The 2010 ACEL conference will be held in Sydney on 29 -30 September, 1 October in conjunction with the CCEAM conference for international delegates on 27-28 September 2010.
VIC – World leader on school improvement, Professor John Hattie, has spoken at a conference for principals in Melbourne.
NT – Students from Lanhapuy Homelands School have created video clips designed to be watched on mobile phones that encourage smokers to quit or to not take up smoking.
NATIONAL – Head of World Vision, Tim Costello, has said geography should play a prominent role in the national curriculum, to ensure students understand climate change, asylum seekers and issues surrounding indigenous Australians.
NATIONAL – The Australian Psychological Society has criticised federal funding for school chaplains, saying the program is ‘dangerous’ to student’s mental health.
NATIONAL – Teacher education is set to be overhauled next year, with higher entry standards in English and maths being set.
