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Tag: Teacher Professional Development

Events supporting Teacher Professional Development

Teaching civics and citizenship: a parliamentary approach (secondary teachers)

Looking for ways to make civics and citizenship more dynamic, relevant and memorable? Experience the Parliamentary Education Office’s professional learning workshop. Teacher Teaching civics and citizenship: a parliamentary approach (secondary teachers) This 2 hour TQI accredited interactive workshop is aligned to the Australian Curriculum and is suitable for secondary teachers across Australia.

This program addresses the following AITSL standards for proficient teachers:

2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area.

6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice.

During this workshop, teachers will have the opportunity to:

enhance their knowledge and understanding of the Australian Parliament
develop skills and techniques to engage students with Australia’s system of government and how our democracy works
experience fun and engaging classroom activities that explore the function and significance of the Australian Parliament
come away with a collection of curriculum-aligned interactive and immersive teaching resources and strategies.

To book please click on the booking button and to view other upcoming professional learning sessions, please visit the PEO website. Free Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Parliament House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Secondary HSIE Legal Studies Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development

Documentary Portraiture

This Virtual Highlight Tour will be delivered using Zoom. Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students Teacher Parent Documentary Portraiture Our National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023 series begins with Adam Ferguson!

Join us and Adam as he chats about his practice, journalistic themes and being a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize five times.

Adam Ferguson first gained recognition for his work in 2009 when he embarked on a survey of the US-led war in Afghanistan, working as a photojournalist on assignment for Time Magazine, The New York Times and National Geographic. In the years since, he has worked internationally documenting the consequences of geopolitical conflicts on civilian populations.

IMAGE Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) employee, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, May 2022 Adam Ferguson Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Secondary Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Environment Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development #portraitau #VHT

Learning to look

Visual Arts | Year 3 – Year 4

Experience one of our fun, curriculum-focused programs live from the National Portrait Gallery, specifically for classroom based learners. No individual/homeschool connections in this session.

IMAGE: Me 1992 Ken Done © Ken Done

#NPGDART Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Learning to look Students continue to learn about safe practices in the arts and in their interactions with other artists. Their understanding of the role of the artist and the audience builds on their experience. As an audience, students focus their attention on the artwork and respond to it. They consider why and how audiences respond to artworks.

Visual Arts | Year 3 – Year 4

Explore ideas and artworks from different cultures and times, including artwork by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to use as inspiration for their own representations
Use materials, techniques and processes to explore visual conventions when making artworks
Present artworks and describe how they have used visual conventions to represent their ideas. Please have drawing material/tools ready for each participant!
Identify intended purposes and meanings of artworks using visual arts terminology to compare artworks, starting with visual artworks in Australia including visual artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating Creative Arts Visual Arts Making Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development Wellbeing SciFest

Inspired By Country

This Virtual Highlight Tour will be delivered using Zoom. Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students Teacher Parent Inspired By Country Find out how three mavericks broke all the rules and deepened our understanding of what it means to belong.

IMAGE: Ngayulu Minyma Tjanpinya, I am a Tjanpi Woman, 2018 Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM, Tjanpi Desert Weavers. © Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM, Tjanpi Desert Weavers Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Secondary Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Environment Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development #portraitau #VHT

Faces of their time

History | Year 7-8

Experience one of our fun, curriculum-focused learning programs live from the National Portrait Gallery, specifically for classroom based learners.

Portrait of Henry Hopkins c. 1845 Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

#NPGDART Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Faces of their time We have selected portraits from our collection to explore themes of SciFest and celebrate Education Week NSW in historical context.

The interactive portraiture discussion provides opportunities to develop historical understanding through key concepts, including evidence, continuity and change, cause and effect, perspectives, empathy, significance and contestability. These concepts will be investigated within a particular portrait (and its historical context) to facilitate an understanding of the past and to provide a focus for historical inquiries. Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Secondary HSIE History Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development Wellbeing Education Week NSW SciFest

Building Identity

This Virtual Highlight Tour will be delivered using Zoom. Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students Teacher Parent Building Identity Let’s step away from the walls and examine the bigger picture. Discover the design behind our amazing building! Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Secondary Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Environment Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development Education Week NSW #portraitau #VHT

