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MESSAGE</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-3" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;color:#000;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#555;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">Welcome to the December edition of TA Talk.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="font-size:14px;">As another year comes to a close, we have much to reflect on, and even more to be grateful for. </span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="font-size:14px;">This year we have partnered with some outstanding webinar presenters who have generously shared their expertise at our monthly live web events and contributed to our growing range of contemporary evidence-based resources which assist support staff every day in classrooms.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="font-size:14px;">We have also collaborated with the most amazing group of educators on our shared vision to develop the Australian Standards for Paraprofessional Educators in Schools. We are inspired by the commitment of this group, who are all busy in their respective roles, but find time to participate in a project we consider will make education history!</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="font-size:14px;">This year, with the discerning expertise of our wonderful panel of judges, we declared the 5th Australian Teacher Aide of the Year and the 2nd Australian Teacher Aide Team of the Year through our national awards program. This program highlights the amazing contribution education support staff make to student learning and wellbeing, and we never tire of reading about the extraordinary work teacher aides do to enrich the lives and learning of students.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">Our small team at ATA has grown to a fabulous five, and everyday we are thankful for their collective skills, commitment, enthusiasm and 'heart' with which they serve our community.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">But without you, our community, there would be no need for all of this, so a big thank you for 'travelling' with us for another year, on our mission <em>to empower educators to help students succeed</em>!</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="font-size:14px;">The ATA office will be closed from 26th December to 13th January as our team takes a well earned break. Our best wishes to you and your loved ones for a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">See you in the New Year!</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="font-size:14px;">Warm regards</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">Stella and Mandy</span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-4" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#22a57c;color:#000;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#fff;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>2023 LIVE EVENTS</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody> </table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-5" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="25%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/dd919e29-754f-487f-a07e-d21805776a16/me_ata/Star%20-%20Web%20Events%202023.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:164px;max-width:100%" width="164" /></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="75%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:15px"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> If you are planning ahead for your 2023 professional development, you can now register for the following fabulous live web events, happening next year!</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>14 February</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> If you work at a PBL school, or participate in planning or managing student behaviour, you won’t want to miss the presentation by John Mayes, PBL coordinator at Meridan State College, <em>Introduction to Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA).</em></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>14 March</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> By popular demand, Jane Wenlock from Kolbe Catholic College, returns to share <em>Strategies to Support Students with English as an Additional Language or Dialect</em>. Register for this webinar to learn how to provide additional support to students to develop their proficiency in English.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>9 May </strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> We are delighted to welcome back Dr. Judy Hartnett, who works in schools to support teachers to improve maths learning outcomes for their students. Judy will show us <em>W</em><em>hat Making Mathematics Engaging</em> looks like, and how to challenge and support students while they learn.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>11 July and 8 August </strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> Clea North, a proud Aboriginal woman and descendent of the Mithaka and Gunngari people of south-west Queensland, and Education Consultant with Life Without Barriers, will be presenting two live events with a focus on <em>How To Support The Cultural Identity Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Students</em>, and share practical tools and <em>Strategies To Build The Cultural Capacity At Your School</em>. We can’t wait to hear from Clea later next year!</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Get in early and register for these live events, as places are limited!</p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="button_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center"><div class="alignment" align="center"><!--[if mso]><v:roundrect xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" href="https://www.australianteacheraide.com.au/web-events" style="height:38px;width:416px;v-text-anchor:middle;" arcsize="11%" stroke="false" fillcolor="#7E7D7C"><w:anchorlock/><v:textbox inset="0px,0px,0px,0px"><center style="color:#ffffff; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:14px"><![endif]--> <a 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border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/dd919e29-754f-487f-a07e-d21805776a16/me_ata/Professional%20Development%20Resource%20Thumbnail_1.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:198px;max-width:100%" width="198" alt="Image" title="Image" /> </div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="66.66666666666667%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:25px"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#555;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><span style="color:#22a57c;font-size:14px;">Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Education</span></strong></span> </p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#555;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> <span style="font-size:14px;">Julie Bover and Christine Wallwork, from the Narragunnawali Reconciliation in Education team, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">explore the concept and context of reconciliation in Australia.