We encourage the organisations we work with to open our training events to guests. This mean that, if your organisation can’t book us, you can still attend. Please see below for current opportunities, and how to book:
Australia
Deeper Learning Through Projects (2 days)
When: September 5th & 6th 2016
Where: St Johns Park High School, Mimosa Rd, Greenfield Park NSW 2176
Description: A practical, hands-on, deep dive into developing higher order skills through projects. NB: To benefit from attending this course you should have either already attended our Introduction to Project-Based Learning course, or had at least one year’s experience of designing projects. Employers are demanding higher order skills, well beyond literacy and numeracy. How do projects develop those skills better than traditional pedagogy? Areas covered include: Learning Dispositions/Habits of Mind; Critical Thinking; Oracy; Enterprise; Authentic Assessment; Collaboration; Application of Knowledge.
We investigate current thinking on each of these areas, but, importantly, we also allow educators to experience these as your students will. You’ll also get a chance to see the impact of projects upon students at our host school.
How to book: Phone Effie Niarchos (02) 9610 8035 or email: [email protected]
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Transforming Performance and Professional Learning Through Improvement Science
When: September 16th 2016
Where: Hilltop Rd Public School Hilltop Road, Merrylands NSW 2160
Description: What links aviation safety, Toyota motor cars, the healthcare revolution, and the success of Team Sky cycling? And how can educators learn from the cultures of continual innovation that we see in these sectors? The answer lies in Improvement Science, and discipline well-established elsewhere but brand-new to education. The art of ‘getting better at getting better’ can transform not just your organisation’s student outcomes, but also your adult learning culture. Turn innovation from an ad-hoc event into an essential part of your learning DNA. This introductory course takes you through the ten steps to improvement, and will inspire you to radically shift your approach to professional learning.
How to book: DoE staff should book through MyPL Course Code: NR 10845 Event ID 136798 or ring Natalie See (02) 9635 7722 Email: [email protected] (non-DoE, please contact Natalie See)
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Introduction to Project Based Learning
When: September 19th & 20th 2016
Where: Hilltop Rd Public School Hilltop Road, Merrylands NSW 2160
Description: Our ever-popular Introduction to PBL, serves as an ideal way to find out everything you need to know to get started with projects in your classroom. We do this through taking participants through a ‘slice’ of a projects, and by planning their first projects. Find out the importance, and rigour, of critique, multiple drafts, adult-world connections, exhibitions of learning, tuning projects, and assessment.
You will get to experience doing projects as your students would, and see the impact of projects upon students in our host school.
How to book: DoE staff should book through MyPL Course Code: NR 08299 Event ID 136479 or ring Natalie See (02) 9635 7722 Email: [email protected] (non-DoE, please contact Natalie See)
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Deeper Learning Through Projects (2 days)
When: September 21st & 22nd 2016
Where: Hilltop Rd Public School Hilltop Road, Merrylands NSW 2160
Description: A practical, hands-on, deep dive into developing higher order skills through projects. NB: To benefit from attending this course you should have either already attended our Introduction to Project-Based Learning course, or had at least one year’s experience of designing projects. Employers are demanding higher order skills, well beyond literacy and numeracy. How do projects develop those skills better than traditional pedagogy? Areas covered include: Learning Dispositions/Habits of Mind; Critical Thinking; Oracy; Enterprise; Authentic Assessment; Collaboration; Application of Knowledge.
We investigate current thinking on each of these areas, but, importantly, we also allow educators to experience these as your students will.
How to book: DoE staff should book through MyPL Course Code: NR 10844 Event ID 136800 or ring Natalie See (02) 9635 7722 Email: [email protected] (non-DoE, please contact Natalie See)
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Transforming Performance and Professional Learning Through Improvement Science
When: September 23rd 2016
Where: Bluegum Community School, 114 Maitland St, Hackett ACT 2602
Description: What links aviation safety, Toyota motor cars, the healthcare revolution, and the success of Team Sky cycling? And how can educators learn from the cultures of continual innovation that we see in these sectors? The answer lies in Improvement Science, and discipline well-established elsewhere but brand-new to education. The art of ‘getting better at getting better’ can transform not just your organisation’s student outcomes, but also your adult learning culture. Turn innovation from an ad-hoc event into an essential part of your learning DNA. This introductory course takes you through the ten steps to improvement, and will inspire you to radically shift your approach to professional learning.
How to book: Contact Maureen Hartung Phone:(02) 6230 6776 Email: [email protected]
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India
Transforming Performance and Professional Learning Through Improvement Science
When: October 1st 2016
Where: TAISI Conference, The Oberoi, Gurgaon, New Delhi
Description: What links aviation safety, Toyota motor cars, the healthcare revolution, and the success of Team Sky cycling? And how can educators learn from the cultures of continual innovation that we see in these sectors? The answer lies in Improvement Science, and discipline well-established elsewhere but brand-new to education. The art of ‘getting better at getting better’ can transform not just your organisation’s student outcomes, but also your adult learning culture. Turn innovation from an ad-hoc event into an essential part of your learning DNA. This introductory course takes you through the ten steps to improvement, and will inspire you to radically shift your approach to professional learning.
How to book: Registrations can be made HERE
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An Education Worth Having: A Workshop For Parents
Where: Vega School, Gurgaon, New Delhi, Nr Eldeco Mansionz, Sohna Road, Sector 48, Gurgaon 122 018
When: 27th October, 2016
Description: The world our children are facing is very different from that of their parents. How is work changing, as we experience globalisation and automation? How do we support our kids through school systems that place such high value on passing exams, and less upon being engaged? How do we cope with the epidemic of high stress and low self-esteem that young people are facing around the world? In other words, what makes ‘an education worth having’?
This workshop is aimed at parents who want to see the bigger picture: the context in which learning needs to take place. After a presentation, we take parents (and teachers) through a number of exercises that identify what really matters in learning, and looks at a variety of teaching and learning approaches, in search of greater parental involvement of their child’s education.
How to book: Contact Vega HERE
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UK
Transforming Performance and Professional Learning Through Improvement Science
When: October 15th, 2016
Where: King Alfred School, North End Road, London, NW11 7HY
Description: (Please note this workshop – and preceding presentation – is just part of a line-up of outstanding speakers and workshop leaders. See HERE for details of the whole event)
What links aviation safety, Toyota motor cars, the healthcare revolution, and the success of Team Sky cycling? And how can educators learn from the cultures of continual innovation that we see in these sectors? The answer lies in Improvement Science, and discipline well-established elsewhere but brand-new to education. The art of ‘getting better at getting better’ can transform not just your organisation’s student outcomes, but also your adult learning culture. Turn innovation from an ad-hoc event into an essential part of your learning DNA. This introductory course takes you through the ten steps to improvement, and will inspire you to radically shift your approach to professional learning.
How To Book: Registration can be made HERE