Snapshot - Working with Afican Refugee Students

This Snapshot outlines the background of African students now in schools in Australia and discusses the need for teachers and schools to find ways to capitalise and build on the strengths of these students, to assist them in building the new (and sometimes unfamiliar) skills that they will need if they are to settle successfully in Australia. It then provides an overview of what the project is setting out to achieve, and includes case studies and suggested strategies, as well as details of the resources that are being made available.

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John Bladen Scholarship

ANSN offers teachers an opportunity to make study tours to schools using innovative thinking and new ideas. A scholarship of $1000 is available to help you to meet teachers making schools better for students and teachers. 

Giving teachers opportunities to visit, watch and talk with others in diverse and similar locations is an amazingly powerful tool for professional learning because of the directness of the experience.

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Habits of Mind - Next Steps

Art Costa, co-author and originator of the Habits of Mind, teams up with Australia’s leading authority on Habits of Mind, James Anderson, to present a powerful learning opportunity.

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Digi kids Snapshot no.1 - Integrating Technology in the Early Years Classroom

A series of Snapshots is being developed around the experience and practice of teachers in the Digi Kids program. The first in the series looks at Lynda Page’s work on Integrating Technology in the Early Years Classroom.  A teacher for more than 20 years, Lynda works at Coolum Beach State School, in Queensland. She has been a keen participant in the Digi Kids program, which is co-ordinated by Hanan Harrison. In developing the Snapshot, she worked with Keith Redman, Editor of E-News and this Snapshot series.

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E-news 30th June Vol 3 No 6

Edited by Keith Redman

Topics covered in this edition include:
  • Cognitive Coaching℠ – A series of professional learning days
  • Big Picture teacher coaching – an example of recent work
  • Curriculum Design Hub: planning meeting
  • Victorian Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) Hubs – progress report
  • An introduction to Protocols
  • Setting the Stage – 2-day workshop
  • National Planning Meeting for the Connecting Lives and Learning (CLL) Project
  • Special events with Art Costa in November
  • Some interesting professional reading
  • An external conference of interest
  • Reminders of ANSN activities
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Teacher coaching – a short reflection on an example of work taking place in WA

By Leith Hogan

I am working with the teachers at Yule Brook College in my role as a Teacher coach for Big Picture, focusing upon Literacy. I have the particular purpose of helping them identify student literacy, the literacy demands of tasks they give students to do, and to find ways of deepening student learning and improving their literacy.

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Cognitive Coaching – A series of professional learning days

In Victoria, towards the end of July, ANSN and the Center for Cognitive Coaching℠. will be presenting "Learning to Coach, Coaching to Learn – A series of Professional Learning Days". Each of the days in the series has been designed either to introduce or extend participants’ knowledge on the principles of Cognitive Coaching℠, which was developed in the US by Art Costa and Robert Garmston.

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Technology workshop for early childhood educators

The Australian National Schools Network in conjunction with Edith Cowan University would like to invite early childhood educators within the Perth district to participate in a 2 day Digi-Kids Workshop opportunity.

The hands-on workshop provides opportunity for participants to explore and develop strategies how technology can be integrated through a play based curriculum.

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Setting the Stage workshop - WA

We would like to invite you to participate in the Australian National Schools Network 2008, 2 day Setting The Stage Workshop opportunity at

Alexander Park Tennis Club
Clyde Road, Menora, Perth, WA 6050
Ph: 08-9370-4252 Fax: 08-9370-4259
on Wednesday 11 June and Thursday 12 June.

This learning opportunity focuses on teacher practice through the lens of learning design and is specific to teacher pedagogy.

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Mindfulness By Design - 3 day workshop

The Australian National Schools Network presents

Mindfulness By Design

Leading School Change with Habits of Mind in Mind

November 12 - 14, 2008

Led by Art Costa

Click on the flyer for more detailsClick on the flyer for more detailsThis three-day workshop is specifically designed for teachers and principals in schools that are striving towards developing a thinking oriented school culture based on the Habits of Mind.

Participants are assumed to have a good understanding of the Habits of Mind and to have been working towards infusing the Habits of Mind in their settings for at least one year. Most schools participating in the workshop will be, or have been, members of the Habits of Mind Hub although any school that can demonstrate significant work and commitment towards infusing the Habits of Mind into school culture will be welcomed.

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