</span></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="font-size:14px;">They explain the role of the education sector in driving a stronger future of reconciliation across the nation, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">walk you through the features and functions of the Narragunnawali online platform,</span><span style="font-size:14px;"> and highlight how building relationships, respect and opportunities within schools can be meaningfully complemented by reconciliation action planning in schools.</span></p></div></div> </td></tr></table><table class="button_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" 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width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#fff;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR WEBINAR PRESENTERS</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-9" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><img class="big" src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/dd919e29-754f-487f-a07e-d21805776a16/me_ata/2022%20Web%20Presenters_1.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:655px;max-width:100%" width="655" /></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-10" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> Our sincere thanks go to the following presenters who contributed their expertise to help us <em>empower educators to help students succeed</em>.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <br /><strong><span style="color:#23a57c;">Ben Pollard, Beaudesert State High School, QLD,</span> </strong>for his insightful presentation on how to involve teacher aides in the planning of their own professional development through peer observation.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <strong><span style="color:#23a57c;">Jane Wenlock, Kolbe Catholic College, VIC,</span></strong> for presenting 2 webinars; firstly Jane gave us ideas to assist in adjusting curriculum, providing life skills, and managing behaviour that can occur with students with intellectual disability, and secondly, Jane shared how we can assist in modifying assessment, and use rubrics to support students with disability and additional needs.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="color:#23a57c;"><strong>Michelle Murray, Life Without Barriers, QLD,</strong></span> for also presenting 2 webinars; firstly sharing the neurodevelopmental impacts of significant adversity or trauma on children’s development and engagement, and secondly, helping us with evidence based strategies that can be used to support these children and young people at school.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong><span style="color:#23a57c;">Jo Opie, PosAbilities: Strong Minds, Strong Futures, NSW,</span></strong> for showing us how to use students’ strengths to overcome weaknesses, and help them grow and thrive.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <strong><span style="color:#23a57c;">Claire Jackson, Monash University, VIC, Sue De Silva, Catholic Education Sandhurst, VIC, and Jane Keating, Padua College, VIC,</span></strong><span style="color:#555555;"> who shared their perspectives on how the Australian Standards for Paraprofessional Educators will benefit education support staff, teachers and school leaders.</span></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <strong><span style="color:#23a57c;">Leanne Hillman, Bolster Education, NSW,</span></strong> for sharing her observations of teaching assistants in action, including how teachers and teaching assistants are collaborating to build stronger teaching teams through lesson preparation and professional practice.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <strong><span style="color:#23a57c;">Dr Caroline Stevenson, The Stevenson Practice, NSW,</span></strong> who helped us develop a clearer understanding of ADHD, and shared practical strategies for working with students with ADHD.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <strong><span style="color:#23a57c;">Julie Bover and Christine Wallwork, Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Education, NSW,</span></strong> who encouraged us to build relationships, respect and opportunities within schools and early learning services with meaningful reconciliation action planning.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> All these live web events were recorded and uploaded to our professional development library where they can be viewed by members. </p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-11" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#22a57c;color:#000;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#fff;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"><strong><span style="font-size:14px;">HAVE YOU MET OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CONSULTANT, TAMARA?</span></strong></p></div></div></td></tr></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-12" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;color:#000;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="66.66666666666667%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:15px"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#555;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> <span style="font-size:14px;">New member orientations are always a great way to connect with school staff, from Principals to Teacher Aide Coordinators and TA teams. This year, our wonderful Customer Service Consultant, Tamara, was kept busy onboarding new schools, helping them find resources to meet their professional development priorities, and demonstrating how to use the member portal.</span></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">Here's some feedback from some of the school teams she met with:</span></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"></p><ul style="line-height:1.2;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><li><span style="font-size:14px;">Wow, what an extensive range of professional learning resources!</span></li><li> <span style="font-size:14px;">The website and member portal is really user-friendly, and everything is easy to find</span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;">The Professional Development Planner for Schools and the Professional Development Record are great tools to help plan out the next 12 month's PD for education support staff</span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;">A colleague from another school recommended ATA!</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">Recently, Tamara said '<em>It is such a privilege to be a part of an organisation that makes accessing PD for schools so easy. I even led a couple of orientations where the attendees were so overjoyed to have found Australian Teacher Aide, it sounded like they had won lotto!'</em></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="33.333333333333336%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/dd919e29-754f-487f-a07e-d21805776a16/me_ata/image_Tamara%20Orientations_compressed.jpeg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:197px;max-width:100%" width="197" 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style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#fff;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>MEET ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CHAMPION SCHOOL</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-14" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;color:#333;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="33.333333333333336%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/dd919e29-754f-487f-a07e-d21805776a16/me_ata/Student%20using%20story%20stone2.