Koncept Mastery's e5 Workshop with Kate and Mel.

The e5 Workshop with Koncept Mastery (Kate and Mel) was successfully run on Saturday 12 May 2012.

The Feedback on the workshop, from both those in attendance and the presenters, were very positive.  Thank you to everyone involved, those of you attending included, for the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of the workshop!

Estimated Cost per Head value: $155.00 - $225.00 (based on similar commercial PDs)

Cost per head we paid: $131.00

Cost per head for CRTs? $10.00

This is our most expensive PD on a cost per head basis but we knew this would be the case up front.  e5 is a bit of an unknown quantity amongst CRTs in our region so we knew it wouldn't attract the numbers of some of our previous PDs.  However we at the Wodonga CRT Support Network believe wholeheartedly in the methods and concepts behind the e5 Instructional Model.  

It is our hope that running this PD will generate some word of mouth and raise local awareness of the benefits of the e5 Instructional Model.  Thank you Mel and Kate of Koncept Mastery for helping us to achieve this goal.

Offering this PD would not have been possible without some help. We'd like to thank:

• Kate and Mel from Koncept Mastery
• The Wodonga South Primary School for the venue.
• The DEECD for the CRT Professional Learning Support Initiative and the funding it provides
• Henri's Bakery and my husband Paul for the catering
• and everyone who attended!

Regards,

Mel.

Booking Status Update - Literacy Games.

Seats booked; 19

Seats max; 20

Places are getting scarce.  If you intend on attending it might be a good idea to book soon!

You can find out more, including booking and venue details, by clicking the "Literacy Games PD Workshop" tab at the top of this page.

We also offer a reminder that entry is gold-coin donation only.  All other required funds are sourced through the DEECD's CRT Professional Learning Support Initiative.

More PD Opportunities on the way.

In Term 3 we have chosen to focus on students with Learning Difficulties and we have just received Approval for 2 more full-day Professional development Workshops.

Sue King - Austism Spectrum Disorder.

September sees the one we know many of you are waiting for, the return of Sue King.

Sue will be bringing us another round of insights into the Autism Spectrum Disorder and this year will focus on Classroom Visual Resources;

• Overview of the Positive Partnerships, giving the foundations of Autism
• The difference between Visuals for Learning and Visuals for Behaviour Management and Self Regulation
• Visuals for high and low functioning students.

Some of the same ground will be covered this year as last but there will be plenty of new content on offer!

 Karen Starkiss - Dyslexia.

A newcomer to our Network presenters is Karen Starkiss.

Karen has over 20 years primary classroom teaching experience. In England she was the Principal of one of the top performing primary schools and employed to work in “failing” schools to improve standards of teaching and learning. An earlier management role was Special Needs Consultant, she also lectured nationally about integrating children with dyslexia into mainstream classrooms. Since she has been in Australia Karen is a consultant with her own business – Dyslexia Support Services; she has continued to assess and advise a number of adults and children with dyslexia and has run courses throughout Melbourne for teachers and classroom assistants. She was recently described by The Age newspaper as a "Dyslexia Crusader."   

Reports from other Networks is that she is a knowledgable, no-nonsense and very enjoyable presenter.

Karen will also see something some of you have been asking to have happen for a while now, Workshops during the holidays.  This is a trial run to be held in the Term 2 holidays but we hope attendance will be at levels which we can afford to keep providing holiday PD as long as the demand is there.

Pages for these presenters will go up a week before bookings open for the PD so keep an eye on the blog!

Regards,

Mel.

Local PD opportunity

Please note;  This is not a Wodonga CRT Support Network PD Workshop.  We are simply making those who are interested aware of the opportunity!

Offered by; NDCO Program Victoria.

This session will explore the characteristics of Autism and the impact of those characteristics on learning and share best practice strategies for teaching students with Autism, in particular high functioning Autism, in secondary and further education.  

 Presenter; Tricia Glass

Tricia Glass has education and welfare experience in primary, secondary and tertiary settings. Recently she worked as Victorian Team Leader for the national Australian Autism Education and Training Corporation delivering professional development to school staff across all sectors. Further to this she delivered workshops to parents and carers around Australia through the Positive Partnerships program. She is currently the Autism Project Officer with Sandhurst Catholic Education.   

This is a Pdi approved program.  We have not contacted the NDCO representative for Wodonga and although participants will not receive a certificate of attendance they will receive a Pdi PASS code.

This is a free PD to appropriate participants being held after school on Wednesday 13 June, 2012.  You can view this PD's Pdi page here;

http://search.pdi.vic.edu.au/vitdb/course/5558

Regards,

Melinda Lichnovsky-Klock
Wodonga CRT Support Network Coordinator.

June PD Workshop

Literacy Games

A literacy PD with presenter Melinda Lichnovsky-Klock.

 

Melinda is a CRT with 8 years experience, including a year of part-time Literacy in a Special Development setting.  She has used this experience to successfully tutor mainstream students struggling with literacy both as a volunteer in schools and in after-school group sessions.  She is also the Coordinator of the Wodonga CRT Support Network, a wife and mother of 3.

Her methods center around Student Engagement, making learning fun and using a hands-on approach in order to get students to motivate themselves on the road to Literacy. 

You can find out more about this PD on it's page:

http://wodongacrtsupportnetworkpd.blogspot.com.au/p/literacy-games-pd-workshop.html

or view it's page on Pdi;

http://search.pdi.vic.edu.au/vitdb/course/5144  


Regards,


Mel.

Creativity Knows No Boundaries - Report.

Peter Klein's "Creativity Knows No Boundaries" has been run successfully with 18 out of 20 booked in attendance.

The Feedback on the workshop, from both those in attendance and the presenter, were very positive.  Thank you to everyone involved, those of you attending included, for the wonderful atmosphere of the workshop!

Estimated Cost per Head value: $55.00 - $75.00 (based on similar commercial PDs)

Cost per head we paid: $27.33

Cost per head for CRTs? Gold Coin Donation!

Achieving this low cost would not have been possible without some help. We'd like to thank:

• Peter "Captain Pete" Klein for his brilliant workshop.
• The Wodonga South Primary School for the venue.
• The DEECD for the CRT Professional Learning Support Initiative and the funding it provides
• Henri's Bakery and my husband Paul for the catering
• and everyone who attended!

Regards,

Mel.

Booking Status Update; e5 Workshop 12 May 2012

**Please note that bookings for this workshop have closed.  You may still ask to be put on a waiting list to be offered places should someone be unable to attend.**


 PD info and booking details can be found here;

 http://wodongacrtsupportnetworkpd.blogspot.com.au/p/e5-instructional-model-with-kate.html

Regards,

Mel