Wednesday 30 October marks a significant date in the Wodonga CRT Support Network's calendar each year.  It marks a day of achievement, celebration and support.  And this year it marks 5 years of these things.  Wednesday 30 October marks 5 year since our first meeting, our first gathering of individuals.

I am very proud of what the Wodonga CRT Support Network has achieved in the last five years, what we have grown into and where we are heading.  But most of all, I am proud of the friendships made, support given unconditionally by all members and enjoyment of each gathering.

I am looking forward to what the next 5 years will hold for the Network.  The challengers and the joys and the new people I will met.  Thank you everyone for being apart of a dream I had, and turning it into an amazing group that is known internationally, not only Victoria wide.

Regards,

Mel

November Meeting Details are now avaliable!

Hello everyone,

Our November meeting is not far away now.  It is scehuled for Thursday 7 November from 4.00pm to 6.30pm at Wodonga South Primary School's Library.

We will be looking at GAMES AND ACTIVITIES USING CLASSROOM RESOURCES!

You can find full details here.

Please RSVP no less than two days before to Mel at wodongacrt@vit.vic.edu.au

We hope to see you there!

Me

PD Announcement: Literacy Games

Literacy Games

A literacy PD with presenter Melinda Lichnovsky-Klock.

 Part One: Setting your students up for success.  Building confidence in
struggling students through simple strategies which give them frequent
successes.

 Part Two: Using games to engage your students.  Making literacy "hands-on" and
fun by reducing your reliance on traditional pencil and paper exercises.

 Part Three: Games and activities.  How to make a range of games and resources with
common household items such as playing cards, wooden clothes pegs,
newspapers and supermarket catalogues.

 Part Four: Teacher play time! You will participate in a range of activities and
games that have been made with common household items to get a
"student's eye view". 

 Part Five: Common Focus.  Using a single resource to link mulitple curriculum areas to create a thematic full-day lessons (CRT focus).

There are a maximum of 20 seats available. 

Workshop: Saturday 30 November 2013, 1.00pm - 3.30pm

Bookings Open: Monday 28 October 2013

Full details can be found here!

Regards, 

Mel

PD Announcement - Mathematics and Hands On Gameplay.

Hello everyone,

We are happy to announce another PD workshop - Mathematics and Hands On Gameplay from the Brainary.

Date:  Thurs 21 Nov, 2013.
Duration:  2.5 hour (4.00pm - 6.30pm)
Focus:  Mathematics, Phys Ed, ICT.
Venue:  Wodonga South PS library.
Catering:  Afternoon Tea (not just a packet of biscuits!), continuous Tea/Coffee, etc.

Activity Focus:  For participants to develop a working understanding of the extraordinary learning transfer achievable with educational gameplay.  Participants will experience both physical and digital educational game play on the subject of maths finishing with a discussion allowing participants to compare and contrast both game play formats.

Bookings open TOMORROW, Mon 21 Oct 2013.

For more information please visit:  http://wodongacrtsupportnetworkpd.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page_19.html

Regards,

Mel.

PD Announcement: AusVELS and Mathematics.

With Presenter Michael Ymer.

Michael Ymer - Hands On Maths - Wodonga 2012.

• Understanding the rationale and aims behind the document.
• Getting to know how the new mathematics curriculum is organised.
• What are the Proficiency strands and how can teachers employ them in the daily lesson. Activity based session for teachers to trial in classrooms.
• Achievement standards – how will these inform reporting. Mixed abilities in mathematics. Using the framework of the mathematics curriculum to deal with the diversity of learners in our classrooms. Creating multiple entry and exit points to maths activities so all students can experience success in mathematics.

There will be 40 seats available. 

Bookings open: Monday 28 Oct 2013.  
Workshop:  Saturday 7 Dec 2013 - 9.00am - 3.00pm (6hrs).

More information coming soon!

Regards,

Mel.

October Meeting Details now Avaliable!

Hello everyone,

Our October meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 16th October from 4.00 to 6.30pm at Wodonga South Primary School's Library.

Meeting Topic: Resource sharing

Bring something along to share!  It could be a lesson, activity, strategy, book, planning proforma, a website or something out of your bag of tricks!

Find something that has worked for you or something you have seen someone else do well.  This is a great way to broaden your teaching ideas and add to your bag of tricks and bank of technioques, strategies and activities! 

Please RSVP to Mel by Monday 14 October.

You can find full details of the meeting here. 

I am looking forward to catching up with everyone.

Mel 

CRT PD in Wodonga and Wangaratta to continue.

Well, this year has been a bit of an on-again, off-again affair for CRT PD in the Hume region.  The reasons are many and varied so I won't bore you with the details, just announce that the Wodonga CRT Support Network will continue to provide monthly meetings and PD workshops into 2014 and beyond.

Term 2 saw a flood of PD as we played a game of "catch up" to get in as much PD as possible to make up for the lower than usual amount of PD in the previous 6 months.  Now that things have settled we will be returning to our regular schedule of:

• 11 x Monthly Meetings per year.
• 4 x 6.5 hour, full-day PD workshops per year.
• As many 2.5 hour evening PD workshops as the budget allows for per year.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that we run PD workshops with funding from the DEECD's CRT Professional Learning Support Initiative.  This funding is supplied for the benefit of all Victorian teachers currently working as a CRT.  As a CRT working in Victoria you are entitled to take advantage of the opportunities we offer.  We recommend membership to the Wodonga CRT Support Network simply because it is the most efficient way of keeping yourself up-to-date on the PD workshops we organize but it is in no way compulsory.

As always, we operate on a first-come, first served basis.  Membership does not help or hinder CRTs in booking a seat beyond the ability to keep yourself informed.

PD Workshops in Term 4.

We are also pleased to announce that applications have been submitted for PD workshops for Term 4 2013 (one full-day and one 2.5hr PD).  We do not envisage it taking long for these workshops to be approved and we can announce dates, times and topics!

Meetings in Term 4.

Please note:  attending meetings requires membership.  If you would like to attend a meeting to see what it's about before deciding on whether to join the Network, please email us to enquire about attending as a guest!

There will be 3 Meetings in term 4:

• Wed Oct 16 : 4.00 - 6.30.
• Thurs Nov 7 : 4.00 - 6.30.
• Wed Dec 11 : 4.00 - 6.30.
  

Altogether this will bring 16.5 hours of valid PD submissions for your renewal or registration for 2014.  More importantly, it is a chance to network with your CRT colleagues and become a member of a supportive and caring educational community!


Regards,

Mel.