DATTA WA Member Discussions

TO PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Dear All,

As a reminder or for those who had not previously been aware ...

The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) is conducting the first formal review of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers since they were adopted 15 years ago. The review runs from May 2026 to February 2027, with an open initial online survey closing on August 7, 2026.

Review Purpose and Timeline

• Goal:                    Check if the standards match modern, evidence-based teaching practices and remain useful.

Dear DATTA WA, 

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing about a current research project exploring language use in Australian secondary school classrooms and teachers' views on students' heritage languages.

We are hoping to give voice to the views of as many teachers as possible, and Design & Technology teachers in WA would provide very important perspectives in the Australian context. As such, if this research is of interest to you,  I would like to request that you might advise your members of this survey. I have attached a copy of our approved advertisement flyer, and in case the link is not 'clickable', an additional copy of the link in full is here: https://unesurveys.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8Hu8s6TNOxTQr5A

Query from a member -

All Catholic Education schools have now had to go to a purchasing system where all suppliers need to be “Onboard” a list purchase from.

In the past we have done a lot of online ordering for our department, especially when it comes to electrical componentry. For example we bought 400 servos for $600 at the end of last year however if we purchased from a Zycus approved supplier such as Jaycar, the same amount of servos would cost us $4400. I was hoping to reach out to some other CEWA schools that run some Robotics/engineering/electronics courses and see how they have got around this and where they have found to be affordable places to purchase from.