CPL takes the angst out of the Performance and Development Framework
20 March 2019
Section: News
Teachers can use the Performance and Development Framework process to achieve their professional goals without it being an overwhelming experience, Federation members were assured at a recent Centre for Professional Learning (CPL) course.
CPL supports members closer to home
18 March 2019
Section: News
The Centre for Professional Learning travels to regional centres to offer high-quality training and support of members working out of Sydney.
CPL courses offer invaluable ideas for new members’ professional toolkits
14 March 2019
Section: News
The Centre for Professional Learning runs several courses to support Federation members who are new to the teaching profession.
CPL provides second chance for members to enrol in HSC English conference
8 March 2019
Section: News
Due to popular demand from Federation members for training and support to implement the new Stage 6 English syllabus, the Centre for Professional Learning is taking bookings for a second Let’s Enrich and Enjoy HSC English Conference.
JPL more popular than ever
10 December 2018
Section: News
Members took advantage of the resources provided by the Journal of Professional Learning (JPL) and tuned into the JPL Podcast in 2018.
Strategies to support students with autism K-6
21 November 2018
Section: News
Teachers left a Centre for Professional Learning course earlier this week armed with strategies and resources to help them support students with autism in their K-6 classrooms.
Phonics and the literacy journey, part 3: A compelling case for poetry every day
9 November 2018
Section: News
Use poetry, song, literature, drama and the visual arts every day in your classroom to help students’ oral language development, lecturer in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, Dr Kathy Rushton says.
Phonics and the literacy journey, part 2: Go from the meaningful to the abstract
8 November 2018
Section: News
Laughing kids learn, curriculum consultant David Hornsby reminded teachers attending the Centre for Professional Learning’s course, Understanding the Role of Phonics in the Literacy Journey.
Phonics and the literacy journey, part 1: Start with quality, literary texts
7 November 2018
Section: News
The purpose of reading is to make meaning of text in the broadest sense, so that should be a priority from the moment a child is born, Professor Robyn Ewing told K-6 teachers at a Centre for Professional Learning literacy course recently.
The power to transform lives
5 November 2018
Section: News
Childhood trauma is an epidemic and the single biggest health crisis of our times, a Centre for Professional Learning (CPL) conference was told today, and that crisis was even worse for children with a disability.
Change is coming from the classroom
31 October 2018
Section: News
Engagement between Australia’s Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people is shifting, says author and Indigenous literary advocate Dr Anita Heiss, and the classroom is taking the lead.
Standing-room only at HSC English conference
23 March 2018
Section: News
Today’s HSC English conference was standing-room only and Mark Scott saw firsthand how our membership engages in professional learning opportunities.