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 4
Fun Faces: Exploratory Portraiture for Art in Schools
Date: Term 4, Wednesday 12th November 2025
Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm (2 hours)
Location: Carclew
This hands-on workshop invites teachers to explore drawing and clay sculpture as powerful tools for learning, self-expression and wellbeing. Participants will journey from 2D drawing to 3D clay forms, discovering how curiosity, observation and play can deepen creative engagement in the classroom.
Through a guided mindfulness practice, teachers will experience creative processes that nurture calm, focus and joy and learn how to translate these experiences for their students. The session introduces a supportive language framework that shifts away from critique, encouraging noticing, appreciation and celebration of creativity.
Grounded in wellbeing and creative inquiry, this approach can be applied across all areas of the curriculum to inspire confidence, curiosity and connection in learners of all ages.
A certificate of professional learning will be provided, supporting you in demonstrating the AITSL Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
Toni is an artist with an interdisciplinary social practice and writer whose work blends creativity, storytelling and social change. A graduate of the ANU School of Art, she brings deep experience from her career in journalism and social justice advocacy, enriching her teaching with insight, empathy and curiosity. Her art practice moves fluidly between drawing, painting, digital media and installation, exploring power, culture, myth and our relationship with the natural world.
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