Written by AEU Monday, 30 August 2010 15:26
The AEU releases its annual State of Our Schools survey for 2010 on Tuesday 31 August 2010. It will be out for three weeks. The survey will go directly to All Principals of public schools across Australia. We urge you to contribute to this important survey.
In 2010, the AEU is also seeking perspectives from other administrators and teacher members. The SSTUWA will be forwarding an invitation to participate through our email network.
The data gathered will be used to support action around matters such as the current Federal Schools’ Funding Review, submissions on education matters at federal and state levels and various activities taken by State / Territory unions pertaining to budgets and new agreements.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Written by Don Phillips Friday, 04 December 2009 10:49
The School Leaders Committee has now been operating successfully for two years, providing school leaders from all districts the opportunity to be more involved in the decision making processes of the Union. Expressions of interest are now called for membership of the 2010 committee.
The committee will comprise;
Written by Deb Olds Tuesday, 25 August 2009 10:55
Friday 21st August saw the annual SSTUWA Administrators’ conference, with 118 attendees from across the state.
Anne Gisborne opened the conference, with a subdued Hon Liz Constable following.
There were also individual talks from Professor Geoff Masters (CEO Australian Council for Educational Research), Professor Alan Reid (Emeritus Prof, Uni of SA) and Professor Marie Brennan (Uni of SA- School of Education), as well as the 3 distinguished guests partaking in a panel discussion, later in the day.
Participants were also treated to a Forum on Independent Public Schools, by Peter Hendrickson (AEU Vic, Organiser for Principals.) We have an interview with him, highlighting his key points and opinion, on this site.
Written by Administrator Wednesday, 15 July 2009 12:43
SSTUWA Administrators’ Conference 2009 is shaping up to be a valuable experience for all School Administrators. To be held on Friday 21st August 2009 at the SSTUWA Building in East Perth, topics releated to Curriculum & Assessment, Indigenous & Disadvantaged Youth, National Education and more will be addressed in detail at workshops.
There is an inpressive lineup of keynote speakers (Dr Liz Constable, Prof. Geoff Masters, Prof. Alan Reid. Prof marie Brennan) who will address a range of issues and challenges facing school administrators. Stefan Silcox will chair the discussion panel: The Federal & State agenda for “accountability and transparency” – the good, the bad and the ugly!
The National Agenda for Education, Our conference will focus presenters and participants on question:
Written by Anne Gisborne Thursday, 21 May 2009 11:40
The President Anne Gisborne attended a briefing at DET recently, along with Association heads, to be briefed on the Federal agenda for schools, specifically the four National Partnership – Agreement on Improving Teacher Quality, Agreement on Early Childhood Education, Agreement on Low Socio-Economic Status School Communities and Agreement on Literacy and Numeracy.
These documents are available on the Union website through the Administrator/National Partnerships section of the file repository and on this page. These documents describe the Agreements between Federal Government and State/Territory Governmens.
The next tranche, the State/ Territory development of Action Plans, are with the Treasury and D/Prime Minister for approval. When that process is complete, a further briefing will be provided by DET and information will be forthcoming.
Written by Anne Gisborne Thursday, 02 April 2009 16:38
Administrators would have by now received their Building Condition Assessment together with the outline of the School Pride funding project. While the assessment report will prove to be of great assistance, it is only a guide, not a prescription for choice of the application of School Pride funding.
Principals may get the impression, from various sources, that the list on the Condition Report is the whole game, but it is not. While it would be prudent to address high risk items from that list, schools have the choice to develop alternative projects, such as IT etc as well as deal with needed maintenance.
The steps of development for the process are as outlined below. In fact the Federal Government is keen to ensure the funds are spent on items seen as important by the school community. These would included list maintained needs but not necessarily only those items.
Written by Don Phillips Thursday, 02 April 2009 12:08
Our conference will offer three distinguished interstate academics and the Minister of Education as the keynote speakers.The conference will explore and examine the National Agenda for Education.
The conference workshops are aligned to the eight (8) key national actions. The conference organising team is currently deciding on workshop presenters.
Written by Don Phillips Wednesday, 25 February 2009 05:30
A committee of school leaders will be established so that school leaders may become more involved in the decision making processes of the Union. This committee has been formed after a year’s trial of the Administrators Reference Committee.
The committee will comprise;
Written by Don Phillips Wednesday, 25 February 2009 04:49
Principals are not on call 24/7 and do not have to have a mobile phone or a good voice mail so that they can be contacted 24/7. Principals should supply their District Office with a contact number to be used in the case of emergencies.
Principals and teachers are not required to remain at school until the “normal” finishing time if they have configured their school week so that school closes at a different time on one day.
Written by Don Phillips Wednesday, 25 February 2009 04:47
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