Carclew’s state-wide Teacher Professional Learning program is for educators who are interested in developing effective skills for teaching the Australian Curriculum: The Arts.
In-person and online workshops are offered a number of times a year at no cost to Department for Education teachers and staff. Each workshop focuses on a different specific art form, methodology or theme.
The program also provides the opportunity for skills sharing, collaboration and to be a part of a diverse creative learning community.
Teacher Professional Learning is part of Carclew in Schools and is supported by the Government of South Australia through the Department for Education.
Upcoming Professional Learning
Term 1
Classrooms as Engaged Communities
Date: Term 1, Week 10, Wednesday, 2nd April 2025
Time: 4:30pm – 7:00pm (2.5 hours)
Location: Riddoch Arts & Cultural Centre – Mt. Gambier
Learn how to use drama techniques to enhance communication skills and build a sense of community in the classroom in this workshop. Explore how drama encourages students to work together, share ideas, and solve problems collectively, fostering supportive and inclusive learning environments.
Educators will also discover the value of the teaching artist and how their expertise can unlock strategies that can be integrated across curriculum areas. Learn practical strategies that can be used in the classroom to strengthen collaboration, enhance student participation, and build a positive classroom culture.
A certificate of professional learning will be provided. This professional learning workshop will support you in demonstrating the following AITSL Australian Professional Standards for Teacher: 4.1, 3.5, 1.2, 3.3
Bookings essential – Book now via Humanitix.
Workshop Teaching Artists
Eliza Lovell
Eliza Lovell is a performer, theatre maker, audio describer, arts educator, teaching artist and creative entrepreneur. Graduated from Flinders University Drama Centre (1992) BA Hons Drama (first class). Her theatre credits include working Polygot Theatre, Patch Theatre and Brink Productions. In film and television her credits include: Stateless (SBS TV series), Wanted (Channel 9 TV series). She has also been part of numerous programs at Carclew as a teaching artists, such as: ExpressWay Arts, DEAL and Artists in Schools.
Curious and Inclusive Classrooms
Date: Term 1, Week 11, Wednesday, 9th April 2025
Time: 4:30pm – 7:00pm (2.5 hours)
Location: Loxton Primary School, Pyap St, Loxton SA 5333
Create flexible, playful and accessible classrooms by learning to draw from creativity and the arts to teach across the curriculum in this workshop.
Educators will learn from Riverland Youth Theatre Company whose core philosophy is to use arts as a multi-tool for learning, expression, navigating wellbeing and building communities. Teachers will explore Riverland Youth Theatre’s techniques and practical advice on making inclusive learning environments.
A certificate of professional learning will be provided. This professional learning workshop will support you in demonstrating the following AITSL Australian Professional Standards for Teacher: 1.5, 2.1, 3.5, 4.1
Bookings essential – Book now via Humanitix.
Co-Producer: Riverland Youth Theatre
Riverland Youth Theatre (RYT) enriches the lives of young people in the South Australian Riverland and Mallee through creativity, theatre and play. For 39 years we have been making art with and for our community, empowering children and young people as artists, learners and doers.
Facilitators
Fleur Kilpatrick
Fleur Kilpatrick is an Associate Artist at Riverland Youth Theatre, living and working on Erawirrung Country. She an award-winning playwright, director and educator. Her plays and operas have been performed by State Theatre Company South Australia and Co-Opera in SA, all over the place in Victoria, Perth Fringe, Brisbane Festival and more. She has won the Max Afford Award, the Jill Blewett Award, the Melbourne Fringe Young Writers Award and plenty more. As an educator, she was awarded the Monash Arts Faculty’s Teaching Excellence award in 2020 and was shortlisted for the university-wide Above and Beyond Award for her work during covid. She is a passionate advocate for safe, celebratory spaces for young people, a carer for children with complex needs and her work with young queer people recently saw them present her with a pipe cleaner crown and the title of ‘Protector of the Gays’ at the 2023 Ally Awards
Sam Wannan
Sam Wannan is the Artistic Director of Riverland Youth Theatre. They are an illustrator, animator and art educator living in South Australia and currently working at Riverland Youth Theatre! Striving to create exciting artwork through a range of media, they have worked in collaboration with a wide range of artists and community organisations. They have a strong focus on strengthening community ties and supporting youth through artistic practice. Sam has worked in youth art spaces around the state, running programs in communities and schools and developing resources to implement best practices for working with neurodivergent young people across the sector.
