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Mode of delivery:听self-paced online Professional Learning
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Course enquiries:听Contact听nina.goodwin@sydney.edu.au
Cost:听$330 per module
顿别蝉肠谤颈辫迟颈辞苍:听罢丑别听Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment, in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work, has developed a suite of fully online PL modules focusing on Assessment Literacy for Teachers. Any number of modules may be studied, in any order. Each module can be completed in 4鈥6 hours and provides Teacher Professional Development, addressing Proficient Teacher Standard Descriptors from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. The modules have been designed for primary and secondary teachers and will soon be complemented by a suite of modules on Data Literacy, which are currently being designed by the Centre Director, Professor Jim Tognolini. As well, the centre is planning to develop modules for teachers in middle and senior leadership roles. The Assessment Literacy modules support teachers鈥 engagement with, and understanding of, assessment and the use of data to inform teaching and learning. After successfully completing all six modules, teachers will be eligible to undertake an extension assessment module for an additional fee. Successful completion of the complete program is equivalent to the University of Sydney postgraduate unit of study听Assessment Literacy for School Teachers (EDPZ6011); your statement of completion may be used to apply for credit toward a Master of Education program.
The modules in this series are not individual higher-education awards and not qualifications recognised under the Australian Qualifications Framework.
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Dates:听Arranged on consultation.
Venue:听Provided by the requesting school
Presenters:听听and听
Further details:听Download the flyer (pdf, 539kB)听
Seminar enquiries:听Contact听nina.goodwin@sydney.edu.au
Cost:听$1000 plus GST per seminar
Description:听Math anxiety can arise for students at any stage of their learning. This anxiety can affect a young learner鈥檚 ability to achieve their mathematical potential, negatively impacting many subject areas, so it鈥檚 crucial to identify affected students as early as possible.听The Maths Anxiety Seminar for Schools will be beneficial for teachers and parents/caregivers in supporting students to achieve their potential in mathematics. Participants will learn to identify signs of maths anxiety and how it might present in students in a variety of settings. The seminar will give participants some diagnostic clues about what to look for in student attitude, testing, classwork and homework in mathematics to help detect maths anxiety in young learners. Recommended resources and practical strategies for addressing and relieving maths anxiety will be shared, with opportunities for questions and discussion with colleagues and the presenters.听Completing听Maths Anxiety Seminar for Schools听will contribute one hour of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Student/Child Mental Health, addressing Standard Descriptor(s) 1.1.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
Dates:听Modules will be offered and delivered on demand upon enquiry.
Venue:听Online by Zoom
Presenter:听
Further details:听Download the flyer (pdf, 265KB)听or visit the听
Course enquiries:听Contact听rachel.payne@sydney.edu.au
Cost:听$770 per module
Description:听The Action Research modules have been designed to meet the needs of teachers seeking to learn about and conduct their own action research project in their local context. They are professional learning for teachers seeking to maintain the level of Proficient Teacher as described in the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, as well as for teachers who wish to build an evidence base before applying to be recognised at the Highly Accomplished level. The Highly Accomplished Teacher level requires that teachers assemble evidence that they can support and assist less experienced colleagues with all aspects of professional knowledge, practice and professional engagement. Compiling evidence of these skills is a component of this course. Each module will provide 20 hours of professional development at the Highly Accomplished Teacher level, comprising 5 x two-hour workshops plus 10 hours of project time developing a portfolio and conducting a professional learning project. The module requires that participants must attend all online synchronous sessions and successfully complete all assigned tasks.听Completion of Action Research Module 1 is a prerequisite for enrolment in Action Research Module 2.
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Dates:听Modules will be offered and delivered on demand upon enquiry.
Venue:听Online by Zoom or in school
Presenter:听Kathy Rushton
Further details:听Download the flyer (pdf, 450kB)听or visit the听webpage
Course enquiries:听Contact听rachel.payne@sydney.edu.au
Cost:听$770 per module
Description:听Develop the skills to teach grammar in a way that allows your students to gain an understanding of the basics and learn practical ways to implement their knowledge. The focus of Conversations About Texts is on teaching grammar in the context of鈥痠maginative, informative and persuasive鈥痶exts in primary school and the middle years. During the workshops, you will explore the teaching of texts as the context in which grammar is taught to support meaning. Knowledge about grammar is only useful if students use it to read and write and recognise how authors, including themselves, can use language to make meaning. Presenter Kathy Rushton has worked as a TESOL teacher and consultant in classrooms and recognises a growing need in the teaching of grammar to support implementation. At the same time, the course presents participants with the opportunity to review their own grammatical knowledge or address grammar for the first time.
