To Allow Teachers to Collect Data and Receive Feedback;

Starting Out Strong Beginning Teachers’ Conference This conference marks the Department of Education and Communities’ commitment to your professional learning journey as beginning teachers. Our aim is to support you in these first years of your teaching career by providing you with multiple experiences that will strengthen your role as teacher. Beyond these two days together we will build a range of learning experiences to help you feel connected to your school and the education community. Customise Connections Context Curriculum Classroom

After this conference, we will be offering at least 10 We hope that you will find many opportunities to connect Workshops have been developed to strengthen knowledge, Workshops and modules have been developed to strengthen Workshops have been developed to extend your knowledge, optional modules throughout the year to support your with more experienced teachers and other beginning understanding and practices relating to your personal and school knowledge, understanding and practices relating to the understanding and practices relating to the classroom ongoing professional learning teachers context curriculum Day 1 Coachhouse Motor Inn, Sturt Hwy, Wagga Wagga NSW, 4th August 2015 Time Agenda Standards Addressed Presenter 9:00-9:30am Registration 7.4.2 Participate in professional and community All Informal meet and greet. networks and forums to broaden knowledge and Shopfronts Tea & coffee improve practice. Teachers’ Mutual Bank - Complimentary dinner drink - Naomi Crane NSW Teachers’ Health – Jane Stower (TBC) Gateway Bookstore – David Payne

9:30-9:40am Welcome to Country 9:40-9:55am Directors’ Conference Welcome Brad Russell Director PS NSW 9:55-10:40am Reflective Practice – from knowing to doing 6.3.2 Contribute to collegial discussions and apply Jen Hoy (45 min) What does a proficient teacher look like - facts and mythunderstandings constructive feedback from colleagues to improve Teacher Mentor From paper to practice. professional knowledge and practice. Kooringal High School 7 habits of a proficient teacher. Wagga Wagga Plan-Act-Review-Repeat- Reflect -Celebrate 10:40 – 11.00am Sponsors 11.00am - 11:20am Morning Tea 11:20 – 12:05pm Connecting with the Disconnect 6.3.2 Contribute to collegial discussions and apply Jeff Walster (45 min) In this workshop participants will engage with practical examples of how to build positive constructive feedback from colleagues to improve Head Teacher, Student Welfare relationships with those students/parents who may be particularly disconnected with school life. This professional knowledge and practice. Tumut High School exploration of the “ what and how” of connectnedness will equip young teachers with a critical Tumut dimension of successful classroom management. 12:05-12:50pm Strategies for differentiation? 1.6.2 Design and implement teaching activities Craig Palmer (45 min) Individual Learning Plans that support the participation and learning of Special Education Teacher Quality learning environment. students with disability and address relevant policy Gundagai HS and legislative requirements. 12:50-1:35pm Literacy is everyone’s business Numeracy Money Smart 2.5.2 Apply knowledge and understanding of Kristil Mobbs Workshop one Primary Secondary effective teaching strategies to support students' Best Start Officer, Wagga Wagga (45 mins) literacy and numeracy achievement. NSW Department Education and Communities 1.35-2:00pm Lunch look book reflection 2:00-2:45pm Numeracy Money Smart Literacy is everyone’s business Workshop two Primary Secondary (45 mins) 2:45pm -3:30pm Engaging the 21st Century Learner 2.6.2 Use effective teaching strategies to integrate Kate Richardson (45 mins) Using apps and online tools; ICT into learning and teaching programs to make Finley High Schools  to engage students; selected content relevant and meaningful.  to allow teachers to collect data and receive feedback;  to inform teacher reflection, programming and differentiation.

Afternoon Tea 3:30-3:50pm 3.50pm-4:35pm Assessment for Learning 5.1.2 Develoop, select and use informal and Kristil Mobbs (45 mins) How to use information about students’ knowledge, understanding and skills to inform teaching. formal, diagnostic, formative and summative Best Start Officer Provide feedback to students about learning and how to improve. assessment strategies to assess student learning. Educational Services Wagga Wagga

6.30pm-7pm Pre-dinner drinks 7.4.2 Participate in professional and community networks and forums to broaden knowledge and improve practice.

7.00pm Conference dinner 6.3.2 Contribute to collegial discussions and apply Dinner Speaker The conference dinner is a key component of our conference providing crucial opportunities for constructive feedback from colleagues to improve networking. professional knowledge and practice. Customise Connections Context Curriculum Classroom

Day 2 Coachhouse Motor Inn, Sturt Hwy, Wagga Wagga NSW, 5th Aug 2016 Time Agenda Standards Addressed Presenter 8:00-8:30 Registration and sign on All 8:30-9:25am Building Positive Relationships – Fostering a culture of partnership 7.3.2 Establish and maintain respectful Melanie Brown (55 mins) Through a range of engaging practical activities, this presentation will cover the importance of collaborative relationships with parents/ carers Head Teacher (REL) English building and maintaining relationships with students and staff. regarding their children's learning and wellbeing. Mount Austin High School Please be ready to Wagga Wagga start by 8:20am 9:25 – 10:10am Through The Lens Leanne Archer (45 mins) In this session Leanne Marcher will demonstrating how she has put theory into practice to promote HT History/HSIE engagement and learning. Topics including presentation, dress, room organisation and tone will be Mount Austin High School discussed to support early career teachers at the beginning of their journey as a professional. Wagga Wagga

10:10 – 10.55 Bangamalanha - Starting with Me 1.4.2 Design and implement effective teaching Aboriginal Education and Engagement Advisor (45 mins) Understanding what it takes to build a local context for Aboriginal Education strategies that are responsive to the local community and cultural setting, linguistic background and histories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students 10:55 – 11:25am Morning tea 11:25-12.45pm Super Helpful Strategies and Mistakes to Avoid Behaviour Management 7.4.2 Participate in professional and community Brendan Barr (1hr 25) The Highlands School Behaviour Focus Website is a prominent DEC resource that focuses entirely on networks and forums to broaden knowledge and Highlands School behaviour management of students at all levels of education. Developed within the confines of a improve practice. Behaviour Focus Website Manager departmental “behaviour” school the website has identified relevant resources, content and theory from around the globe that impact positively on teacher skills relating to behaviour strategies at Ross Bowey departmental, regional, whole school, faculty/stage groupings, classroom and specific students. The Principal presentation will provide recipients with the skills to log on and navigate their way around the site. Highlands School 12.45 – 1:00pm Conference close & takeaway lunch for travel