Calendar
Professional Development for Educators in South Australia, Term 1 2008
All sessions will be held at the Education Development Centre, Milner Street Hindmarsh South Australia
Download the Workshop Registration Form here: 
08_Workshop_RegForm.doc
Values and Sustainability: Sustainable Schools
Wednesday 13 February, 4.30 for 4.45 to 7.00pm
EDC Milner Street Hindmarsh
Fee: $20
members, $30 non-members. Refreshments on arrival. Certificate provided.Education for Sustainability (EfS) is a growing global
movement. The Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (AuSSI) is a national
program promoting and supporting EfS through schools (and preschools). You are
invited, as educators of all sectors, to find out more about EfS and
sustainable schools and join the movement towards a peaceful, equitable and
sustainable world.
Contact: Sue Coad, Owen Secombe Ph: 0432 972 596 Email:
owensue@adam.com.au
Values-based Service Learning for resilience and wellbeing
Wednesday 27 February, 5pm - 7pm
EDC, Milner Street Hindmarsh, South Australia
Based
on a long-term study at the University of Nottingham, this workshop
will explore the benefits of values-based service learning in action,
linked to resilience, socio-emotional wellbeing and spirituality, and
how to nurture these in practice. Fee: $20 members $30 non-members
Contact: Joy apnieve@adam.com.au Ph: 8274 1779 M: 0416 274 177
The impact of stillness on thinking, learning and behaviour (K - 7)
Saturday 23 February, 10am to 4pm
EDC, Milner Street Hindmarsh, South Australia
This
workshop will explore the many beneficial effects of stillness on
thinking, learning and behaviour for both teachers and students.
Participants will experience and receive handouts of a range of
exercises to use in the classroom. Fee: $60 members $75 non-members
Contact: Michele Grace michele.grace1@yahoo.com
Ph: 8278 3428
The Value of Time in our personal and professional lives
Wednesday
5 March, 5.30pm -
7pm, EDC, Milner Street Hindmarsh, South Australia
Participants are
invited to explore the value of time, the importance of prioritising
and comparing the relative worth of activities to which our time and
energy are directed, so that professional satisfaction, relationships,
spontaneity and quality of life are preserved and further
developed.
Fee:
$18 members $25 non-members Contact: Alla alla.marchuk@adelaide.edu.au
Mobile: 0400 034 235
The Value of being in "the zone" (K - 7)
Tuesday 11 March, 4.30 for 4.45 - 7pm
EDC, Milner Street Hindmarsh, South Australia
People
in many areas of life talk of times when they have been "in the zone" -
when everything seemed to fall into place, when a task seemed
effortless. In this workshop participants will explore what this means,
how it relates to values and how it applies in the classroom.
Participants will experience accessing this state easily at will and
how to teach this skill to their students. Fee: $20 members $30
non-members
Contact: Michele Grace michele.grace1@yahoo.com
Ph: 8278 3428Valuing service, wholeness and wellbeing in education
Saturday 15 March 9.30 for 9.45am - 4pm
EDC, Milner Street Hindmarsh, South Australia
Participants
will explore values in action for service learning through the science
and life of Dr Candace Pert in her book "Molecules of Emotion" and the
implications for educational practice. The session will explain how
peptides sustain wholeness, interconnectedness and wellbeing -
physical, mental and emotional, linked to a spirituality of service and
wholeness. Fee: $60 members $75 non-members
Contact: Julia juliorest@westnet.com.au Ph: 8339 4226
For more information email Joy by clicking here
Ph: 08 8274 1779
M: 0416 274 177
