CPD & Events
Book Now - GA Annual Conference 2011
Online registration is now available for the 2011 GA Annual Conference & Exhibition. This international event for primary and secondary geography teachers, students, academics and ITE tutors will be held at the University of Surrey from 14-16 April. The programme includes a wide range of workshops, lectures, field visits, research sessions and social events plus the UK's largest exhibition of geographical resources.
GA CPD Courses 2010/11
We've got a great programme of CPD events planned for the coming year with more than 40 courses and conferences for geography teachers taking place between October and June. Whether you're Primary, Secondary or Post-16, an NQT looking for support or an experienced teacher after some new ideas, we've got something for everyone.
Community Cohesion Online CPD Courses
These new courses explore the relationship between community cohesion and geography. Part One helps you think about the contribution geography makes towards your school's duty to promote community cohesion, while Part Two comprises three activities focusing on attitudes to leisure, hypermobility and homes and families plus a plenary exercise.
GIS for Beginners
This new series of two-day training courses is aimed at secondary geography teachers with little or no experience of GIS. The courses are led by the GA and ESRI (UK) and include a year's subscription to the popular DigitalWorlds GIS software.
Free Residential Geoscience Academy
The Geological Society will be hosting its first Geoscience Education Academy from 22-25 August in London. The Academy is aimed at teachers who do not have a background in Geoscience, but are required to teach it in school. Attendance is free and all travel costs, accommodation and meals are covered. Visit the Geological Society website for further information.
Subject Leadership in the Secondary Phase
This new online CPD course has been written to provoke thought and discussion about how geography is taught and managed at Key Stage 3.
Young Geographers go Global
This CPD unit will help you to engage children in quality geography through senses-based creative writing. In the three classroom sessions detailed here, children will get to write about their own journeys to school and compare these with journeys in other parts of the world, culminating in a performance piece.
GA Consultants
The GA has a growing register of highly qualified and experienced consultants who can be contacted to provide specialist advice on various topics related to the teaching and learning of geography.
Teaching About Migration
Migration remains one of those 'difficult' topics to teach. This new CPD unit contains four classroom sessions for you to adopt and adapt plus guidance towards developing your own.
Advertise your vacancy on the GA Website
Advertise with us to make sure your vacancy is seen by primary and secondary geography teachers, PGCE students and ITE tutors.
Gain TLA accreditation through the GA
Engaging with face-to-face courses, online CPD units and resources on the GA website can help you work towards gaining professional recognition from the Teacher Learning Academy (TLA).
Geography Quality Marks
An introduction to the GA's Quality Mark scheme for primary and secondary schools and how it can provide effective CPD for you and your department.
