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The Summer Institute will be led by Viv White from Big Picture Australia. Programs offered provide opportunities for teachers to examine a rigorous and highly personalised approach to education that combines academic work with real-world learning. The suite of programs offered includes the topics of Personalising Learning; Adult World Immersion; Arranging Student Placements in University, TAFE, Other Training and/or Work
; Building Relationships

; and Leading a Personalised School.

The Summer Institute will be led by Viv White from Big Picture Australia. Programs offered provide opportunities for teachers to examine a rigorous and highly personalised approach to education that combines academic work with real-world learning. The suite of programs offered includes the topics of Personalising Learning; Adult World Immersion; Arranging Student Placements in University, TAFE, Other Training and/or Work
; Building Relationships

; and Leading a Personalised School. Participants can select from the Advanced Course, 12 and 13 January 2009, or the Foundation Course, 27 - 29 January 2009.

The Information Online Conference & Exhibition 2009 will be held at Darling Harbour Exhibition and Convention Centre, Sydney from the 20th - 22nd January 2009. The Executive Committee is looking forward to presenting delegates with an innovative programme, so are calling for papers that will educate and inspire the delegates. Details for paper submission can be found here. Deadline for submitting is 28th March 2008.

The  Summer Institute will be led by Viv White from Big Picture Australia. Programs offered provide opportunities for teachers to examine a rigorous and highly personalised approach to education that combines academic work with real-world learning. The suite of programs offered includes the topics of Personalising Learning; Adult World Immersion; Arranging Student Placements in University, TAFE, Other Training and/or Work
; Building Relationships

; and Leading a Personalised School.

NIFTeY and the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) present  their 2009 conference, Getting it together for Australia's children. The conference themes will be 'What is the focus of parent-child centres?', 'research and evaluation of parent-child centres', 'The workforce in parent-child centres', and 'The governance model for parent-child centres'.

In the Smart Thinking: Developing skills in reflection and metacognition workshop, teachers will develop strategies and learn practical activities to help students ask effective questions, make connections with their thinking and learning, self-assess and set goals. See flyer for details. For further information please contact Curriculum Press.

The 2009 Somerset International Conference for Librarians and Teachers is a scholarly and practical forum for the promotion of reading, writing and learning. It is the academic precursor to the Somerset College Celebration of Literature Writers’ Festival. The theme for 2009 is Broadening Horizons: Living and Learning in a Changing World. Delegates will participate in a combination of keynote addresses and practical workshops designed to provide vital Professional Development for school, university and public librarians.

This workshop is designed to assist teachers to reflect on their present practice in relation to assessment, and to provide them with information about specific strategies that can be used in the classroom to create a learning environment that promotes student achievement. Workshops will be held on:
Friday 20 March 09 - Adelaide
Friday 27 March 09 - Melbourne
Friday 3 April 09 - Sydney

See flyer for details. For further information please contact Curriculum Press.

The English Australia Conference is designed to provide a single forum for staff working in the ELICOS sector to exchange views, to keep themselves updated on domestic and international developments, to develop skills across a broad spectrum of areas, to gain greater awareness and understanding of career pathway opportunities within and related to the sector and to network with a range of delegates from within and outside the sector.

The ACSA 2009 conference, titled 'Curriculum: a national conversation' is designed to facilitate a dynamic discussion around contemporary curriculum issues. The three-day conference aims to involve teachers, academics and curriculum specialists in a conversation about where we are now, and what the future might hold. Online registration closes 2 October 2009.