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Recent headlines . . .
Hotline to help a community in crisis
QLD - Premier Anna Bligh and Education
Minister Geoff Wilson have initiated a crisis hotline to
help the community deal with the death of 12-year-old student,
Elliott Fletcher. Fletcher died after allegedly being stabbed
by a fellow student.
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newspaper report
Student who threatened classmates allegedly
bullied
NSW - Police have said a student, who
allegedly took a large kitchen knife to school and made
threats against three classmates, was most likely being
bullied.
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newspaper report
New ICT initiative
NATIONAL - Education Minister Julia Gillard
has announced details of a $40 million education initiative
to improve the computer literacy of teachers, and to set
up an ICT Innovation Fund to provide grants for ICT projects.
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newspaper report
Search for new talent
NSW - 'The Daily Telegraph' has reported
that there are 421 teaching jobs vacant in NSW, with maths
being one of the subjects needing the most teachers.
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newspaper report
Not quite MySchool...
NATIONAL - CEO of the Australian Curriculum
Assessment Authority, Peter Hill, is seeking legal advice
after a website called the Australian School Ranking website
began advertising a 854-page report that claims to contain
the lists of the top schools across Australia.
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newspaper report
Camp tragedy
VIC - A 12-year-old student at Aquinas
College in Ringwood has drowned at a school camp.
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newspaper report
Politicians consult community over education
changes
QLD - Education Minister Geoff Wilson
and Premier Anna Bligh are holding forums with the community,
to discuss adding grade seven to high schools.
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newspaper report
Staffing boost
QLD - Schools across Queensland with
one teacher and more than 20 students, across seven or eight
year levels, will receive extra staff.
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newspaper report
Facebook security concerns
WA - There is pressure on the Facebook
social networking website to improve security, after students
posted threatening and defamatory messages about former
and current teachers.
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newspaper report
Opinion . . .
A step towards safety
WA - This opinion piece in the 'Mandurah
Mail' welcomes the addition of seatbelts to all state school
buses.
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Good news . . .
Sustainable school of architecture to open
QLD - Bond University has announced it
will open the Soheil Abedian School of Architecture, to
help meet new demand for sustainable environments.
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newspaper report
International
Sweeping syllabus changes
INDIA - All school boards in India will
now have an identical mathematics and science syllabus for
Class XI and XII from 2011.
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newspaper report
Report dismisses Swedish school model for
the UK
UK - A report has claimed that the Swedish
model of schools, presented as a model by the Conservatives
for England's education system, would 'not make very much
difference to the UK's educational status quo'.
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ACEL Noticeboard
Douglas Reeves 2010 - Travelling Scholar
Dr Reeves has previously addressed the Australia
Council of Educational Leaders (ACEL) in October 2008 and
has worked with educational leaders in Sydney, Melbourne,
Canberra, and Adelaide in 2009. In this Traveling Scholar
Program, he will bring entirely new material to participants.
DR Douglas Reeves is the founder of The Leadership and Learning
Center. He has worked with education, business, nonprofit,
and government organizations throughout the world. The author
of more than 20 books and many articles on leadership and
organizational effectiveness, he has twice been named to
the Harvard University Distinguished Authors Series. DR
Reeves was named the Brock International Laureate for his
contributions to educati on. He also received the Distinguished
Service Award from the National Association of Secondary
School Principals and the Parents Choice Award for his writing
for children and parents.
Brisbane:
Monday 15th March 2010
9am - 4pm
Canberra
Tuesday 16th March 2010
4pm - 9pm
Melbourne
Wednesday 17th March 2010
9am - 4pm
Launceston
Thursday 18th March 2010
9am - 4pm
Perth
Friday 19th March 2010
9am - 4pm
Sydney
Tuesday 23rd March 2010
9am - 4pm
Adelaide
Wednesday 24th March 2010
9am - 4pm
For more information visit the ACEL
website.
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