Professional Learning Opportunities and Musical Futures Australia

Twilight Seminar

Date:    Wednesday 19 August 2015

Time:   5:00pm – 6:00pm

About the session

Musical Futures is an engaging approach to learning music in the school classroom.  Its purpose is to harness the enthusiasm students have for music out of school and bring that enthusiasm into to the classroom and make it available to every student.

Music Futures Australia will provide an overview and demonstration of Musical Futures:

·       Student Performance Footscray West Primary School and teachers Steve Sajkowsky and Maddie Owen

·       The classroom context and the approach utilising informal learning/non-formal teaching

·       A principal’s perspective - Brendan Millar, Footscray West Primary School

·       How Musical Futures links to curriculum - Helen Champion VCAA

·       Evaluated Outcomes from Musical Futures in Victoria - Assoc. Prof Dr. Neryl Jeanerette, The University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education

·       The rollout of Professional Learning across Victoria. 

Cost: Free

Registration:

Attending the seminar at Bastow register at:

http://musicalfutures.eventbrite.com

or 

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/professional-learning-opportunities-and-musical-futures-australia-tickets-17705200732

To participate via videoconference, Polycom:
please email: music.education@edumail.vic.gov.au

Venue:

Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership
603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne

Information on how to get to Bastow:

http://www.bastow.vic.edu.au/about-us/contact-us

There is no all-day street parking available near Bastow

Quality music education for all – Richard Gill OAM

Twilight Seminar  Date:      Thursday 6 August 2015 Time:      5:00pm – 6:00pm

Issue #005 | August 2015

Principals are encouraged to attend with their music teacher if possible.  Principals without a music program are strongly encouraged to attend.

About the session

All Australian primary school students need access to high quality music education. To achieve this goal we must better equip our generalist classroom teachers in the teaching of music.

There is now abundant evidence to show the positive impact that high quality music education has on student learning and performance.

The National Music Teacher Mentorship Program, aimed at improving the quality of music teaching in Australian primary classrooms, pairs experienced music educators with generalist classroom teachers in a mentoring environment.

The Commonwealth Government has provided funding for the Program to be piloted in a number of state and territories until mid-2017. The Program is currently being implemented in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia with the support of their respective departments of education with more states and territories coming on board in 2016.

The Program supports mentors by providing a two-day Master Class, attendance at which is a pre-requisite for becoming a mentor in the Program. During the Master Class mentors gain a good understanding of the fundamentals of mentoring and share simple strategies, practices and resources for engaging students in quality music education.

The effectiveness of the Program is being evaluated by the University of Queensland under the leadership of Professor Margaret Barrett.

Further details

Cost: Free

Registration:

Attending the seminar at Bastow register at:

http://qualitymusicforall.eventbrite.com

To participate via videoconference, Polycom:
please email: music.education@edumail.vic.gov.au

Venue:

Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership
603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne

Information on how to get to Bastow:

http://www.bastow.vic.edu.au/about-us/contact-us

There is no all-day street parking available near Bastow.

Upcoming Seminars

Wednesday 19 August

‘Professional learning opportunities and Musical Futures’ – Presented by Musical Futures Australia