ACEL 2021 Disability and Inclusion Conference

The 2021 Disability & Inclusion Conference is proudly presented by The Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) in partnership with the Department of Education, Queensland. Featuring experts and leading practitioners in the field of disability and inclusion, the Conference will focus on the ways in which educators can ensure that all students access and engage in learning.

NEW KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Rhonda Faragher

Inclusive Education Across the Lifespan:
The leader’s role in aligning philosophy, policy and practice

Inclusive education, the philosophy, policy and practice of welcoming and meeting the needs of all learners in general classrooms, is well researched and its benefits for education for all are without question. The challenge remains, though, of aligning philosophy, policy and practice at a school level to ensure inclusive practice in classrooms. In this presentation, some fundamental principles will be covered that have implications for teaching practice, including: using Educational Quality of Life to inform curriculum decisions; planning for individuals while planning for all; and making adjustments to year level curriculum for learners with intellectual disabilities. Examples will be used to illustrate these principles with a focus on the leader’s role in supporting the implementation of inclusive practice in any education setting.

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Enrolments NOW OPEN for Inclusive Classrooms Online Courses

Build your knowledge and skills for inclusion and gain the competencies essential for ensuring the wellbeing of students and teachers alike. Our specialist courses enable you to transform your classroom into a positive space where your students can learn to flourish no matter what their challenges. These online courses are for teachers, leaders and support staff in schools - moderated by qualified tutors and deliver up to date, evidence-based content in key areas of student support. All the courses are online and take 20 hours across a two-month enrolment.

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Leading & Managing: Volume 26 Number 2 2020

Free to ACEL Members, the Spring/Summer electronic edition (Volume 26 Number 2) of the Leading and Managing (L&M) journal for the year 2020 has been launched today. L&M continues to maintain a balance of practice and theory directed towards the complementary phases of leading and managing in educational administration.

Gain access to this journal alongside other publications, resources and video content with an ACEL Membership today.

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Teachers’ responses to remote learning during COVID-19: Lessons for leaders as co-learners

By Dr Donna Evans, Professional Learning Communities practice coach, Catholic Education Tasmania (CET) and Debbie Baird-Bower, Educational Data Analyst for Catholic Education Tasmania (CET)

In this article, we discuss the major findings of a state-wide teacher survey undertaken by Catholic Education Tasmania during COVID-19 lockdown conditions (Evans & Baird-Bower, 2020). Our aim was to gain a sense of how teachers were faring during this difficult time. Catholic Education Tasmania is the second-largest non-government educational institution in Tasmania, with more than 2,500 personnel employed in non-teaching and teaching roles in 38 schools and colleges across the state with offices in Hobart, Ulverstone and Launceston. Whilst the timing of this project was particularly challenging, seeking to gather responses in the midst of lockdown around the time of a cluster outbreak in Burnie (resulting in the locking-down of the north-west region of Tasmania, home to ten Catholic schools and colleges), it was the very nature of these difficult circumstances that provided a rich opportunity to gain a “systemness” snapshot of how staff were coping.

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