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2026 current events

WED
17
JUN

Twilight Seminar - Rethinking Literacy: Beyond Instruction to Equity

Twilight Seminar
Professional Learning
Literacy Education

The School of Education is delighted to invite you to this Twilight Seminar - Rethinking Literacy: Beyond Instruction to Equity. This seminar is presented by Associate Professor Helen Adam, Churchill Fellow, President of PETAA, and author of Creating Equitable Literacy Learning Environments: A Transformative Model (Routledge, 2025).

While over 75% of Australian teachers report confidence in teaching reading, persistent achievement gaps remain. This session challenges a critical assumption: if teacher skill isn’t the issue, what is?

SAT
04
JUL

AI in Education: Built for the Next Generation of Teachers

Artificial Intelligence
Education
Pre-Service Teachers

The Fogarty Foundation and Forrest Research Foundation invite School of Education Pre-Service teachers to attend this Professional Learning opportunity in partnership with ECU and Day of AI Australia.

You're about to enter classrooms where AI is already changing how students learn, how teachers plan, and what it means to teach well. Created for Pre-Service Teachers across Western Australia, this event invites you into the conversation early, because your voice matters in shaping what comes next.

TUE
21
JUL

STAWA: Early Careers & Pre-Service Teachers STEM Conference

STEM
Conference
Pre-Service Teachers

STAWA is excited to announce the inaugural Early Careers and Preservice Teacher STEM Conference! A full-day, free, fully catered event designed for primary and secondary education students and early career teachers.

WED
05
AUG

Twilight Seminar - Primary Media Arts in an AI World: Cultivating Critical Media Inquiry, Literacy and Agency from the Early Years

Twilight Seminar
Primary Media Arts
Professional Learning

In today’s AI-driven media landscape, Media Arts is no longer optional, it’s essential. Join us for this practical, classroom-ready Twilight Seminar that will show how Media Arts can be effectively taught across all years of WA primary schooling in ways that are achievable, engaging, and aligned to real classroom contexts. Grounded in the WA The Arts Curriculum, Media Arts equips students to understand how images and stories shape meaning, influence audiences, and represent the world while building creativity, critical thinking, and student agency.

WED
23
SEP

Teaching Writing in the Digital Age: Evidence-Based Practices for Primary Classrooms

Short Course
Primary
Education

Join this one-day professional learning short course, designed to build teacher confidence and capability in delivering effective writing instruction across both paper-based and digital contexts. Drawing on current research and classroom-tested practices, participants will gain practical, evidence-based strategies they can apply immediately, along with a clear understanding of what high-quality writing instruction looks like in the primary years.

2026 past events

WAHPSA: Promoting Health and Safety Professional Learning Seminar

ECU’s School of Education has partnered with WA Health Promoting Schools Association (Inc) (WAHPSA) to offer exciting Professional Learning to all ECU Pre-Service Teachers. Promoting Health and Safety is the first two-hour seminar facilitated by Epilepsy WA, the Young Carer Team and the Public Transport Authority, members of WAHPSA.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Training

ECU’s School of Education is proud to offer an exciting professional learning opportunity to all ECU Pre-Service Teachers. Become a fully trained Award Leader for The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, and you will join a global network of educators offering students the opportunity to benefit from the Award’s world-class non-formal education and learning framework.

20Talk Mental Health Maintenance Workshop

ECU’s School of Education has partnered with 20Talk to offer a Professional Learning workshop, Mental Health Maintenance, open to all ECU Pre-Service Teachers.

EDMed Ronald McDonald House Professional Learning

ECU’s School of Education has partnered with Ronald McDonald House to offer an exciting Professional Learning program to all ECU Pre-Service Teachers . EDMed is a two hour Professional Learning workshop that discusses some of the more common chronic illnesses we see in mainstream classrooms across Australia (e.g. Type 1 Diabetes, Epilepsy, Cancer and many others).

SensesWA Inclusive Classrooms Professional Learning

ECU’s School of Education has partnered with SensesWA to offer an exciting Professional Learning program on Inclusive Classrooms: How to reach students with dual and single sensory loss to all ECU Pre-service Teachers.

Get Connected Careers Fair

ECU Joondalup Campus, Sport and Fitness Centre, 10.00am - 2.00pm.
We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2026 Edith Cowan University Get Connected Careers Fair. This event will see the collaboration of all schools across Edith Cowan University (ECU), creating an exciting and dynamic space for you to connect with a diverse range of professional organisations from various disciplines.

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