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  • Safari by the Sea

    • 31 Oct 2024
    • 09:00
    • 1 Nov 2024
    • 15:00
    • Surf Coast - various locations
    • 23
    Register


    2024 VALA Safari by the Sea



    Applied Learning on the Move!

    Community Connections


    Featuring a stellar line up of 3 outstanding applied learning programs we will visit Werribee SC, Deakin University, Newcomb P-Tech and Lorne P-12 College to get a firsthand account of their programs in action.

    Friday will include a forum/workshop during which you will learn about the passion, principles and programs underpinning their success!

    A fantastic opportunity to learn about innovative VAL program delivery including specific integrated projects. With ample time to meet other VAL educators, share stories and exchange engaging program ideas.

    Join us on this unique overnight PD experience! Limited places available, so book now!

    (registration fee includes morning tea and lunch on both days, and networking dinner on Thursday evening as well as travel on air-conditioned coach (Werribee – Lorne – Werribee)

    Program

    (subject to change without notice)

    Thursday, October 31, 2024

    9.00 AM Registration opens @ Werribee Secondary College

    Tea and coffee provided

    9.20 AM Welcome from VALA & house keeping

    9.30 AM Werribee SC Applied Learning program

    Includes morning tea.

    Narelle is known to always set the bar high for her Applied Learning students! Determined to equip the them with the skills and attitudes to be well and truly work ready, high expectations are placed on the students.

    After delivering many innovative programs at Bellarine SC, for which she received her VCAA VCAL Teacher of the Year Award in 2016, she now leads the VCE-VM and VPC programs at Werribee SC.

    Never leaving a learning opportunity go wanting, and always with the needs of the students at the forefront, the team at Werribee SC delivers a program that moves between integrated and non-integrated projects.

    11.00 AM Depart WSC on Bus to Waurn Ponds

    12.00 PM Arrive at Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus (Lunch provided)

    Informal lunch session on how to support new and PTT teachers in the VCE-VM and VPC.

    1.00 PM Bus leaves Deakin Waurn Ponds

    1.30 PM arrive at Newcomb P-Tech for information session and tour of facilities

    3.00 PM Bus departs for Lorne

    4.00 PM Arrive at Lorne, check-in to accommodation

    (cost not included in registration fee)


    5.00. – 7.00 PM.  

    Join the community @ the Fig Tree Community House for dinner and celebrate this year's project from the Lorne p-12 Applied Learning students. Be inspired by local legend Cam Nugent and well renowned activist, actor and founder of the famous Moroccan Soup Bar Hana Asafari.

    7.00 - 9.00PM

    Team building gets serious when we cross the road to the Lorne Bowls club for a friendly game of barefoot bowling (bar open).

    A fantastic opportunity to further foster lasting connections and friendships with your newly found peers from across the state. Exchange experiences and share your challenges. You’ll soon realise you’re not on your own. Always full of passion and packed with problem solving insights, one not to miss!

    Friday, November 1, 2024

    9.00 AM – 12.30 Visit Lorne P-12 College

    A unique opportunity to visit the new home of Lorne's Applied Learning program. Witness the engaging classroom and learn how and why it is set up the way it is (many past participants have incorporated this in their current classroom).

    Join Cherie on a tour of the school ground to see the results of past projects and hear the stories behind them.

    1.00 PM Collect packed lunch 

    1.15 PM Coach departs Lorne

    3.15 PM Coach arrives at Werribee Secondary College.


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  • Planning for 2025's projects….your future you will thank you!

    • 22 Nov 2024
    • 09:00 - 15:30
    • Jasper Hotel Melbourne
    • 80
    Register

    Planning your 2025 projects - your future you will thank you!

    Friday November 22 – Jasper Hotel Melbourne

    Be 2025 ready!

    Covering VCE-VM units 1, 2, 3 & 4 and VPC

    Ideas? Structure? Problem Solving? Time to sort it all out?

    This full day workshop, hosted by multiple applied learning award recipients Geoff Bird, Narelle Bean, Shelley Muir and VALA's Natalie Purves and Helene Rooks will see you combine your student's interest and aspirations, your (and your teaching team's) strengths and passions with the needs of your community, to develop a dynamic project/program that will have you 2025 ready.

