ACHPER NSW offers a comprehensive Stage 6 HMS professional learning program to help teachers.

Designing Year 11 HMS unit plans is a new one-day workshop co-designed and delivered by ACHPER NSW staff and experienced teachers. 

Join us to unpack the Year 11 HMS course outcomes and content.  We’ll explore sample unit plans that cover focus area content while embedding skills into teaching and learning activities. 

The workshop is practical, and you’ll start creating Year 11 Focus Area 1 or Focus Area 2 units of work using our new programming templates and resources. 

Workshop sessions include: 

• Critiquing sample unit plans 
• Unpacking syllabus outcomes using backward design process  
• Creating learning goals and identifying evidence of learning 
• Teaching and learning activity considerations 
• Modelling processes to embed skill development into teaching and learning sequences 
• Designing learning sequences using existing program resources 
• Creating new activities using AI. 

Who should attend? Any PDHPE teachers interested in teaching the Stage 6 HMS course.

DETAILS
**This workshop is booked out**
Date: 13 February 2024
Time: 8.30-3.30pm
Venue: Teachers Federation House, Surry Hills

PRESENTERS

Janice Atkin, Professional Learning Officer, ACHPER NSW  
Janice has worked as a PDHPE teacher, Head Teacher and curriculum consultant for 30 years. She has extensive experience with curriculum development in NSW, Australia and internationally, and recently managed the review of the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education. Janice provides professional development, support and resources for departments, schools and teachers across Australia. 

Clare Roden, Professional Learning Support Officer, ACHPER NSW 
Clare has been a secondary PDHPE for 15 years, including head teacher for 11 years. She has sat on multiple curriculum and HSC advisory groups, and was a HSC marker for 8 years. Clare has been part of ACHPER NSW team for more than a decade as a presenter, vice president and board member. Clare is currently a sessional lecturer at the University of Wollongong and has presented widely on K-12 PDHPE and CAFS to teachers and schools across NSW. 

THE CO-DESIGN TEAM
Our Stage 6 HMS professional learning has been co-designed by ACHPER NSW staff together with experienced and practising PDHPE teachers:

• Kyle Sutton, Head Teacher PDHPE and Languages, Merewether High School
• Lisa Bauer, Head Teacher PDHPE, James Ruse Agricultural High School
• Kelly Pfeiffer, Senior Education Officer, Teaching Quality and Impact, Department of Education
• James Muir, NOVO Education Space, Illawarra
• Pam Williams, Head Teacher Administration, Lisarow High School
• Terrence Kwok, Relieving Head Teacher PDHPE, Sylvania High School
• Alex Walters, Director of Learning for Wellbeing, St Brigid’s Catholic College, Lake Munmorah
• Alex Lupton, Head Teacher Teaching and Learning, Heathcote High School
• Simon Board, Head of PDHPE, Kambala
• Janice Atkin, Professional Learning Officer, ACHPER NSW
• Clare Roden, Professional Learning Support Officer, ACHPER NSW

ACCREDITATION 
Completing the Designing Year 11 HMS units workshop will contribute 5 hours of NESA elective PD in the priority area of delivery and assessment of NSW curriculum – addressing standard descriptors 2.3.2, 3.2.2 and 2.2.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.