How Kids Helpline can support your school and community

Educator training session for teachers, presented by Kids Helpline counsellor Brooke. Learn about Kids Helpline, Kids Helpline @ School and the My Circle programs including insights and trends! Teacher How Kids Helpline can support your school and community Presented by Brooke, accredited Kids Helpline counsellor, an expert in the field. Teachers and Education Staff can see a Kids Helpline counsellor and put a face to Australia’s only free, private, and confidential 24/7 phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25.
This video session can offer teachers and education staff further knowledge and understanding of mental health services, which may help students and young people overcome some common barriers to help-seeking, such as demystifying, reducing stigma and normalising counselling.
TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN: 
Register to the event and then you will have access to the Kids Helpline recorded video session via email. Free Kids Helpline @ School On Demand Other Primary Secondary Special Event Select Strand Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development Wellbeing

Put Yourself in the Picture

Experience one of our fun, curriculum-focused programs live, specifically for classroom based learners. No individual/homeschool connections in this session.

#NPGDART Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Put Yourself in the Picture Visual Arts | Year 5 – Year 6

Explore ideas and practices used by artists, including practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to represent different views, beliefs and opinions
Develop and apply techniques and processes when making their artworks. Please have drawing material/tools ready for each participant!
Explain how visual arts conventions communicate meaning by comparing artworks from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating Creative Arts Visual Arts Making Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development Wellbeing

Teaching civics and citizenship: a parliamentary approach (primary teachers)

Looking for ways to make civics and citizenship more dynamic, relevant and memorable? Experience the Parliamentary Education Office’s new professional learning workshop Teacher Teaching civics and citizenship: a parliamentary approach (primary teachers) This 2 hour TQI accredited interactive workshop is aligned to the Australian Curriculum and is suitable for primary teachers across Australia.

This program addresses the following AITSL standards for proficient teachers:

2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area.

6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice.

During this workshop, teachers will have the opportunity to:

enhance their knowledge and understanding of the Australian Parliament
develop skills and techniques to engage students with Australia’s system of government and how our democracy works
experience fun and engaging classroom activities that explore the function and significance of the Australian Parliament
come away with a collection of curriculum-aligned interactive and immersive teaching resources and strategies.

To book or see other upcoming professional learning sessions, please visit the PEO website. Free Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Parliament House Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HSIE Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development

A river runs through it

This Virtual Highlight Tour will be delivered using Zoom. Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students Teacher Parent A river runs through it Can you believe it’s been 40 years since the High Court decision to save the Franklin river?! Grab your paddle and join us as we explore the portraits connected to this beautiful lutruwita/Tassie waterway.

IMAGE: Sir John Franklin c. 1845 D F. Murphy (engraver)after E P. Hardy Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Secondary Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Environment Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development #portraitau #VHT

WORKSHOP – Draw collection portraits with Yvette Coppersmith

Did someone say, ‘art workshop with an Archibald winner?!’ Woo!

IMAGE: Self-portrait, 2011-22 Yvette Coppersmith. Photograph: Matthew Stanton. Preschool/Early Childhood Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Year 9 – S5 Year 10 – S5 Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students Teacher Parent WORKSHOP – Draw collection portraits with Yvette Coppersmith Join Yvette Coppersmith from wherever you are for a drawing session using a range of works from the collection.

To start, you’ll ease into the session with a mindfulness exercise and some stretches before kicking things off. Next, we’ll warm up your art-muscles with some rapid sketches and break down portrait structure into simplified shapes. Then we’ll get into the meaty section where you’ll be exploring facial shapes and angles, and balancing analytical drawing with the freedom of mark making.

Beginners to advanced welcome. Have your drawing tools ready! Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Secondary Creative Arts Visual Arts Creative Arts Visual Arts Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development Wellbeing

First Nations Perspectives in Visual Arts

Teachers – celebrate First Nations stories with version 9.0 of the F-10 Australian curriculum.

Marcia Langton 2009 Brook Andrew, Trent Walter. © Brook Andrew TAFE Students Teacher Parent First Nations Perspectives in Visual Arts Teachers, educators, and school leadership are invited to celebrate the contributions of First Nations subjects and artists from the National Portrait Gallery and National Gallery of Australia collections.

Using the scope and sequence of Visual Arts in version 9.0 of the Australian curriculum, First Nations educators will speak to First Nations specific content descriptors and match them with artworks, ideas, themes and learning opportunities.

