Professional Development

There are substantial discounts on all events for QAMT members and school/institution members may send up to 4 delegates at member prices! (P-12 schools – 6 delegates at member prices)

The following professional development events are run by QAMT:

Early Years & Middle Schooling Conference 26 – 27 Feb 2022

PST, New, Returning and out of field Teaching Maths and Science Night – 11 March 2022

State Conference 24-25-26 June 2022 – 100th Anniversary Celebration of QAMT

Junior Secondary & PST STEM/STEAM workshops 4-18th November 2021

Friday Night Maths –  22 October 2021 – online PD  ‘Building up for advanced mathematics: From playful dynamic geometry to proof’

President’s Dinner 19 August 2022

AGM – 22 November 2021 – all members are welcome to attend whether attending the Senior Maths Day or not

Senior Maths Day – 22 November 2021 – Hybrid PD Day – both online and F2F available

QAMT Executive meeting dates usually 3rd Thursday of every month

QAMT are preparing a response to the Australian Curriculum Review and to assist us in ensuring we include feedback from all those that registered for the review webinars, please complete this survey –  whether you were able to attend or not – There are 12 questions and will take 4 minutes to complete.

Teachers Supporting Teachers – professional sharing and discussion week 3 and 7 each term.

Focus on the QCAA senior syllabi implementation survey – Tue 19 Oct 8pm- register here

Focus on Preparing for the External Assessment – Thur 26th Aug 8pm – recording now available here.

Focus on Transitioning 10s – Wed 28th July 3:30pm– recording now available here.

Focus on differentiation and timeline planning (units 3&4) – Thur 6 May 7pm – recording now available here.

Focus on preparing for external exams and PSMT marking – Tue 9 March 7pm – recording now available here.

Focus on PSMT marking and teaching an alternate program – Thur 11 Feb 6:30pm – recording now available here.

P-10 Australian Curriculum Review Consultation Discussion Sessions

Session 4: 7pm Tue 15 June – Review of the GENERAL CAPABILITIES and CROSS-CURRICULUM PRIORITIES.

Session 3: 7pm Tuesday 8 June repeated 2pm Fri 11 June -ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS & ELABORATIONS – sequence and alignment. (note: these sessions will be split into P-3, 4-6 and 7-10 groups).

Session 2: 7pm Tuesday 25 May – Review of the CORE CONCEPTS: what is essential for students to learn.  Download the Overview of the Core Concepts PDF here.

Session 1: 7pm Tue 11 May – The REVIEW PROCESS & PROPOSED CHANGES – Rachael Whitney-Smith, Lead for the Mathematics review at ACARA and members of her team. Download Slides here