** Thank you everyone for your interest, Bookings for this PD have closed. **

Hands on Maths!

A mathematics PD with presenter Michael Ymer.

March 3rd, 2012

Michael Ymer is an experienced mathematics teacher/consultant who has been involved in numerous Victorian state initiatives in mathematics. He is currently working with individual schools and clusters of teachers from Primary and Secondary schools throughout the state as a consultant in a wide range of Professional Development programs in mathematics.

Michael is an enthusiastic and entertaining presenter who has a clear and practical approach to the challenges that confront schools in mathematics. He brings to his presentations an understanding of what does and doesn't work in our classrooms.

This will be a Workshop style PD with hands-on learning and activities. It is Pdi approved and will be 6.5 "Verified PD Hours" for VIT requirements to maintain your registration.

If you attended last year, we can happily announce that Michael has varied the content from May 2011's PD.  It will be worth while attending even if you were at the last one while at the same time being perfectly suitable for those who have never attended one of Michael's PD's before!  We thank Michael for his flexability and willingness to help us squeeze every ounce of benefit out of his workshop for as many CRTs as possible!

Status: Closed. 

Please search "Wodonga Ymer" to find this listing on Pdi.


Network membership, to either the Wodonga CRT Support Network or another VIT sponsored CRT network, is not a requirement to attend this PD.

Seats are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis and reserved only upon payment of the booking fee. Exceptions made only for distance travellers or where a school is paying the fee.


There are a total of 60 available places.  We are currently limiting the number of seats available to non-CRTs to 10. This number will be relaxed if the workshop is not booked out leading up to the Workshop.

If booked out (or the maximum non-CRT seats are filled) you may ask to be put on a waiting list. Cancelled bookings will be filled from this list before publicly reopening seats. Please email wodongacrt@vit.vic.edu.au to be placed on the waiting list.  Should seats become available you will then receive an email offering a place.

Venue: Wodonga South Primary School, Cartwright St Wodonga.

Parking:  Free all-day parking will be available in the Kelliher Ave or Cartwright St Teacher's car parks.  Please do NOT use the short-term or bus parking on Kelliher Ave for all day parking.

Time: Sign-in begins at 8.45 am, PD time 9.00am to 3.30pm.

Cost: $10.00 booking fee for Victorian registered CRTs, $30 booking fee for other teaching professionals. This is a non refundable fee and payable upon booking. 

For the first time we are opening bookings to NSW CRT's from Albury and surrounding areas.  You must be presently working as a CRT in Albury and surrounding areas and not have a permanent part time position.  We regret that we CANNOT accept NSW teachers with a permanent position.  Please be aware that this is a trial and only limited numbers will be accepted.  Your booking fee will be the $30 for "other teaching professionals" which covers your catering and resources.  All NSW CRT's MUST apply for a seat by emailing wodongacrt@vit.vic.edu.au.  You will be accepted on a case by case basis with preference going to those with a genuine interest in becoming Victorian registered teachers.

There is no further cost for this PD, all you will pay is the booking fee.  It is funded by the DEECD's Casual Relief Teachers Professional Learning Support Initiative and Wodonga CRT Support Network funds.

Estimated Value: $105.00 - $158.00 per head (based on similar PD opportunities offered by training organizations). 

Bookings can be made in-person at the Wodonga South Primary School main office for locals. For travellers you may book through the school via credit card or please email wodongacrt@vit.vic.gov.au to make alternate payment arrangements. 

To book please download the form below and hand it in along with your payment.  If you have made alternative payment arrangements please email this form to the above email address when you finalize the arrangements.

Morning tea and Lunch are provided as are all-day cordial, juice, tea and coffee - Please inform us of any special dietary requirements and/or food allergies upon booking! We do our best to make sure that everyone is adequately catered for. 

Please be aware that we do not supply artificial sweeteners and you will need to bring your own if you use them!

What to bring: 

Michael Ymer suggests that everyone have a Calculator, ruler and note-taking stationary on hand.  We will be supplying a notebook and pens/pencils but we do ask that everyone bring their own calculator and ruler.

We also suggest you bring a USB flash drive or blank CD. Some digital resources are distributed on the day and you can get them with either of these 2 mediums. Alternatively you will require a Microsoft Passport account and will be emailed a link to download the resources. If you have a Windows Live! or Hotmail user ID simply give us the email address you use as a sign-in. We will grant this passport access to download the files from our skydrive.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email wodongacrt@vit.vic.edu.au

We hope to see as many of you there as possible, from past experience we can guarantee that Michael is a wonderful presenter and well worth the time spent participating in one of his workshops!

Regards,

Melinda Lichnovsky-Klock
Wodonga CRT Support Network Coordinator.