Event Calendar

SEMESTER TWO  2008

 Carolyn D Baker Memorial Lecture

RSVP secretary@education.uq.edu.au.

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 National Reading Day 2008

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NLNW One-Day Conference
"Partnerships: Curriculum + Literacies = Curriculum Literacies"

St Andrew’s Lutheran College
175 Tallebudgera Creek Road
Tallebudgera  QLD  4228
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• Individual ALEA member FREE
• Institutional ALEA members FREE (up to a maximum of 8 from any one school.
• Non-members of ALEA: $30
• Pre-service Teachers at University: $30

• Simon Higgins
• Ross Clarke
• Pat Flynn
• Terry O'Connor
• Sue Gough
• Narelle Oliver

Meanjin will be offering six scholarships (free attendance) this year for young writers who fulfil the writing requirements but who would be unable to attend because of financial difficulties.  If schools have any students who are outstanding writers and who would be unable to apply due to their economic situation, please feel free to submit an application and writing samples for consideration. Such applications need to be signed by your school’s principal.

Classroom Applications of Functional Grammar

INTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2008

Only 15 places available.

Early Years (P-3) Professional Development: Day 2
 Formerly Key Teacher Days -KTPD

Mathematics and Science

Program information is updated regularly. Please check back here for changes.

Mathematics workshop activities 2007 at Robina

Tuesday 05 August 2008
Ipswich Brothers' Leagues Club
Wildey Street, Raceview, Ipswich   map

Wednesday 06 August 2008
Pacific Golf Club
Pine Mountain Road, Carindale  map

Thursday 07 August 2008
Kedron/Wavell Services Club
375 Hamilton Road, Chermside  map

The event advertised for Robina in some flyers is
unfortunately no longer going ahead.

Registration from 8:30am for a 9:00am start

Session 1 - 9:00-10:30am

Morning Tea - 10:30 - 11:00am

Session 2 - 11:00-12.30pm

Lunch -12:30 - 1:30pm

Session 3 - 1.30-3:00pm
 

• $125 for current members of ALEA, STAQ or QAMT
• $175 for non-members
• $62.50 for full-time university students

People on this list have paid for this event at the beginning of the year. Please check if you are unsure as there is a $25 administration fee for refunding double payments.

Morning Tea and Lunch are provided each day as well as tea/coffee on arrival.

Please note the different workshops and presenters
at each venue.

Using Children's Books to Develop Mathematical Understandings

About the Workshop

This workshop will explore the development of mathematical
investigations and inquiries in the Early Childhood classroom with a particular focus on the use of children's literature to introduce and develop students' mathematics and numeracy.

Presenter: Jill Wells

Jill Wells is a practising classroom teacher who is taking part in a longitudinal research project into the development of inquiry-based learning in mathematics. She is also currently conducting her own research into student engagement in mathematics learning.

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Introducing Investigations in Early Childhood

About the Workshop

The workshop will focus on introducing investigations into the early childhood years of schooling. It will look at what students learn through investigations and ideas on how to get started.

Presenter: Sue Allmond

Sue is a Year 4 teacher at Jindalee State School with over 30 years of teaching experience. She has been involved in classroom research into inquiry-based learning in mathematics for several years and has provided professional development opportunities for numerous schools and at both state and national conferences. In 2008, she is focussing on implementing Ways of Working into lower primary classrooms and providing a model of inquiry learning for colleagues. Sue has held the position of Maths Co-ordinator at Jindalee for many years.

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Investigating Size and Shape

About the Workshop

This session includes hands-on activities with pattern blocks and tangrams which develop children's understanding of 2D shapes and their properties.

Presenter: Dr Stephen Nisbet

Dr Steven Nisbet is Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education Griffith University - Mt Gravatt Campus

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Early Indicators of Mathematical Learning Difficulties

About the Workshop

International research suggests that around 6 - 8% of students will face significant difficulties in learning mathematics. In this workshop Maureen Finnane will outline the early indicators of mathematical learning difficulties, illustrated with student work samples from her research, and discuss games and strategies to assist these students.

Presenter: Dr Maureen Finnane

Dr Maureen Finnane is an Educational Psychologist in private practice who specialises in assessments and interventions for students with learning difficulties in mathematics. Maureen works with students, families and teachers not only to build mathematical skills and understanding but to enhance student confidence and enjoyment of mathematics.

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Beginning Measurement

About the Workshop

In this workshop we will be looking at early childhood processes, and activities to help develop mathematical understandings in the early years. It will be hands-on and FUN.

