CEB Staff Newsletter #32 - 9 September 2022
Connect with the DOBCEL Catholic Education Ballarat Platforms
Catholic Education Ballarat are pleased to formally announce the implementation of various social media platforms that provide opportunities for all members of the DOBCEL Community and beyond to connect and stay up to date with the latest!
With exciting campaigns on the horizon to promote staff recruitment and student enrolment across the Diocese, it would be appreciated to get as many CEB Staff connected as possible to help spread the good news of our own initiatives, our schools and beyond.
Please see the links below for the platforms.
CEB Staff Formation - 29th & 30th September
Choose Workshops.
CEB colleagues are invited to select from the range of workshops. These workshops are facilitated by your peers who are offering the opportunity for us to dialogue about elements of life and culture from a specific perspective.
Those who are facilitating are not doing so from a position of superior knowledge. They are generously providing the opportunity for us to look at where a Catholic perspective may inform our engagement with life.
The workshops also offer the opportunity to learn more about prayer and reflections, our Church culture and one another. Please come to the workshops willing to participate and share.
It is asked that you complete your selection by 4pm Friday 16 September.
Anyone who has not made a selection by this date will be put into workshops at random.
To enable staff to plan their travel, please note the following times:
Commence: Thursday 29 September at 10.15am (morning tea)
Conclude: Friday 30 September at 12.30pm (take away lunch)
DOBCEL CEB Meeting Calendar 2023
Please download the calendar via the link below.
Inaugural DOBCEL Putt Putt Evening
A reminder to staff that everyone is invited to the inaugural DOBCEL Putt Putt evening.
Details are:
Date: Friday September 16
Time: 4.30pm onwards
Location: CEB Ballarat Office
Refreshments: Drinks and hot/cold finger food
RSVP: Monday 12 September (for catering purposes)
Staff are asked to bring in any pool noodles, plastic golf clubs, toy golf balls, sand castle buckets, etc that can be used on the evening. Please contact Kerrie and bring anything that you think may be useful by Wednesday.
As usual, this is a voluntary event and staff located around the Diocese are invited to attend or celebrate the end of term with colleagues at a local venue.
People & Development Update
Staff Wellbeing Webinar Series - Converge International.
REMINDER – Wellbeing Webinar Series underway.
We are pleased to offer the Wellbeing Webinar Series, in partnership with Converge International, to all DOBCEL staff and their families. These virtual sessions are accessible from anywhere.
Each session offers different insights and strategies for supporting our own and others’ wellbeing. Looking after yourself is important and we encourage you to make it a priority.
Up next: Session 2: Maintaining Motivation
When: Thursday 15 September 2022, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Learn what contemporary research tells us about the psychology of motivation.
Reflect on your own motivation and drivers.
Learn tips and strategies to increase motivation.
- Facilitated by Coco Nkrumah
- Access the participant handout ahead of the session
- Click here to join the session
- Participants are invited to submit feedback following attendance at this seminar
For information about all seminar details, including session links click here for attachment.
Including:
- Session 3: Dealing with Technology Stress (13 Oct, 4-5pm)
- Session 4: Growth Mindset (24 Oct, 4-5pm)
- Session 5: Mental Fitness (10 Nov, 4-5pm)
Professional Learning 2023.
For those wishing to run a Professional Learning session in 2023, please complete this form and forward to your Team Leader. Team Leaders must submit all requests via email to sjohnson@dobcel.catholic.edu.au by Friday 14 October.
Requests will be collated and assessed and a response emailed to the organiser by Friday 4 November. Any requests made after this date will be subject to calendar availability.
Please refer to the DOBCEL/CEB Meeting Calendar published Wednesday 7 September when selecting dates.
Public Holidays – Term 3 and 4, 2022.
Grand Final Friday.
Friday 23 September 2022 is a public holiday in Victoria, starting a long weekend that includes the AFL grand final.
A leave form is not required, this is a statewide public holiday.
Cup or Show Day.
Melbourne Cup Day is a public holiday across all of Victoria unless an alternate local holiday has been nominated by a regional centre’s Local Government Authority (LGA). CEB staff can take Melbourne Cup Day as a public holiday, or the alternate day nominated by the Local Government Authority (LGA) in their regional centre.
A leave form is not required. However, you should inform your team leader of the public holiday day you intend to take.
Planning & Infrastructure Update
200 Gillies St Catholic Education Office – Roof Works.
Some minor roofing works are scheduled to be carried out at 200 Gillies St next week so you may hear some works occurring on the roof and see some contractors on site throughout the week.
However, we do expect noise and any disruption to be minimal.
Career Opportunities in the Diocesan Education Community
Catholic Education Ballarat
- Team Leader: Learning and Teaching – fixed term position at 1.0 FTE (closes 7 October)