The Board has been working on a two-factor authentication (2FA) process to reduce the risk of unauthorised people accessing personal information stored in your portal account. 

2FA requires a person to provide two verification methods one after the other to confirm that the person requesting access is who they are declared to be.

After 16 September 2019, you will be required to activate 2FA when you log into the portal.

You will be asked to provide either an email address or a mobile phone number. Once you have activated the verification process you will receive a code via your email or mobile phone. When you have typed this code into the box provided you will be able to access your registration details, your contact details and your renewal application form once it is available.

You do not need to enter a verification code when accessing or updating your professional learning.

You can read more about the two-factor authentication process on our website.

If you have any questions about this process please email us at info@trb.sa.edu.au.

Access the portal.

The Gawler and Barossa TRT Scheme teachers are highly engaged and active professionals who meet regularly throughout the year.  

The group is always looking for professional learning experiences relevant to TRTs and earlier this year TRB Board member, Joanne Hill met with the group to discuss ways the TRB can support them with their professional development. 

The group identified a few key areas of interest including:  

• how to access support to transition to full registration
• classroom management
• how to maintain a healthy work-life balance

Last week, Jenny and Marilyn from the Professional Standards team, together with the Department for Education, presented an evaluator workshop at the Stretton Centre in Munno Para.

The workshop provided information on how to assist provisionally registered teachers to transition to full registration.

The workshop was attended by 43 principals, deputies, evaluators, mentors and lead teachers.

If your local school partnership is interested in holding a similar workshop please contact us on the number below. The TRB is happy to present to groups of 40 or more.

If you would like to discuss transitioning to full registration give the Board a call on 8253 9735.

Nationally certified Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers (HALTs) are expert teachers and reflective practitioners who lead and support colleagues towards better outcomes for learners.

A HALT Census conducted by AITSL along with a series of interviews, have provided a national insight for the first time into who HALTs are, where they are working, and the impact of certification on the profession.

Explore these insights and several others in this new report looking at HALTs and their impact.

Read the report.

Congratulations to the 30 finalists in this year's Public Education Awards!

Find out more about each finalist on the Department for Education website.

Teachers Health Leadership Award

• Lauren Poole, Principal, Palmer Primary School
• Meredith Edwards, Principal, Woodville High School
• Rebecca Huddy, Principal, Westport Primary School and Preschool

Secondary Teacher of the Year

• Brenden Baldock, Teacher, Glossop High School
• Justine Fogden, Agriculture teacher, Loxton High School
• Sam Moyle, Science and other technologies teacher, Brighton Secondary School

Credit Union SA Primary Teacher of the Year

• Catharine Carlin, Teacher, Brighton Primary School
• James Martin, Teacher, Two Wells Primary School
• Karen Schilling, Year 6/7 teacher, Tintinara Area School

Early Years Teacher of the Year

• Lisa Watkins, Special education teacher, Swallowcliffe School P-7
• Sharnie Jamieson, Year 1 teacher, Glenelg Primary School
• Sharona Blake, Teacher, Blakeview Primary School

• Amanda Solly, School services officer, Goolwa Primary School
• Belinda Tilley, Pastoral care worker wellbeing, Allendale East Area School
• Trent Heneker, Facilities and grounds, Nuriootpa High School

• Social Work Incident Support Service, Flinders Park education office
• STEM Aboriginal Student Congress design team, Learning Improvement
• Upscaling teacher collective efficacy and learner impact, Inner West and Torrens partnership

• Iwantja Children and Family Centre, Indulkana Anangu School
• Lucy Standish, Teacher, Kilparrin Teaching and Assessment School and Services
• Way to Play, Port Augusta Children's Centre

• Students as agents of change, Prospect North Primary School
• Sustainable innovation through inquiry, Kangaroo Inn Area School
• Tristan Kouwenhoven, Assistant principal senior school, Brighton Secondary School

• Jayde Milburn, Aboriginal community education officer, Blakeview Primary School
• Nadine Bilney, Preschool teacher, Port Lincoln Children's Centre
• Rachel Amos, Early childhood worker, Port Augusta Children's Centre

Performance Through Values Award

• Janet Hughes, Instructor in charge, Water Safety program
• Karen Tohver, Course manager, Registered Training Organisation
• Simone Baulderstone, Senior human resources consultant, Operations Business Partnering

A selection of upcoming professional learning is listed below.

