COACTEA EVENTS
COACTEA EVENTS
Professional Learning Events
Professional learning is essential to building expertise, fostering collaboration and supporting excellence in education. COACTEA brings together professional learning opportunities from our member associations, providing educators with a central place to discover workshops, conferences, seminars, webinars and networking events across a wide range of curriculum and specialist areas.
Whether you are an early career teacher, an experienced educator or a pre-service teacher, these events offer valuable opportunities to expand your knowledge, connect with colleagues and explore current research and best practice in education.
Browse the upcoming events below to find professional learning opportunities that match your interests and career goals. Click on an event to learn more, register, or visit the hosting association's website for additional information.
ANSTO Dataset Data Literacy PL - 15th July
Join our upcoming Professional Development delivered by Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and learn how to empower your students to decode the world, by developing their data literacy skills using authentic, local datasets.
When: 10am-12pm Wed 15 July 2026, online or Hedley Beare Centre for Teaching & Learning
TQI accredited
ACT History Teachers' Teach-Meet 2026 30th July
Connect with passionate History teachers sharing their pedagogy, lessons and units of work.
Date: 30 July (Thursday, Week 2 of Term 3)
Time: 3.30 - 6 pm (3.30-4pm - afternoon tea & networking)
Venue: Melrose High School
Price: FREE
TQI Accredited - pending approval
Every teacher has a go-to strategy, brilliant resource, or classroom practice that their students love. These are exactly the kinds of practical, real-world ideas that other educators want to hear about and bring into their own classrooms.
The format is relaxed and informal: presenters will share their ideas with other educators for about 10 minutes, with two presentations running concurrently to offer choice.
This will be a catered event with afternoon tea provided.
If you're interested in presenting, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/bpEH5dHmF38CATuJ9
Teaching English Verbs with EAL/D Learners – A Workshop with Libby Baker - 4th August
This workshop will provide you with a highly practical, evidence-based approach to teaching literacy using Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). Moving away from traditional, isolated grammar rules, we will explore the clause as the fundamental unit of meaning, focusing specifically on the verb group and process types. Through hands-on, collaborative text-analysis workshops, you will build confidence in deconstructing authentic texts to deepen learners’ knowledge of English. Ultimately, you’ll walk away with concrete strategies for teaching grammar to students in an accessible, authentic and engaging way. Learners of all ages and at all levels will benefit from these strategies.
Libby Baker is a passionate literacy educator and literacy consultant, having presented on a range of literacy topics at local, state and national events on functional grammar, picture book selection and a contextualised approach to literacy. Libby holds a Master of Education focusing on literacy education, a Master of Teacher Librarianship (Queensland University of Technology) and a Master of Education research degree (Griffith University) focusing on teaching functional grammar for critical literacy. Libby is the current Reading Australia Fellow, now researching diverse Australian picture books. She is a Teacher Librarian in the ACT and the President of ALEA ACT.
WHEN:2-4pm Saturday, 8th August, 2026.
WHERE: MTC Future Ready, Unit 4, Level 2, Swanson Building, 11-17 Swanson Court, Belconnen. 2617.
COST: $20 ATESOL ACT members; $40 non-members.
To join ATESOL ACT, go to: Join ATESOL A.C.T | ATESOL ACT
REGISTER:Click here no later than midday Wednesday, 6th August.
Jessica Vance Evidence with Inquiry: Exploring, Questioning and Documenting with Learning Walls - 7th August
This session will lead teachers to help students to understand how to seek and use evidence to build their curiosity and critical thinking. Jessica leads with a lens of inquiry, designing professional learning and coaching experiences that help educators reflect, collaborate, and grow as inquiry practitioners. Author of Leading with a Lens of Inquiry and Evidence of Inquiry, she explores how teachers and leaders can model curiosity and use documentation to deepen reflection and assessment. Her experience in IB and place-based education fuels her work supporting schools worldwide in cultivating authentic, inquiry-driven learning.
DATE: Friday 7 August 2025
TIME: Registration from 1.45am
Session 2pm – 6pm
VENUE: Museum of Australian Democracy
Members Dining Room -18 King George Terrace, Parkes, ACT, 2600.
COST: Earlybird Prices apply up to June 26 at 11.59pm.
$100 ($90 Earlybird) ALEA members
$150 ($135 Earlybird) Institutional Members (School membership)
$20 (Flat Rate) Preservice Teachers (with free membership)
$280 ($180 Earlybird) Non ALEA members (includes ALEA membership)
Tickets include Jess’s book, ‘EVIDENCE OF INQUIRY’, tea/coffee and refreshments.
TQI REGISTRATION: For ACT teachers this PL is TQI-accredited for 5 hours
TECHnow ’26 Conference - 12th September
Join DATTA ACT for TECHNOW 2026, our flagship professional learning conference designed specifically for Technology and Design educators. Whether your passion is Food Technology, Woodwork, Metalwork, Textiles, STEM, Sustainability, or emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, TECHNOW offers practical, classroom-ready learning delivered by educators and industry experts.
This one-day conference provides an opportunity to explore innovative teaching practices, develop new skills, connect with colleagues, and discover fresh ideas to take back to your classroom.
Conference Highlights
12 practical workshops to choose from
Workshops across Food Technology, Woodwork, Metalwork, Textiles, STEM and Sustainability
Keynote presentation exploring the impact of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Opportunities to network with Technology educators from across the ACT and surrounding regions
Access to industry insights, classroom resources, and hands-on learning experiences
Looking for Past Events?
Missed an event or want to see what our member associations have been involved in? Visit our News page to explore highlights from previous professional learning events, conferences, workshops and association activities. It's a great way to catch up on recent initiatives, celebrate achievements and stay connected with the work happening across the ACT education community.
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