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QMEA offers a range of different events including teacher professional development activities in STEM areas; award events to present student scholarships and teacher awards; career entry events via a variety of pathways including operator, trade, technical and professional; engineering camps; site tours; and diversity focused events including indigenous strategies and a range of 4Girls2 activities.

QMEA Calendar

Check out the date claimers below so you do not miss out on events for teachers and students and teacher professional development

Contact us on info@qmea.org.au for further information.

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February 2012

  • 6 QMEA Award Event closing date for permission forms
  • 6-7 CY Science teacher PD Taroom
  • 6-7 Spatial Technologies teacher PD Brisbane UQ
  • 7-8 CY Science teacher PD Wandoan 8 Arduino teacher PD Wavell State High School
  • 8-9 CY Science teacher PD Tara
  • 9-11 Indigenous school-based apprenticeship and traineeship (SAT) recruitment event
  • 20 Bundamba SSC Industry Engagement Lunch
  • 23 Alexandra Hills SHS Industry Engagement Lunch
  • 22 LNG Launch (TBC)
  • 22 Inquiry-based Science PD Kirwan State High School Townsville
  • 24 Central South Regional Cluster Forum (TBC)
  • 24 Closing date for Engineering Camps expression of interests
  • 28 SIMTARS visit Bundamba SSC
  • 29 Inquiry-based Science PD Wandoan State School

March 2012

  • 1 BRAKE teacher training Moranbah
  • 2-4 TESEP teacher PD Cairns
  • 6-7 QMEA award event
  • 8 International Women’s Day
  • 20 QSMART information sent to schools looking to deliver program in 2013
  • 21 Expand your MINeD Moranbah
  • 21-22 Inquiry-based Science PD & Earth Science PD Cloncurry State School
  • 26-27 Maths Upskilling PD Cloncurry State School
  • 27 Engineering Camps confirmation of attendance to key teachers
  • 28-29 Earth Science teacher PD Brisbane

April 2012

  • 4 Gladstone Schools Super Challenge
  • 23-24 Engineering Technology teacher PD (TBC – Brisbane or Gladstone)
  • 27 Trades/operator day Moura (TBC)

May 2012

  • 1 Toolkit for Girls Middlemount (4Girls2 event)
  • 9 Girls Power Brisbane (4Girls2 event)
  • 10 Science and Engineering Challenge Nanango
  • 15 Alexandra Hills SHS Industry Engagement Lunch
  • 15 4Girls2 Forum Miles
  • 16 4Girls2 Forum Toowoomba
  • 17 Technical/para professional day Blackwater
  • 17 Trades at Mining Expo (4Girls2 event) Mount Isa
  • 18 Try a Trade event Skills Tech Acacia Ridge Brisbane (TBC)
  • 22 4Girls2 Forum Wandoan (TBC)
  • 22 Bundamba SSC Industry Engagement Lunch
  • 28 QSMART information session for schools looking to deliver program in 2013 (location TBA)

June 2012

  • 15 Environmental Day Gladstone (TBC)
  • 11-15 QMEA Rock Tour Central Queensland
  • 15 It’s all about ME (4Girls2 event) Gladstone
  • 15 SIMTARS visit Wavell SHS
  • 18-19 Spatial Technologies teacher PD (TBC)
  • 22/6 to 5/7 Engineering Camp Xstrata Mount Isa (TBC)
  • 24/6 to 1/7 Engineering Camp CSG Toowoomba (TBC)