    Attended this workshop late last year? This is a great opportunity to continue working on your plan, receive expert feedback on the progress you made over summer and fine tune your 2025 delivery!

    Topics covered include integrating curriculum, working with varied individual student needs, creating community partnerships, tracking student progress, assessment, templates, project timelines and project funding.

    There will be dedicated time for you to design your program/projects that allows student agency whilst meeting the Key knowledge and Key skills/ Learning Goals outlined in the curriculum designs with support from our team . 

    Projects will be shared on the day so you will walk away with MANY future ideas.

    Bring yourself (and your team) and we'll bring ours!

    Cherie Osta is an extremely committed and motivated teacher who develops meaningful and practical projects in collaboration with her students and the community. This has been acknowledged through multiple VCAA VCAL awards, including the 2017 VCAL Teacher of the Year Award and 2022 Chair’s Award. Highly regarded for her contributions to Applied learning at local, regional and state levels, Cherie is a dynamic conference presenter with over 18 years of working in applied learning at Lorne P-12 College.

    Geoff Bird was instrumental in setting up Lorne-Aireys Inlet P-12's highly regarded and multiple award-winning applied programs. A highly experienced, committed and motivated teacher and workshop presenter, Geoff is a master in demonstrating how to develop and construct meaningful and practical projects in collaboration with the community.

    Narelle Bean is an Assistant Principal at Werribee Secondary College. She was awarded the VCAA Chair’s Award for 2019 as well as the 2016 VCAA VCAL Teacher of the Year Award. Narelle has developed and shared her vast experience in, and passion for, applied learning in a number of settings at all three levels of VCAL. With over 20 years of experience in education, she is a firm believer that relationship development and experience in the workplace is integral to student success in applied learning programs.

    Shelley Muir

    Natalie Purves  - VALA Professional Learning and Development Manager



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  • Planning for 2025's projects….your future you will thank you!

    • 28 Nov 2024
    • 09:00 - 15:30
    • The Cube Wodonga
    • 86
    Register

    Planning your 2025 projects - your future you will thank you!

    Thursday November 28 – The Cube Wodonga

    Be 2025 ready!

    Covering VCE-VM units 1, 2, 3 & 4 and VPC

    Ideas? Structure? Problem Solving? Time to sort it all out?

    This full day workshop, hosted by multiple applied learning award recipients Geoff Bird, Narelle Bean, Shelley Muir and VALA's Natalie Purves and Helene Rooks will see you combine your student's interest and aspirations, your (and your teaching team's) strengths and passions with the needs of your community, to develop a dynamic project/program that will have you 2025 ready.

    Attended this workshop late last year? This is a great opportunity to continue working on your plan, receive expert feedback on the progress you made over summer and fine tune your 2025 delivery!

    Topics covered include integrating curriculum, working with varied individual student needs, creating community partnerships, tracking student progress, assessment, templates, project timelines and project funding.

    There will be dedicated time for you to design your program/projects that allows student agency whilst meeting the Key knowledge and Key skills/ Learning Goals outlined in the curriculum designs with support from our team . 

    Projects will be shared on the day so you will walk away with MANY future ideas.

    Bring yourself (and your team) and we'll bring ours!

    Cherie Osta is an extremely committed and motivated teacher who develops meaningful and practical projects in collaboration with her students and the community. This has been acknowledged through multiple VCAA VCAL awards, including the 2017 VCAL Teacher of the Year Award and 2022 Chair’s Award. Highly regarded for her contributions to Applied learning at local, regional and state levels, Cherie is a dynamic conference presenter with over 18 years of working in applied learning at Lorne P-12 College.

    Geoff Bird was instrumental in setting up Lorne-Aireys Inlet P-12's highly regarded and multiple award-winning applied programs. A highly experienced, committed and motivated teacher and workshop presenter, Geoff is a master in demonstrating how to develop and construct meaningful and practical projects in collaboration with the community.

