Annual Conference 2021
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ACT Education Directorate | Faculty of Education |
proudly present the . . .
Showcasing the collaboration
between University of Canberra and the ACT Education Directorate through the
Affiliated Schools Partnership
** ENTIRELY ONLINE **
The Conference was hosted via the Affiliated Schools Network Portal.
Friday, 22 October 2021
8:30am – 4:00pm
The 'Session Details' tab below provides specific information about, and recordings of, each of the presentations.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Pre-conference |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country |
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Keynote Address |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Morning Tea Break |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Session One (i) - UC and Directorate Research Sharing |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Session One (ii) - UC and Directorate Research Sharing |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Session One (iii) - UC and Directorate Research Sharing |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | Break |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Session Two (i) - Funded Research Projects |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Session Two (ii) - Funded Research Projects |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Session Two (iii) - Funded Research Projects |
| 12:40 – 1:00 | Session Two (iv) - Funded Research Projects |
| 1:00 – 1:30 | Lunch Break |
| 1:30 – 1:50 | Session Three (i) - Teachers as Researcher Sharing - Part One |
| 1:50 – 2:10 | Session Three (ii) - Teachers as Researcher Sharing - Part One |
| 2:10 – 2:30 | Session Three (iii) - Teachers as Researcher Sharing - Part One |
| 2:30 – 2:40 | Break |
| 2:40 – 3:00 | Session Four (i) - Teachers as Researcher Sharing - Part Two |
| 3:00 – 3:20 | Session Four (ii) - Teachers as Researcher Sharing - Part Two |
| 3:20 – 3:30 | Break |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | Mentor and School Placement Awards |
| 4:00 | End of Conference |
- comprehensive session details
- recordings of all the sessions.
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Each presentation was delivered live and virtual.
Multiple 'Virtual Rooms' were used and reused throughout the day.
Participants chose the presentations they were most interested in attending,
They, and you, can now view the recordings of all the sessions.
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Before we began
Participants got comfortable, checked their equipment, looked through the program, and made their plans for this exciting day.
Student Posters
Conference attendees and you are invited to view the research posters
produced by our 4th year undergraduate pre-service teachers.
Click the button to view (opens a new tab in your browser).
Click here to view the
webpage of our 2021 Pre-service Teachers
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Welcome
This session was presented by Emily Hills and Joanne Keens.
A highlight of the session was the
Acknowledgement of Country
delivered by Tash Lillywhite, a 4th Year Pre-service Teacher and proud Wiradjuri woman.
Session One
UC and Directorate Research Sharing
There were 3 x 20 minute timeslots in this hour.
In the first timeslot there were 2 presentations.
Timeslots 2 and 3 had a single presentation in each.
See the details and recordings in the tables below.
Student Posters
You might also like to take a moment to view the research posters
produced by our 4th year undergraduate pre-service teachers.
Click the button to view (opens a new tab in your browser).
Click here to view the
webpage of our 2021 Pre-service Teachers
10:30 to 10:50
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Finding the Balance in the Mathematics Classroom: ‘Why Mathematics Must Change.’ | Sam Hardwicke | |
| The Affiliated Schools project: An example of a school - university partnership. | Chris Morrissey |
10:50 to 11:10
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Embedding Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing in Higher Education. | Ben Wilson, David Spillman, Margie Appel and Michael Davies |
11:10 to 11:30
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Enabling Pedagogies. | Alex Nagy |
Session Two
Funded Research Projects
There were 4 x 20 minute timeslots in this session.
Most timeslots had a single presentation.
One timeslots had two presentations.
See the details and recordings in these tables.