Take a look at our professional learning calendar for more upcoming professional learning.

Tic Talk for Teachers & GPs
Saturday 21 September, 9am-3pm, Adelaide Convention Centre

Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurological condition characterised by involuntary motor and vocal tics. It does not impact intelligence!

Did you know one in 100 children are diagnosed with Tourette's, and that most are not diagnosed?

This one day workshop is designed to equip and resource YOU with strategies to overcome obstacles to help others!

This talk will cover:

- Social Inclusion
- Behaviour Management
- Anti-bullying strategies
- Understanding for ALL learning difficulties
- Classroom tac-tics
- Tourette Syndrome comorbidities, Copralalia, ADHD, ADD, OCD, ODD, anxiety and depression. 

Presented by Leah O’Rourke

Find out more.

Autism spectrum disorder and behaviour management in the educational context

Wednesday 18 September, The Highway Inn

This workshop is intended for all school staff working with students or involved in supporting student behaviour in education settings. It will provide information and strategies to support learning and behaviour for students with Autism, and will also provide participants an opportunity to meet with one of Australia’s leading experts in autism clinical work, assessment, and research.

Find out more.

Online consumer and financial literacy education for teachers

ASIC's MoneySmart Teaching provides free professional development for teachers and teaching resources so you can effectively teach young people about money.

Our professional development is aligned to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and is designed to build your personal financial capability and support you to integrate consumer and financial literacy education into your teaching programs (also see Financial Health for Teachers).

Sign up for the resource.

Early career teachers - Setting up for success

Monday 30 September, Woodcroft

The two-day ‘Early Career Teachers - Setting up for Success’ workshop is a key part of the Early Career Teacher Development program.

This workshop will provide essential information, guidance and strategies to support your development as an effective teacher and build your understanding of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers as you transition from ‘graduate’ to ‘proficient’. You will work with colleagues and engage in learning related to:

• planning your professional development
• intentional and responsive learning design – the what and how for a positive learning culture
• working within a curriculum framework
• identifying evidence that demonstrates your impact as a teacher through reflective practice
• building a professional portfolio.

Register for this session via Plink. 

Want to learn more about children’s behavior? with Mark Le Messurier

Tuesday 8 October, Goodwood

Mark Le Messurier is a teacher, counsellor and coach to young people and their parents.

Mark works in schools and in private practice counselling, coaching and teaching children and teens he affectionately refers to as the "Tough Kids"; these are the kids who seemingly can't delay gratification, can't listen and filter out distractions, process new information, remember it, plan, persist, adapt to change, keep track of time and self-regulate emotion and behaviour. Many of the young individuals he works with display clusters of troubling behaviours that attract formal identification; Giftedness, Immaturity, Global Development Delay, Oppositional behaviours, Specific Learning Difficulties, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Dyslexia, Language Disorder, Auditory Processing Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Mark's work focuses on strengthening their success through mentorship and targeted interventions. He sees the encouragement of stronger, trusting relationships between parents, teachers and students as key.

TOPIC 1
The 4-goals of ‘mis’behaviour – savvy ways to re-interpret, re-classify and work with tricky student behaviour; through a positive behavioural support lens.

TOPIC 2
The ‘ART’ of developing relational communication patterns. Especially, the power of words – they help or hurt.

Find out more.

National teacher certification (Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers) workshop

For teachers preparing for HAT and LT certification.

