Professional Development Opportunities

Mathematics Professional Development Series

Join our series of professional development webinars aimed at supporting you to enhance impact on your students' mathematics learning. Designed specifically for Widening Participation partner primary schools, webinars will be held online via Zoom and are free of charge. This professional development series is a collaboration between ACU’s Equity Pathways unit and the Maths Teaching and Learning Centre

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Developing number sense for capable and confident mathematics learning in the primary years

Date: Wednesday 28 April
Time: 3.30 – 5pm (including 30-minute Q&A session)
Presenter: Emeritus Professor Doug Clarke, Lecturer and researcher in Mathematics Education
Target audience: Mathematics leaders/numeracy coordinators/classroom teachers/classroom support staff including learning support officers/teachers' aides

Intervention strategies to support diverse learners in the primary classroom

Date: Wednesday 12 May
Time: 3.30 – 5pm (including 30-minute Q&A session)
Presenter: Dr Linda Parish, Lecturer and researcher in Early Childhood and Primary Mathematics Education
Target audience: Mathematics leaders/numeracy coordinators/classroom teachers/classroom support staff including learning support officers/teachers' aides

Strategies to support teachers' professional learning in mathematics education

Date: Wednesday 26 May
Time: 3.30 – 5pm (including 30-minute Q&A session)
Presenter: Matt Sexton, Lecturer and researcher in Education Studies/Mathematics Education
Target audience: Mathematics leaders/numeracy coordinators/teacher leaders

Ways of supporting students in maths lessons while maintaining productive struggle: a session for classroom support staff

Date: Wednesday 9 June
Time: 3.30 – 5pm (including 30-minute Q&A session)
Presenter: Matt Sexton, Lecturer in Education Studies/Mathematics Education
Target audience: Mathematics leaders/numeracy coordinators/classroom support staff including learning support officers/teachers' aides

Maths with Professor Doug: a session for Grade 4 – 6 students and their teachers

Date: Tuesday 15 June
Time: 9.30 – 10.30am (including 30-minute Q&A session)
Presenter: Matt Sexton, Lecturer in Education Studies/Mathematics Education and Emeritus Professor Doug Clarke, Lecturer and researcher in Mathematics Education
Target audience: Grade 4 – 6 students/classroom teachers/mathematics leaders/numeracy coordinators

Understanding Grammar and Teaching It

Join our series of professional development webinars aimed at helping teachers build on their existing knowledge and understanding of grammar for primary school students. Each webinar will focus on different grammatical areas. Three targeted grammatical levels will be covered: words and phrases, sentences and clauses, and at the paragraph or textual level. This professional development series is a collaboration between ACU’s Equity Pathways unit and the English Language Centre.

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Word and phrasal level: nouns, adjectives, noun groups, pronouns, prepositions and phrases

This first webinar in the series will outline the fundamental building blocks of English grammar. These concepts form the basis for more advanced understanding and application of grammar and literacy.
Date: Tuesday 4 May
Time: 3.45 – 4.45pm
Target audience: Foundation to Year 6 (stage 3)

Word and phrasal level: verbs, adverbs, verb groups, nominalisation

The second webinar continues with the basic elements and concentrates on action and describing action through an exploration of verbs, adverbs and verb groups. Stage 3 teachers will also benefit from understanding how nominalisation works and how students can use this to improve their writing.
Date: Tuesday 11 May
Time: 3.45 – 4.45pm
Target audience: Foundation to Year 6 (stage 3)

Sentence and clause level: verb tenses and voice

The third webinar sheds light on tense; past, present and future, as well as introducing active and passive voice.
Date: Tuesday 18 May
Time: 3.45 – 4.45pm
Target audience: Foundation to Year 6 (stage 3)

Sentence and clause level: sentence types and clause types

The fourth webinar will take grammar to the next level by focusing on sentence level structures. Simple, compound and complex sentence structures will be covered, as well as various clause types which help elevate student writing by adding variety to their technique.
Date: Tuesday 25 May
Time: 3.45 – 4.45pm
Target audience: Foundation to Year 6 (stage 3)

Textual cohesion: paragraph structure, connectives and reference words

The fifth and final webinar aims to show teachers how students can create better texts through cohesion. In particular, structure, reference words and connectives will be highlighted as instrumental features of text and textual cohesion. This will not only help students write better texts but will also support general literacy and comprehension.
Date: Tuesday 1 June
Time: 3.45 – 4.45pm
Target audience: Can span most stages, however the bulk of these references refer to stage 3.

Live Q&A

A live session where teachers ask questions, contribute ideas, experiences and expertise. Spark thought on how best to explore, incorporate and teach grammar in your primary school classroom.
Date: TBC
Time: 3.45pm – 4.45pm
Target Audience: All attendees

Professional Development Opportunities