11:40 to 12:00
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Calm and Alert – Ready to Learn: A transition to preschool program created by families, Early Childhood services and schools. | Deborah Pino-Pasternak and Anna Wilkey |
12:00 to 12:20
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Building Cultural Integrity with ‘Country as Teacher’: Investigating teacher engagement with pedagogies of Indigenous knowledge and being. | David Spillman, Katharine McKinnon, Ben Wilson and Matt Stretton |
12:20 to 12:40
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| The Physical Education Physical Literacy (PEPL) Approach as a Context Specific Version of Quality Teaching for Early Childhood in ACT Government Schools. | John Williams, Dick Telford, Rohan Telford, Michael Davies and Naomi Nye | |
| Co-developing a New Approach to Media Literacy in the Attention Economy. | Rachel Cunneen and Mathieu O’Neil |
12:40 to 1:00
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Using Action Learning as a Tool for Developing Effective Personalised Learning Experiences. | Maya Gunawardena, Sitti Patahuddin and Tamsyn Terry |
Session Three
Teachers as Researcher Sharing - Part One
There were 3 x 20 minute timeslots in this hour.
There were 2 presentations running concurrently in each of the 3 timeslots.
See the details and recordings in these tables.
Student Posters
If you haven't aleady, please take a moment to view the research posters
produced by our 4th year undergraduate pre-service teachers.
Click the button to view (opens a new tab in your browser).
Click here to view the
webpage of our 2021 Pre-service Teachers
1:30 to 1:50
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| How can we, as educators, develop goal-setting strategies to support students becoming self-regulated learners? | Marc Warwick, Greg Terrell, Benjamin White, Lisa O’Halloran, Kyleigh Howell, Amelia Clay and Shyam Barr | |
| Reframing the focus and purpose of semester reporting to students from a summative to a formative model. | Victoria Margrain, Michelle Morthorpe, Claire Sandrey and Chris Morrissey |
1:50 to 2:10
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| How do we foster intentional collaboration between staff in our small group setting and the broader school staff? | Christopher Antram, Lenita Lindeman, Susan Deards, Anthea Theodoridis and Kathy Mann | |
| Defining diversity in the classroom, to be able to address sensitive topics effectively and empathetically. | Angela Wichmann, Louise Schmidtchen and Rohan Nethsinghe |
2:10 to 2:30
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Fostering authentic home-school connections. | Anupma Lall, Zoe Hayes, Max DeKievith and Margie Appel | |
| Response to Intervention: a contemporary evidence-based approach to inclusion and equity. | Tabatha Kellett, Alice Wann, Tanya Young, Adrian Wong, Barbara Drummond and Michaela Vergano |
Session Four
Teachers as Researcher Sharing - Part Two
There were 2 x 20 minute timeslots in this session.
There were 2 presentations running concurrently in both timeslots.
See the details and recordings in these tables.
2:40 to 3:00
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Strengthening reading: Using documentation of reading behaviours to make precise and evidence-informed decisions to improve reading growth. | Kelly Booker, Emma Davidson, Nicky Smith, Emily Tanner, Hayley Gray and Emily Ashcroft | |
| Improving writing: growing students' concept of themselves as text creators. | Louise Coombes, Sergine Zeferino, Sue Corrigan, Faith Bentley, Hannah Lutze, Anne Westerman and Sally Rule |
3:00 to 3:20
| Title | Presenter(s) | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Getting it ‘write’ Extending pedagogies that support the writing skills of students with EAL(D) backgrounds to all students K-4. Exploring the impacts of a writing intervention on student self-efficacy as it relates to writing. | Anna Thorpe, Lisa Riepon, Michelle Ashworth, Andrew Buesnel and David Paterson | |
| Building professional knowledge and understanding with discipline-based literacy to improve writing instruction. | Carol Ellis, Ben Williams, Wendy Chen, Cathryn Emerson, Emily Fisher, Ray Power-James, Gavin Govan, Lucy Hayes, Faith Omufila and Emily Hills |
2021 Mentor and School Placement Awards
The contributions of mentors and schools to the professional development of our pre-service teachers were acknowledged and celebrated via this virtual award ceremony.
Enjoy the excitement of the Annual Mentor and School Placement Awards by watching the recording of this event.
