Merry Christmas

We'd like to take this opportunity to wish all of our members and their families a very Merry Christmas!  If you do not celebrate Christmas, or celebrate another festive season, we wish you a merry one of those too!

We hope you all have a wonderful time and make it through to the new year safe and sound!

Regards,

Melinda Lichnovsky-Klock
Wodonga CRT Support Network Coordinator.

December Meeting Details

Hi everyone,

Our last collegial meeting is just around the corner.  You can find all the details below.

Date: Thursday 8th December 2016
Time: 4.00pm - 6.30pm
Venue: Wodonga South Primary School Library
Topic:  Everything Christmas.  Bring your favourite end of year/Christmas activities, games, songs to share with the group.
We will also have a small break up for the end of year so come and join us for our last meeting for 2016!

Full details can be found here.

Please RSVP to Mel at Wodongacrt@vit.vic.edu.au at least two days before.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Regards, 

Mel

November meeting details

Hi everyone,

Our next collegial meeting is fast approaching.  You can find all the details below.

Date: Wednesday 16 November 2016
Time: 4.00pm - 6.30pm
Venue: Wodonga South Primary School Library
Topic:  We will be talking about Communication.  When teaching we don't just use our voices to communicate.  What are some of the other ways we communicate and how are these ways beneficial to students?

Full details can be found here.

Please RSVP to Mel at Wodongacrt@vit.vic.edu.au at least two days before.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Regards, 

Mel

October meeting details

Hello all,

I can't believe we have started term 4.  Where has that time gone!

For the first time in 8 years, we had our first cancelled meeting last month.  Thank you to those who did turn up and for all the messages that were sent in.  Your understanding was very much appreciated.

Our October meeting is just around the corner. 

Date: Thursday 20 October
Time: 4.00pm - 6.30pm
Venue: Wodonga South Primary School Library
Topic:  Bring along your best loved art activity.  We would love for you to bring enough resources so we can all join you in making the activity in the session.

Full details can be found here.

Please RSVP to Mel at Wodongacrt@vit.vic.edu.au at least two days before.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Regards, 

Mel 

September Meeting Details

Hi everyone,

Our August meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September in Wodonga South Primary School library from 4.00pm til 6.30pm.

Topics:  
Bring along your best loved art activity.  We would love for you to bring enough resources so we can all join you in making the activity in the session.

If you can find full details of the meeting at the link below:

http://wodongacrtsupportnetwork.blogspot.com.au/p/hi-everyone-next-wodonga-crt-support.html

Please RSVP to Mel at least two days before on wodongacrt@vit.vic.edu.au

I look forward to seeing you all there.

Regards, 

Mel

Bag of Tricks online course.

Hi everyone!

Some have noticed that for the last couple of weeks my "Relief Teaching Quick Takes" Youtube show went dark.  Here's why!

I've been studiously working on my new course for Relief Teachers, "Creating a highly Effective Relief Teaching Bag of Tricks for F-6" and it is now live and kicking.  This course to some extent follows on from my "Intro to Relief" course taking a much closer look at the role of a relief teacher's Bag of Tricks. It explores not only the population of a bag of tricks but also it's classroom use to support the teaching and learning process as well as it's role in being less invisible in the classrooms we work in.

It also steps away from the professional awareness focus of my last course, "An Introduction to Relief Teaching for Graduates", and becomes the first in which I directly target some of the day-to-day classroom strategies that make me a highly effective and highly desirable relief teacher, a hit with the students and at the top of school priority lists.

It has been structured in a way that provides the surface learning that early career relief teachers may need while stepping through to more advanced concepts to provide a deep learning experience that those of us with a handle on the basics are looking for.

Duration: 2 hours + optional content.

Cost: $20.00 (AUD) - Free access for members of Classcover's Relief Teacher Association.

Addressed Standards: APST - Proficient Level:

3.4: Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning.

3.2: Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning.

4.1: Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities.

Delivery Method: Self paced online MOOC - Video and text based content delivery.

Certificate upon completion: Yes.

Module 1: Bag of Tricks basics and organisation.

Module 2: Populating a bag of tricks.

Module 3: Finding Resources and insights into the Relief Teaching context.

Module 4: Lesson Planning for our Bag of Tricks.

Relevance: Primary Relief Teachers working in a Generalist Teacher capacity in mainstream classrooms from Prep to Grade 6. Also suitable for generalist relief teachers working in special development classrooms from Juniors through to VCAL (exact relevance will vary depending on the academic abilities of your students).

https://www.openlearning.com/classcover/courses/bagoftricks/HomePage

Note: While I do keep an eye on the courses I create and provide feedback when I can, this course is managed on an ongoing basis by Relief Teacher Association community staff and support officers.

I hope to see you there!

Regards,

Mel.

August meeting details

Hi everyone,

Our August meeting is scheduled for Thursday 11 August in Wodonga South Primary School library from 4.00pm til 6.30pm.

Topic:  
Bring along your best loved, engaging no resource (or minimal resource) games and activities you use in your classrooms.  These could include inside, outside activities, maths, literacy or even life lessons.

We would also love for you to bring your bag of tricks in for a photo opportunity.  I am finishing off a new online couse and would love to add photos of your bag of tricks to the course.  

If you can find full details of the meeting at the link below:

http://wodongacrtsupportnetwork.blogspot.com.au/p/hi-everyone-next-wodonga-crt-support.html

Please RSVP to Mel at least two days before on wodongacrt@vit.vic.edu.au

I look forward to seeing you all there.

Regards, 

Mel