Teacher Professional Learning at Witham’s Coffee
Date: 4:30pm - 7:00pm, 30th of April
Location: Witham’s Coffee, 5 Salisbury Rd, Hornsby, NSW
Tickets: $169.00 per person
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Join us at Witham’s Coffee, for an afternoon focusing on all things coffee and roasting to update your industry currency and practical skills while networking with like-minded teachers!
Who Should Attend
Stage 5 and Stage 6 Hospitality teachers.
Teachers running coffee programs at secondary schools.
Educators interested in linking with industry and sharing ideas
What to Expect
This afternoon session is designed for Stage 5 and Stage 6 Hospitality teachers to connect with industry while enjoying a practical hands-on experience to renew and refresh your coffee knowledge and skills.
You’ll log 21/2 hours of industry currency and NESA teacher identified PD hours, without the cost or disruption of a full-day course.
Expect some light afternoon refreshments, insights from hospitality professionals, hands on practice, and practical resources you can take back to your classroom. It’s professional learning made easy, affordable and enjoyable.
Inclusions
A relaxed afternoon tea on arrival, providing time to connect and settle in.
Presentation by founder Lance Witham, sharing industry insights, food safety regulations for coffee roasters and HACCP systems, packaging processes, and how roasting and blending beans creates unique flavour profiles.
A guided tour of Witham’s roasting facility, offering behind-the-scenes insight into modern coffee production.
A hands-on barista workshop designed to refresh and extend your coffee teaching skills, including:
coffee bean knowledge and industry terminology
espresso machine and grinder operation
particle size and grind adjustment
milk texturing techniques
a short presentation on emerging coffee technologies currently used in industry
Take-home professional learning resources ready for classroom use, including a venue-based case study and a sample coffee student workbook.
Loggable industry currency hours, contributing to VET teacher training requirements and NESA teacher-identified professional development hours.
Questions?
For more information, contact us at info@alotonourplate.com.
About Witham’s Coffee
Witham’s Coffee is a specialty coffee roastery based in Hornsby, NSW, with a long heritage rooted in coffee farming and roasting expertise. They focus on sourcing premium Arabica beans from renowned growing regions around the world and use traditional drum roasting to develop distinctive and balanced flavour profiles. Witham’s is well regarded for its consistent quality, freshly roasted beans, and wide selection of blends suited to a range of tastes and brewing styles. In addition to their coffee offerings, Witham’s supports both wholesale and retail customers with barista training, coffee education, and community engagement, reflecting a strong commitment to excellence and connection within the coffee industry.
About A Lot on Our Plate
A Lot on Our Plate offers professional development that connects Food Technology and Hospitality teachers with industry professionals and with one another. Our events are designed to be practical, inspiring and enjoyable, always with great food at the centre.