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The Council of Education Associations of South Australia Incorporated (CEASA) was formed in 1993 as an independent peak body to represent professional teacher associations in their pursuit of quality education. This represented a new era in the organisation and role of teacher professional associations in South Australia. Prior to the formation of CEASA, South Australian education professional associations had no mechanism for information sharing or collaboration.
Department of Education and Child Development (DECD) funding was secured to provide member associations with training and development grants for projects in the priority areas of the then curriculum 'statements and profiles', and work-related studies. CEASA acknowledges the ongoing support from DECD that has continued since 1994.
CEASA has been actively involved in the following special projects since 1994:
| Year | Project Details |
| 2011 |
APTA-AITSL-CEASA Promoting Professional Learning Project. CEASA has a national voice through APTA, which represents 120,000 teachers in Australia when negotiating with the federal education minister and key stakeholders on policy issues. APTA is working closely with the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) in the development of projects around the National Professional Standards for Teachers. These projects will be further developed by CEASA for the benefit of teachers in South Australia. Each state council will provide similar support, to add value and relevance to the work of the jurisdictions. Flinders University/CEASA 'Choosing to Read' Literacy/Mentoring Project, The ‘Choosing to Read’ project uses research that demonstrates it is not reading programs that make a difference to all students, but key elements such as choosing ‘just right’ material, higher volumes of reading and developing the professional learning around improved lesson structure and student engagement and assessment. The work, in partnership with Flinders University, attracted funding from the Ian Potter Foundation and makes the link to parents as essential school partners in the literacy development of students. CEASA-Sectors-Universities, Middle Years Professional Learning Project. CEASA is currently developing a professional learning project which follows on from the highly successful biennial Middle Years conferences. The project will involve a series of innovative professional development sessions for teachers to support implementation of the Australian Curriculum linking associations, sectors and Universities. TeachSA – Mentoring Leadership – Support provided to this project by CEASA. |
| 2010 | 'Our Worlds Connecting in the Middle' 5th International Middle Years of Schooling Conference in Adelaide |
| 2009 |
Consumer and Financial Literacy workshops - the workshops provided teachers with knowledge, understanding and skills to enable them to effectively support, deliver and influence consumer and financial literacy education across the curriculum from P–10 and assist them to relate consumer and financial literacy education to existing curriculum frameworks and provide students with opportunities to engage with real-world financial contexts. Values Education, Multiple Perspectives – Exploration of the implicit and explicit teaching of values, the application of quality teaching criteria and practical citizenship driven by a well crafted service learning component. How Web 2.0 Can Enrich Your Association – workshops were held to show how Google tools can support more efficient communication within associations for surveys, collaborative consultations, online forums and sharing of information for special events. |
| 2008 | Leading Professional Learning in Constructive Pedagogies and Assessment – workshops that focused on strengthening pedagogical knowledge and skills, developing and supporting a whole school culture oriented to school improvement. |
| 2007 |
Basic-Education Assistance for Mindanao, Philippines – in-service study tour undertaken in Adelaide for Philippine education leaders. Engaging in Learning – “The Thinking Classroom” – Series of workshops where teachers gained skills and strategies to create thinking classrooms and learning environments through using tools to encourage higher-order thinking from a learner’s point of view. General Pedagogy – Assessment and reporting. Workshops focused on whole of school policy in relation to assessment and reporting and its translation into practice. |
| 2006 |
Australian Government Quality Teacher Projects (AGQTP) in collaboration with The Department of Education and Children's Services, Catholic Education South Australia and the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia, CEASA managed 5 individual projects in association with member associations. Basic-Education Assistance for Mindanao Project, Philippines – continuation of the project which commenced in 2005. This component involved an Adelaide-based study tour of Philippine school heads and officials. Primary Proud, “Building on Success” - Kumangka Para District Office – a series of workshops for teachers to move the SACSA forward and build professional capacity and support them to effectively plan, implement, assess and report. |
| 2005-2006 | CRIP Lower Secondary Partnership Project with Papua New Guinea's lower-secondary curriculum reform writers and Secondary school Inspectors and leaders to assist in the development of a new outcomes-based curriculum and assessment and reporting system |
| 2005 | Continuing Basic Education Assistance for Mindanao (BEAM) project, Philippines BEAM is aimed to improve the quality of and the access to basic education in Southern and Central Mindanao. It is funded by the Government of the Philippines and the Government of Australia through an AusAID grant of AUD$36 million. |
| 2004 | Australian Government Quality Teacher Project. In collaboration with DECD, CEASA has presented a series of workshops and mini-courses on pedagogy to assist teachers engage with the SACSA Framework. XPATA - The Learning Planner: CEASA has three nationally accredited trainers who deliver on-site professional development in constructive pedagogies to support implementation of SACSA. XPATA is an on-line lesson planning tool that uses Bloom's Taxonomy (of thinking skills) and Gardner's "Multiple Intelligences" theory with SACSA outcomes. |
| 2000-2003 | Quality Teacher Project - Federally funded project - series of mini-courses for TRTs to learn about the SACSA Framework and obtain ideas on classroom managemen |
| 2000-continuing | Professional Development Pathways - Secretariat office for the processing of PDP modules |
| 2001-2002 | CEASA Spotlight Seminars - series of workshops for office bearers to help develop further skills to assist them in undertaking their roles. |
| 1999-2000 | SACSA Framework - collaborative project undertaken with the University of South Australia for the Department of Education and Children's Services to develop and write the SACSA Framework. |
| 1999-2002 | Project Pact - Federally funded partnership project with AJCPTA, ACE and NEF and provided practical support and assistance to professional education associations so that they could learn and develop a clear understanding of the GST. |
| 1998-2000 | Multimedia Pathways - Federally funded pilot program to research, develop and trial multimedia pathways, linking schools to VET, higher education and industry providers. |
| 1995-2001 | Leaders2000 - An innovative and dynamic professional development program for teachers and leaders aspiring to leadership positions in school education. |
| 1998 | EdNA on Line - Federally funded program for AJCPTA member associations to develop new, and maintain existing, association websites. |
| 1994-1996 | NPDP - Teacher Professional Associations were a partner in the South Australian Consortium of the National Professional Development Program - a Federally funded program designed to enhance and develop professional development activities for teaching staff in schools. |
Maggea Primary School. Out in one-teacher schools, which numbered 832 by the end of 1933, the depression had caused stark conditions. Salt meat was often the staple diet with no green vegetables for months on end.