After PD Report - The Singing Classroom with Sue Arney.

Hello everyone!

CRT Networks are back in the swing of bringing acessible and affordable PD for local CRTs through the DEECD's CRT Professional Learning Support Initiative!

Our first PD for Term 2, 2013 was The Singing Classroom with Sue Arney.

Watch feedback video on Youtube!

Cost for similar PD in a commercial setting? $180-$250 per seat.
What did we pay (including Venue and Catering)? $71.41 per seat
What CRTs paid?  $10.00!

Our comments:

Not only is Sue Arney a professional that is easy to work with, she is also wonderfully engaging and makes it 100% clear that Music isn't just a "curriculum area that needs to be covered". Musical classrooms have a wide range of implications for the education of students.

Musical classrooms make education more enjoyable for students, making them more eager to attend school each day.  They make classrooms a more engaging experience for students, keeping them on-task and less prone to creating behaviour management issues.  Misucal classrooms enhance cognitive development of the students within them, having a resoundingly positive impact on all curriculum areas.

The end result is a room full of students eager to learn, much more willing to take ownership of their learning and them being given a greater cognitive ability to excel.  It's not just about music, it's about better outcomes for all students in all curriculum areas.

The Wodonga CRT Support Network (a VIT CRT Network) has absolutely no hesitation in recommending "The Singing Classroom" to all teachers thinking of attending a session and to all schools thinking about supplying this Workshop for their teachers.  

Feedback from participants after applying this in the classroom:

"This PD was ABSOLUTELY fantastic. I have used skills I did not know I had before Sue Arney introduced us to a method that works! Through music, body percussion, raps and vowels I had the best three days teaching I have ever had. Thanks Sue and thanks to you Mel for doing such a great job well done!"

"I had a great time last Saturday and I’m sure Sue would love to know that I used one of her songs straight away with my class on Monday. It was a real hit!"

"It's never been easier for me to keep my students happy and working! Thanks Sue!"

Regards,

Melinda Lichnovsky-Klock.
Wodonga CRT Support Network Coordinator.
Shepparton CRT Support Network Coordinator.

Booking Status; Creativity Knows No Boundaries (Wodonga) 6 June

CRT booking status:  Closed
Bookings will close Monday 3 June 2013

Current booking levels:  12 seats remaining. (updated 29/5/2013)

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CRT booking status:  Closed
Bookings close Monday 27 May 2013

Current booking levels:  13 seats remaining. (updated 24/5/2013)

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CRT booking status:  Closed
Bookings will close Wednesday 22 May 2013 at 4.00pm

Current booking levels: 0 seats remaining

Bookings now open to Non-CRT teaching staff.

Booking Status: Get'em Writing with Ian Trevaskis

CRT booking status:  Closed.
Bookings will close Monday 13 May 2013

Current booking levels:  12 seats remaining (updated 8/5/13).

Booking Status: The Singing Classroom with Sue Arney

CRT booking status:  Closed.
Other teacher status:  Closed.

Current booking levels:  20 seats remaining (updated 8/5/13).

The Singing Classroom with Sue Arney - PD Workshop Announcement.

Hello everyone,

We have just recieved our first approval for PD workshops in Term 2;  The Singing Classroom with Sue Arney.

"A Professional Learning program for generalist primary classroom teachers offering them support, confidence, skills and resources to sing more regularly with their students."

“Music education uniquely contributes to the emotional, physical, social and cognitive growth of all students.”

National Review of School Music Education, Australia, 2005

Imagine a school day where singing is an integral part of the program – not an add-on or an extra activity, but integrated into the existing daily program. aMuse is pleased to launch this exciting new program in 2012 aimed at providing generalist primary teachers with the skills and resources to build the confidence needed to sing regularly with their students!

“The key with meaningful music learning, is that it has to be ‘continuous, sequential and developmental’ for students to benefit. We know, for example, that as few as 23% of government schools are able to offer their students a music education which fits that bill - they would like to, but they lack the resources. In private schools, the number leaps up to 88%.”

In line with out promise to expand and provide PD out of our centralized Wodonga location, This PD will be held in Wangaratta on Sat 11 May 2013 (full day).  As usual it will be a catered workshop with a booking fee of $10 for CRTs and $30 for other teaching professionals.  Bookings will be opened first to CRTs and to other teaching professionals at a later date.

This will be a Pdi approved workshop with an maximum attendance of 40.

Full details will be released soon including venue, times and booking details.

Notes:  

The booking period will be shorter than the usual 6 weeks which is why you are getting an early "heads up".  Please keep an eye out for the full announcement!

Other PD is currently being arranged.  Although this is the first to be approved, it may not be the first to run!  Please keep an eye out for these announcements too!
Regards,

Melinda Lichnovsky-Klock
Wodonga CRT Support Network Coordinator.