This program will highlight the central ideas of the artworks in parallel to a selection of visual artworks under the ‘Exploring and Responding’ strand. Free National Portrait Gallery National Gallery of Australia Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Secondary Explore examples of visual arts created by First Nations Australians; Explore how First Nations Australians use visual arts to communicate their connection to and responsibility for Country/Place; Explore ways that First Nations Australians use visual arts to continue and revitalise cultures; Investigate the diversity of First Nations Australians’ artworks and arts practices, considering culturally responsive approaches to Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights; Investigate the ways that First Nations Australian artists celebrate and challenge multiple perspectives of Australian identity through their artworks and visual arts practice. Aboriginal Culture and History Creative Arts Visual Arts Professional Development Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development Wellbeing NSW Teacher PD – School Development Day 4 of 4 NAIDOC Week #portraitau

Demystifying artificial intelligence: unlocking AI’s potential for teachers. SESSION: Exploring media literacy in the age of AI

Join AI education expert Leon Furze as he delves into AI’s role in shaping contemporary education and its relevance to your school. Teacher Demystifying artificial intelligence: unlocking AI’s potential for teachers. SESSION: Exploring media literacy in the age of AI Join ACMI and AI education expert and author Leon Furze as he delves into AI’s role in shaping contemporary education and its relevance to your school. This session explores:
Exploring media literacy in the age of AI
Explore the intersection of media literacy and artificial intelligence with Leon Furze, as he addresses the challenges of fake news and manipulated images in the digital era. Learn how AI tools can help educators foster critical thinking skills and empower students to responsibly consume and evaluate media content. Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to support your students in navigating the ever-changing media landscape. Additionally, delve into the implications of copyright in the arts as it relates to AI-generated content. Key takeaways:

the role of AI in addressing media literacy challenges
strategies for fostering critical thinking skills and responsible media consumption
understanding of copyright issues related to AI-generated content

  Free ACMI Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Secondary Professional Development Free STEM/STEAM Teacher Professional Development Media Literacy Week Facebook @acmieducation, Twitter ACMI_Education

Girls who wear glasses

This Virtual Highlight Tour will be delivered using Zoom. Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students Teacher Parent Girls who wear glasses Read the bottom line for me. Better or worse? Better or worse? Join us for a lively tour as we focus on (ay, see what we did there?) some of our bespectacled beings in the collection.

IMAGE: Kylie Kwong 2003 Simon Griffiths © Simon Griffiths Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Secondary Creative Arts Visual Arts Creative Arts Visual Arts Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development Wellbeing #portraitau #VHT

Lifting The Lid on Agriculture – Specifically designed by Experts for Teachers & Students

Add something special to your next agricultural discussion & inspire the next generation.
Celebrate the diversity of agriculture by deepening the way students engage with Ag education. Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Lifting The Lid on Agriculture – Specifically designed by Experts for Teachers & Students We are lifting the lid on a world of agriculture, with our exclusive resources to help teachers encourage and engage students. The content aligns with the NSW school curriculum and you don’t need an agricultural background as our learning materials have been designed by both teachers and agricultural experts for ease of educational delivery.

Topics include:
• Wicked Wool
• Perfect Pollination
• Healthy Horticulture
• Delicious Dairy

Interested?
Hit the booking button & be directed to succinct videos on each topic, then fill out the Expression of Interest form on our website.

Still have questions?
We welcome your queries, please email us at [email protected] Free The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW On Demand Youtube Recording Primary Secondary Science and Tech Agriculture Select Sub Strand Science and Tech Earth and Environmental Science Select Sub Strand Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Environment Free STEM/STEAM Teacher Professional Development National Nutrition Week Earth Science Week National Agriculture Day Pollinator Week #agriculture#farming#education

Digital 101 Workshop – Teachers / Museum Professionals PD

This PD session supports the integration of digital technologies into your learning experiences. Discover simple, practical solutions to help engage students and develop your skills in this space. Teacher Digital 101 Workshop – Teachers / Museum Professionals PD Hear from some of Canberra’s leading Cultural Institutions including the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, National Portrait Gallery and Parliamentary Education Office. We walk you through how we use green screen technology, utilise open-ended questioning techniques, integrate hands-on activities and showcase object interpretation.

