Next Professional Learning session: Young people spreading the Good News
How do we support young people in their mission to spread the Good News? Young people face many pressures from different areas – commercial, political, social, peer and family. How can we support the young to feel confident in not only living out their faith but spreading the Good News?
Speakers: Tahlia Sully brings a wealth of experience and passion to her roles in youth ministry (eight years) and education (four years), coupled with her active involvement with Council for Ministry with Young People (CMYP) for the Archdiocese of Adelaide and with the Young Christian Students (YCS) movement on a local, national and international level. With a student-centered approach, Tahlia champions student voice and agency, striving for purposeful faith and leadership formation, and holistic personal growth.
Julian Butler SJ is the Australian Jesuit’s Province assistant for Young Adult Ministry. In that role he Chair’s The Cardoner Network which provides opportunities for young people to experience faith formation, be of service both locally and with communities in need overseas, and share in the building of communities of faith and service. Julian, who is undertaking formation for Catholic priesthood, is a chaplain to senior students and recent graduates at Xavier College, Melbourne. He is also a contributor at Jesuit Communications.
Julian Nguyen ís a coordinator at the Catholic Office for Youth and Young Adults (COYA) for Catholic Education in South Australia. He is a former president and long-standing member of the Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement of SA, has more than a decade of youth ministry experience and was a
member of the Australian Plenary Council, Council of Ministry for Young People and the Diocesan Pastoral Council.
Laura Kings is the Australian Catholics assistant Editor for Education and Youth. As well as facilitating the session, she will be sharing some ideas for supporting young people in dealing with difficult conversations.
Teaching idea: We will share some secrets to setting ground rules for respectful conversation, demonstrating how to establish civil communication rules in your classroom and how to run activities that strengthen student skills in respectful conversation. The idea is to help young people weather the onslaught that some Christians face when they leave the supportive atmosphere of a Catholic school.
Date: April 30
Time: 4.30-5.30pm AEST
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Accreditation
Accreditation is available in the dioceses of Melbourne, Sale, Sandhurst, Ballarat, and in Armidale and Lismore.
Teachers in Victorian dioceses wishing to receive accreditation for this event will need to supply your VIT Registration Number and School as part of your booking.
Attendance will be checked on the day, so only those attending the live session will receive accreditation.
If you are in a Diocese that is not listed above (but have an AC+ subscription), please check with your Catholic Education Office to see if it can be accredited with them also.
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More upcoming Professional Learning sessions in 2024
TERM 2
Effective reading practices in the Religious Education classroom
Suggested date: May 21
Speakers TBC
Teaching idea: Using ChatGpT effectively to generate subject or article-specific knowledge and vocabulary activities for the religious education classroom.
TERM 3
Music Mission
Suggested date: July 30
Speakers TBC
Teaching idea: analysing well-known hymns in the classroom to teach theological concepts
Real retreats – tips for planning a successful retreat
Suggested date: Aug 20
Speakers: TBC
Teaching idea: mindful reflection using stimulus questions written by Chat GPT
Catholic movie festival – How to choose and use films for the RE classroom
Suggested date: Sept 10
Speakers: TBC
Teaching idea: novel active viewing activities
TERM 4
The great teaching ideas swap meet!
Suggested date: Oct 22
Join us and bring along some of your favourite classroom ideas to swap with your colleagues. Our assistant editor education and youth, Laura Kings will also bring along some of ours.
If you have feedback or ideas around these sesisons then please drop us a line
If you are not an AC+ subscriber send us an email to [email protected] and we can tell you more about how it works.