Term 2
Classroom Music Maker
Date: Term 2, Week 2 – 9th May 2025
Time: 4:30pm – 7:00pm (2.5 hours)
Location: Carclew
Learn to create and record contemporary music with your students.
Learn how to create and record contemporary music in your classroom with leading South Australian musicians Margie Jean Lewis and Mat Morrison – no special equipment required!
Using found objects and musical instruments, Margie and Mat will guide you through the creative process of original song writing, composing and recording in the Gig Rig – Carclew’s mobile sound studio.
This workshop provides an engaging hands-on experience where you can connect with like-minded colleagues and have your questions answered by professional musicians and teaching artists with real-world experience.
A certificate of professional learning will be provided. This professional learning workshop will support you in demonstrating the following AITSL Australian Professional Standards for Teacher: 2.1, 3.4, 4.1, 7.4
Bookings essential – Book now via DreamBIG
Rethinking Art: Designing for Inclusion
Date: Term 2, Week 1 – Wednesday 30 April
Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm (2 hours)
Location: Adelaide Contemporary Experimental, Lion Arts Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide
Join artist Shan Michaels in a workshop exploring soft sculpture and textile production with a focus on creating works for people with disabilities, including sensory impairments and those who are blind or with low vision. Connect your new knowledge and skills to industry practices with a behind-the-scenes preview of the installation and exhibition of work by Shan with Adelaide Contemporary Experimental.
A certificate of professional learning will be provided. This professional learning workshop will support you in demonstrating the following AITSL Australian Professional Standards for Teacher: 2.1 3.2, 4.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.4.
This Teacher Professional Learning is a Carclew in Schools initiative and is presented in partnership with Adelaide Contemporary Experimental and Visual Arts Educators Association South Australia.
Carclew in Schools is supported by the South Australian Government through the Department for Education. Programs are generously subsided for government primary schools.
Artist: Shan Michaels
Visual Arts for Cultural Expression & Inspiration
Date: Term 2, Week 8 – Saturday 21st June 2025
Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm (2.5 hours)
Location: Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery, 3 Mary Elie St, Port Pirie SA 5540
At the Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery, educators will explore with a professional First Nations artist what inspires their practice, the methodologies they use and how to introduce their creative techniques into the classroom.
A certificate of professional learning will be provided. This professional learning workshop will support you in demonstrating the following AITSL Australian Professional Standards for Teacher: 2.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.2
Term 3
Responsive Dance Practice in The Classroom
Date: Term 3, Thursday 11th September 2025
Time: 5:00pm – 7:30pm (2.5 hours)
Location: Carclew
Educators will be introduced to a Gioia Girolamo, professional dancer’s process-based practice to explore the elements of dance. The workshop will unpack the transferrable skills in dance and how to apply them to curriculum and cross curriculum areas. The workshop will include sharing improvisation ideas and collaborative practices to make dance phrases that support students to feel a sense of mastery when practicing dance.
Whether you are an educator with existing dance skills or none, this workshop will deepen your capacity to explore any topic through non-verbal expressive means of dance.
A certificate of professional learning will be provided. This professional learning workshop will support you in demonstrating the following AITSL Australian Professional Standards for Teacher: 3.4, 4.1, 4.4, 6.4
Artist: Gioia Girolamo
Gioia is a dancer and choreographer passionate about using movement to convey emotions and tell stories. She holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance) from Flinders University and an Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Performance) from TafeSA. She has collaborated with various local South Australian choreographers such as Tobiah Booth-Remmers and Alison Currie, as well as international artists including Lee Brummer who is based in Sweden. She has performed at both the Cabaret under the Stars and Adelaide Fringe festivals, and has also appeared as a guest performer with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Gioia works through a strengths-based approach to offer guidance and encouragement to help young people access different dynamics, understand their emotions, and develop their own ideas.