ESL

For details of any course just click on the course title in which you are interested. You will find detailed information on what the course is about, how it will be presented, as well as expected course outcomes and course presenters.

Date Course Title Purpose Venue Target Group Cost
including GST

Monday 5th March

4.00pm - 7.00pm

ESL in the Mainstream 3-10

Repeat Course

1 of 10 Sessions

Other Sessions: 12th, 19th and 26th March, 2nd April, 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th May, 4th June

To assist ESL and mainstream teachers to meet the needs of ESL learners through: understanding language-related needs; an awareness of materials and teaching approaches that take account of cultural and linguistic diversity; and collaborative working relationships between ESL and mainstream teachers.

Abbotsleigh Junior School

22 Woonora Ave

Wahroonga

Classroom, mainstream and ESL teachers 3-10

$650

AIS member $470

Includes Materials

A $100  subsidy is available for eligible teachers through the  Quality Teacher Program.  (See  Introduction)

Friday 9th March

8.30am for 9.00am - 3.30pm

Annual English Conference Stage 6: The Journey Continues

To suggest new teaching strategies for senior texts, to provide opportunities for consultation with colleagues across the sector, to reinforce understanding of underlying Stage 6 syllabus principles, and to assist in developing teaching material.

Newington College

200 Stanmore Road

Stanmore

Teachers of Stage 6 English

$155

AIS member $105

Thursday 15th and Friday 16th March

9.00am - 3.30pm

Child Protection

Day 1: Making a Difference

Day 2: Supporting Protective Behaviours in the Curriculum K-12

Repeat course

Day 1: To examine the types and indicators of abuse, the teacher’s roles and responsibilities and changes to legislation.  Day 2: To analyse research on how to support children and develop interview skills for dealing with child protection issues and to critique models for implementing protective behaviours in the curriculum.

Danebank Anglican  School

82-98 Park Road

Hurstville

Teachers of primary and secondary and school Counsellors

$310

AIS member $210

Wednesday 21st March

1.30pm - 4.30pm

ESL Scales and English K-6: Making Connections

To introduce primary teachers to the use of the ESL Scales; to demonstrate how to make connections between the Scales and the English K-6 Syllabus in ways that will enhance the learning of ESL students.

Presbyterian Ladies College

Boundary Street

Croydon

Teachers of ESL learners K-6

$75

AIS member $55

A $30 subsidy is available for eligible teachers through the Quality Teacher Program.  (See  Introduction)

Monday 26th March

9.00am - 3.30pm

Leading Your Faculty

Repeat Course

1 of 3 Sessions

Other Sessions: 9th April and 28th May

To focus Heads of Faculty on the issues and skills required to work supportively, creatively and productively as a manager and facilitator of change, both up and down the line.  The course will also enable Heads of Faculty to obtain anonymous and confidential feedback from members of their team and to explore the answers.

The Kings School

Pennant Hills Road

North Parramatta

Heads of Faculty

$590

AIS member $455

Includes Upward Feedback Survey

Tuesday 27th March

9.00am - 3.30pm

Communication Skills for Managing Difficult Interpersonal Situations

Repeat Course

To assist classroom teachers and teachers in positions of responsibility to more successfully manage difficult communication.  Participants will learn how to manage themselves and others in situations of emotional tension and high anxiety.

Presbyterian Ladies College

Boundary Street

Croydon

All Teachers K-12

$155

AIS member $105

Wednesday 28th March

9.00am - 3.30pm

Multiple Intelligences and Blooming Minds: A Toolkit of Strategies for K-10 Classrooms

Repeat Course

To develop a toolkit of strategies which will enhance teaching and learning through an exploration of Gardiner’s Multiple Intelligences theory, a revised Bloom’s Taxonomy, co-operative learning strategies and higher order thinking skills.

Level 2

99 York Street

Sydney

Teachers K-10, teachers responsible for planning dynamic gifted and talented programs

$155

AIS member $105

Thursday 29th March

8.30am for 9.00 am - 3.30pm

Using Technology Creatively in Secondary Classrooms

Repeat Course

To give secondary teachers the opportunity to explore ways of integrating technology effectively into their classroom.  Participants will explore a range of technologies using a variety of software and hardware and consider their use in addressing research skills in both classwork and assignments.

SCEGGS - Darlinghurst

215 Forbes Street

Darlinghurst

All teachers 7-12

$155

AIS member $105

A $50 subsidy is available for eligible teachers through the Quality Teacher Program.  (See  Introduction)

Tuesday 3rd April

9.00am - 3.30pm

Theoretical Perspectives in Stage 6 English: A Practical Workshop

Repeat Course

To provide teachers with an understanding of the four theoretical models which underpin Stage 6 English Syllabus and to demonstrate activities to support students in responding to texts using different perspectives.

