AITSL Mail - May 2023 edition
Australian Institute for Teaching & School Leadership (AITSL)
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In this edition of AITSL Mail, read about the?HALT Summit 2023 , the biggest event on the annual calendar for our organisation. Find out more about HALT certification and hear first-hand the experience of becoming a HALT via our?Q&A?series .
AITSL CEO Mark Grant shares his perspective on the opportunities and challenges?Artificial Intelligence (AI) ?poses to the education landscape. Plus,?get?prepared for National Reconciliation Week (NRW) with supporting resources that enhance your reconciliation teaching practice.
HALT Summit 2023
Our biggest HALT Summit to date saw more than 400 expert teachers from across Australia come together in person and online to discuss issues in education, improve their practice and enhance their expertise.
This is at a time when Australia’s education ministers are rightly focused on recognising the role of expertise pathways to retaining our best and most capable educators.?
Each year, AITSL holds a free event exclusively for nationally certified teachers to collaborate with leading thinkers and continue to build on and share their expertise.
AITSL CEO Mark Grant said, “The 2023 HALT Summit is an incredible opportunity to bring together educators from across the country to share their knowledge and experience. Certification as a Highly Accomplished or Lead teacher is a significant achievement for teachers and can lead to opportunities for career advancement, professional growth, and recognition of their high-quality teaching practices.”
Hear first-hand from HALTs
We sat down with HALT-certified teachers to find out more about their experience achieving certification and the impacts it has on their career, students, and colleagues.
The AI boom: What does it mean for the teaching profession?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been transforming various industries in recent years, and education is no exception. AI is a field of computer science that seeks to create machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. It has the potential to revolutionise the way we teach and learn, making education more personalised and effective.
In this month’s CEO Blog, Mark Grant shares his perspective on AI’s role in education.
“It is important that our students know when and how to acknowledge the use of AI tools, and for them to have the necessary evaluative and research skills to be able to interrogate, judge and critically reflect on the information generated.”
Be a voice for generations #NRW2023
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National Reconciliation Week ?is held each year from 27 May to 3 June. The 2023 theme is ‘Be a Voice for Generations.’
It’s a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.
The Standards make clear the responsibility of teachers to meet the learning needs and aspirations of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, and indeed all students. Teachers must critically understand, continually develop, and effectively exercise their cultural responsiveness across the breadth of their practice. This is important both to teach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and teach all students about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, history, and culture.
Reconciliation Australia ’s education arm, Narragunnawali, has?a range of resources ?to support educators. The resources engage children and students in conversations and activities about people who have taken brave action to make change in the reconciliation movement in the past and present, and how their own brave actions can lead to change for the future.
Vote now for AITSL's website
AITSL, in partnership with Websilk, has been nominated for the Sitefinity Website of the Year awards.
aitsl.edu.au has made the shortlist for the education sector award, and voting is now open for the public.
To vote for AITSL’s site,?visit the voting page , select ‘AITSL’ in the education sector, scroll to the bottom of the page, enter your email address and click ‘vote now’.
Voting closes on 26 May 2023.
Dates for your calendar
17 May:?IDAHOBIT , International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination.
22 May – 28 May:?National eSmart Week
26 May:?National Sorry Day
27 May – 3 June:?National Reconciliation Week
3 June:?Mabo Day
5 June:?World Environment Day
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