Presenter: Jan Cavanagh
Mathematical Consultant Making Sense of Maths

Jan has been a classroom teacher in primary and secondary schools, an Education Adviser, and currently runs a business Making Sense of Maths which provides support to teachers, Teacher Aides, including mentoring in classrooms.

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Early Years Numeracy: Confidence with Mathematics

About the Workshop

This workshop will provide many activities for considering some key aspects of mathematics of counting, place value, part-whole relationships, and operations and that demonstrate how to develop a class environment where students can feel successful and gain confidence in using mathematics. You will examine a range of probing questions which encourage students to articulate their mathematical understanding and promote the ways of working (Essential Learnings). We will consider how this contributes to improved mathematics outcomes and numeracy capabilities and fulfils the Numeracy Strategy Framework for Action 2007-2010.

Presenter: Robyn Anderson

Robyn Anderson has taught across the year levels in Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Queensland Currently Robyn is Senior Education Officer, Mathematics in the Curriculum Division negotiating professional learning strategy for teachers including First Steps in Mathematics and promoting the implementation of the Numeracy Strategy. Robyn is currently the Vice President (Professional Development) QAMT.
 

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Water: Learn it for life!

A presentation by the WaterWise schools' program (Dept of Natural Resources and Water)

About the Workshop

This workshop will showcase the new state-wide Water: Learn it for life! Early Childhood resources that have been developed by the Department of Natural Resources and Water to promote Waterwise. These curriculum resources were written using the QSA Essential Learnings, Early Years Curriculum Guidelines and Primary Connections frameworks.

A new Whizzy big book will be a central feature of these resources. The Early Childhood resources have been divided into Prep – Year 1 and Years 2- 3 sections and consist of a sequenced program of lesson plans and activities. The workshop will include hands-on activities from the new resource.

The curriculum materials are supported by comprehensive background information for teachers and an additional resource bank of supplementary water education materials. These materials will be provided on-line.

Participants will receive a copy of the full primary resource on CD-ROM and be able to inspect hard copy versions of the Prep - Year 3 classroom resources.

Presenters

Kim Brown
Tue Wed Thu @ Raceview, Carindale, Chermside

Kim Brown is a primary teacher with extensive experience in Early Childhood and Primary Education and has worked with the Life Education program and a variety of schools in South-East Queensland. She was Curriculum Development Officer at the Centre for Maths, Science and Technology at Ironside State School and the Working Scientifically teacher at Milton SS. Kim is an education consultant who works with primary and secondary teachers sharing practical strategies and knowledge for improving teaching and learning in the field of science and technology.

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Literacy Professional Development P-3 Years (LPD)
 Formerly Key Teacher Days -KTPD

Program information is updated regularly. Please check back here for changes.
A second set of workshops with a Maths/Science focus will be held in Term 3

Monday 10 March 2008
Kedron/Wavell Services Club
375 Hamilton Road, Chermside  map

Tuesday 11 March 2008
Ipswich Brothers' Leagues Club
Wildey Street, Raceview, Ipswich   map

Wednesday 12 March 2008
Pacific Golf Club
Pine Mountain Road, Carindale  map

Thursday 13 March 2008
Gold Coast
Colonial Golf Club, Robina   map

Term 3 workshops will be at the same venues.

Registration from 8:30am for a 9:00am start

Session 1 - 9:00-11:00am

Morning Tea - 11:00 - 11:30am

Session 2 - 11:30-1.00pm

Lunch -1:00 - 1:30pm

Session 3 - 1.30-2:30pm
 

March Workshop
$125 for current members of ALEA, STAQ or QAMT, $175 for non-members

Term 3 Workshop
$125 for current members of ALEA, STAQ or QAMT, $175 for non-members

Save money ...
Register and pay for both now
$200 for current members of ALEA, STAQ or QAMT, $300 for non-members, $100 for students.

Morning Tea and Lunch are provided each day as well as tea/coffee on arrival.

Monday 10 March 2008
Kedron/Wavell Services Club

Tuesday 11 March 2008
Ipswich Brothers' Leagues Club

Wednesday 12 March 2008
Pacific Golf Club

Thursday 13 March 2008
Gold Coast - Colonial Golf Club

Tracy Hand
Developing Literacy Skills In The Preparatory Year

Tracy's  ‘hands on’ workshop will provide Prep teachers with a range of relevant activities to take back to their classroom to promote the development of skills in Literacy within a play based curriculum, the Early Years Curriculum Guidelines. Teachers will consider how to differentiate within the Early Learning Area of Language Learning and Communication to cater for the different developmental stages of children, consider how to bring Literacy to each of the five contexts and how to use classroom experiences to facilitate Literacy development. Teachers will also consider strategies for developing early understandings of the concepts of print.

