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Unit 3–4 VCE Physics Course Planning Day
Vicphysics, in partnership with Swinburne University of Technology, is hosting a hybrid event on Friday 10 November to support the delivery of the new VCE Physics study design.
The day will include presentations on the new content, school-based assessment, and approaches to practical activities as well as valuable small group discussion sessions.
Presenters will include Theo Hughes, Physics teacher Cornish College, Maria James, Science Curriculum Manager, VCAA, and Rachael Gore, VCE and IB Physics teacher, Albert Park College.
Presentations will be livestreamed, and the small group discussion sessions will run both in person and online.
For more information and to register, go to VicPhys .
PHYSCON 2024 is open for registrations
PHYSCON 2024 – ‘Innovate, Inspire, Invigorate’ – a hybrid conference for all Physics teachers, will be held on Friday 23 February 2024. The conference will include keynote addresses on quantum technologies and astrophysics, frontier topics in Physics teaching, and more than 40 workshops led by teachers and professional educators. The focus will be on content relevant to VCE, particularly the incoming Unit 3 and 4 study design.
PHYSCON 2024 is presented by the Vicphysics Teachers' Network in partnership with Swinburne University of Technology.
Book now to get the early bird discount and first preference of in-person workshops at VicPhys.
Professional learning at the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership
Explore professional learning opportunities at the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership.
- Addressing Mathematics Anxiety is designed for teachers, leaders and aspiring leaders, particularly at the primary level, to learn to build better mathematics foundations to implement numeracy improvement plans and develop confidence to transform mathematics anxiety into numeracy success.
- Create: Middle Leaders explores the role of middle leadership in school improvement and gives middle leaders the knowledge and tools to influence classroom improvement and pedagogical practices in their school by equipping themselves with the confidence and capabilities to effectively lead teams to support improved student achievement.
- Unlocking Potential: Principal Preparation trains aspiring principals to learn to think like a principal by deepening their understanding of the complexity of the role through increasing professional knowledge, capabilities and dispositions to influence student achievement and teacher learning, collective efficacy and school-wide improvement.
For more information on Academy programs and to register, please follow the links.
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Applications open for Teaching Excellence Program at Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership
Applications are now open for the 2024 intake of the Teaching Excellence Program (TEP) at the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership.
TEP a year-long professional learning program for great teachers, supporting and challenging them to become exceptional teachers. Through the program, teachers analyse their teaching practice to deepen content and pedagogical content knowledge and enhance their approaches in and across the key discipline areas. Participants access contemporary, evidence-informed research and apply this learning to enhance student outcomes.
The program is open to teachers from the government, Independent and Catholic sectors with a minimum of three years’ teaching experience, and to those teaching in alternative settings such as Tech Schools.
Graduates tell us they leave the program feeling re-energised, informed, as better teachers and having found their ‘tribe’ of other teachers deeply interested in their craft and the profession.
Graduates join an active TEP Alumni group to continue their engagement and influence in their schools and more widely, and graduates are also eligible to apply for Teaching Innovation Fellowships.
For more information and to apply, go to the Academy.
Applications close on Sunday 29 October 2023.