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SASTA Professional Learning For Middle & Secondary Years

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 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.

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