This is a half-day Professional Development event conducted by the Queensland Economics Teachers' Association.
To be held at Brisbane Girls Grammar School, the event gives teachers of Economics an opportunity to receive 3 hours of PD, meet other teachers of Economics, have a great morning tea, hear some outstanding speakers in the field of Economics.
The program is:
8:30-9am Registration
9-9:10am Welcome and housekeeping
9:10-10:15am Keynote speaker: Key note presentation from Deloitte Economics on current state of the Australian Economy
10:15-10:45am Morning tea
10:45-11:30am Session 2: Dr Jayanta Sarkar Senior lecturer Economics QUT, Queensland Behavioural Economics Group. Topic: Income Inequality in Australia
11:30-12:20pm Session 3: QCAA will present a 45 minute workshop on how schools might develop their own communities of practice, which may assist in developing internal quality management processes to support new QCE System processes. Participants should bring a copy of the Economics 2019 General Syllabus with them.
12:20-12:30pm Wrap up and close
The brochure for this event can be downloaded here:
Professional Development Flyer 2019.pdf