Devising for Secondary Teachers – applications

Locality: Bankstown
Region: Metro, Metro South and West, Regional North and West
Teachers
Event Application Teacher professional learning Workshop Drama
Tags: Teacher professional development (PD)

Dates

Applications opening: Mon 10 Feb 2025
Applications closing: Fri 2 May 2025

This course is an excellent opportunity for you to develop high-level skills in making performance works, engaging in creative practices and exploring dramatic contexts for secondary students. You will gain practical insight, knowledge and skills applicable to a wide range of school contexts and you will be equipped with teaching strategies and program scaffolds to take back to the classroom.

About the workshop

Sessions will focus on:

  • Engaging students through movement, music, and drama
  • Creating performances from a range of stimulus material
  • Managing collaborative learning experiences and group work
  • Using non-verbal communication focusing on empowering and teaching students through performance, movement, and gesture
  • Using student experiences to create devised documentary drama performances

This course is suitable for teachers and support staff and is open to teachers from both government and non-government schools.

Workshop information 

  • The program is a 1 day teacher professional learning workshop​​​​​​
  • Date: Term 2 Week 5, Tuesday 27 May 2025
    Time: 9 am – 3 pm 
  • Venue: Bankstown Arts Centre - Studio 1

Program fees

  • This program is free for 1 teacher per participating school for the Multicultural Storytelling Program 
  • $200 for all other government teachers attending the professional learning.
  • $300 for non government teachers.

Application process

  1. Complete this online application form, including all your students' details and contact teacher information.
  2. Read the information package  Devising for Secondary Teachers Information Package (DOCX 2.62 MB)

Payment

  • Government teachers will need to enter school details including school code and SAM contacts. The amount will be transferred from your school to the Arts Unit.
  • Non-government teachers will need to pay via the Arts Unit payment portal for teachers.
  • Government teachers can choose to pay via the Arts Unit payment portal for teachers and use a credit card. The Arts Unit will not debit the school in this case.

To use the payment portal

  1. Go to the payment portal.
  2. Select Arts Initiatives from the program drop down.
  3. Then select 'Devising for Secondary Teachers' and the non-government fee of $300 and government fee of $200 should come up.

Contact

For more information contact Ashley Napoleoni at artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au.​​​​​

All Arts Units programs are inclusive. If your students require support to participate in the Secondary Aboriginal Dance Workshop, please email artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au so we can assist.

Enquiries

The Arts Initiatives team
The Arts Unit
Phone
02 8512 1190

Apply for the workshop

Privacy notice

The information requested in this note is being collected by the NSW Department of Education. The department will use the information in connection with your participation in this event for the administration and coordination of the event.

 All personal information will be held securely and disposed of securely when no longer needed.

You have the right to access and correct the information you provide in this note. If you wish to do so, please contact The Arts Unit on 02 8512 1100 Locked Bag 1500, Petersham NSW 2049 

School information

Are you from government or non-government school?
School address (non-government)

Teacher professional learning

Attending teacher contact

Attending teacher contact
Attending teacher mobile number
Attending teacher position

Second attending teacher contact

Second attending teacher contact
Second attending teacher mobile number
Second attending teacher position

Third attending teacher contact

Third attending teacher contact
Third attending teacher mobile number
Third attending teacher position
If there are more than 3 teachers attending the TPL please email their contact details and dietary requirements to artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au.

Principal information

Principal name

Principal endorsement

The principal supports the schools involvements in this workshop.

Permissions

Payment

The following information is to support efficient payment organisation.
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I understand that the school will be charged the above fee for participation in the NSW Public Schools Devising for Secondary Teachers Fees are processed as a direct debit via an Intercompany Journal (previously Sundry Tax) after the first session.
The SAM details are collected to support efficient payment organisation.

Payment

Please use the Arts Unit payment portal to pay for each teacher attending the workshop.

The Arts Unit payment portal for teachers