The Statewide Vision Resource Centre
PD program - offers a reasonably priced annual program of Professional
Development activities which is open to Visiting Teachers, class and subject
teachers, integration teachers and aides, parents, students and members of
the wider community.
Please note: We add new events to our professional development calendar
throughout the year - watch the front page of The Bulletin
for dates.
Term |
Professional Development Event
2009 |
Date |
Download Flier |
1 |
VCE Forum – conducted by Blind Citizens Australia 10.00am-12.30pm followed by a light lunch BrailleNote for New Users Workshop 1.00pm-3.00pm BYO BrailleNote if possible! |
Thursday 29 January |
|
1 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers and
Aides |
Friday 30 January |
|
1 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers, Aides,
Students etc BYO laptop / No lunch provided 1. UEB Braille Maths Code and Maths Layout – 10.00am to 12.30pm Lea Nagel & Maria Elford 2. Setting up the Computer for Low Vision Users – 1.30pm to 3.00pm Lyn Robinson, SVRC |
Friday 6 February |
|
1 |
Visiting Teachers Day | Monday 9 February |
|
1 |
New Visiting Teacher – Orientation Day | Tuesday 10 February |
|
1 |
Educational Support for Blind Students This day is designed for class and subject teachers, integration teachers and aides, therapists, parents/care-givers and visiting teachers who support students who utilize braille |
Friday 20 February |
|
1 |
Optelec Product Launch Hands-on with ClearView+, ClearNote, FarView, BC640 etc |
Monday 23 February |
|
1 |
Educational Support for Students with Low Vision – Prep
to Year 8 This day is designed for class and subject teachers, integration teachers and aides, therapists, parents/care-givers and visiting teachers who support students who have low vision (maximum participants: 65) |
Monday 2 March |
|
1 |
Educational Support for Students with Low Vision – Secondary
Students This day is designed for class and subject teachers, integration teachers and aides, therapists, parents/care-givers and visiting teachers who support secondary students who have low vision (maximum participants: 60) |
Friday 20 March |
|
1 |
Dot Power for Kinder and Prep Braille Readers | Monday 30 March |
|
2 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers, Aides,
Students etc |
Wednesday 29 April |
|
2 |
Round Table Conference - Melbourne |
April |
|
2 |
Educational Support for Vision Impaired Students with Additional
Impairments This day is designed for teachers, aides, therapists, parents/care-givers and visiting teachers who support vision impaired students who have additional impairments (maximum participants: 60) |
Monday 1 May |
|
2 |
Education Week Activity - “Louis Day” (in celebration of the 200 year anniversary of Louis Braille) | May |
|
2 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers, Aides,
Students etc BYO laptop / no lunch provided 1. WindowEyes – 10.00am to 11.30am Ramona Mandy, Humanware 2. MAGic – 11.45am to 1.15pm Trevor Boyd, Quantum Technology 3. Introduction to the SVRC 'Tool Kit' – 1.30pm to 3.00pm Lyn Robinson, SVRC |
Wednesday 13 May |
|
2 |
Term 2 Visiting Teacher Professional Development Day | Tuesday 19 May |
|
2 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers, Aides,
Students etc |
Thursday 28 May |
|
2 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers, Aides,
Students etc |
Thursday 18 June |
|
2 |
Dot Power for Kinder and Prep Braille Readers | Monday 22 June |
|
3 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers, Aides,
Students etc |
Wednesday 22 July |
|
3 |
Including Students who are Blind or have Low Vision in Physical Education Programs - Presented by Vision Australia and the Statewide Vision Resource Center, this is a hands-on workshop for PE teachers, VTs and any other interested school staff | Friday 14 August |
|
3 |
Louis Braille Day (Literacy Numeracy Week Activity) - for students with vision impairments, a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille - contact us for details | Monday 7 September |
|
3 |
Term 3 Visiting Teacher Professional Development Day | Friday 28 August |
|
4 |
SPEVI Day - Professional Development Day for those supporting students with vision impairments - teachers, aides, therapists, parents etc | Monday 5 October |
Program coming soon |
4 |
Educational EXPO – Access Technology Options This day is suitable for teachers, aides, therapists, parents/care-givers, visiting teachers, STUDENTS and members of the wider community |
Friday 27 November |
