Educators
State Library offers educators support, professional development, and resources to enhance their teaching practice. Our aim is to empower educators with practical knowledge and skills to assist their students to use State Library collections and services.
Professional development
The State Library is committed to the professional development (PD) of Queensland educators. We support and encourage contemporary pedagogy and practice - our PD events provide practical, hands-on experiences and resources to implement immediately in your classroom.
Subscribe to our monthly eBlast and check the What’s On calendar for upcoming programs.
Arranging your visit
State Library offers an orientation tour for class groups arriving for self-directed study. This brief tour will familiarise students with learning spaces and services required for their study. It is essential to arrange group bookings for study, events and exhibitions through Learning or 3842 9293.
8 to 14 years may enjoy exploring some of State Library's treasures with the Secret SLQ app.
Learning notes
To support exhibitions and events, State Library creates learning notes with teaching and learning activities linked directly to the Australian Curriculum. These notes are designed to enhance your onsite experience.
State of Emergency (PDF 57.5 KB)
Transforming Tindale
Design Minds
Floodlines
Look! The art of Australian picture books
Strait Home
Plan 2013 schools visits
Plan your school visit to State Library for 2013. Below (or download the printable pdf) is a list of our events and exhibitions designed to support your national curriculum needs in Music, English, History, Indigenous studies and digital literacy. For enquiries or to make a booking, contact 07 3842 9293 or learning@slq.qld.gov.au
Term 1
State of Emergency
Until 19 Apr | Free exhibition
Examine the politics and protests surrounding the 1982 Commonwealth Games, and the Indigenous struggles for human rights.
Grass Dukes and Shepherd Kings
14 Dec - 21 Apr | Free exhibition
19th Century pastoral life on the Darling Downs comes alive in an intimate exhibition of treasures. Explore prized possessions, photo albums, planning journals and records of farm life for European settlers from 1839.
Garage Gamer
5 Jan - 14 Apr | Free exhibition and program
Create, play, trial, interact and learn in Queensland’s first games space exclusively dedicated to local gamers and game makers. Garage Gamer illustrates the importance of games as educational products.
Gamestar Mechanic schools workshops
Mon 11 – Wed 13 Feb, 9.30am-2pm | For Years 6 to 10 | Free
Bring your class to SLQ to participate in fun, game-based quests and courses to help you learn game design and make your own video games.
Gamestar Mechanic online workshop for teachers
Mon 11 Feb, 3.30pm-4.15pm | Free
Learn how to run a games design workshop in your classroom using the Gamestar Mechanic toolkit, developed by designminds.org.au
Digital Skills Workshops
Every Wed, 20 Feb – 27 Mar, 4.30pm | Free
The Apple Distinguished Educators return to SLQ with a new series of digital skills workshops. Learn how to create cutting-edge learning experiences on your personal and school iPads and harness new learning technologies.
Term 2
Anzac week: White gloves experience
Mon 22 – Fri 26 Apr | $7 per child, bookings essential
Register your class for a hands-on white gloves experience, looking at some of SLQ’s rarest and most precious original war materials including letters, photographs, artefacts and ephemera. Bookings are limited to two sessions per day during ANZAC week.
Design Minds Professional Development Day
Wed 24 Apr, 9am-3.30pm | $150 (incl catering and resources)
Learn to use design thinking to develop the capabilities of successful and creative 21st century citizens within existing education and learning benchmarks. Email asiapacificdesignlibrary@slq.qld.gov.au for more details.
Judy Horacek student workshops
For Prep to Year 4 | 29 Apr – 3 May | Free
Join cartoonist and picture book creator Judy Horacek for a series of drawing workshops and story readings.
- For Prep to Year 2: Drawing sheep with Judy Horacek
- For Years 2 to 4: Drawing monsters with Judy Horacek
Live – Queensland Band Culture
11 May – 8 Sep | Free exhibition and program
Live presents the ‘power and the passion’ of people and audiences who helped create Queensland band culture over the past 160 years. Live is an immersive and interactive experience exploring what it meant to be in a band, to be a fan, and the many ways we consume music on a daily basis.
Deadly Brothers
May - Oct | Free exhibition and program
Deadly Brothers showcases five Queensland Indigenous musicians who articulate how their music is created and inspired by their culture.
Term 3
Design Minds Professional Development Day
Wed 24 Jul, 9am-3.30pm | $150 (incl catering and resources)
Learn to use design thinking to develop the capabilities of successful and creative 21st century citizens within existing education and learning benchmarks. Email asiapacificdesignlibrary@slq.qld.gov.au for more details.
Online Literature Festival
26 Aug – 6 Sep | Free
Join SLQ in conjunction with Brisbane Writers Festival and Department of Education, Training and Employment in connecting with some of your favourite authors via free online sessions.
SlammED!
Jul/Aug (tbc) | For Years 7 - 12
Discover the art of creating performance poetry in a hands-on, words-on workshop.
Specially designed for students, SlammED! workshops culminate in a joint Poetry Slam where participants take their new-found skills to the stage.
The Dreaming [working title]
Oct 2013 – Feb 2014 | Free exhibition
Presenting 20 Queensland stories adapted into animations as part of the Australian Aboriginal Nations’ series. This work is the most distinctive collection of Aboriginal animations recognisable through its airtime on the ABC network.
Celebrate the soundtrack of our state as SLQ sets the stage for the music of Queensland.
Open till 17 Nov
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