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4.5 PD HOURS

Event Details

13/06/2024

20/06/2024

4.00pm -6.15pm (registration from 3.45pm) Victorian Time

Live Streamed Webinar (Zoom)

All Teachers of Grade 5 to Year 10 Students

$279 + GST

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Booking Conditions

No applications for this program will be accepted after all vacancies have been filled. Unsuccessful applicants will have their monies refunded in full. Cancellation prior to two weeks before the program date (cut-off date) will incur a 15% service charge per applicant. This program will be payable in full for cancellations made on or after the cut-off date or for failure to attend the program. All cancellations must be in writing and emailed to us. In the event of insufficient applications this program will not proceed and registration monies be fully refunded. In the event of this program being cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances registration monies only will be refunded as Critical Agendas will not accept liability for the payment of any other associated costs. Critical Agendas reserves the right to vary the advertised programs prior to commencement. Please note Critical Agendas reserves the right to transfer participants from face to face to webinar format with price adjustments (if required), should minimum numbers not be met for face to face event

Challenging the Brightest Students Across the Curriculum Afternoon Sessions

Lets try something new, this webinar will be held over two afternoons -13th & 20th June 2024 from 4.00 – 6.15pm

The presenter requests that you attend this webinar on your own individual device please no shared screens please. 

Give your Gifted Students what they desperately need.

Audit your work to ensure you are actually asking for higher order thinking.

How to test for giftedness across the curriculum.

How to introduce Philosophy.

Moral dilemmas that will twist their brains.

Using Thinking Skills. ‘By teaching you’ll be taught’ strategies to put students in charge.

Open ended enquiries and how to keep them productive.

How to run a ‘Think Tank Race’.

Engaging with the real world for superior outcomes.

 

 

Presented by Critical Agendas

Ron Thomas

Ron’s key areas are English, Literature, Drama and Gifted Education. As well as long experience in Secondary and Primary education. He has run seminars for teachers across Australia in all these areas.

He also has a unique background in corporate training: Mindshop (Corporate Consultants on Thinking Programs) courses in Strategic Planning, Continuous Improvement and the industry based, Student Excellence Program; and is a Graduate of ‘The Art and Science of Adult Learning’ (Presentation Skills for Human Relations Managers) which he utilises to make his presentations scintillating, active and memorable.

Ron is also a published writer: poetry, Drama Text and journalism. He is also a Gold level Toastmaster and trains primary students in leadership and Public Speaking.

Ron’s focus is always immediate use in the classroom and he is a regular presenter for GATEways (Gifted and Talented providers – nationally and in Bangkok) – including the Challenge Program at Canberra Grammar.

Typical Feedback

‘Presenter, Ron was absolutely fantastic – highly intelligent, packed a huge amount of information into a short time frame and all the resources were inspiring and usable. Ron was like the teacher I never had, but wished I’d had! Would recommend his presentation to anyone.’

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