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Download the 2025 Professional Learning Calendar (PDF) to see what's on offer. Keep an eye on this page for event registrations when available.
Please note: If you require an invoice for school payment, please simply select Bank Transfer at the payment option during your booking. This will email you an invoice - please wait approximately 15 minutes for this to come through.
Cancellation policy:
Notice of cancellation received more than 48 hours before the event will incur a standard $50 administration processing fee, any registration fees received in addition to this amount will be refunded. For cancellation notice received less than 48 hours before the event, registration fees unfortunately cannot be refunded.
Should SASTA need to cancel or reschedule a professional learning event, then all registered delegates can opt either to receive a full refund or have their registration transferred to the rescheduled event.
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2025 The SHE Task (REPEAT)
Please note that this is a REPEAT session of the workshop held in March, NOT a follow up session.
Presenter: Jason Greenslade, Curriculum Leader Science, Westminster School
This workshop is aimed at people who want to further their skills in setting, assessment and providing feedback on the SHE task. It also will cover the writing and marking of SHE questions for tests and examinations. There will be time to examine your own student work and participate in some cross-moderation and marking of work/drafts.
"The workshop was a fantastic opportunity to upskill in an area of science I found the most complex to teach." - 2024 attendee
Details
Date:
Time: 9.00 am - 3.00 pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 17/09/2025
Event Pricing
| Type | Regular price |
|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 day) | $160.00 |
| Joint Member (1 day) | $160.00 |
| Corporate Member - SA School (1 day) | $205.00 |
| Non-Member (1 day) | $250.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 day) | $55.00 |
| 1st Year of Teaching (1 day) | $160.00 |
| 2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) | $160.00 |
Description
Please note that this is a REPEAT session of the workshop held in March, NOT a follow up session.
Presenter: Jason Greenslade, Curriculum Leader Science, Westminster School
This workshop is aimed at people who want to further their skills in setting, assessment and providing feedback on the SHE task. It also will cover the writing and marking of SHE questions for tests and examinations. There will be time to examine your own student work and participate in some cross-moderation and marking of work/drafts.
"The workshop was a fantastic opportunity to upskill in an area of science I found the most complex to teach." - 2024 attendee
Morning Sessions: The SHE Task
- Performance Standards
- Introducing + structuring the task
- Providing guidance to students (drafting)
- Marking and moderation
Afternoon Session: SHE Questions in SATs/Exams
- Types of questions
- Guiding students to answer these questions
- Writing SHE questions – how to effectively use articles + how to structure them
Check out some of the comments from previous workshop attendees:
"Jason was engaging and knowledgeable and I appreciated that he was able to have conversations with most attendees across the day to assist with questions."
"The workshop was a fantastic opportunity to upskill in an area of science I found the most complex to teach."
"The workshop was highly relevant to my needs to ensure I am confident presenting the SHE class to my class and providing feedback to students."
2025 Early Career Teachers Conference
Details
Date:
Time: 8.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: Nazareth Catholic College - Senior Campus, 344 Findon Rd, Kidman Park
Bookings close: 08/10/2025
Event Pricing
| Type | Regular price |
|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 day) | $160.00 |
| Joint Member (1 day) | $160.00 |
| 1st Year of Teaching (1 day) | $160.00 |
| 2nd Year of Teaching (1 day) | $160.00 |
| SASTA Student Member (1 day) | $55.00 |
| Corporate Member (SA School) (1 day) | $205.00 |
| Non-Member (1 day) | $250.00 |
| Student Non-Member (1 day) | $100.00 |
Description
SASTA is committed to providing opportunities for Early Career Teachers to network and learn with and from each other. In addition, we seek to provide you with access to expert education practitioners and leaders to ensure you have every opportunity to understand and succeed in this important profession.
This one-day conference provides graduates and teachers in the first few years of their career with an opportunity to share and reflect on their professional identity, professional practice, wellbeing, and to develop connections with other early career educators.
The Conference will include specialised workshops for both Primary and Secondary Teachers
This hands-on interactive professional learning day will cater specifically for each level of schooling.