Tracy Hand is practising Preparatory teacher at Matthew Flinders Anglican College, who has experience teaching in the early years of school in both the State and Independent sectors in Victoria and Queensland. Tracey is a qualified Reading Recovery teacher, a QSA trained Preparatory Facilitator, a current member of the QSA Early Years Syllabus Advisory Committee and an experienced workshop presenter.

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Chermside and Robina
Sue Butler

Reggio Emilia

The documentation of inquiry / investigations should be more than a description of classroom events. Collaborative reflection by adults and children can reveal much about the learning process. This is the story of one school's journey using the Reggio Approach to access the potential of the child to further literacy learning in the Early Years.

Sue Butler is HOC/Learning & Resource Centre at Cannon Hill SS

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Raceview
Karen Renz (Bulimba SS) and
Sandra Grant (Kelvin Grove State College)

Making connections.....realizing the potential for developing meaningful documentation through collaborative planning and inquiry based learning with children and families.

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Ruth Ellis & Kay Rankin
Phonetics, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics-what does it all mean? Spelling  and Spelling Strategies for the Classroom.
 
This presentation will include current research on the teaching of spelling and the strategies that can be used in the classroom. Assessment of spelling will form part of the discussion.
 
Ruth holds a Dip Teaching, B Ed. Grad Dip Special Ed (Learning Difficulties) and M Ed.  She joined EQ in 1986 having taught in all other eastern states in Australia. She has been a classroom teacher, Support Teacher Learning Difficulties, Education Advisor Literacy, Reading Recovery tutor, and held the position of Deputy Principal. When she retired in June 2007 she was an acting principal.  
 
Kay has been a Senior Support Teacher for 15 years and is currently the Senior Support Teacher, Learning Difficulties in the Southeast Region.
 

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Dr Karen Dooley
Vocabulary

In recent years vocabulary has been singled out as an important, but somewhat neglected area of reading education. The purpose of this workshop is to explore some practical activities for enhancing vocabulary instruction in mainstream classes with students of diverse language abilities and proficiency in English as a first or additional language.

Karen Dooley lectures in primary literacy at QUT. She began her career in Queensland state schools and has also taught English as a foreign language.

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Bring and Share (Chermside)
facilitated by Tracy Hand

Teachers should bring a tool/strategy or a favourite picture book that they use to promote opportunities for Literacy Learning in their classroom, to share with other teachers.

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Bring and Share (Raceview)
facilitated by David Macknish

Teachers should bring 2-3 fiction or non-fiction texts they would utilise in the classroom for comprehension work.

Discussion will consider questioning types – three level guide work using the books they have brought so as to create a series of questions to use around these texts.

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Bring and Share (Carindale and Robina)
facilitated by Deb Tyson

Teachers are not required to bring any materials. Participants will have the opportunity to practice working with the strategies that have been introduced in the workshop.

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DebTyson
Strengthening Students' Comprehension

Readers need mastery of the cueing systems and a range of strategies in order to enhance their understanding, acquire information and remember what they read. In this workshop participants will explore strategies within the context of classroom practice and the instructional approaches of Shared and Guided Reading.

Debbie Tyson has been teaching in Queensland schools for the past 30 years. Her experience and expertise  as a classroom teacher, support teacher and literacy coordinator led her to consultancy work. For the past six years, she has been working in the Pat Edgar Education Consultancy assisting schools with the implementation of their Literacy programs. Her practical solutions combine with her ongoing studies to bring assistance to teachers of literacy and numeracy from P to 10. She shares her passion and skill for developing good learners with all who are keen to see students succeed.

