THE WAY (Term 2 Week 6 - 30 May 2022)
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A Celebration of St Joseph’s Work in Action
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FOR INFORMATION
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LEAD 2022
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Online Assessment and Data Literacy Courses
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Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher Accreditation Policy (HALT policy (2022))
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2022 CSSA Trial HSC Examinations: Expressions of Interest for Convenors
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Free TAFE Short Courses
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Positions Vacant
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A special combined school celebration for the Feast of St Joseph was held between the school communities of St Joseph’s Primary School, Coraki, and St Joseph’s Primary School, Alstonville. (19 March 2022)
Through adversity and sadness, the school communities of St Joseph’s Primary School, Coraki, and St Joseph’s Primary School, Alstonville, came together in a celebration of healing in a special combined school celebration of the Feast Day of St Joseph.
For a number of weeks following the recent flooding, the community of St Joseph’s Primary School, Alstonville, warmly welcomed the students from St Joseph’s Primary School, Coraki, while their school was inaccessible. The fantastic staff and students of Alstonville showed strength and compassion toward their guests by organising school bags for students, care packs for staff, setting up learning spaces and providing delicious food and snacks to over 50 students and staff.
‘When we work together, we can achieve a great deal. These weeks were a living example of Jesus in action,’ said Principal Therese Seymour.
Families joined in celebrating the Feast Day of St Joseph with a shared Mass led by Fr Max Gow, who engaged both communities with a wonderful homily. The hall was filled with the delightful singing of students that made the Mass more beautiful and meaningful - followed by shared activities and a surprise visit from the Australian Defence Force (ADF), who had been helping with the cleanup effort in Coraki.
The students relished the opportunity to explore the ADF Bushmaster truck and learn how they changed the 200kg tyre.
‘We all enjoyed listening to the stories about the places that they have toured,’ said Stage 3 student Eric.
The students were thrilled to be able to spend time with one of the ADF members in a small group and ask questions about their experiences.
‘They even gave us some sports equipment which was really nice as we didn’t have any equipment left at school,’ said Stage 3 student Ruby.
St Joseph’s Primary School, Alstonville, showed remarkable generosity toward their guests, especially the students who took it upon themselves to engage and welcome the Coraki students by inviting them to games on the playground or by simply sitting with them take to make the school day special.
The annual LEAD Conference for Year 11 and 12 Youth Ministry Students was held at McAuley Catholic College, Grafton on 19-20 May. Over 170 participants keen to be part of their respective school Senior Ministry Teams were engaged with festival activities, workshops, keynote speakers, peer-to-peer testimony, praise and worship, prayer, Eucharistic Adoration and Mass. LEAD is facilitated by Catholic Schools Office Mission Services and engages clergy, the Wildfire worship team, Youth Ministry Officers, school staff and YMO alumni. The excitement, atmosphere, depth and energy of the program has been captured beautifully in this short video.
CSNSW has sponsored teachers in rural and regional Catholic schools to complete the first module on Modern Assessment Theory or the first module on Data Literacy through Sydney University's Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA).
The modules are facilitated by Prof. Jim Tognalini who is internationally recognised in the field of assessment. Both modules are self-paced online units and offer Accredited NESA PD hours.
- Assessment Module 1 - Modern assessment theory including standards referencing - 6 hours NESA PD
- Data Literacy Module 1 - Data types and sources, and conceptualising a framework for Data Literacy - 4 hours NESA PD
A PDF flyer is attached with more details on these modules.
NB There is no release provided to complete these modules.
To access these modules please follow the 2-step process outlined here.
- STEP 1: Access the CSNSW Professional Learning Dashboard click here.
- STEP 2: Register for the course by clicking here.
NB If you have never accessed the platform before you will need to follow both steps above. If you have accessed the platform before you can simply click on step 2.
If you have any questions, please contact Kurt Challinor - Mobile: 0417661057
The CSSA provides teachers and students in schools throughout New South Wales, ACT and internationally with high quality Trial HSC Examinations that will provide a sound basis for their preparation for the HSC examinations later in the year.
The CSSA Trial HSC Examinations are prepared by committees of practising teachers, university lecturers and education consultants in a variety of HSC courses.
The Head of CSSA Exams is seeking expressions of interest for the following positions:
Convenor for the following 2023 CSSA Trial HSC Examinations:
- Chemistry
- Physics
Access the letter regarding the Expression of Interest requirements for the roles with the CSSA and the application process here:
2023 CSSA TRIAL HSC EXAMINATIONS EOI – Convenor, Chemistry & Physics
Interested applicants are asked to send a Cover Letter and current Curriculum Vitae to Monica O’Brien, Head CSSA Exams, at cssa.exams@csnsw.catholic.edu.au by 9.00am Monday, 13 June 2022.
TAFE are offering short courses that are free. These courses provide successful students Statements of Attainment. The only requirement is that you have left school and are an Australian citizen.
Further details are on the website. Enrolments commence as early as next week. Units range from critical thinking to creative photography, building a website to cyber security.
Information on employment opportunities within the Diocese of Lismore is available via Positions Vacant.
Existing staff should apply through the Internal Positions Vacant page on the intranet; select School Services, then Recruitment and Positions Vacant – internal site.
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE
- WHS Officer
SCHOOLS
- Principal: Newman Senior Technical College, Port Macquarie
- Acting Assistant Principal - Learning & Teaching: St Joseph's Primary School, Alstonville
- Assistant Principal - Learning & Teaching: St James' Primary School, Banora Point
OTHER DIOCESE
- Principal Catholic Identify Officer - Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
- Deputy Director - Catholic Schools Office Armidale
- Executive Leader - Catholic Education Diocese of Port Pirie (Information Pack)