SASTA Member Events

Date: Wednesday 19 February 2025

Time: 4.00pm - 5.00pm

Venue: Online

Bookings close: 18/02/2025

 Presenter: Lara Golding, Marryatville High School

There are things experienced teachers say and do in the classroom (and laboratory) to increase student engagement and decrease the chances that students will misbehave - it’s not as magic as it may seem. In this workshop I will discuss and model strategies for gaining students’ attention, managing student movement, asking whole class questions and group work. 

Using these strategies we can increase the likelihood students will be on task and thinking about Science and we can better manage safety risks in the laboratory. These skills are backed by recent research and AITSL papers but the workshop will focus on learning and using practical classroom management and engagement skills, not listening to research. This workshop is aligned with AITSL Standard 4: Create and Maintain Supportive and Safe Learning Environments, HITS 5: Collaborative Learning and HITS 7: Questioning.

Date: Wednesday 7 May 2025

Time: 4.00pm - 5.00pm

Venue: Online

Bookings close: 06/05/2025

 Presenter: Amanda Salha, Westminster School

In a field where Artificial Intelligence is interjecting in a range of teaching and learning spaces, it helps to have a better understanding of how it’s being used. More importantly, strategies to not only manage challenges in AI but to get ahead of the game and use it to our advantage as educators. This workshop will focus on ways teachers can use AI to save time, plan, report and differentiate for learning.

Date: Wednesday 21 May 2025

Time: 4.00pm - 5.00pm

Venue: Online

Bookings close: 23/05/2025

 Presenter: Michael Lincoln, CESA

This workshop will explore some of the reasons children and young people disengage from learning and become disruptive in the classroom. With an understanding of these in mind, the workshop will explain a series of teacher-centred strategies that can be put in place to encourage engagement in learning and minimise the potential for disruptive and anti-social behaviour.

Date: Wednesday 10 September 2025

Time: 4.00pm - 5.30pm

Venue: Online

Bookings close: 09/09/2025

Presenter: Chris Bush, Leading Teacher at University High School

In this webinar, AI expert and Leading Teacher Chris Bush will teach you how to harness ChatGPT and AI for revolutionary results. You’ll learn how to use AI for planning, assessment, marking, and more. Join us to discover the power of AI to transform your classroom and school so you can work smarter, not harder. Click here to download the flyer.

What you'll learn:

• Transform planning: Craft compelling, AI-generated term outlines, lesson plans and assessments in seconds, complete with activities, solutions and rubrics.
• Personalise every path: Quickly design differentiated, tailored learning journeys that are adapted to individual student needs and strengths.
• Maximise your time: Streamline feedback and grading using AI, freeing teachers for deeper student interactions.
• Introduce and embed AI: Develop guidelines around the safe and appropriate use of AI in your context, bringing along all community members.

What you’ll leave with:

• Expert mentoring: Receive personalised support and strategies from a Leading Teacher and AI specialist.
• Ready-to-use prompts: Explore a curated library of classroom-tested prompts to spark immediate AI integration.
• Prompt mastery: Learn the techniques to craft your own powerful AI prompts with an easy-to-follow guide.
• Discover the best AI tools and policies: Access handpicked resources and policies that will lead to the most impactful AI integration for your classroom and school setting.

Date: Wednesday 22 October 2025

Time: 4.00pm - 5.30pm

Venue: Online

Bookings close: 21/10/2025

Ross Riach, STEM Innovator & Laboratory Coordinator, Gleeson 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.

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.