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Friday 10 October | Nazareth Catholic College, Senior Campus

Are you in the first five years of your teaching career or about to graduate? This full-day professional learning event is designed to support, inspire and energise early career science teachers across South Australia.

Hosted by the South Australian Science Teachers Association (SASTA), the conference offers a vibrant mix of hands-on workshops, real-world teaching strategies, and professional connection — all tailored for educators working in Primary, Middle or Secondary settings.

Whether you’re looking for behaviour management tips, practical lab skills, curriculum planning tools or just a confidence boost — you’ll walk away with ideas you can use immediately in your classroom.

What you’ll gain:

  • 20+ workshops across behaviour management, lab safety, assessment, digital tools, curriculum and inclusion
  • A program designed just for early career teachers (Years 0–5 and pre-service)
  • Options for R–6, 7–10 and 11–12 teachers in every session
  • Advice on career development and TRB registration
  • The return of the Share-a-thon: short, powerful teaching ideas from your peers
  • Time to network with colleagues, presenters and SASTA staff
  • Morning tea, lunch and happy hour included

You can use your school’s professional learning credit to attend this event.

Country Teacher Travel Scholarships

SASTA is offering two $250 travel scholarships for early career teachers from regional or remote SA. Each scholarship includes free registration and support for travel costs.

To find out more and apply click here (applications close 12 September 2025).

What 2024 attendees said:

“I left with new energy and strategies I used the very next week.”

“Everything was so practical and relevant — the best PL I’ve done this year.”

“Great to hear from presenters who understand what it's like starting out.”

Find out what attendees thought about the 2023 Conference!

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"

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