Trinity Grammar School

119 Prospect Road

Summer Hill

Teachers of Stage 6 English

$155

AIS member $105

Thursday 5th April

9.00am - 3.30pm

Literacy in Year 11 Business Studies

Repeat Course

To identify challenges in Stage 6 of the Business Studies syllabus and focus on practical classroom strategies and also to support students in reading and writing Business Studies texts.

The Scots College

Victoria Road

Bellevue Hill

Teachers of Year 11 Business Studies

$155

AIS member $105

A $50 subsidy is available for eligible teachers through the Quality Teacher Program.  (See  Introduction)

Thursday 3rd May

4.00pm - 6.30pm

Early Literacy and the ESL Learner

1 of 8 Sessions

Other Sessions: 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st May, 7th, 14th and 21st June

To extend the skills and understandings of teachers in working effectively with children, pre-school to Year 2, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Meriden School

10-12 Redmyre Road

Strathfield

Teachers of Pre-School to Year 2

$545

AIS member $405

Includes materials

A $100 subsidy is available for eligible teachers through the  Quality Teacher Program.  (See  Introduction)

Tuesday 8th May

1.00pm - 4.00pm

Stage 6 Film Study for ESL

To study assessment and presentation of film study in Stage 6 for ESL students.

Cranbrook School

Victoria Road

Bellevue Hill

Teachers of Stage 6 ESL

$75

AIS member $55

A $30 subsidy is available for eligible teachers through the Quality Teacher Program.  (See  Introduction)

Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd May

9.00am - 3.30pm

Skills for Pastoral Care, Year Level Co-ordinators and Tutors

Repeat Course

To provide those responsible for the pastoral care of students K-12 with practical skills in dealing positively with the challenges of their role.

Presbyterian Ladies College

Boundary Street

Croydon

Year Level Co-ordinators, House Masters/Mistresses and Tutors, teachers with pastoral care responsibilities

$310

AIS member $210

Wednesday 23rd May

4.00pm Start

ESL in the Mainstream 3-10

Repeat course

1 of 10 Sessions:

Other Sessions: 30th May, 6, 13, and 20th June, 1st, 8th, 15, 22nd and 29th August

To assist ESL and mainstream teachers to meet the needs of ESL learners through: understanding language-related needs; an awareness of materials and teaching approaches that take account of cultural and linguistic diversity;  and collaborative working relationships between ESL and mainstream teachers.

Arkana College

346 Stoney Creek Road

Kingsgrove

Classroom, mainstream and ESL teachers 3-10

$650

AIS member $470

Includes materials

A $100 subsidy is available for eligible teachers through the  Quality Teacher Program.  (See Introduction)

Monday 28th May

9.00am - 3.30pm

Communication Skills for Managing Difficult Interpersonal Situations

Repeat Course

To assist classroom teachers and teachers in positions of responsibility to more successfully manage difficult communication.  Participants will learn how to manage themselves and others in situations of emotional tension and high anxiety.

Presbyterian Ladies College

Boundary Street

Croydon

All Teachers K-12

$155

AIS member $105

Tuesday 29th May

9.00am - 3.30pm

Literacy: A Key to History

Repeat Course

To identify the literacy challenges in Stage 4 and 5 of the History Syllabus and focus on practical classroom strategies to support students in reading and writing History texts.

MLC School

Cnr Rowley Street & Park Road

Burwood

Teachers of Stage 4 and 5 History

$155

AIS member $105

A $50 subsidy is available for eligible teachers through the Quality Teacher Program.  (See  Introduction)

Wednesday 30th May

4.30pm - 7.30pm

Understanding Standards Referencing in School Certificate English

To provide English teachers with the opportunity to increase their understanding of standards referenced assessment using the Board of Studies CD Rom Standards Package NSW School Certificate English - Literacy Test.

SCEGGS - Darlinghurst

215 Forbes Street

Darlinghurst

Teachers of Year 10 English

$75

AIS member $55

Wednesday 6th, Thursday 7th and Friday 8th June

9.00am - 3.30pm

Leading Your Faculty

Repeat Course

To focus Heads of Faculty on the issues and skills required to work supportively, creatively and productively as a manager and facilitator of change, both up and down the line.  The course will also enable Heads of Faculty to obtain anonymous and confidential feedback from members of their team and to explore the answers.

Masada College

9-15 Link Road

St Ives

Heads of Faculty

$590

AIS member $455

Includes Upward Feedback Survey

Wednesday 13th June

9.00am - 3.30pm

Reading the Media

Repeat Course

To explore the structure of media texts and ways to critically read visual and print texts in newspapers and television.