    Narelle Bean is an Assistant Principal at Werribee Secondary College. She was awarded the VCAA Chair’s Award for 2019 as well as the 2016 VCAA VCAL Teacher of the Year Award. Narelle has developed and shared her vast experience in, and passion for, applied learning in a number of settings at all three levels of VCAL. With over 20 years of experience in education, she is a firm believer that relationship development and experience in the workplace is integral to student success in applied learning programs.

    Shelley Muir

    Natalie Purves  - VALA Professional Learning and Development Manager



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  • Planning for 2025's projects….your future you will thank you!

    • 29 Nov 2024
    • 09:00 - 15:30
    • Mercure Hotel - Ballarat
    • 82
    Register

    Planning your 2025 projects - your future you will thank you!

    Friday November 29 – Mercure Hotel - Ballarat

    Be 2025 ready!

    Covering VCE-VM units 1, 2, 3 & 4 and VPC

    Ideas? Structure? Problem Solving? Time to sort it all out?

    This full day workshop, hosted by multiple applied learning award recipients Geoff Bird, Narelle Bean, Shelley Muir and VALA's Natalie Purves and Helene Rooks will see you combine your student's interest and aspirations, your (and your teaching team's) strengths and passions with the needs of your community, to develop a dynamic project/program that will have you 2025 ready.

    Attended this workshop late last year? This is a great opportunity to continue working on your plan, receive expert feedback on the progress you made over summer and fine tune your 2025 delivery!

    Topics covered include integrating curriculum, working with varied individual student needs, creating community partnerships, tracking student progress, assessment, templates, project timelines and project funding.

    There will be dedicated time for you to design your program/projects that allows student agency whilst meeting the Key knowledge and Key skills/ Learning Goals outlined in the curriculum designs with support from our team . 

    Projects will be shared on the day so you will walk away with MANY future ideas.

    Bring yourself (and your team) and we'll bring ours!

    Cherie Osta is an extremely committed and motivated teacher who develops meaningful and practical projects in collaboration with her students and the community. This has been acknowledged through multiple VCAA VCAL awards, including the 2017 VCAL Teacher of the Year Award and 2022 Chair’s Award. Highly regarded for her contributions to Applied learning at local, regional and state levels, Cherie is a dynamic conference presenter with over 18 years of working in applied learning at Lorne P-12 College.

    Geoff Bird was instrumental in setting up Lorne-Aireys Inlet P-12's highly regarded and multiple award-winning applied programs. A highly experienced, committed and motivated teacher and workshop presenter, Geoff is a master in demonstrating how to develop and construct meaningful and practical projects in collaboration with the community.

    Narelle Bean is an Assistant Principal at Werribee Secondary College. She was awarded the VCAA Chair’s Award for 2019 as well as the 2016 VCAA VCAL Teacher of the Year Award. Narelle has developed and shared her vast experience in, and passion for, applied learning in a number of settings at all three levels of VCAL. With over 20 years of experience in education, she is a firm believer that relationship development and experience in the workplace is integral to student success in applied learning programs.

    Shelley Muir

    Natalie Purves  - VALA Professional Learning and Development Manager



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  • Planning for 2025's projects….your future you will thank you!

    • 6 Dec 2024
    • 09:00 - 15:30
    • Waurn Ponds Estate - Geelong
    • 86
    Register

    Planning your 2025 projects - your future you will thank you!

    Friday December 6 – Waurn Ponds Estate - Geelong 

    Be 2025 ready!

    Covering VCE-VM units 1, 2, 3 & 4 and VPC

    Ideas? Structure? Problem Solving? Time to sort it all out?

    This full day workshop, hosted by multiple applied learning award recipients Geoff Bird, Narelle Bean, Shelley Muir and VALA's Natalie Purves and Helene Rooks will see you combine your student's interest and aspirations, your (and your teaching team's) strengths and passions with the needs of your community, to develop a dynamic project/program that will have you 2025 ready.

    Attended this workshop late last year? This is a great opportunity to continue working on your plan, receive expert feedback on the progress you made over summer and fine tune your 2025 delivery!

    Topics covered include integrating curriculum, working with varied individual student needs, creating community partnerships, tracking student progress, assessment, templates, project timelines and project funding.

