Seminar Program 2009

 

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Leadership | Teachers | Beginning Teachers | School Officers/Assistants | Focus on the Profession

Leadership

The Psychology of Achievement - the Power to Create Change

This seminar is developed by Dr Trinidad Hunt and will focus on the latest information from the fields of neuroscience, psychology and cognition.
As a school leader, the implications of this new research fundamentally change the rules for almost everything we do from working with our professional teams to educating our students.
Throughout the seminar you will discover how to apply this information to aligning the energies of your team, raising performance levels, and more powerfully, engaging your students.
Through interactive discussion, group work, and activities the seminar will cover:

• What is a mental map and how do you change it
• The power of your intention and how to use it
• The power of insight and how to inspire others
• The five-step process that delivers high-level change

Date: Thursday 4 June
Time: 9:30-4:00
Code: PD94
Venue: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank
Cost: $100 for VIEU members / $200 for non-members

High Performance Leadership - unlocking the keys of emotional and social literacy

Dr Hunt will highlight the difference between mediocre and great leadership, focusing on the importance of one's emotional and social competencies.  She will demonstrate the leveraging power of relationship to create organisational success.  Dr Hunt will also focus on the latest neurological and social research to define the new domain of leadership where influence and inspiration bond the leadership team.  Participants will be provided with action steps to help them galvanise their team and move them to action.
This seminar will build on the earlier seminars presented by Dr Trinidad Hunt focusing on the IQ, EQ, SQ model. This model focuses on the need for a fully functioning, well-rounded leader to have mental acuity [IQ], emotional stamina (EQ] and the ability to develop long term healthy social relationships [SQ].

Date: Wednesday 5 August
Time: 9:30-4:00
Code: PD97
Venue: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank
Cost: $100 for VIEU members / $200 for non-members

ARM - Aiming for Excellence

This seminar is designed to assist principals and senior staff responsible for staff reviews. Different staff review models will be explored. Training will incorporate giving positive feedback and addressing difficult issues with staff. Strategies for recording information and keeping track of the review process will be provided and ideas to assist staff to develop their own professional action plans will be discussed.

Date: Tuesday 18 August
Time: 9:30-4.00
Code: PD99
Venue: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank
Cost: $50 for VIEU members / $100 for non-members

Contemporary Legal Issues: Family Law and the School / Laywers and Educators working together to protect school communities from abuse of the internet

This seminar will focus on two legal issues of enormous importance to schools. It will be presented by expert lawyers in their fields.
The first half of the day will focus on Family Law and the School examining practical problems and the related legal issues encountered by teachers and school administrators when dealing with the children of parents who have separated [or never married/cohabitated]. The types of issues covered will include:

• What do court orders mean?
• Do they bind the school?
• Should the school have a copy?
• Consent to enrolment?
• Consent to excursions, medical treatment, contact sport, religious instruction, educational assessment, school counselling or academic subject choice
• Should staff [teaching or non-teaching) swear affidavits?
• What obligations are imposed by a subpoena?
• Who is liable to meet independent school fees?

The second half of the day will focus on the need to protect schools, teachers and students from YouTube and other websites that malign them. This seminar will cover matters including:

• Privacy Law
• The regulation of online content
• Defining whether material on line is legal
• Can someone commit a crime by posting material on the internet?
• The right of the school, staff or students to sue
• Strategies to deal with the use of internet sites within the school will be considered.

Date: Thursday 29 October   
Time: 9:30 - 4:00
Code: PD916   
Venue: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank
Cost: $100 for VIEU members  /  $200 for non-members

Teachers

Maximising Your Effectiveness as a Teacher - IQ, EQ, SQ

Dr Trinidad Hunt will present this innovative and contemporary seminar linking the IQ/EQ/SQ model to maximising your effectiveness in the classroom. The importance of teachers having mental acuity [IQ], emotional stamina (EQ) and the ability to develop long-term, healthy social relationships (SQ] is critical. These three qualities promote resilience, wellbeing, improve relationships and optimise personal development.
This seminar will focus on maximising your effectiveness as a teacher and includes practical a
ctivities and examples of curriculum materials for use in the classroom. Participants will find the resources provided in this session invaluable for ongoing use within the classroom and the broader school community.

