The Community Education offers different styles of professional learning programs, and both online and face to face options.
Basics Course
A core program of professional learning is offered several times a year, designed to run as a series. This program is usually hosted online. The next block commences in January 2025.
Session 1: Parliamentary Basics
Duration: 90 minutes online | 2 hours face to face
Delivery: Online or face to face
Suits: New teachers of Civics and Citizenship across years 3-10, teachers seeking a refresher, teachers from other subject areas looking to upskill
Contents: A walkthrough of the knowledge and understanding within the Australian Curriculum for Civics and Citizenship, and strategies for teaching the content in the classroom.
Session 2: Understanding Legislation
Duration: 60 minutes online
Delivery: Online
Suits: Teachers who have completed Parliamentary Basics, teachers of years 6-12 Civics & Citizenship or SACE Legal Studies or Politics
Contents: This session expands on the concepts covered in Parliamentary Basics by covering the passage of a Bill in detail, with strategies to bring the process to life in the classroom.
Session 3: Hansard in the Classroom
Duration: 60 minutes online
Delivery: Online – usually 1x per year
Suits: HASS teachers years 7-12, Research Project teachers
Contents: This session expands on the concepts covered in Parliamentary Basics by covering the use of Hansard, with strategies to use Hansard in the classroom for students and teachers across all subject areas.
Session 4: Committees in the Classroom
Duration: 60 minutes online
Delivery: Online – usually 1x per year
Suits: Teachers who have completed Parliamentary Basics, HASS teachers years 6-12
Contents: This session expands on the concepts covered in Parliamentary Basics by covering Committees in detail, with inquiry based learning strategies to teach Committees in a classroom.
Session 5: Tips for Teaching Civics & Citizenship
Duration: 60 minutes online | 60 minutes face to face
Delivery: Online or face to face
Suits: New teachers of Civics and Citizenship across years 3-10, teachers seeking a refresher
Contents: This program covers practical strategies for making Civics & Citizenship lessons fun and engaging.
Special Programs
Outside of the Basics Course, the Community Education Office hosts various other professional learning programs throughout the year, including:
- Collaborative programs with other institutions
- Conference sessions
- Activity workshops
Programs for School Sites
Would you like your staff to boost their Civics & Citizenship knowledge and gain professional learning hours for free? The Community Education Office can customise professional learning for your site.
Depending on timing and location, we can either:
- Visit your school and present for a faculty/staff meeting, or be part of a training day
- Connect into your school digitally and facilitate an interactive online session
Sessions can run from 60 minutes to half day workshops.
We can run a standard program from our Basics Course, or we can custom build a session based on the needs of your site.