DIRECTORS' MESSAGE

Welcome to the June edition of TA Talk.

Thank you to the many school leaders around Australia who have taken the time to recognise a teacher aide or teacher aide team in the 2022 Australian Teacher Aide of the Year Awards. We also appreciate the many letters of support from Ministers of Education, and the Queensland Department of Education for sharing the awards information on their Facebook and media pages. As a result, we received a flood of nominations from Queensland schools. Remember that today is your last chance to submit a nomination in this year’s Awards.

With the significant changes to the cross-curriculum priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, we highly recommend that you mark our next live web event in your diaries.  On Tuesday 12 July, Clea North, a proud Aboriginal woman and descendent of the Mithaka and Gunngari people of south-west Queensland, will share practical tools and strategies to support the cultural identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. 

Last week, we had the great pleasure of meeting one of our customer service specialists, in person. Tamara who lives in Victoria, was visiting Queensland for a family celebration, and we caught up for lunch in beautiful Noosaville. If you have had the opportunity to meet Tamara virtually, or over the phone, we are sure you will agree that she is simply lovely!

It is encouraging to receive so many requests for certificates for completed professional development, and this month we uploaded 230 certificates to members’ CPD Diaries. Well done!

Lastly, we wish you a wonderful end of semester break, and look forward to catching up next term.

Warm regards

Stella and Mandy

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO NOMINATE 

We can feel the competition heating up, with a flood of nominations coming in this week. If your school hasn't yet submitted a nomination for the Australian Teacher Aide of the Year award, it's still not too late.

We are keeping the webform open until midnight tonight!!

UPCOMING EVENT

How to Support the Cultural Identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students

Tuesday 12th July 2022 @ 3:30 PM AEST

Clea North is a proud Aboriginal woman and descendent of the Mithaka and Gunngari people, and Education Consultant for Life Without Barriers.

In this upcoming web event, Clea will explore the key focus areas to support the cultural identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, and provide you with practical tools, strategies and testimonials of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in education. 

 NEW RESOURCE

A Strengths-Based Approach to Help Students Thrive

Jo Opie is an educator with 30 years experience in metropolitan, rural, and remote schools who is passionate about using positive psychology.

In this webinar, you will learn how to use students’ strengths to overcome weaknesses, and inspire others to be the best versions of themselves.

STANDARDS UPDATE

You may be aware that we reached a major milestone recently, when the national Industry Reference Group (IRG) met to ratify seven Draft Australian Standards for Paraprofessional Educators in Schools.

Currently, we are working on the career stages, and once we have a draft of these, we will publish them on our Standards page, where you can provide feedback.

Next, we will be writing the descriptors for each of the career stages and, as well as inviting schools to participate, we will be surveying our education community to make sure our work reflects  the work of paraprofessional educators in Public, Catholic and Independent schools in Australia. 

We would like to thank our Industry Reference Group for their ongoing commitment to developing the standards.  

ATA PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CHAMPION SCHOOLS

7 year Professional Learning Champion school

Congratulations to Kinross Wolaroi School celebrating their 7th continuous year of membership with ATA! This milestone reflects the commitment of the school's leaders to the professional growth of their education support team.

6 year Professional Learning Champion schools
Congratulations to the following schools celebrating their 6th continuous year of professional learning with ATA.

Kolbe Catholic College VIC

Rosella Park School QLD

5 year Professional Learning Champion schools
Congratulations to the following schools celebrating their 5th continuous year of professional learning with ATA. 

Byford Secondary College WA

Capricornia School of Distance Education QLD

Deception Bay State High School QLD

Deniliquin South Public School NSW

Georges River College Oatley ACT

Park Ridge State High School QLD

Pine Rivers Special School QLD

Robina State School QLD

Singleton Heights Public School NSW

St Mary of the Angels Primary School Guyra NSW

Wyndham Central College VIC

WELCOME TO OUR NEW SCHOOLS AND TRAINING ORGANISATIONS

NSW

Bardia Public School

Lake Illawarra High School

Merriwa Central School

St. Stanislaus' College

QLD

Bracken Ridge State High School

Gracemere State School

Kingston State College

Murphys Creek State School

Nerang State High School

St James College

Tarampa State School

Victoria Plantation State School

TAS

Edith Creek Primary School

VIC

Aintree Primary School

Casterton Secondary College

Coatesville Primary School

FCJ College Benella

Galen Catholic College

Heathmont College

Hume Anglican Grammar

Marian College Myrtleford

Mount Clear Primary School

Seaford Primary School

St Augustine's Primary School

St Bernard's College Essendon

St Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Primary School

Warragul North Primary School

Yarra Glen Primary School

WA

Como Primary School

When you purchase or renew your ATA membership, not only are you providing professional learning to your team, you are also helping to improve the health and education of children around the world.

SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS

If you are new to Australian Teacher Aide, or haven't spent much time in the member portal recently, make sure you take advantage of our user-friendly support tools:

Our User Guide provides key information for a successful professional learning experience with Australian Teacher Aide, and gives answers to the questions most commonly asked by new and existing members. Our extensive FAQs page is also a great 'ready reference'.

Our New Member Orientation provides a quick introduction and orientation around the ATA membership site. Members will learn where to find professional development resources, how to register for live webinar events and how to view and update their record of professional development.

Our Professional Development Planner is a catalogue of online professional learning resources available to Australian Teacher Aide members. It is updated monthly, and is a useful tool to select the resources that will best meet your performance and development needs, or that of your education support staff. The Activity Planner at the back of the PD Planner is a useful tool to plan and document professional learning goals.

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