Know any colleagues who would
like to keep up-to-date with Australian education news? Simply
forward this email to them and they can then choose to
subscribe.
If you cannot view this page properly, view it on the internet
at: http://www.fasttext.com.au/fastnews
Recent headlines. . .
Former teacher guilty
VIC – A jury has found former teacher Stephen Peter Morrow guilty of nine counts of sexual penetration of a 16 or 17-year-old child under his care, supervision or authority.
Read newspaper report
ACT students get assistance
ACT – Living in the ACT will no longer prevent financially troubled students from gaining funding assistance.
Read newspaper report
Use schools year-round: McKew
NATIONAL - Parliamentary Secretary for Childcare, Maxine McKew, wants to reassess how schools should be used for the full 12 months of the year.
Read newspaper report
Gillard frowns upon strike plans
NATIONAL - Julia Gillard has labelled teacher strike plans on the day of Australia's first national literacy and numeracy test as 'very inappropriate'.
Read newspaper report
No PC language in public schools: Coutts-Trotter
NSW – Department of Education and Training director-general, Michael Coutts-Trotter, has said he will not enforce a ‘new politically correct’ language in schools. The comments come after reports that anti-discriminatory lobbyists are putting pressure on public schools to use language that covers all people’s lifestyles and relationships.
Read newspaper report
Bullying video game offends parents
NATIONAL - Parenting Australia chief executive Jane King has labelled the video game, 'Bully: Scholarship Edition', as 'scary, outrageous and gross'.
Read newspaper report
Meeting a step into the future
NATIONAL - Julia Gillard has said that a meeting of education and training ministers has been the first step in creating a national partnership to address disadvantage in schools.
Read newspaper report
Opinion
Pay talk a priority
This opinion piece in ‘The Age’ says that the debate on teacher pay is a priority issue.
Read newspaper report
All talk, no action
Kevin Donnelly says that education will need to be freed from bureaucratic processes if real leaps forward are to be made.
Read newspaper report
Good news...
Shining good example
NSW – Students at Pittwater High have raised $85,000 to ensure that the school can run on solar power.
Read newspaper report
International
Plan gives children options
WORLD – The International Labour Organisation is promoting a model that would provide cash subsidies to families, to ensure that children have the option of going to school instead of working.
Read newspaper report
Questions after school tragedy
NEW ZEALAND – Investigations are under way into a school group was allowed to enter a New Zealand gorge, despite rain warnings. Six students and a teacher died in a flash flood in the gorge on a school outdoor leadership course.
Read newspaper report
ACEL Noticeboard
Professional Learning Academy: Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Heidi Hayes-Jacobs who presented a highly acclaimed Keynote and workshop at 2007 conference will present the following academies on behalf of ACEL and ASCD members and their colleagues.
Three Day Academy: Curriculum Mapping Practices, Procedures, and Possibilities
Here’s an opportunity to bring a school team to learn the fundamentals of curriculum mapping and discover how to use data to analyze standards and learning targets to determine appropriate assessment practices.
One Day Leadership Institute: Leading Professional Learning for Curriculum Mapping
Attend this one day Institute to ensure your implementation of curriculum mapping is a total success. Two presenters take you through eight modules focused on how to create an action plan tailored to your school or setting. Examine specific coaching techniques that you need for each module. Plus, take an in-depth look at professional development practices that ensure you are fully prepared to lead the learning of the adults in your workplace.
Registration forms are available in this mailout and on our website at http://www.acel.org.au
|
