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Hosting and Harvesting
conference:
Creating the change we wish
to see in the world
Held at the Sydney Convention Centre for three
days, the 29th – 30th September and 1st October 2010,
with a focus on:
»» The art of hosting: conversations that matter
»» Deep learning, rich understandings
»» Learning across boundaries: building bridges
»» Leadership and, for, through, with, by, from
learning
Introducing some of our extraordinary keynotes and authors
of our lead papers:
- Alma Harris and Andy Hargreaves
- Professor Louise Stoll
- Brian Caldwell
- Dr Carolyn Shields
- Professor Allan Walker
- DR Neville Highett
- Jan Robertson
- Professor Rehabeam Katengela Auala
- DR Bob Lingard
- Professor Emeritus Alan Reid
- DR Brenda Beatty
- DR Muavia Gallie
Registration fees:
Early Registration – Before 30.06.10
ACEL/CCEAM member: $750.00
Non member: $885.00
Standard Registration – On or after 1.07.10
ACEL/CCEAM member: $850.00
Non member: $985.00
Visit http://www.acel.org.au
or click here
for further details.
A real life lesson on drugs
WA - The father of a woman who died after
a controversial organ transplant wants to use his daughter's
life as part of a drug-education program in WA schools.
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newspaper report
Greens want representative for international
student issues
NATIONAL - The Greens are calling for
a parliamentary secretary to be responsible for the international
education industry.
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newspaper report
Improve NAPLAN results or be fired: allegations
NATIONAL - The Australian Primary Principals
Association has alleged some principals have been told they
will lose their jobs if their school's NAPLAN results do
not improve.
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newspaper report
A day off can be costly
VIC - Victorian parents may find themselves
facing a fine of $116 per day if their child is kept home
from school without an appropriate cause.
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newspaper report
NAPLAN stoush
NSW - This article looks at the impact
of the recent NAPLAN testing clash.
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newspaper report
More BER complaints
NATIONAL - There are still more reports
of wastage in the Building the Education Revolution program.
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newspaper report
Parents late warning on abduction attempts
NSW - Parents of students were warned
of a suspected paedophile attempting an abduction days after
the first grab attempt was made.
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newspaper report
Abduction alarm raised
NSW - A ten-year-old student has reported
of an attempted abduction outside Mindarie Primary School.
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newspaper report
School goat killed
NSW - A school goat belonging to Willyama
High School has been stolen and killed.
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newspaper report
Opinion . . .
In reflection...
NATIONAL - Jim McAlpine, the outgoing
head of the NSW Secondary Principals' Council, writes of
what he has learnt during his 20 years in education.
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newspaper report
Good news . . .
Allergy awareness
TAS - The Asthma Foundation has created
a program to help Tasmanian teachers deal with student allergies.
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newspaper report
International
Sex education debate
INDONESIA - According to the ABC, the
Indonesian Government is questioning the need for sex education
in schools.
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newspaper report
Education act will help stop child labour
INDIA - The 'Right to Education Act' in
India will also be used to help eradicate child labour.
Gujarat state program manager of Save the Children, Rajan
Mohanty, said, 'Eradicating child labour is a big process.
We need to see that children deprived of education be involved
in the process,'
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newspaper report
ACEL Noticeboard
ACEL presents Dr. Mel Levineina's ACEL
November 2009 Traveling Scholar
Professor Alma Harris is Pro-Director (Leadership) at the
Institute of Education, London and Director of London Centre
for Leadership in Learning. Her research work focuses on
organisational change and development. She is internationally
known for her work on school improvement, focusing particularly
on improving schools in challenging circumstances. Her most
recent work has focused on leadership and organisational
change. Her latest book on distributed leadership is Distributed
School Leadership: Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders (2008).
Tomorrow’s schools will need new forms of leadership.
The old hierarchical models of leadership do not fit any
longer. We need to develop new leaders at all levels of
the system if we are serious about sustaining improvement
and change. But how do we go about this? This workshop will
give a practical insight into the why, how and what of distributed
leadership by focusing on the research evidence and highlighting
what it looks like in schools. The workshop will draw upon
evidence about distributed leadership in other sectors from
a research project that Alma has co-led with Professor Andy
Hargreaves. It will also draw upon her experience of system
wide reform in Wales where she is co-leading the development
of professional learning communities across all schools.
Touring Dates & Venues
Date Venue
Darwin NT: 30th August 2010
9.00am to 4.00pm: Novotel Darwin Atrium
Rockhampton QLD: 1st September 2010
9.00am to 4.00pm: Rockhampton Leagues
Brisbane QLD: 6th September 2010
9.00am to 4.00pm: Mercure Brisbane
Sydney NSW: 8th September 2010
9.00am to 4.00pm: Menzies Sydney
Canberra ACT: 9th September 2010
4.00pm to 9.00pm: Hotel Kurrajong (dinner included)
Perth WA: 13th September 2010
9.00am to 4.00pm: Mercure Perth
Melbourne VIC: 15th September 2010
9.00am to 4.00pm: The Swanston Hotel, Grande Mercure
Adelaide SA: 16th September 2010
9.00am to 4.00pm: Mercure Grosvenor
Hobart TAS: 22nd September 2010
9.00am to 4.00pm: Mercure Hobart
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