Education Development Centre in Hindmarsh, and it was a long, long day. There is a lot covered within it and it and a lot of it was a well needed refresher!
I was also able to identify various aspects of the Functional Literacy that we were going over, that we would need to create displays on to enhance our learners chances of success. To be honest thought, the displays are the last thing on my to-do list ... that one just keeps growing! This was my first experience at a large scale SACE forum, and it was fantastic to be able to work with fellow Media Studies teachers to start to map out our journey to subject renewal. It was great to be able to present some of how I embed questioning and metacognition strategies into my classroom and subject areas at the Week 4 staff meeting. This was done by small groups going around to subject tables and one or two staff members from those faculties presenting. This was 5 or 6 groups through, presenting 5 minutes at a time after a 5 lesson day! I'm not shy about sharing what I do in my classes nor am I afraid to speak in front of people; however, sharing how I teach and my processes to a large group albeit people I have come to know over the years, can still be nerve-wrecking!
Well, I've had my first conference thus year and now my first National Conference! It was a day that ended with one very overloaded (and slightly overwhelmed) brain but it was oh, so worth it.\n I learnt a lot of different aspects of pedagogy, text selection, and just simply teaching one of the subjects I love. It's renewed my passion for English and I hope to make it to Hobart next year! 
My first conference in my teaching career - ever. 100% enjoyed it and would definitely be back to the HaSS SA conference next year. This one as held at Urbrrae Agricultural High School and it was fascinating to hear from one of their staff about how foods and plants are traditionally used by the Kaurna people (which is what the images are on). I also heard talks about resources that the Australian Tax Office has for teachers to use in their subjects, as well as a talk on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. |
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