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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 . . .
Crean promises to release BER report
NATIONAL - Education Minister Simon Crean
has promised to release the upcoming report on the Building
the Education Revolution scheme as soon as it is made available,
despite an upcoming election.
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newspaper report
Parents create petition due to asbestos
concerns
VIC - More than 60 parents of students
at Altona College have signed a petition asking for the
demolition of old school buildings be rescheduled until
the end of term, fearing students may come in contact with
deadly asbestos dust.
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newspaper report
Queensland asbestos investigations
QLD - Two schools in north Queensland
are being investigated after asbestos was found at both
schools.
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newspaper report
Thorp defends violence strategy
TAS - Education Minister Lin Thorp has
stood by her department's guidelines to help teachers deal
with violent behaviour, despite recent criticism by the
Australian Education Union.
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newspaper report
LaTrobe University replaces windows after
student death
VIC - A coroner's court has heard that
LaTrobe University has replaced all the student accommodation
window panes at its Bendigo campus, in the time since an
international student fell through a sliding glass door
and died.
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newspaper report
Bishops concerned over the future of funding
NATIONAL - Bishops Commission for Catholic
Education is concerned that Catholic school funding may
be frozen at 2012 levels, putting the viability of some
schools at risk, if the Gillard government is elected.
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Schools expert warns of bureaucracy
NATIONAL - Former dean of education at
Melbourne University, Professor Brian Caldwell, has said
that Australia's government schools need more autonomy and
that the nation's schools are facing 'unprecedented level
of standardisation, centralisation and bureaucracy.'
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newspaper report
New technology for Victorian school
VIC - Bialik College has introduced iPads,
as well as laptops and interactive whiteboards, to ensure
students stay engaged with the school curriculum. Principal
Joseph Gerassi said, 'These types of tools are already being
used outside school by many of our students, and by embracing
them for educational purposes, we will create new possibilities
for them.'
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newspaper report
Opinion . . .
Selectivity a key issue when considering
funding
NATIONAL -Professor Jack Keating writes
that selectivity in schools is the 'core issue' when considering
a new funding system.
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newspaper report
Mindset towards international students must
change
NATIONAL - International students need
to be treated as more than 'mere consumers contributing
export income' to help prevent further violence, writes
Professor of Public Policy at the Australian National University,
Adam Graycar.
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newspaper report
Foreign student industry threat
NATIONAL - According to Professor Jeffrey
Smart, regulators need to act now to ensure the growth of
the US education industry does not affect Australia's intake
of foreign students.
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newspaper report
Good news . . .
Students travel to USA for space competition
QLD - Students Damian Curry and Chelsea
Phillips, from Bundaberg State High School, are travelling
to the USA to compete in the International Space Design
Challenge. At the challenge, both students will consider
how to build human settlements in space.
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newspaper report
International
Successful headmaster gets paid more than
PM
UK - Headmaster of Tidemill Primary School,
Mark Elms, is earning 270,000 pounds annually - more than
the British prime minister. National Association of Head
Teachers spokesman Mick Brookes has defended the headmaster,
saying, 'If his leadership is going to be instrumental in
making sure that young people go into a world of work rather
than a world of benefits, then there's immense benefit to
society in that'.
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newspaper report
Two-year-degrees: cost effective or too
costly?
UK- Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has
said two-year degrees are soon to become commonplace to
help save students time and money. Academics have warned
the plan may turn universities into 'academic sweatshops'.
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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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