VCAA Bulletin
No. 40 - July 2018
Professional
Development

Professional Development

Training for new VASS administrators
Implementation briefings for VCE Dance, Drama and Theatre Studies
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria 2018 annual conference
Victorian Association for Philosophy in Schools conference

Training for new VASS administrators

The VCAA will conduct half-day training for newly appointed VASS administrators on Tuesday 31 July and Wednesday 1 August 2018 at the VCAA Assessment Centre, 189 Urquhart, Street Coburg. New users can attend either a morning session (9.00am–12.00pm) or an afternoon session (1.30pm–4.00pm).

Please refer to Notice to Schools 63/2018 for details.

Implementation briefings for VCE Dance, Drama and Theatre Studies

The VCAA, in collaboration with subject associations and related organisations, is conducting free implementation briefings for VCE Dance, Drama and Theatre Studies between June and August 2018. Details and links to registrations can be found on the relevant VCE study design webpage or refer to Notice to Schools 54/2018.

Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria 2018 annual conference

The Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria (GTAV) 2018 annual conference theme is Geography: Critical, Creative, Innovative. The three-day conference will be held from Sunday 26 August to Tuesday 28 August with an expanded program of 75 plenary sessions, workshops and fieldtrips provided by more than 125 presenters. It will include targeted sessions for Primary, Levels 7–10 and VCE Geography, focus sessions for out-of-field teachers or those new to teaching Geography and inspiring sessions on using digital technology in Geography (from beginners to advanced). For details visit the GTAV website.

Victorian Association for Philosophy in Schools conference

The Victorian Association for Philosophy in Schools (VAPS) will hold its biennial conference on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 September 2018 at Siteworks, 33 Saxon Street, Brunswick.

The theme of the conference is Cultivating Curiosity: Philosophy and STEM. It will include a program of events to cater for the VCE Philosophy Study Design 2019–2023 and sessions on all new prescribed texts. An 'in-action' day will be held at Scienceworks on Thursday 13 September for those wishing to see Community of Inquiry pedagogy in action.

For information and registration visit the VAPS website.