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July 2020
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Senior history students are made in junior history – so stop starting from scratch every year. Writing in Junior History is a 5 hour NESA endorsed course that provides a clear path of writing skills from Years 7 to 10 that places historical sources at the centre of writing improvement.
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In this course, David will take you through some of his feature articles from The Good Weekend, HQ or Australian Woman’s Weekly, as he brings the rubric to life in an inspiring journey through his career as a working writer.
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Writing in Modern History is a workshop-based course that helps teachers build their capacity to teach writing in Year 11 and 12. The course will focus on helping you shift the weight of instruction to the historical thinking and sources before giving you the tips and tricks to help make student writing sparkle in Stage 6.
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The Teaching Writing Toolkit is an intensely practical course designed for high school teachers that is structured around a series of activities, teacher takeaways and tools to help you address issues that emerge in writing in your subject.
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Every teacher is a writer. In this nuts-and-bolts workshop, Brad Kelly will guide you through the process of producing a piece of writing from your subject area that will make you pin-it-on-the-fridge proud.
Find out moreWhatever your subject area, we all want the same thing; students who can clearly communicate and support their ideas and arguments using detailed evidence and subject-specific language.
Find out moreSenior history students are made in junior history – so stop starting from scratch every year. Writing in Junior History is a 5 hour NESA endorsed course that provides a clear path of writing skills from Years 7 to 10 that places historical sources at the centre of writing improvement.
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Writing a features article is one of the most satisfying ways for students to show what they know about a topic in their subject. Writing a Feature Article teaches you how to find an idea and craft an angle, research interesting information and select case studies, statistics, conduct an interview, and put the puzzle together.
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With a thorough grounding in the practice, research and pedagogy of writing instruction, this course will give you the leadership skills, writing tools and thinking habits to help teachers from across the curriculum believe that writing improvement is possible – in their subject.
Find out moreSeptember 2020
Writing in Modern History is a workshop-based course that helps teachers build their capacity to teach writing in Year 11 and 12. The course will focus on helping you shift the weight of instruction to the historical thinking and sources before giving you the tips and tricks to help make student writing sparkle in Stage 6.
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This Cornerstone online course helps teachers who are new to The Changing World Order build a course with a skills based approach. This course assists teachers to develop outcome and skills rich activities around the central concepts. In taking this approach, teachers will be supported to develop coherent, well-sequenced teaching programs that lead to clearer assessment tasks.
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Writing in Junior English is a 5 hour NESA endorsed course that provides a clear path of writing skills from Years 7 to 10 in English. This course will challenge your understanding of the nature of writing in the classroom and give you the tools you need to help students in Stage 4 and 5 write more effectively.
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This Cornerstone online course helps teachers who are new to the Cold War build a course or those wanting to refresh their courses with a skills based approach. This course assists teachers to develop outcome and skills rich activities around the central concepts of the conflict. In taking this approach, teachers will be supported to develop coherent, well-sequenced teaching programs that lead to clearer assessment tasks.
Find out moreWhatever your subject area, we all want the same thing; students who can clearly communicate and support their ideas and arguments using detailed evidence and subject-specific language.
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Don't write another assessment task until you've done this course... The purpose of assessment is to accurately capture where students are in their learning at the time of assessment. This course will use the metaphor of the camera lens – a mid-shot, wide-angle and close-up – to help teachers develop, select and use appropriate assessment strategies. And it will take all the stress out of assessment!
Find out moreThe Teaching Writing Toolkit is an intensely practical course designed for high school teachers that is structured around a series of activities, teacher takeaways and tools to help you address issues that emerge in writing in your subject.
Find out moreOctober 2020
Senior history students are made in junior history – so stop starting from scratch every year. Writing in Junior History is a 5 hour NESA endorsed course that provides a clear path of writing skills from Years 7 to 10 that places historical sources at the centre of writing improvement.
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News and features writing in English is one of the most enjoyable ways for students to learn the craft of writing. Not only does it develop skills in gathering, organising and judging the quality of information, it is also one of the most effective ways for students to develop a strong control of language.
Find out moreThe Teaching Writing Toolkit is an intensely practical course designed for high school teachers that is structured around a series of activities, teacher takeaways and tools to help you address issues that emerge in writing in your subject.
Find out moreEvery teacher is a writer. In this nuts-and-bolts workshop, Brad Kelly will guide you through the process of producing a piece of writing from your subject area that will make you pin-it-on-the-fridge proud.
Find out moreWhatever your subject area, we all want the same thing; students who can clearly communicate and support their ideas and arguments using detailed evidence and subject-specific language.
Find out moreWriting a features article is one of the most satisfying ways for students to show what they know about a topic in their subject. Writing a Feature Article teaches you how to find an idea and craft an angle, research interesting information and select case studies, statistics, conduct an interview, and put the puzzle together.
Find out moreNovember 2020
Writing in Modern History is a workshop-based course that helps teachers build their capacity to teach writing in Year 11 and 12. The course will focus on helping you shift the weight of instruction to the historical thinking and sources before giving you the tips and tricks to help make student writing sparkle in Stage 6.
Find out moreDon't write another assessment task until you've done this course... The purpose of assessment is to accurately capture where students are in their learning at the time of assessment. This course will use the metaphor of the camera lens – a mid-shot, wide-angle and close-up – to help teachers develop, select and use appropriate assessment strategies. And it will take all the stress out of assessment!
Find out moreWhatever your subject area, we all want the same thing; students who can clearly communicate and support their ideas and arguments using detailed evidence and subject-specific language.
Find out moreThis Cornerstone online course helps teachers who are new to The Changing World Order build a course with a skills based approach. This course assists teachers to develop outcome and skills rich activities around the central concepts. In taking this approach, teachers will be supported to develop coherent, well-sequenced teaching programs that lead to clearer assessment tasks.
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A Cornerstone Teacher Learning Special Event
Find out moreSenior history students are made in junior history – so stop starting from scratch every year. Writing in Junior History is a 5 hour NESA endorsed course that provides a clear path of writing skills from Years 7 to 10 that places historical sources at the centre of writing improvement.
Find out moreThe Teaching Writing Toolkit is an intensely practical course designed for high school teachers that is structured around a series of activities, teacher takeaways and tools to help you address issues that emerge in writing in your subject.
Find out moreWith a thorough grounding in the practice, research and pedagogy of writing instruction, this course will give you the leadership skills, writing tools and thinking habits to help teachers from across the curriculum believe that writing improvement is possible – in their subject.
Find out moreThis Cornerstone online course helps teachers who are new to the Cold War build a course or those wanting to refresh their courses with a skills based approach. This course assists teachers to develop outcome and skills rich activities around the central concepts of the conflict. In taking this approach, teachers will be supported to develop coherent, well-sequenced teaching programs that lead to clearer assessment tasks.
Find out moreDecember 2020
Writing in Junior English is a 5 hour NESA endorsed course that provides a clear path of writing skills from Years 7 to 10 in English. This course will challenge your understanding of the nature of writing in the classroom and give you the tools you need to help students in Stage 4 and 5 write more effectively.
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