Jenny Mackay Seminars & Workshops at TLN, Deakin University & ISV

Most of Jenny's work is in-house and on site in schools throughout Australia and internationally.  Schools and regional offices retain her to deliver targeted professional development workshops and courses to the whole staff or staff groups.

The Melbourne institutions below host her courses for teachers from any school

 (NB: Registration is via the organization concerned)


 

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

Turning behaviour around - a 2 day program 2012

For beginning and experienced teachers

Deakin University, at Greenwood Park, Burwood

This 2 day accredited seminar workshop provides teachers with opportunities to:

·         Gain knowledge, understanding and insights into student behaviour

·         Acquire practical skills and strategies to use in the classroom and school

·         Work with a process that makes sense of behaviour management

·         Focus on behaviour issues and work through case studies

·         Discuss and share ideas with colleagues, ask questions and reflect on teaching practice

Course Dates 2012

Friday, 9 March 2012:   9.00am to 4.30pm

Monday, 26 March 2012:   9.00am - 4.30pm

Session Details and Registration Link:

 Deakin University Website, Course Details and Registration Link

 

Presenter:  Jenny Mackay

Jenny is a classroom management and student-teacher interactions skills specialist with a non-didactic approach to behaviour management skills training. Her focus is on the acquisition of practical and useful behaviour management skills and on building collaborative student – teacher relationships.

She has taught in the United Kingdom, the U.S.A., South Africa and Australia. Jenny has presented to teachers at conferences, seminars and individual schools in Metropolitan Melbourne and throughout country Victoria, W.A., N.S.W. and Queensland.

Jenny also has a new book - 'Coat of Many Pockets: Managing Classroom Interactions. For more information: http://www.behaviour.com.au/coat.htm

 


TLN, THE TEACHER LEARNING NETWORK 2012

Course 1

MY204 Managing Student Interactions (Two day program)

This is TLN's premier program for student engagement - two days with international expert and published author on managing classroom behaviour - Jenny Mackay.

These 2 seminars are for teachers who wish to become highly skilled for occasions when students question, challenge, refuse, deny, blame others and avoid work. Jenny Mackay, author of Coat of Many Pockets, will explore; settling students down and getting their attention, confronting difficult and challenging students, having effective consequences that change behaviour and getting students on-side.

2012 Course Dates

Friday 10th August plus Monday 10th September: 9.30am - 4.00pm

Location: the IEU Building - South Melbourne 

 TLN Website & Registration Link

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Course 2

MY205 Engage and Motivate Students (One day seminar)

This practical skills-based seminar will focus on students who are disengaged and therefore not learning and in danger of becoming isolated or disruptive.  Jenny Mackay will explore with participants; how to motivate students and contain their behaviour, how to counteract apathy and negativity and understand why students become unmotivated. You will learn practical strategies, ideas and techniques with which to engage students and gain their cooperation. You will be able to help them to see themselves more positively and show them how to control their own behaviour and learning.

Seminar Date:   Monday 15 October, 2012,  9.30am - 4.00pm

Location: the AEU Building - Abbotsford

 TLN Website & Registration Link  

 


ISV, INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS VICTORIA - FOUR NEW 2012 COURSES:

ISV Presenter:  Jenny Mackay  

Course Link Description ISV Location Date Status
2012136 Interactive Skills for Student Engagement for Primary and Secondary Teachers 40 Rosslyn Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003
24/04/2012 09:30 AM Open
2012137 Interactive Skills for Student Engagement for Primary and Secondary Teachers 40 Rosslyn Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003
08/06/2012 09:30 AM Open
2012138 Interactive Skills for Student Engagement for Integration Aides 40 Rosslyn Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003
25/06/2012 09:30 AM Open
2012139 Interactive Strategies for Challenging Behaviours 40 Rosslyn Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003
30/08/2012 09:30 AM Open

Click on the relevant seminar number for further information or to register for that professional learning. This will take you to the ISV website.
For professional learning with the status 'open', click on the seminar number to register.
For professional learning with the status 'waiting list', all places in the professional learning have been allocated. If you are interested in attending the professional learning, you can register to be placed on a waiting list. If a place becomes available in the professional learning, Independent Schools Victoria will contact you.
For professional learning with the status 'closed', no further registrations can be accepted.


 

Forthcoming courses, content and details vary throughout the year.  Remember to check back here regularly for updates.

Registrations/bookings are via the organisation concerned.

Jenny Mackay

 

  (For teachers in Victoria, all BME Jenny Mackay professional learning workshops reference the Victoria Institute of Teachers' Standards of Professional Practice in the following elements: 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 and the Principles of Effective Professional Learning elements: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9, VIT credits apply)

We are a state registered training provider
VIT Victorian Institute of Teaching
Coat of Many Pockets: Managing Classroom Interactions by Jenny Mackay ACER Press
Get Coat of Many Pockets from ACER
Practical behaviour management skills for teachers

ACER online shop

Book flyer (pdf)