All welcome! |
4 |
SVRC Christmas Morning Tea | Wednesday 2 December |
All welcome! |
4 |
Transition to DEECD Educational Support for Blind Students | Friday 4 December |
|
4 |
Dot Power for 2010 Kinder and Prep Braille Readers and their Teachers, Aides and Parents | 7 & 8 December |
Term |
Professional Development Event
2010 |
Date |
Download Flier |
1 |
Pupil-Free Day Workshop (BYO lunch) "Spend Time in the Braille Department" – here's an opportunity for Integration Aides to work along-side the SVRC Braille Transcribers to learn to produce worksheets and tactile materials for brailling students or to brush up their skills using: Perkins or Mountbatten, Duxbury, PictureBraille, PIAF etc. 9.30am to 2.30pm |
Thursday 28 January |
Program coming soon |
1 |
Pupil-Free Day Workshop for Visiting Teachers
(BYO lunch) |
Friday 29 January |
Program coming soon |
1 |
New Visiting Teacher – Orientation Day – 9.30am to 3.00pm | Monday 1 February |
|
1 |
Educational Support for Blind Students This day is designed for class and subject teachers, integration teachers and aides, therapists, parents/care-givers and visiting teachers who support students who utilize braille |
Tuesday 16 February |
|
1 |
Which Product for Me: Low Vision – Software
and hardware options described and discussed (BYO lunch) 10.00am to 12.00 Trevor Boyd, Quantum Technology (OpenBook, WYNN, Sara, Solo, ZoomText etc) 1.00pm to 3.00pm Phil Hazell, Humanware (SmartView, MyReader, PocketViewer etc) |
Wednesday 17 February |
|
1 |
Visiting Teachers Day | Monday 22 February |
|
1 |
Educational Support for Students with Low Vision – Prep
to Year 5 This day is designed for class and subject teachers, integration teachers and aides, therapists, parents/care-givers and visiting teachers who support students who have low vision (maximum participants: 60) |
Monday 1 March |
|
1 |
Educational Support for Students with Low Vision – Year
6 to Year 12 This day is designed for class and subject teachers, integration teachers and aides, therapists, parents/care-givers and visiting teachers who support secondary students who have low vision (maximum participants: 60) |
Monday 15 March |
|
1 |
Which Product for Me: Braille/Speech – Software
and hardware options described and discussed (BYO lunch) 10.00am to 12.00 Trevor Boyd & Danny Keogh, Quantum Technology (Duxbury, JAWS, PACMate, Mountbatten etc) 1.00pm to 3.00pm Ramona Mandy, Humanware (ScannaR, BrailleNote, WindowEyes etc) |
Tuesday 16 March |
|
2 |
Round Table Conference - Auckland, New Zealand |
April |
|
2 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers,
Aides, Students etc (BYO lunch) |
Wednesday 21 April |
Program coming soon |
2 |
Education Week Activity |
TBA |
|
2 |
Educational Support for Vision Impaired Students with Additional
Impairments This day is designed for teachers, aides, therapists, parents/care-givers and visiting teachers who support vision impaired students who have additional impairments (maximum participants: 60) |
Monday 3 May |
|
2 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers, Aides,
Students etc BYO laptop / BYO lunch 1. Set Up the Computer for Low Vision Users – 10.00am to 11.30am Lyn Robinson, SVRC (BYO laptop) 2. ZoomText – 12.00 to 1.30pm Trevor Boyd, Quantum Technology (BYO laptop) 3. TBC – 2.00pm to 3.30pm |
Tuesday 11 May |
Program coming soon |
2 |
Term 2 Visiting Teacher Professional Development Day | Wednesday 19 May |
|
2 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers,
Aides, Students etc |
Tuesday 1 June |
Program coming soon |
2 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers,
Aides, Students etc |
Wednesday 21 July |
Program coming soon |
3 |
25th National Braille Music Camp - NSW | 26 June to 3 July |
|
3 |
Skill Power Workshops for Visiting Teachers, Teachers,
Aides, Students etc |
Tuesdy 10 August |
Program coming soon |
3 |
Literacy Numeracy Week Activity | September |
|
3 |
Term 3 Visiting Teacher Professional Development Day | Tuesday 24 August |
|
4 |
SPEVI Day - Professional Development Day for those supporting students with vision impairments - teachers, aides, therapists, parents etc | Monday 4 October |
|
4 |
Educational EXPO – Access Technology Options This day is suitable for teachers, aides, therapists, parents/care-givers, visiting teachers, STUDENTS and members of the wider community |
Friday 26 November |
All welcome! |
4 |
SVRC Christmas Morning Tea | Wednesday 1 December |
All welcome! |
For further information about the Professional Development Program, please contact Deb Lewis.