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Bringing Business to Life!

New Teacher Professional Development from:

Learn from the best in the game.

Book now for a full day of strategies and access to an enormous range of teaching resources to bring your business classroom to life.

 

A collaboration between Resource Factory (McDonald's Case Study) and Big Time BS, this new professional development will arm teachers with a clear pathway forward to build engagement and results in the NSW Business Studies course.

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What teachers said after the sold out November session:

"Excellent and extremely valuable (this is an extreme understatement). Presenters were clear, explicit and selfless with supporting teacher development especially given my circumstance as a relatively new teacher (3 year of teaching). Thankyou so so much!"

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​3rd March, 2026 - 9am - 3pm - Club York, Sydney (Spaces filling quickly)

Agenda

Ben Andersen (Business Studies teacher, Senior HSC Marker for Business Studies, and founder of www.bigtimebs.com.au) and Adam Stanshall (author of the McDonald’s Case Study) are pleased to present our Business Studies PD – Bringing Business to Life!

 

This is a full day workshop with a stack of take-home ideas and resources.

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Session 1: Foundations and Streamlining Content

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  • 2025 Business Studies HSC exam review

  • 3 Core Actions of the effective business teacher

  • Strategies to streamline content and build recall

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Session 2: Case Studies - Real and hypothetical

 

  • Using the McDonald’s Case Study in class to gain maximum HSC marks

  • Using other real-world case studies to supplement, lead and revise course content.

  • Gamifying your classroom to build discussion and critical thinking using Business Brain and Make a Statement games to master business finance. Thorough demonstration and guidance on implementation

 

Session 3: Writing in Business Studies

 

  • Processes to generate improvement and motivation

  • Section II, III and IV - How to approach and structure responses

  • Q and A session

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Session 4: Bringing it all together

 

  • Lesson and unit planning

  • Balancing content, application and writing

  • Assessment and HSC Trial strategies

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Take home resources include –

 

  • Sample Responses to Short Response, Business Report and Business Essay

  • Access to a free online, hyperlinked textbook for Year 11 and 12 courses

  • Free study card templates for all topics and guide on how to use with your class

  • Sample Business Studies lesson plan

  • Comprehensive list of business and entrepreneurial YouTube channels to bring the course to life

  • NESA Directive Term explanation and language guide

  • Year 11 practice short responses, HSC Examination topic-collated short response questions

  • Year 11 topic-related practice business report questions

  • Past Trial HSC papers

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