Commissioner’s Digital Challenge 2024

Competitions / /

Please see information from the Commissioner’s Office on the 2024 challenge: Commissioner’s Digital Challenge 2024 Digital skills are life skills. They’re critical to future jobs, social inclusion and a more equitable world. The Commissioner’s Digital Challenge is a free, curriculum-aligned online resource teaching children and young people about computational, design and systems thinking skills. Students can participate in […]

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Public School D&T Retraining in the News!

General, Professional Development / /

** Update ** Please see the clarification below from the Work Force Management team:Specialist Teacher Workforce Plan.  To clarify the initiatives in this new Plan and the pay-rise referenced, please refer to the below messaging: ·       The new Specialist Teacher Workforce Plan sets out approaches to identify and recognise existing specialist teachers within the Department for Education, support specialist

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DATTA SA x Inspired Education Australia – 2024 Survey

Professional Development / /

Dear DATTA SA Community, Last year we connected with Inspired Education who offered a number of fantastic live online courses for our members at significantly reduced costs. To further gain an understanding of what you prefer and are interested please fill out the 2024 Inspired Education survey below. Thank you Loading…

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Welcome to 2024!

General / /

Dear DATTA SA Community! Welcome back to the school year! As we gear up and prepare for return to a DATTA SA Conference, we’ll be in touch with the community on ways to engage including becoming part of our planning committee and presenting! A reminder that memberships are now live with the new pricing enabling

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Engineering is Elementary Workshops

Professional Development / /

Questacon, The National Science and Technology Centre in Canberra will be travelling to SA in February to deliver free STEM workshops called Engineering is Elementary (EiE). The program, developed for teachers by teachers, will build confidence and skills in inquiry and interdisciplinary learning pedagogies as well as provide the unique opportunity to connect with like-minded teachers and join

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Careers Under Construction Education Program  

Competitions, Industry, Professional Development / /

Makers Empire and CITB have a project for high schools starting in term 1 2024 that is now in its 3rd year!  The Careers Under Construction Education Program  starts from Term 1 and goes until the end of Term 2: (You can read about this year’s successful program here: https://www.makersempire.com/careers-under-construction-program-celebrates-second-year/) The fully-funded program includes: Apply here now

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New Memberships 2024!

Membership / /

DATTA SA is excited to announce a new institution membership from 2024. We have replaced the existing (and outdated) need for school leaders to pick and choose who to add to their accounts. From 2024, the new metropolitan membership is a flat $200 / year for unlimited site staff access! The new metropolitan membership replaces the previous four category memberships

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