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ACEL's
2010 International Conference: Hosting and Harvesting
Sydney Convention Centre
29-30 September and 1 October 2010
Join us for three challenging and memorable
days of learning as we together pursue the improvement of
student and school outcomes.
With nine extraordinary keynotes, twenty-three
lead papers and over one hundred workshops to attend, this
will be the learning conference to attend in 2010. Our full
list of speakers and additions to the conference program
will continue to be updated on the conference website.
Remember to register for ACEL's 2010 International
Conference before 30th June 2010 to receive our early bird
rates.
To register online for the ACEL 2010 Conference
and for more information please visit:
http://www.acel.org.au/conference
This conference is not to be missed!
Recent headlines . . .
Gillard offers school uniform tax break
NATIONAL – Prime Minister Julia
Gillard has promised tax breaks for school uniforms, to
help 'take a little bit of pressure off' families.
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newspaper report
NAPLAN recommendation: test students on
ability
NATIONAL – Geoff Masters, chief
executive officer of the Australian Council for Educational
Research, has called for NAPLAN tests to be based on student's
ability, rather than their school year.
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newspaper report
New immigration rules impact current students
NATIONAL - The head of the Council of
International Students Australia has said recent changes
to immigration law have affected students already enrolled
and wanting to apply for permanent residency.
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newspaper report
Release of BER report may upset government
NATIONAL - Brad Orgill's report on potential
Building the Education Revolution waste and mismanagement
may be a political minefield for the Gillard government,
if released.
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newspaper report
Shocking sexual abuse investigation figures
WA - Disturbing figures show more than
one teacher a week in Western Australia is being investigated
for sexual assault or grooming students for sex.
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newspaper report
Pay crisis talks begin
NSW - The National Tertiary Education
Union is meeting with the University of NSW to try and resolve
a staff pay deadlock. University staff recently decided
to withhold exam results to protest over-enrolments.
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Principal may challenge removal decision
SA - Educator Sue Burtenshaw, is expected
to appeal the decision to remove her from her post as principal
of Coober Pedy Area School. Department of Education and
Children's Services Chris Robinson, said, 'This decision
not to return the principal to the school has not been taken
lightly, nor is it a disciplinary measure.'
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newspaper report
MP calls to stop primary school merger
VIC - Bendigo East MP Jacinta Allan has
called on Education Minister Bronwyn Pike to stop Eaglehawk
Primary School merging with two other primary schools.
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newspaper report
Opinion . . .
Ethics classes a 'refreshing alternative'
NSW - Former Managing Director of the
ABC, David Hill, writes of his support for ethics classes
and accuses the church of being out of touch by opposing
them.
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newspaper report
Good news . . .
DIY cookbook makes school thousands
NSW - Cookbooks created for school fundraisers
are a new hot seller, with one cookbook reportedly making
$70,000 for the school involved.
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newspaper report
International
Council may sue over axed building program
UK - Nottingham City Council may sue over
the axing of the Building Schools for the Future program,
which would have given local schools millions of pounds
in funding.
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newspaper report
From soccer to universal education...
SOUTH AFRICA - South African President
Jacob Zuma is pushing for universal education to be available
in the entire continent of Africa, while the eyes of the
world are still on Africa due to the World Cup.
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newspaper report
ACEL 2010
Travelling Scholar Professor Alma Harris
Distributing Leadership: Generating
Leadership Capacity in and between Schools and across Systems
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.
In her workshop Alma will:
- provide a clear account of distributed leadership in practice
offer evidence about its positive impact on organisational
and individual learning.
- give examples and practical illustrations of how it works
and what barriers may be encountered.
- discuss the difference between distributed leadership
and delegation.
- explain that distributed leadership does not mean everybody
leads.
- consider the leadership of professional learning communities
within, between and across schools and the role distributed
leadership plays.
- draw upon models of distributed leadership from other
sectors.
- look at how lateral capacity is built and the part distributed
leadership plays in generating leadership capacity between
schools and across systems.
This is a day not to be missed.
Don't miss out on this wonderful learning
experience. Please visit http://www.acel.org.au
for touring dates and venues.
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