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Opportunities for Learning

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Janet Farrall has worked in the field of education for over 35 years as a teacher, Head of Department, Head of Learning and Teaching, Author, Professional Learning Facilitator, Project Manager and Consultant. She is a knowledgeable, energetic and practical presenter who has a passion for student agency, teacher agility and school improvement.

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Janet offers a variety of stimulating and practical workshops that can be tailored to your needs:

• Academic vocabulary

• Cognitive verbs and verb progressions (I can progressions)

• Co-cognitive factors for 21st century learning, for example, self-efficacy, mindsets, grit and curiosity

• Curriculum models and taxonomies for critical, creative and reflective thinking, for example, Bloom’s Taxonomy, the SOLO Taxonomy, Marzano’s Taxonomy and Questivities™

• Differentiation by Design

• Gifted Education

• Hexagonal Thinking

• History/HASS Sources Analysis

• Metacognition or Mindset?

• Philosophical and ethical thinking

• Progressions, including learning ladders and developmental rubrics

• Questioning skills and strategies for teachers and students

• Science of Learning (SOL)

• Thinking and learning

• Underachievement

• Visual thinking

 

 

MODES OF LEARNING

• Coaching/mentoring of individual teachers and small groups of teachers

• Two hour, half and full day teacher workshops

• Keynotes

• Long-term professional learning

• Small group workshops

• Staff meetings

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Please email Janet for a descriptor of any course listed above. Some are a work in progress and just need your specific requirements to determine relevance and focus.

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Janet is also able to design workshops for you that meet the needs of your staff in your context. This could be a combination of some of the above.

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All workshops are suited to teachers F -10, unless otherwise stated.

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Professional Learning workshops 2023: Science of Learning 

This evidence-informed professional learning course for educators, F- 12, is based upon a variety of models developed through research into the Science of Learning, for example, Cognitive Load Theory (2011), Rosenshine (2012), Learning Scientists (2015), Powerful Teaching (2021) and PENS: Psychology,

Education, Neuroscience (2021). The most recent Australian Curriculum advice on Students with Diversity will be referenced throughout the course. Six workshops will be offered via Microsoft Teams,  across Terms 2, 3 and 4, 5-7pm. 

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To express interest, please contact Andi Pegler, Course Coordinator,

via email andi@daraschool.sa.edu.au or telephone 8317 6020