Morning Tea and lunch will be provided and there will also be a chance to network with other teachers and the presenters at the HAPPY HOUR!!!
National Professional Standards for Teachers:
Teachers will receive a certificate of attendance that details the hours of professional learning and Standard 2 Focus Areas 2.1 and 2.2, Standard 3 Focus Area 3.2, Standard 6 Focus Area 6.2 and Standard 7 Focus Area 7.4
Check out some of the comments from last year's conference!:
- "It was an incredibly rich learning day, having the opportunity to be inspired by great professionals in the field. The share-a-thon was a fantastic idea, it would be great to see this run for a range of different subject areas."
- "It had a great mix of presenters and provided a great opportunity to network at the conference. I left with newfound perspectives, contacts, and tools to add to my teaching kit. Incredibly valuable to early career teachers."
- "I thought it was the most useful conference I've ever been to!"
- "All sessions I attended were excellent with practical resources provided to directly use in my middle school classes"
2025 MEMBERS FREE Webinar Series: Embedding gamification, innovation, immersion and storytelling into science lessons
Ross Riach, STEM Innovator & Laboratory Coordinator, Trinity College
This course is designed for all teachers to provide the tools and strategies to promote and harness the benefits of engagement, embed immersive, gamified and storytelling strategies to your lessons and create a love of science through innovative practices. This course is a modified version of the full day PD offered, focusing more on the benefits, approaches and examples of engaging science lessons without the hands-on, directed coaching on the skills to build / collaboration with peers to develop your own work.
"I really need to find creative ways to engage the current generation and this gave me some great ideas to try." - 2024 Attendee
"Engaging, informative, fun and thought provoking session. Job well done! Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge." - 2024 Attendee
"Fabulous presentation and workshop. Very useful information presented in an engaging way." - 2024 Attendee
Details
Date:
Time: 4.00pm - 5.30pm
Venue: Online
Bookings close: 21/10/2025
Event Pricing
| Type | Regular price |
|---|---|
| Personal Member (1 day) | $0.00 |
| Corporate Member - SA School (1 day) | $0.00 |
| Corporate Membership - Business or Interstate School (1 day) | $0.00 |
| 1st Year of Teaching Member (1 day) | $0.00 |
| 2nd Year of Teaching Member (1 day) | $0.00 |
| Student Member (1 day) | $0.00 |
| Joint Member (1 day) | $0.00 |
| Life Member (1 day) | $0.00 |
| Retired Member (1 day) | $0.00 |
Description
Ross Riach, STEM Innovator & Laboratory Coordinator, Trinity College
This course is designed for all teachers to provide the tools and strategies to promote and harness the benefits of engagement, embed immersive, gamified and storytelling strategies to your lessons and create a love of science through innovative practices. This course is a modified version of the full day PD offered, focusing more on the benefits, approaches and examples of engaging science lessons without the hands-on, directed coaching on the skills to build / collaboration with peers to develop your own work.
"I really need to find creative ways to engage the current generation and this gave me some great ideas to try." - 2024 Attendee
"Engaging, informative, fun and thought provoking session. Job well done! Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge." - 2024 Attendee
"Fabulous presentation and workshop. Very useful information presented in an engaging way." - 2024 Attendee
This professional development journey will equip you with both the 'why' and the 'how,' providing a wealth of resources and collaborative opportunities to enhance your teaching skills alongside fellow forward-thinking educators. You’ll discover the science behind engagement in learning and how it will make your students retain information longer, be more present and unleash a renewed love for science. From tips to avoid the dreaded Death by PowerPoint to embedding gamification, effective check-ins, lesson design and integrating storytelling into your practices, you’ll walk away with a plethora of ideas, inspiration and resources to transform the science classroom.
In this Section
- Professional Learning
- All Professional Learning
- For Primary Years
- For Middle & Secondary Years
- 2025 Early Career Teachers Conference
- 2025 STEM Conference
- Stage 2 Marking & Moderation Workshops
- Ediacaran Teacher Scholarship to the Flinders Ranges
- Members Free Webinar Series
- SASTA Member Events
- 2024 Exam Post Mortem Recordings