For K-12 early career PDHPE teachers

Great ideas, advice and support to help you thrive.

The ACHPER NSW Early Career Teacher Conference is designed specifically for K-12 PDHPE teachers, with less than 3 years of experience.

Join us for this full-day event. Hear from fellow early career teachers, experienced PDHPE teachers and education experts, who will help set you up for teaching success.

Details

Date: Friday 24 May 2024
Time: 8am-3.30pm
Venue: Teachers Federation Centre, Surry Hills

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2023 Early Career Teacher Conference

May 19 @ 8:00 am - 3:30 pm AEST

$340.00 – $390.00

Early Career Teacher Conference

Starting out teaching can be overwhelming. The ACHPER NSW Early Career Teacher Conference is designed to support new K-12 PDHPE teachers in their first three years of teaching.

Themed from Surviving to Thriving, the conference provides practical strategies and support to build teacher confidence and skills.

Workshops cover topics including: class management, assessments, lesson planning, report writing, parent-teacher interviews, inclusive practices, difficult conversations, wellbeing, accreditation.

Presenters at the one-day event will include experienced PDHPE teachers and education experts, each providing ideas and useful advice to help new PDHPE teachers thrive.

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DETAILS
Date: Friday 19 May 2023
Time: 8am-3.30pm
Venue: Teachers Federation Centre, Surry Hills
Cost
Early bird (before 19 March)
Members $272; Non-members $340
Standard price (20 March onwards)
Members $312; Non-members $390

Details

Date:: May 19
Time:: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm AEST
Cost:: $340.00 – $390.00

Venue

Teachers Federation House; 23-33 Mary St
Surry Hills, NSW Australia + Google Map
Phone:: (02) 9217 2455; View Venue Website

Organiser

: ACHPER NSW
Phone:: 02 9787 5141
Email:: achpernsw@achper.com.au; View Organiser Website

As a guide here is the 2023 conference program

8am – Registration
8.30am – Conference commences
8.45am – Panel discussion – From Surviving to Thriving

Rachael Holland, PDHPE teacher, Newtown High School of the Performing Arts
Reflecting on the challenges, wins and lessons learnt in the first three years of teaching.
Amy Harriman, Deputy Principal, The Hills Sports High School
Exploring structures and support available to early career teachers – who and how to seek advice, within and outside school.

9.30am – Workshop session 1
10.35am – Morning tea
11.00am – Workshop session 2
12.05pm – Workshop session 3
1.10pm – Lunch
1.50pm – Workshop session 4
2.55pm – Closing discussion
3.30pm – Conference close

Workshop options

Workshop session 1 options (select one):

Classroom and behaviour management
Pam Williams, Relieving Head Teacher Mathematics and PDHPE teacher, Birrong Girls High School
Classroom management can be a huge challenge for early career teachers. Explore how to maximise on-task learning time by minimising disruptive behaviour and disengagement. Learn proactive strategies around routines, expectations and respectful relationships.

Quality formative assessment
Brendan Jones, Capacity Building Advisor, Department of Education
Learn how formative assessment and feedback helps with monitoring student progress and learning retention. Unpack effective assessment and feedback processes to enhance your teaching and take the headache out of assessment.

Workshop session 2 options (select one):

Who is in front of you?
Sonja Maric, Lecturer, Macquarie University
Do you think carefully about the range of students in your classroom when planning behaviour management and wellbeing support? Understand how student diversity and responding to the variability needs to be a key aspect of your planning.

Planning inclusive theory lessons
Veronica Brogden, Leader of Learning, CathWest Innovation College
Planning lessons where all students can learn is essential. Explore a framework and discuss practical strategies that allow for the diversity of students in your class.

Workshop session 3 options (select one):

Trauma-informed practices in PDHPE
Melinda Navin, Head Teacher Student Wellbeing Initiatives, Based at Rivendell School, Concord West
Janine Perry, Head Teacher Student Wellbeing Initiatives, Keira High School
Understanding and recognising the potential impact of trauma on student learning is important. Learn how to plan lessons that are trauma-informed and psychologically safe for all, along with ways to support students who have experienced trauma.

Difficult conversations
Amy Harriman, Deputy Principal, The Hills Sports High School
Conflict is part of life in school settings and dealing with it effectively is important. Explore complaint and conflict resolution and learn ways to confidently manage challenging conversations with colleagues and students.