Student Posters
One last reminder to view the research posters
produced by our 4th year undergraduate pre-service teachers.
Click the button to view (opens a new tab in your browser).
Click here to view the
webpage of our 2021 Pre-service Teachers
| Time / Session | Presentation | Presenters and Email Addressses |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country | Tash Lillywhite Emily Hills Joanne Keens |
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Keynote Address | Associate Professor Iain Hay |
10:30 – 11:30 Session One UC and Directorate | Finding the Balance in the Mathematics Classroom ‘Why Mathematics Must Change.’ | Sam Hardwicke |
| The Affiliated Schools project: An example of a school - university partnership | Chris Morrissey | |
| Embedding Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing in Higher Education | Ben Wilson David Spillman Margie Appel Michael Davies | |
| Enabling Pedagogies | Alex Nagy | |
11:40 – 1:00 Session Two Funded Research Projects | Calm and Alert – Ready to Learn: A transition to preschool program created by families, Early Childhood services and schools | Deborah Pino-Pasternak Anna Wilkey |
| Building Cultural Integrity with ‘Country as Teacher’: Investigating teacher engagement with pedagogies of Indigenous knowledge and being | David Spillman Katharine McKinnon Ben Wilson Matt Stretton | |
| The Physical Education Physical Literacy (PEPL) Approach as a Context Specific Version of Quality Teaching for Early Childhood in ACT Government Schools | John Williams Dick Telford Rohan Telford Michael Davies Naomi Nye | |
| Co-developing a New Approach to Media Literacy in the Attention Economy | Rachel Cunneen Mathieu O’Neil | |
| Using Action Learning as a Tool for Developing Effective Personalised Learning Experiences | Maya Gunawardena Sitti Patahuddin Tamsyn Terry | |
1:30 – 2:30 Session Three Teachers as Researcher | How can we, as educators, develop goal-setting strategies to support students becoming self-regulated learners? | Marc Warwick Greg Terrell Benjamin White Lisa O’Halloran Kyleigh Howell Amelia Clay Shyam Barr |
| Reframing the focus and purpose of semester reporting to students from a summative to a formative model. | Victoria Margrain Michelle Morthorpe Claire Sandrey Chris Morrissey | |
| How do we foster intentional collaboration between staff in our small group setting and the broader school staff? | Christopher Antram Lenita Lindeman Susan Deards Anthea Theodoridis Kathy Mann | |
| Defining diversity in the classroom, to be able to address sensitive topics effectively and empathetically. | Angela Wichmann Louise Schmidtchen Rohan Nethsinghe | |
| Fostering authentic home-school connections | Anupma Lall Zoe Hayes Max DeKievith Margie Appel | |
| Response to Intervention: a contemporary evidence-based approach to inclusion and equity | Tabatha Kellett Alice Wann Tanya Young Adrian Wong Barbara Drummond Michaela Vergano | |
2:40 – 3:20 Session Four Teachers as Researcher | Strengthening reading: Using documentation of reading behaviours to make precise and evidence-informed decisions to improve reading growth | Kelly Booker Emma Davidson Nicky Smith Emily Tanner Hayley Gray Emily Ashcroft |
| Improving writing: growing students' concept of themselves as text creators. | Louise Coombes Sergine Zeferino Sue Corrigan Faith Bentley Hannah Lutze Anne Westerman Sally Rule | |
|
Getting it ‘write’ Extending pedagogies that support the writing skills of students with EAL(D) backgrounds to all students K-4. Exploring the impacts of a writing intervention on student self-efficacy as it relates to writing | Anna Thorpe Lisa Riepon Michelle Ashworth Andrew Buesnel David Paterson | |
| Building professional knowledge and understanding with discipline-based literacy to improve writing instruction | Carol Ellis Ben Williams Wendy Chen Cathryn Emerson Emily Fisher Ray Power-James Gavin Govan Lucy Hayes Faith Omufila Emily Hills | |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | Mentor and School Placement Awards |
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