Date:
Tuesday 2 June [Melbourne] - Code: PD92
Tuesday 4 August - Code: PD96
Time: 9:30-4:00
Venue:
Melb: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank    Regional: To be advised
Cost: $50 for VIEU members    $100 for non-members

Beginning Teachers

Whole Person Learning - Balancing Intellect with Emotional and Social Intelligence

Research indicates that IQ is traditionally the most accepted indicator of one's potential to succeed. However, IQ only contributes a small percentage to the factors that influence and define individual achievement and satisfaction. On a larger scale, factors related to EQ - Emotional Quality and SQ - Social Skills Quality, are crucial to the development of the whole person and success.
Emotional and social intelligence have an impact on every area of life: health, learning, behaviour and relationships. Teaching students to understand, manage and productively express their emotional and social intelligence pays big dividends in all areas of their lives. This seminar will introduce participants to the concepts of IQ, EQ, SQ and how helping students and teachers to balance these areas can help promote a whole person/whole school approach to learning.

Date: Wednesday 3 June
Time: 9:30 - 4:00  
Code: PD93
Venue: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank
Cost: $50 for VIEU members  /  $100 for non-members

School Officers / School Assistants

Working with Students with Special Needs

This seminar will focus on the ways in which school officers/assistants can effectively support students with disabilities in the classroom.  It will examine how to encourage independence in learning, motivation of poor learners and the development of confidence and capability in students.
Please note that this seminar is the same as that delivered in 2008 and is repeated due to popular demand.

Date: Tuesday 17 March   
Time: 1.00 - 4.00   
Code: PD91
Venue: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank
Cost: $25 for VIEU members  /  $50 for non-members

The Power of Influence - how to communicate in the most challenging situations

Trinidad Hunt will present this innovative training, enabling participants to discover their communication style and learn to adapt to the style of others. This training will build on the communication seminar Dr Hunt presented in 2008.
Dr Hunt will focus on knowing your audience. By studying the key communication styles and learning the behaviours of the high level 'influenced in your workplace or social situation, you will make a tangible improvement in your results with people. In this seminar you will discover how to turn a dispute into a discussion and an argument into an agreement.
The training will include:

• What is your communication style?
• When and how does your style clash with others?
• How to sooth and settle yourself and others;
• How to build rapport.

Date: Thursday 6 August   
Time: 9.30 - 4.00   
Code: PD98
Venue: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank
Cost: $50 for VIEU members  /  $100 for non-members

Behavioural Management

Most School Officers/Assistants have regular contact with students. Whether this contact occurs in the classroom, library, laboratory or front office, student behaviour can create challenges for us all.
This training will focus on how to manage the behaviour of students, whilst providing strategies on how
to optimise the ongoing relationships with students in your care.

Date: Wednesday 21 October   
Time: 1.00 - 4.00   
Code: PD915
Venue: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank
Cost: $25 for VIEU Members    $50 for non-members

Focus on the Profession

Managing Your Career / CV Writing and Interview Skills

This training provides you with information and skill development to enable you to plan, enjoy and control your career.
This seminar is aimed at all staff in schools and student teachers. It will include information on careers and work, networking, CV writing and interview skills. Please note that places are strictly limited.

Dates:
Monday 29 June (PD95)
Monday 21 September (PD910)
Time: 9.30-4.00
Cost: $25 for VIEU members / $100 for non-members
Venue: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank

Student Teachers - Know Your rights / Meet and Greet with Principals

This training is aimed at meeting the needs of final year student teachers. A VIEU officer will provide participants with an overview of your rights in the workplace, including a discussion on wages and conditions of work.
Participants will then be provided with an invaluable opportunity to meet with and hear directly from principals and other leaders in Catholic and Independent schools. Principals will discuss what they look for when appointing beginning teachers, and students will have an opportunity to ask questions about how they can optimise their opportunity of successfully gaining employment in the non-government sector. An opportunity to talk informally with principals and other school leaders will also be provided.

Date: Tuesday 22 September   
Time: 2:00 - 5:00   
Code: PD911
Venue: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank
Cost: Free for VIEU members; non-members can join on the day (Student membership is free)

Parental Leave Workshops

For members about to take parental leave, who are on parental leave or about to return to work after parental leave, these workshops will answer your questions about your rights and entitlements in relation to parental leave and returning to work. Best practice family-friendly workplaces will be discussed and practical advice provided.  Identical sessions will be held in the morning and the afternoon.
Please note that these forums are free for VIEU members. A cost of $50.00 is applicable for non-members.

Date: Thursday 24 September [Melbourne]
Time: 10:00 -12:00 [AM session]  - (PD912) 2:00-4:00 [PM session] - (PD913)
Venue: FEU Conference Centre, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank
Cost: Free for VIEU members, $50 non-members

Date: Thursday 1 October
Time: tbc
Code: PD914
Venue: tbc
Cost  Free for VIEU members, $50 non-members

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