    There will be dedicated time for you to design your program/projects that allows student agency whilst meeting the Key knowledge and Key skills/ Learning Goals outlined in the curriculum designs with support from our team . 

    Projects will be shared on the day so you will walk away with MANY future ideas.

    Bring yourself (and your team) and we'll bring ours!

    Cherie Osta is an extremely committed and motivated teacher who develops meaningful and practical projects in collaboration with her students and the community. This has been acknowledged through multiple VCAA VCAL awards, including the 2017 VCAL Teacher of the Year Award and 2022 Chair’s Award. Highly regarded for her contributions to Applied learning at local, regional and state levels, Cherie is a dynamic conference presenter with over 18 years of working in applied learning at Lorne P-12 College.

    Geoff Bird was instrumental in setting up Lorne-Aireys Inlet P-12's highly regarded and multiple award-winning applied programs. A highly experienced, committed and motivated teacher and workshop presenter, Geoff is a master in demonstrating how to develop and construct meaningful and practical projects in collaboration with the community.

    Narelle Bean is an Assistant Principal at Werribee Secondary College. She was awarded the VCAA Chair’s Award for 2019 as well as the 2016 VCAA VCAL Teacher of the Year Award. Narelle has developed and shared her vast experience in, and passion for, applied learning in a number of settings at all three levels of VCAL. With over 20 years of experience in education, she is a firm believer that relationship development and experience in the workplace is integral to student success in applied learning programs.

    Shelley Muir

    Natalie Purves  - VALA Professional Learning and Development Manager



    Show details

  • Planning for 2025's projects….your future you will thank you!

    • 14 Feb 2025
    • 09:00 - 15:30
    • Jasper Hotel Melbourne
    • 85
    Register

    Planning your 2025 projects - your future you will thank you!

    Friday February 14 – Jasper Hotel Melbourne

    Be 2025 ready!

    Covering VCE-VM units 1, 2, 3 & 4 and VPC

    Ideas? Structure? Problem Solving? Time to sort it all out?

    This full day workshop, hosted by multiple applied learning award recipients Geoff Bird, Narelle Bean, Shelley Muir and VALA's Natalie Purves and Helene Rooks will see you combine your student's interest and aspirations, your (and your teaching team's) strengths and passions with the needs of your community, to develop a dynamic project/program that will have you 2025 ready.

    Attended this workshop in the past? This is a great opportunity to continue working on your plan, receive expert feedback on the progress you made over summer and fine tune your 2025 delivery!

    Topics covered include integrating curriculum, working with varied individual student needs, creating community partnerships, tracking student progress, assessment, templates, project timelines and project funding.

    There will be dedicated time for you to design your program/projects that allows student agency whilst meeting the Key knowledge and Key skills/ Learning Goals outlined in the curriculum designs with support from our team . 

    Projects will be shared on the day so you will walk away with MANY future ideas.

    Bring yourself (and your team) and we'll bring ours!

    Cherie Osta is an extremely committed and motivated teacher who develops meaningful and practical projects in collaboration with her students and the community. This has been acknowledged through multiple VCAA VCAL awards, including the 2017 VCAL Teacher of the Year Award and 2022 Chair’s Award. Highly regarded for her contributions to Applied learning at local, regional and state levels, Cherie is a dynamic conference presenter with over 18 years of working in applied learning at Lorne P-12 College.

    Geoff Bird was instrumental in setting up Lorne-Aireys Inlet P-12's highly regarded and multiple award-winning applied programs. A highly experienced, committed and motivated teacher and workshop presenter, Geoff is a master in demonstrating how to develop and construct meaningful and practical projects in collaboration with the community.

    Narelle Bean is an Assistant Principal at Werribee Secondary College. She was awarded the VCAA Chair’s Award for 2019 as well as the 2016 VCAA VCAL Teacher of the Year Award. Narelle has developed and shared her vast experience in, and passion for, applied learning in a number of settings at all three levels of VCAL. With over 20 years of experience in education, she is a firm believer that relationship development and experience in the workplace is integral to student success in applied learning programs.

    Shelley Muir

    Natalie Purves  - VALA Professional Learning and Development Manager



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