2025 PL-Connect Program
PL-Connect is a program of professional learning developed by the School of Education for our education community.Explore our 2025 program of events below by selecting the series that you are interested in - additional information on these sessions will be provided in the following pages.
You may select multiple topics of interest
TopicAI Unlocked: Smarter Assessment, Stronger Practice
Designing Quality Assessment with AI
Primary and secondary teachers
22/07/25 4.00-5.00 pm
Smarter Feedback and Reporting with AI
05/08/25 4.00-5.00 pm
Leading with AI – Confident, Quality Assessment Design
Principals, Deputy Principals, and Heads of Curriculum
19/08/25 4.00-5.00 pm
Teaching Ethical AI use in the Classroom
Middle – Upper Primary and Secondary Teachers
02/09/25 4.00-5.00 pm
Topic:Collaborative Approaches to School Attendance Difficulties
Leading the Way: Strategic Solutions for Attendance Challenges
Principals, Deputies, Head of Wellbeing, Head of Student Support
02/09/25 1.00-2.30 pm
Supporting Every Step: Well-being Strategies for School Attendance Challenges
Guidance officers/Counsellors, School psychologists, School social workers
11/09/25 1.30-3.00 pm
In the Classroom: Supporting Attendance Through Safety and Connection
Classroom teachers (early childhood, primary, secondary), teacher aides
02/09/25 3.30-4.30 pm
Topic:Mentoring Matters!
Building readiness for powerful learning relationships
27/08/25 3.30-4.30 pm
Developing and sustaining impactful mentoring programs
School leaders, Middle leaders
10/09/25 3:30-4:30 pm
Topic:Culture, Community and Curriculum: First Nations Education
Culture: First Nations Cultural Safety in Education
23/07/25 3.30-4.30 pm
Community: Working alongside First Nations communities in Education
29/07/25 3.30-4.30 pm
Curriculum: First Nations pedagogies and resources
10/11/25 3.30-4.30 pm
Topic:Promoting young children's language and literacy development
06/08/25 3.45-4.30 pm
15/10/25 3.45-4.30 pm
Topic:Inspiring questioning: Opening doors and curiosity and collaboration through philosophy and picturebooks
Making the most of children's questions: How to conduct critical, creative, caring and collaborative inquiry with children
31/07/25 3.30-4.30
Bridging creativity and critical thinking through philosophical inquiry and children's picturebooks
14/08/25 3.30-4.30 pm
Exploring a mindset of curiosity and discovery through philosophy and children's picturebooks
20/08/25 3.30–4.30 pm
Topic:Making Maths Meaningful
Topic:Come and Play! Songs and rhymes for early childhood
Single Events
School rules and legal tools: What every teacher should know about the law
30/07/25 4.00-5.00 pm
Beyond Explicit Instruction: Developing independent learning through inquiry
23/10/25 3.30-4.30 pm
Supporting Pasifika learners for educational success
03/09/25 3.45-4.30 pm
For all enquiries, please contact Dr Ellen Larsen ah-eng-edu@unisq.edu.au
Empowering teachers and leaders to design, assess, and report with confidence, clarity, and the support of ethical AI.
Session 1: Designing Quality Assessment with AI
Learn how to use AT tools to create assessment tasks and rubrics that are valid, reliable, fair, authentic, and flexible. This hands-on session explores how to maintain rigour while saving time - transforming your assessment design process with confidence and clarity.Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: 5.1, 3.4, 6.2
Session 2: Smarter Feedback and Reporting with AI
Explore how AI can assist with drafting student feedback, identifying learning trends, and streamlining report writing. This session offers practical tools and strategies to save time and improve personalisation, while keeping teacher voice and integrity at the centre.
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: 5.2, 5.5, 6.2
Session 3: Leading with AI – Confident, Quality Assessment Design
AI is transforming assessment design - but are your teachers allowed to use it? This session equips school leaders to confidently support AI-informed assessment practices. Explore how AI can enhance task creation and reduce workload, without compromising quality or professional judgment. Bust myths, embrace possibilities, and lead the shift.
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: 5.1, 6.3, 7.4
Session 4: Teaching Ethical AI use in the Classroom
Help students harness AI responsibly. This session guides teachers through frameworks and strategies for teaching digital literacy, integrity, and ethical AI use in assessments - equipping learners for success in a future shaped by artificial intelligence.
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: 4.5, 3.4, 7.2
Series Presenter: Dr Nicole BrownlieDr Nicole Brownlie is a leading teacher educator and researcher, championing smart, ethical use of AI in assessment. She helps schools streamline practice, uphold quality, and empower teachers to focus on what matters most.
In this session, school leaders will explore the complex drivers behind school attendance difficulties, often described as ‘school can’t’. Attendees will gain insight into systemic and leadership-level strategies for fostering environments that support every student to attend and thrive. This session supports school leaders to develop inclusive, supportive school cultures for successful school learners through high quality learning, teaching and schooling approaches to school attendance difficulties.
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: Principal Standards: Leading Improvement, innovation and change, Leading the management of the school, Engaging and working with the community
School well-being professionals including guidance staff, psychologists, counsellors and social workers are pivotal in understanding and addressing the deeper factors influencing school attendance difficulties. This session will unpack key psychological, social, and emotional drivers behind ‘school can’t’ and equip participants with collaborative strategies to prevent school can’t and support re-engagement. Attendees will leave with practical tools to enhance student connection and collaboration with caregivers. The session supports strengthening expertise in inclusive and trauma-informed practices.
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: Middle Leader Standards: Managing effectively, Ensuring a safe, supportive learning environment, collaborating with students/ caregivers and the community, Administrative systems and processes
Classroom teachers are central to making school feel safe and achievable for students experiencing attendance challenges. This session will build teacher understanding of ‘school can’t’ and provide practical, classroom-based strategies to foster safety, belonging, and engagement. Teachers will learn how to correctly identify school attendance challenges early on and use relationships, routines, and flexibility to support attendance and success. This session empowers educators to respond effectively to diverse student needs and work collaboratively with caregivers.
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: 1.1, 1.6, 4.1, 4.4, 7.3