This session is designed as an introduction to creating engaging digital content for students, be it in the classroom or connecting with audiences from a museum setting. Each Cultural Institution has created a 15 minute segment with key features of their outstanding digital work. You will be able to ask questions during a panel discussion and suggest ideas for future digital 101 sessions. Free Museum of Australian Democracy Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Parliament House National Portrait Gallery National Museum of Australia On Demand Youtube Recording Primary Secondary Professional Development Select Strand Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development NSW Teacher PD – School Development Day 4 of 4

NPG X Yarra Ranges

This Virtual Highlight Tour will be delivered using Zoom. Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students Teacher Parent NPG X Yarra Ranges While the 2022 National Photographic Portrait Prize visits Lilydale in VIC, catch  Yarra Ranges Regional Museum curator Maddie Reece as they speak to finalists Ayman Kaake and Joey Chan about photography, portraits and their art practice.

Ayman Kaake (he/him) is an award-winning Lebanon-born Australian photo-media artist based in Melbourne who explores diasporic melancholy and the agony of exile through contemplative portraiture and sculptural, styled poses.

Joey Chan (her/she) is a portrait photographer based in Melbourne, who appreciates beauty in the ordinary, and so in her practice tells visual stories of everyday people – presenting their individuality and an insight into their lives.

IMAGE: The Matriarch, 2021 Joey Chan. Courtesy of the artist. Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Secondary Creative Arts Visual Arts Creative Arts Visual Arts Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development Wellbeing #portraitau #VHT

For Our Elders

This Virtual Highlight Tour will be delivered using Zoom. Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students Teacher Parent For Our Elders Join, 2022 and 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize finalist Jacob Nash as he discusses portraiture through the lens of this year’s NAIDOC theme, For Our Elders.

Jacob Nash is a descendant of the Daly River people west of Darwin, and has spent the last 20 years living, working and creating in Sydney on Eora Country. After graduating from the NIDA Design Course in 2005, in 2010 he designed the set for of earth & sky for Bangarra and received a Green Room Award for Best Design in Dance. He was appointed Artist-in-Residence at Bangarra the following year; and then Bangarra Head of Design through February 2023.

IMAGE: Jacob Nash. Photograph: Sydney Festival Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Secondary Creative Arts Visual Arts Creative Arts Visual Arts Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development NAIDOC Week #portraitau #VHT

P is for Portrait

Visual Arts | Foundation – Year 2

Experience one of our fun, curriculum-focused programs live from the National Portrait Gallery, specifically for classroom based learners. No individual/homeschool connections in this session.

IMAGE: Me 1992 Ken Done © Ken Done

#NPGDART Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 P is for Portrait As the students make and respond to artworks, students will explore meaning and interpretation, forms and processes, and social and cultural contexts of portraiture.

Visual Arts | Foundation – Year 2

Explore ideas, experiences, observations and imagination to create visual artworks and design, including considering ideas in artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists
Use and experiment with different materials, techniques, technologies and processes to make artworks
Create and display artworks to communicate ideas to an audience. Please have drawing material/tools ready for each participant!
Respond to visual artworks and consider where and why people make visual artworks, starting with visual artworks from Australia, including visual artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating Creative Arts Visual Arts Making Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development Wellbeing

A Fijian Perspective

This Virtual Highlight Tour will be delivered using Zoom. Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students Teacher Parent A Fijian Perspective Join us as we celebrate Pride Month with poet Peter Sipeli and visual artist Kirikiti Juna, as they talk about life and portraits from their uniquely Fijian LGBTIQA+ perspective.

Kirikiti Juna is a Suva based visual artist. After losing his mum, Kiti returned to his family homestead to help care for his young brother, who lives with an intellectual disability. It was through caring for his brother that Kiti developed his creative practice which explores heritage, national memory.

Peter Sipeli has more than two decades of expertise in using and managing advocacy through artistic expression. He is an arts manager, a gay activist who uses storytelling as advocacy, and is a supporter of the Spoken Word Movement in Fiji.

IMAGE: Curtesy of Kirikiti Juna Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Secondary Creative Arts Visual Arts Creative Arts Visual Arts Free One-off Events Teacher Professional Development #portraitau #VHT

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