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Saturday Half-Day Professional Development "Designing English Assessment Tasks"
Focus:	Designing quality school-based English assessment tasks
Target Audience:	All teachers and pre-service student teachers interested in developing their understanding of assessment  and using the English Essential Learnings.
Date & Venue:	Saturday 23 August 2008 School of Education Building 24 Campbell Rd The University of Queensland St Lucia map Note on Parking: On weekends, Public Holidays, and Special University Holidays (such as between Christmas and New Year) parking is free in all casual and permit parking areas, including the multi-level carparks.
Cost:	SPECIAL PRICING FOR CURRENT ALEA MEMBERS Individual ALEA member $20 (Usually $50) Institutional ALEA members $30 (Usually $50) Non-members of ALEA $75 University students $30
Program	8:30 - 9:00am Registration and welcome tea/coffee     9:00 - 10:00am Keynote Address Developing Quality School Based Assessment An introduction to the thinking and design processes involved in the development of quality assessment tasks An explanation of the design principles used in the development of quality assessment tasks Presented by Libby Bond from the QSA Assessment Bank     10:00 - 10:30am Morning tea provided by Meanjin.     10:30 - 12:00pm Three Concurrent Workshops Participants break into three groups to focus on either Year 3, Year 5, or Year 7 English Essential Learnings Please note that a Year 9 group previously advertised is not now available. Workshops to be led by members of QSA assessment bank team. Focus is: Apply the design principles for the development of quality assessment tasks. Workshop leaders will guide participants in using the design principles to design an assessment task for one of the English Essential Learnings   12:00pm Finish
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Saturday Half Day Professional Development (HDPD) "Digital Literacy"
	A Joint ALEA and QSITE event Register here
Focus:	This is a repeat of the event held on 8 March earlier this year at Bremer State High School. The focus is on expanding the use of digital resources to enhance literacy in the classroom.
Target Audience:	Early Years, Primary & Middle Years teachers and other interested personnel
Date & Venue:	Saturday 25 October 2008 Please note that this date has been changed from Saturday 18 October 2008 as advertised on some earlier flyers. Moreton Bay College 450 Wondall Road Manly West Brisbane Q 4179 map
Program:	8:30 - 9:00am Registration and welcome tea/coffee     9:00 - 10:00am Keynote Address (Deb Cohen)     10:00 - 11:00am Morning tea, trade displays, prize draws and networking     11:00 - 12:00am Session 1   Digital Storytelling in the Classroom - Part A  OR Teaching Lockie Leonard: an adventure in multiliteracies 12:05 - 1:00pm Session 2   Digital Storytelling in the Classroom - Part B  OR Improving Literacy Skills with Kahootz     1:00pm Finish
Cost:	SPECIAL PRICING FOR CURRENT ALEA MEMBERS Individual ALEA or QSITE member $20 Institutional ALEA or QSITE members $30 Non-members $75 University students $30 Register here
About the Sessions:	Keynote Digital Storytelling in the Classroom Teaching Lockie Leonard: an adventure in multiliteracies  Improving Literacy Skills with Kahootz Keynote - Lee Burton (ImMEDIAte Issues and Cyber Safe Kids) Childhood obesity, poor attention spans, low literacy levels and increased credit card debt are just a few of the accusations levelled at TV and its effects on this generation. But what is the truth? What is the research telling us and how can we turn this situation around to benefit our children? Television, film and digital technologies are powerful vehicles that provide constant messages about culture, community values and identity. How do teachers and parents use these vehicles for positive development and discernment about what, who, how and why the messages are conceived and delivered. All curriculum areas are responsible for literacy and partnered with multi-modal approaches, teachers can encourage students to be critical and discerning consumers of the messages that the media present.   Digital Storytelling in the Classroom Part A - Stacy Cottam (Springwood Road State School) Part B - Gayleen Jackson (Programs Manager – ICT Learning Innovation Centre, Sippy Downs) With the myriad of new technologies available and the power of computers, students and teachers are able to create and publish  stories. Images, video, music, sound effects and words can be woven together to create a powerful digital story. In the workshop the following will be investigated digital storytelling across the curriculum creating a digital story - what are the elements - process needed -  software and hardware to use (Inspiration, Photostory, PowerPoint, MovieMaker, Comic Life, digital cameras, webcams) how they can be assessed resources for your classroom Participants will have the opportunity for hands-on fun with the software and hardware to plan and begin to create a digital story.  Stacey Cottam has been teaching for over 12 years in the Early Years section of her school. She has been implementing multiliteracies into her class programs for many years now and has her children emailing, blogging, comic chatting, creating e-books, making movies, creating animations and many more fun things.  She has presented previously at ALEA, QSITE and the Draft English Syllabus mplementation and has recently gained her Pedadogical Licence.   Teaching Lockie Leonard: an adventure in multiliteracies  - Lindsay Williams Lockie Leonard, the award winning television series based on Tim Winton’s popular trilogy, was screened on Channel 9 in 2007 and was replayed in earl 2008. To support teachers using the series in their classrooms, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation has released a comprehensive resource package which includes over 100 teaching and learning activities, worksheets, clips from the series, the original Press kit, an interactive map and quiz, and much more. This workshop will explore the features of this package and provide practical advice on how to use it and the series across a range of learning areas (English, the Arts, HPE and Values Education). See for yourself how, through the activities in the package, students can learn more about effective communication, construction of narrative, use of visual codes and conventions, adaptation of novels to film, as well as explore issues such as adolescence, masculinity, relationships, bullying, acceptance and the importance of positive thinking. Lindsay Williams taught in state and private schools for 25 years, 16 of those as a Head of English. He has been involved in a rang