Professional learning

Our Q&A sessions provide professional learning opportunities for teachers in subscribing schools. Join us for a session via Zoom to explore ways to bring religious education and faith formation to life in your school.

Australian Catholics Professional Learning Sessions are for religious education practitioners to deepen their knowledge about key topics related to faith education and formation. Participants will have the opportunity to listen to our guest speakers, as well as pose questions and share their own experiences in a collaborative environment.

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Improving reading comprehension in the RE classroom

This session explores how Religious Education can support whole-school literacy by helping students better understand complex texts like Scripture. Dr Danielle Colenbrander (ACU) shares literacy research insights, while Leesa Battistello offers a practical classroom perspective grounded in her work on a hermeneutical communicative model for RE.

Speakers

Lecturer for the Advancement of Literacy, Dr Danielle Colenbrander from The Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy (ACU); Leesa Battistello, is a former Catholic primary school teacher currently undertaking a Doctor of Ministry in Religious Education at ACU. Her thesis will be promoting a hermeneutical communicative model for RE classrooms.

Join us Tuesday 29 July, 4.30-5.30pm AEST

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Accreditation

Accreditation is available in the dioceses of Melbourne, Sale, Sandhurst, Ballarat, and in Armidale and Lismore.

Teachers in Victorian dioceses wishing to receive accreditation for this event must supply your VIT Registration Number and School as part of your booking. Attendance will be checked on the day, so only those attending the live session will receive accreditation. 

If you are in a Diocese that is not listed above (but have an AC+ subscription), please check with your Catholic Education Office to see if it can be accredited with them also.

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Upcoming professional learning sessions in 2025

This list provides an overview of what to expect in our professional learning program for 2025, but may change, subject to the availability of the speakers.

TERM 3

Film in the RE classroom
Date: 19 Aug, 4.30-5.30pm AEST
Speakers: Fr Richard Leonard SJ

Session TBC inspired by our upcoming issues
Date: 23 September, 4.30-5.30pm AEST
Speakers: TBA.

TERM 4

More fresh ideas for the RE classroom

Date: 21 October, 4.30-5.30pm AEDT (3.30-4.30pm AEST)
Speakers: TBA.


You can also view recordings of previous sessions (AC+ subscribers only)

If you have feedback or ideas around these sesisons then please drop us a line 

If you are not an AC+ subscriber send us an email to [email protected] and we can tell you more about how it works.

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Would you like trial access to explore the platform?

It is free and can be for as many staff members as you wish.

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We can connect via your preferred platform (Zoom, Teams, Google meet etc).
It is free and takes 15mins.

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