Workshop session 4 options (select one):

Accreditation
Emmanuel Karayiannis, Senior Policy Officer, Teaching Standards and Accreditation, NESA
Gaining teacher accreditation is a vital task in your first years of teaching. Get direct and practical advice on how to prepare your portfolio for accreditation.

Student wellbeing
Andre Adam-De-Villers, PDHPE Teacher, Marist Catholic College North Shore
Enhancing wellbeing is a key aim of the PDHPE syllabus. Unpack creative and purposeful strategies for supporting your students’ wellbeing in the classroom.

Conference presenters

Veronica Brogden, Leader of Learning, CathWest Innovation College
Veronica has a wide range of PDHPE teaching experience in NSW Independent and Catholic primary schools. She has been actively involved in the sports domain all her life as a competitor, coach, manager and convenor, from local to international level. She enjoys assisting teachers develop PDHPE programs that assist students develop life skills.

Andre Adam-De-Villiers, PDHPE Teacher, Marist Catholic College North Shore
Andre is an experienced primary and secondary PDHPE and whole school and community approaches to enhance physical education levels, self-worth, fortitude and discipline. He focuses on the ability to form genuine and meaningful connections to enhance student outcomes, perceptions of one’s perceived ability, forming self-worth and challenging negative thinking.

Amy Harriman, Deputy Principal, The Hills Sports High School
Amy has led PDHPE teams and statewide projects for almost 20 years, including leading curriculum and assessment projects as Senior Curriculum Officer, PDHPE at NESA. She is proud to be Deputy Principal at The Hills Sports High School in Sydney’s West. Amy is committed to nurturing teachers in their early years; to inspire and support them to develop a strong sense of purpose, connection and leadership.

Rachael Holland, PDHPE Teacher, Sports Coordinator & Year 8 Adviser, Newtown High School of the Performing Arts
Since graduating from the University of Wollongong three years ago, Rachael has worked at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts as a PDHPE teacher, Sport Coordinator and Year Adviser. She is currently in the process of completing her Strength and Conditioning Accreditation and Level 2 Athletics NSW Official qualification.

Brendan Jones, Capacity Building Advisor, Department of Education
Brendan has been an educator for 35 years. He spent the majority of those in NSW Department of Education schools as a PDHPE teacher and Head Teacher. He is highly experienced in supporting beginning and experienced teachers with professional learning focusing on accreditation and quality teaching practice.

Emmanuel Karayiannis, Senior Policy Officer, Teaching Standards and Accreditation, NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)
In his role at the NESA, Emmanuel supports teachers in all stages of their accreditation journey, including working towards achieving the higher levels of teacher accreditation.

Sonja Maric, Lecturer, Macquarie University
Sonja has 10 years experience teaching PDHPE. With two Masters Degrees from the University of Sydney on Education Psychology, she incorporates educational psychology practises in the classroom. Sonia is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney and specialises in social learning in PDHPE. She is also a Master Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Coach.

Melinda Navin, Head Teacher Student Wellbeing Initiatives, Based at Rivendell School, Concord West
Melinda is a trained PDHPE teacher who has been working in the Student Wellbeing Initiatives role since 2017. She has delivered the Youth Aware of Mental Health program to Stage 5 students across NSW. Melinda is also an accredited facilitator of the Trauma Informed Practice to Improve Learning and Wellbeing professional learning program.

Janine Perry, Head Teacher Student Wellbeing Initiatives, Keira High School
Janine has a wide range of PDHPE teaching experience in high schools and has been a Health and Physical Education lecturer at Southern Cross University Lismore for 12 years. In her current role she delivers Youth Aware of Mental Health to 14–16-year-olds and the Supporting our Students Mental Health and Trauma Informed Practice Professional Learning modules to school staff.

Pam Williams, Relieving Head Teacher Mathematics and PDHPE teacher, Birrong Girls High School
Pam has been an educator for 30 years, with experience as Head Teacher PDHPE and Administration at various schools. Pam’s expert knowledge of PDHPE curriculum planning and syllabus has seen her lead and drive change across a wide range of initiatives. Pam firmly believes in the value of developing and nurturing relationships for effective teaching and learning.

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