Australian Catholics Professional Learning Sessions are for religious education practitioners to deepen their knowledge about key topics related to faith education and formation. Participants will have the opportunity to listen to our guest speakers, as well as pose questions and share their own experiences in a collaborative environment.
Next Professional Learning session: Music Mission
What is music mission? What does it involve? How can we encourage students to get involved in music mission at your school? How can this enhance and enliven faith formation at your school? Then, how can we encourage young people to take that dedication and energy to their local Parish?
Guests:
Fiona Dyball writes a regular column on music for Australian Catholics. She is a musician, educator and liturgist based in Melbourne and is currently undertaking a PhD in music and theology. Fiona works across parish, school, tertiary and community settings and is a member of the National Executive of the Australian Pastoral Musician’s Network. Her work on prayer, liturgy and liturgical music is published in books, journals and magazines, and her music published by Liturgical Song.
Geraldine (Gerry) Vytilingam is a member of the Young Writer’s Community at Australian Catholics. She has been involved in music ministry and youth ministry in rural, regional and metropolitan Catholic schools and parishes across Australia. Gerry is completing her Master of Theological Studies through the Fr John Wallis Scholarship (funded by the Missionary Sisters of Service) at Catholic Theological College. She also works with the Gen Bryant Team, facilitating reflection days and workshops for the young and young at heart.
Teaching idea: Analysing well-known hymns in the classroom to teach theological concepts.
Date: Thursday, 1 August.
Time: 4.30-5.30pm AEST
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.
More upcoming Professional Learning sessions in 2024
TERM 3
Real retreats – tips for planning a successful retreat
Date: Aug 20
Speakers: Francis Tilly (JISA) and Michael Todd (St Ignatius College, Geelong)
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.