Thursday 10 & Friday 11 October, Glenelg

This two-day workshop will focus on how to collect evidence and write about practice in relation to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

It will also support participants to apply for National Certification as a Highly Accomplished or Lead Teacher.

Register for this session via Plink.

Understanding functional behaviour

Monday 30 September, Blair Athol

Presented by Kymberly Louise, Behavioural Scientist

This workshop is suitable for staff in mainstream early years and primary school, and special education all ages across the three education sectors in South Australia. This workshop is best suited for staff teams to participate, as strategies discussed can involve hands-on 1-1 interaction, or site-wide change to reduce the instances of challenging functional behaviour. Learning outcomes include:

• Understanding the range of common student behaviours that function as strategies to change their environment, or their position within that environment, to reduce distress or discomfort.
• Awareness of tools and processes for investigating the potential causes of student distress that lead to functional behaviour.
• Development of strategies for responding to, and more importantly preventing, challenging behaviours that impede learning.

Find out more.

More professional learning opportunities.

Educational leaders and teachers are invited to attend the next Literacy Guarantee Conference which will feature a range of leading experts in literacy to support leaders and teachers to more effectively meet the needs of all students.

There will be a range of workshop topics available from phonological awareness to understanding and catering for dyslexia.

Keynote Address: Anne Bayetto

A whole-school approach to supporting students with spelling with a focus on students with learning difficulties.

This keynote will look at the latest research on teaching spelling for all students, and its implications for practice. It will focus on effective evidence-based practices for quality Wave 1 differentiated teaching across year levels, with a specific focus on classroom pedagogy that caters for students with learning difficulties.

Anne is a researcher and teacher with the Flinders University, College of Education. Her work focuses on developing whole-school approaches to literacy improvement with a focus on reading. In addition to her research work, Anne offers training and development to schools and preschools, as well as teaching graduate and post-graduate courses.

Cost $50
8.30am - 3.30pm
Tuesday 1 October
Morphettville Racecourse
79 Morphett Road
Morphettville, SA 5043

Book here

The Commissioner for Children and Young People has given her Learn to Speak Robot Challenge a makeover for younger learners, introducing her latest digital challenge for preschool-aged children in South Australia.

The Challenge teaches key computational thinking concepts without using digital devices – by playing a game of hide & seek or creating a robot dance routine!

Things to know about Early Learning Unplugged: 

• It’s a delightful future-focused challenge for every preschool-aged child in South Australia.
• It’s 100% device-free – simply enter your email address to download and print the activities.
• Two activities to choose from. Either activity = challenge complete!
• The Challenge materials are free.

Things to know about the activities:

• Both activities were designed in collaboration with the Australian Computing Academy.
• Activities can be completed in large or small groups, or individually.
• There is one version of the activities for educators and another version for families.
• The activities are aligned to the Early Years Learning Framework principles – see Activity Packs for details.

Get your free Activity Packs.

Questions?

If you have questions about the Challenge or this email, please contact the Commissioner's Office.

Grattan Institute is an independent, politically non-aligned think tank.

This 7-10 minute survey seeks a better understanding of how instructional leaders are working in Australian schools, so they can improve their advice to government on teacher development. 

This survey should be completed by:

• instructional leaders and teacher coaches; 
• teachers; and 
• school principals.

The survey asks a range of questions about: 

• how teachers improve their practice; 
• how instructional leaders facilitate this; and
• what support instructional leaders get to do their job well.

Take the survey.

The Department of Education is working with Education Services Australia (ESA) to undertake a review of free online resources to support civics and citizenship education (CCE). These resources include:

• the history and origins of Australian democracy
• Australian civic structures and organisations
• rules, laws and processes in Australia
• Australian citizenship, diversity and identity
• civics and citizenship skills, values and concepts.

The survey is anonymous unless you would like to enter the draw for a $200 gift voucher.

The survey closes at 5 pm on 30 September 2019.

Take the survey.