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What is PBLSydney online?
In short, ‘#PBLSydney’ is a PBLWorks three Day Institute to be hosted online by PBLWorks and iOTF Events during 6/7/8 October 2020.
PBLWorks Institutes are hosted all over North America and beyond to international acclaim. This in-depth institute will provide a range of three day intensive courses for the PBL novice teacher, through to expert and whole school leadership of Project Based Learning. Bringing together leaders from primary, secondary and tertiary education, industry and government.
Online workshops offered at PBLSydney include:
The Online PBL 101 Workshop supports teachers to design a Gold Standard project, ready to use in the classroom or to adapt for remote learning.
This is our foundational three-day workshop based on our model of Gold Standard PBL. It provides participants with the knowledge and skills needed to implement a rigorous, standards-based project. Throughout the workshop, participants will consider educational equity in their classroom and in their projects. Facilitated online by one of our expert National Faculty, PBL 101 is a balanced blend of direct instruction, video analysis, hands-on work, resource sharing, and peer collaboration and feedback. Our PBL 101 models the Project Based Learning process, and our online format models how teachers might facilitate PBL in their own remote classroom. Participants will learn how to set norms, facilitate inquiry, and foster collaborative conversations online, using tech tools like Zoom, Nearpod, and Google Docs. Each participant will leave with a project ready to be implemented in their classroom, and the teaching practices to facilitate high-quality PBL.
Improving the Quality of Student Work: An Overview
Prerequisite: PBL 101
This online workshop deepens skills and knowledge for experienced PBL practitioners in four Gold Standard PBL teaching practices.
In the three-day workshop, participants will investigate and deepen specific teaching practices and strategies that can help to strengthen the quality of student work in a PBL classroom. They will develop and reflect on a high-quality project, and will plan for project implementation in order to improve student products and enhance learning. This PBL 201 Workshop focuses on four teaching practices of Gold Standard PBL: Align to Standards; Scaffold Student Learning: Engage & Coach; and Assess Student Learning.
Leadership Team online Workshop
An Overview
Participants Strongly Invited to Attend in Teams of 3 or More
This workshop is a three-day intensive dive into how school and district leadership teams can support the conditions for Project Based Learning to thrive in their system.
The Online Leadership Workshop is designed to help leaders launch or advance the work of Project Based Learning in their setting. In consideration of their current reality, participants design a customized strategy to implement PBL and foster a project-based mindset for teaching, learning, and leading that moves them forward along the PBLWorks’ Leadership Continuum. Due to the collaborative nature of the workshop, participants are highly encouraged to attend as a team of three or more individuals. Both new and experienced practitioners of PBL are welcome.
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Places are limited to approximately 150 participants only for the PBLSydney event. (PBL 101, PBL 201 and Leadership combined).
Participants will undertake their three day institute in small groups of around 30 - 35 with PBLWorks National Faculty.
PBLWorks has a National Faculty of around 90 outstanding PBL educators across the US.
What is PBLWorks?
PBLWorks is among the world’s most recognised and respected providers of Project Based Learning (PBL). Over a 30 year period, PBL Works (formerly known as the Buck Institute for Education) has crafted an explicit model of high quality PBL that works.
Why PBL?
‘Because Project Based Learning works. It engages students in learning that is deep and long-lasting. PBL can be trans-formative for students – especially those furthest from educational opportunity’. – PBLWorks
Hattie and PBL … what’s the story?
High quality PBL features all of Hattie's high impact strategies. It's not one or the other – it’s both. HQ PBL cannot happen without explicit instruction and well determined structures. Here is your chance to engage with the world's leading PBL Professional Learning provider - right here in Australia, so you can open the door to the magic of high quality PBL. Learn more about Hattie and high quality PBL here.
NESA Registered Hours?
We have submitted all three courses for endorsement for NESA registered hours!
Each 3-day workshop will carry 18 registered hours (6 hours each day) towards NESA registration requirements. (Refers to New South Wales teachers)
Questions?
Call our iOTF Events Manager, Wendy on 0490 820 814 or email iOTF@det.nsw.edu.au
Keynote speakers announced
iOTF Events are pleased to introduce our three keynote speakers for PBLSydney online event.
Gia Truong, CEO - Envision Schools, Gwyn ap Harri, CEO - XP Schools and Bob Lenz, CEO - PBLWorks
A few more things to know about PBL 101
PBL 101 models the PBL process. You'll be experiencing the same style of learning that you're designing for your students. The workshop models many features of Project Based Learning — from an engaging entry event to a final public product.
You'll experience a mix of learning activities. The workshop is a blend of direct instruction, video analysis, hands-on work, resource sharing, and peer collaboration and feedback.
You get access to a host of online resources. Online resources — including an in-workshop companion and post-workshop learning modules — provide continued support beyond the workshop days for your PBL design and implementation in the classroom.
You'll understand how PBL supports educational equity. Every workshop and every service we design reflects our mission to prepare all students for academic, personal, and career success.
It's part of a sustained learning journey. Real change happens over weeks, months, and even years, not overnight. After PBL 101, you can continue on your learning path by accessing online resources and coaching.