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:198px;max-width:100%" width="198" alt="Image" title="Image" /></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="66.66666666666667%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:25px"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#555;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong><span style="color:#23a57c;">Sunshine Christian School builds staff capability to support student wellbeing and learning</span></strong></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">As Sunshine Christian School is in their 5th year of membership with Australian Teacher Aide, we took the opportunity to meet with Principal Damian Pietsch, and Lead School Support Officer (SSO) Gretta O’Mahoney, to learn how the SSOs have been using ATA professional learning, and what their plans are going into the future.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">Read about some of the amazing things happening in this small multicultural school with fewer than 100 students, where there is a strong focus on learning and wellbeing in all that they do!</span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="button_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" 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border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Congratulations to the following schools celebrating their 5th, 6th and 7th continuous year of membership with ATA! This milestone reflects the commitment of the schools' leaders to the professional growth of their education support teams.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>7 year Professional Learning Champions</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Longreach State School QLD</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Toukley Public School NSW</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>6 year Professional Learning Champions</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Good Shepherd Catholic College QLD </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Gordonvale State High School QLD</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Jamboree Heights State School QLD</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Victoria Park State School QLD</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">The Southport School QLD</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>5 year Professional Learning Champions</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Ballam Park Primary School VIC</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Sunshine Christian School VIC</p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-17" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#22a57c;color:#000;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#fff;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>WELCOME TO OUR NEW SCHOOLS AND TRAINING ORGANISATIONS</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-18" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:15px"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>NSW</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Hinchinbrook Public School</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Oran Park Anglican College</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">St. Joseph's College Banora Point</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> TAFE NSW - Queanbeyan</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>QLD</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Boronia Heights State School</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Cannon Hill Anglican College</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Carmichael College</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Griffin State School</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> Iona College</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Kowanyama State School</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">MacGregor State School</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Oakey State School</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Rockhampton Girls Grammar</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Somerville House</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Stuartholme School</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> Tallebudgera State School</p></div></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:15px"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>SA</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Ocean View College</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>VIC</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Collingwood English Language School</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Good Shepherd School Wheelers Hill</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Kurnai College</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Menzies Creek Primary School</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Mirboo North Primary School</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Numurkah Secondary College</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Rangeview Primary School</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">St Joseph's Quarry Hill</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Wedderburn P-12 College</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>WA</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Baldivis Secondary College </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Ursula Frayne Catholic College</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-19" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#22a57c;color:#000;width:655px" width="655"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#fff;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>WHAT'S TRENDING ON THE ATA FACEBOOK PAGE</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-20" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" 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words....</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:12px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px;color:#555;line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>15,996 views</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>223 reactions, comments and shares</strong></span> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:14.399999999999999px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">It was so much fun reading all your comments, but there did seem to be a theme, and that involved caffeine!! Here are just a few of the hundreds of sentiments posted:</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="font-size:14px;">Mandi said 'Exhausting, messy, emotional, frantic & fun'</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">Eirini said 'fuelled by caffeine and chocolate'</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">Tiff said 'Coffee, patience, tolerance, excitement, hectic'</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="font-size:14px;">Jennine said 'Emotional - sending on ‘my’ kids!'</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bron said 'Glitter, glue, gumption and coffee!'</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cyndy said 'So close, but so far.....'</span></p><p 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