Professional learning for facilitators
Dates听(all Thursdays and Fridays, Feb鈥揓ul 2026, 9 am to 4 pm)
Intensive 1:听February听12 & 13
Intensive 2: March 26 & 27
Intensive 3: May听7 & 8
Intensive 4: June听18 & 19
Times:听Intensive workshops 鈥 9 am to 4 pm (four x 2-day blocks) | Supervisory sessions 鈥 40-60 minutes each (10 given and 10 received)
Venue:听Compulsory intensive workshops (eight days) in Camperdown (Sydney University) plus additional online training and resources. Supervisory sessions venues/times/modes negotiable.
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Presenters:听Geoff Broughton and Mary Ann Hunter
Further details:听Download the flyer (pdf, 567KB)听or visit the听webpage
Cost: $6600
Description:听Reflective Supervision provides one-on-one professional and confidential conversations (peer and group reflective supervision also exist) over several sessions to support leaders in education, including school principals and executive members, as they navigate their professional roles. The sessions encourage supervisees to understand and respond reflectively to challenges and opportunities for their leadership practice.
Dates: Between 1 & 28 May 2026
Time: 6.00pm鈥7.30pm (weekly Zoom webinar)
Venue: Online self paced plus weekly Zoom webinar
Presenter: Professor in collaboration with the Children's Book Council of Australia
Further details: Download the flyer (pdf, 298.8 KB)
Cost:听$99
Description: This course is designed to inspire engagement with quality Australian children's literature, and to directly support the 2026 CBCA Book of the Year Awards and the CBCA Sun Project: Shadow Judging program. It will highlight the 2026 CBCA shortlist and Award winners. For educators it will provide valuable insight, enjoyment, and professional learning for teaching and student/reader support.听It will provide all participants with opportunities to spend time exploring books and sharing ideas.听The course will run online over four weeks using a Canvas learning management system and will include extensive resources. Watch a short introductory video for detail on what to expect from participating in the program.
Date: 18 May 2026
Time: 9.30am鈥3.30pm
Venue: Education Building A35, Manning Road, The University of Sydney
Presenter:听
Further details: Download the flyer (pdf, 421.7 KB)
Cost:听$330
Description:听Children bring their lived experience with them into their classrooms: the emotions, reactions and, sometimes, trauma, from their homes and communities, as well as wider society.听鈥淐omplex trauma鈥 in children results from repeated exposure to traumatic events over weeks, months, or years. Examples include sexual, physical, and psychological abuse, as well as experiencing or witnessing domestic and family violence or neglect.听Research shows that children most often disclose traumas to school friends or teachers and that the classroom consequences of complex trauma can profoundly affect children鈥檚 behaviour and learning.
In this workshop, teachers will learn how to support students experiencing trauma by adopting strategies that allow them to respond 鈥榠n the moment鈥, and which, collectively, create a 鈥渢rauma-informed classroom鈥 that benefits all their students.听The information and discussions in this workshop will be valuable for any teacher from Kindergarten to Year 12.
Teachers will learn to:
Date: Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Time:听9 am鈥4.30 pm
Venue:听Hybrid (In-person and online by Zoom)
Academic convenor:听, Professor of Special Education, The University of Sydney,听The University of Sydney, and听, Associate Professor, Special Education, and Deputy Head of School (Education), The University of Sydney
Keynote presenter: , Assistant Professor, Special Education, College of Education, The University of Hawai'i at Manoa, US
Further details: Download the flyer (pdf, 566.7 KB), or听visit the webpage
Registration: Visit the table on the webpage
Description:听This annual conference focuses on issues and developments in the provision of quality education for students K鈥12, in particular, for students for whom teachers are providing adjustments.
Presentations and workshops will be given by teachers, consultants, community-based personnel and academics, from metropolitan and rural locations in NSW, interstate and overseas.
Participants may attend the conference as a stand-alone event or as part of the听Educational Studies (Learning Support) Program, which comprises attendance at the conference, as well as the SLC Masterclass on Wednesday, July 1, and five additional workshops held on Thursday evenings (4.30鈥7.30pm) in听 Semester Two 2026.