Danebank Anglican  School

82-98 Park Road

Hurstville

Teachers of 7-12 English

$155

AIS member $105

A $50 subsidy is available for eligible teachers through the Quality Teacher Program.  (See  Introduction)

Monday 18th June

9.00am - 3.30pm

Multiple Intelligences and Blooming Minds:  A Toolkit of Strategies for K-10 Classrooms

Repeat Course

To develop a toolkit of strategies which will enhance teaching and learning through an exploration of Gardiner’s Multiple Intelligences theory, a co-operative learning strategies and higher order thinking skills.

Level 2

99 York Street

Sydney

Teachers K-10, teachers responsible for planning dynamic gifted and talented programs

$155

AIS member $105

Monday 3rd August

9.00am - 3.30pm

Multiple Intelligences and Blooming Minds:  A Toolkit of Strategies for K-10 Classrooms

Repeat Course

To develop a toolkit of strategies which will enhance teaching and learning through an exploration of Gardiner’s Multiple Intelligences theory, a co-operative learning strategies and higher order thinking skills.

TBC

Teachers K-10, teachers responsible for planning dynamic gifted and talented programs

$155

AIS member $105

Wednesday 15th August

1.00pm - 4.00pm

Using Technology in ESL

To explore the effective use of PowerPoint presentations in ESL programs.

Tara Anglican School

Masons Drive

Parramatta

Teachers of ESL

$75

AIS member $55

A $30 subsidy is available for eligible teachers through the Quality Teacher Program.  (See  Introduction)

Friday 17th August

9.00am - 3.30pm

Communication Skills for Managing Difficult Interpersonal Situations

Repeat Course

To assist classroom teachers and teachers in positions of responsibility to more successfully manage difficult communication.  Participants will learn how to manage themselves and others in situations of emotional tension and high anxiety.

Presbyterian Ladies College

Boundary Street

Croydon

All Teachers K-12

$155

AIS member $105

Tuesday 21st August

9.00am - 3.30pm

Leading Your Faculty: The Sequel

To enable Faculty Heads who have completed the Leading Your Faculty program in previous years to consolidate and further develop other leadership skills.

Pymble Ladies’ College

Avon Road

Pymble

Heads of Faculty

$280

AIS member $225

Includes Upward Feedback Survey

Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd August

9.00am - 3.30pm

Sex, Drugs and Rock N Roll:   Mental Health Matters.  AIS Adolescent Mental Health Conference

To examine best practice and research to support the mental health of young people and to showcase mental health initiatives that are working in independent schools.  The conference will investigate how the development of school education policy and pastoral care structures can best promote wellbeing.

Wesley Conference Centre

220 Pitt Street

Sydney

Teachers of PDHPE, primary,  school Executives, Counsellors, Heads of House, Tutors and teachers

$310

Independent schools

$150

Subsidised for  independent schools through the NSDES Program

Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th August

9.00am - 3.30pm

Skills for Pastoral Care, Year Level Co-ordinators and Tutors

Repeat Course

To provide those responsible for the pastoral care of students K-12 with practical skills in dealing positively with the challenges of their role.

Presbyterian Ladies College

Boundary Street

Croydon

Year Level Co-ordinators, House Masters/Mistresses and Tutors, teachers with pastoral care responsibilities

$310

AIS member $210

Monday 7th September

9.00am - 3.30pm

Multiple Intelligences and Blooming Minds:  A Toolkit of Strategies for K-10 Classrooms

Repeat Course

To develop a toolkit of strategies which will enhance teaching and learning through an exploration of Gardiner’s Multiple Intelligences theory, a co-operative learning strategies and higher order thinking skills.

SCEGGS - Darlinghurst
215 Forbes Street
Darlinghurst

Teachers K-10, teachers responsible for planning dynamic gifted and talented programs

$155

AIS member $105

Monday 10th September

9.00am - 3.30pm

Learning with the Whole Self

To explore classroom strategies to assist students to engage the whole self in the learning process.

Presbyterian Ladies College

Boundary Street

Croydon

Classroom teachers interested in exploring a holistic approach to learning

$155

AIS member $105

Friday 19th October

8.30am for 9.00 am - 3.30pm

Using Technology Creatively in Secondary Classrooms

Repeat Course

To give secondary teachers the opportunity to explore ways of integrating technology effectively into their classroom.  Participants will explore a range of technologies using a variety of software and hardware and consider their use in addressing research skills in both classwork and assignments.

Pymble Ladies College

Avon Road

Pymble

All teachers 7-12

$155

AIS member

$105

A $50 subsidy is available for eligible teachers through the Quality Teacher Program.  (See  Introduction)