Wondering how to improve teaching and learning across your school? This course will explore the benefits and importance of Learning Communities in schools and the enhanced teaching and learning that results from such teamwork. The Lesson Study Model will be explored as a means of developing teaching practice within schools. Teachers will also be taken through the Action Research model developed b More

The most important factor contributing to the teaching and learning in schools is the teacher. As teachers we are always searching for ways in which to develop the learning of our students. This course draws on the research of John Hattie to present the most effective teaching practices and how to develop them in the classroom. Teachers will be provided with a number of strategies and methods for More

How can we harness the latest technology and pedagogy to develop a music classroom fit for the 21st Century? Discover and discuss current Technology the might be applied in the Music Classroom. Discuss how current and emerging technology can influence and change the way music teachers engage with their students and attempt to help them to engage with the music curriculum. Topics to be explored More

The NSW Board of Studies Music 1 Stage 6 syllabus states.. 'improvisation is the simultaneous creation and performance of music.. The improviser draws on known information and seeks to re-order it to produce something different'. The purpose of this workshop is to provide not only 'information' and insight into how to 're-order it' but also how to use this knowledge in the classroom to produce som More

The National Association for Music Education states that, "the blues is one of America's greatest musical treasures. A roots music form that evolved out of African-American work songs, field hollers, spirituals, and country string ballads more than a century ago, the blues is the foundation of virtually every major American music form born in the 20th century, including jazz, rhythm and blues, roc More

The iPad was made for musicians and is rapidly becoming indispensable for musicians and educators at the forefront of their field. With thousands of musical apps available, how do you know which ones will help you and your students? This course will start you on the path to becoming an iPad music maestro. More