Dates and Times: 30 June and 1 July (SLC both days) + 5 evening workshops (4.30鈥7.30pm) Thusdays 30 July, 13 & 27 August, and 10 & 24 September 2026
Venue:听听Online by Zoom
Presenter:听Professor听
Further details:听Download the flyer听(pdf, 433 KB), or visit the听Program webpage
Cost:听$1500
Registration:听Register via the conference webpage
Description:听These workshops will examine in detail the theories, policies and practices that promote quality literacy and numeracy learning outcomes for students identified as experiencing difficulties learning in a mainstream classroom environment, across a range of Key Learning Areas.
Specific focus will be placed on teachers working as part of teams to promote individualised programs and processes that assist students with additional learning needs to achieve collaboratively established learning outcomes. Workshop activities and individual learning tasks will promote the integration of theory and practice across a range of settings including early childhood, primary and secondary.
Date: Wednesday, 1 July 2026
Time:听9 am鈥3 pm
Venue:听Online by Zoom
Presenter: , Assistant Professor, Special Education, College of Education, The University of Hawai'i at Manoa, US
Further details: Download the flyer (pdf, 1 MB)
Cost:听$330
Description:听This full-day masterclass focuses on integrating explicit, high-leverage reading instruction with consideration of contextual and emotional factors that influence learning, with a particular emphasis on reading anxiety. Drawing on current research and classroom-based examples, the session is designed to support teachers in strengthening core literacy instruction while also recognising and addressing barriers that may interfere with students鈥 reading progress.
Date: Thursday, 20 August 2026
Time:听9.30 am 鈥 3.30 pm
Venue:听Education Building A35, Manning Rd, The University of Sydney
Presenter:听
Further details:听Download the flyer听(pdf, 437.9 KB)
Cost:听$330
Description:听This in-person workshop invites participants to build on their conversational style when talking to parents and carers. It is underpinned by the work of educationalists Gilligan and Nodding鈥檚 paradigm of the 鈥榚thic of care.鈥 Participants will be introduced to an ethic-informed conversational style designed to promote confidence and skills in turning complex interactions into opportunities for communication to deepen the working relationship between schools, parents and carers.
The information and discussions in this workshop will be valuable for all teachers, school leaders and principals from Kindergarten to Year 12.
This workshop will enable you to:
Date: Thursday, 17 September 2026
Time: 9.30am鈥3.30pm
Venue:听Online by Zoom
Presenter:听
Further details:听Download the flyer (pdf, 421.6 KB)
Cost:听$330
Description:听Children bring their lived experience with them into their classrooms: the emotions, reactions and, sometimes, trauma, from their homes and communities, as well as wider society.听鈥淐omplex trauma鈥 in children results from repeated exposure to traumatic events over weeks, months, or years. Examples include sexual, physical, and psychological abuse, as well as experiencing or witnessing domestic and family violence or neglect.听Research shows that children most often disclose traumas to school friends or teachers and that the classroom consequences of complex trauma can profoundly affect children鈥檚 behaviour and learning.
In this workshop, teachers will learn how to support students experiencing trauma by adopting strategies that allow them to respond 鈥榠n the moment鈥, and which, collectively, create a 鈥渢rauma-informed classroom鈥 that benefits all their students.听The information and discussions in this workshop will be valuable for any teacher from Kindergarten to Year 12.
Teachers will learn to:
Dates: Fridays, 29 May, 5 & 12 June (course delivery over 3 sessions)
Time:听9.30 am鈥12.30 pm
Venue:听Online by Zoom
Presenter:听Mary Jo McVeigh
Further details:听Download the flyer 听(pdf, 522 KB)
Cost:听$455
Description:听This nine-hour program (delivered over three half-day workshops) is directly relevant to all human service workers aiming to develop their skills in the provision of supervision that promotes the ongoing development of professional skills and knowledge.
The online workshops present a model of critically reflective professional practice supervision. It invites participants to consider supervision processes, strategies and skills that are critical to effective professional practice and growth in a range of practice settings.
At the completion of this course you will be able to:
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Dates: Thursdays, October 15, 22 & 29 (course delivery over 3 sessions)
Time:听9:30 am鈥12:30 pm
Venue:听Online by Zoom
Presenter:听Mary Jo McVeigh
Further details:听Download the flyer (pdf, 522 KB)
Cost:听$455
Description:听This nine-hour program (delivered over three half-day workshops) is directly relevant to all human service workers aiming to develop their skills in the provision of supervision that promotes the ongoing development of professional skills and knowledge.
The online workshops present a model of critically reflective professional practice supervision. It invites participants to consider supervision processes, strategies and skills that are critical to effective professional practice and growth in a range of practice settings.
At the completion of this course you will be able to:
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