ACSSO National Conference 2010
ACSSO invites parents, principals, teachers, educators and anyone with an interest in education and young people to join us at this exciting conference.
It will be a unique opportunity to hear from prominent Australians who through their thought provoking presentations will inform and challenge you.
Get all the details at: http://www.acsso.org.au/natconf10/.
The Federal Government continues to squander millions of taxpayer dollars promoting values education in our schools. The reasons for such an initiative are yet to be explained although the general idea is that if we teach the young values then our society will again be set on firm foundations. It isn’t working.
What’s needed in Australia is a national service-learning program financed, in the first instance, by a robust philanthropic organization similar to the John Glenn Institute or W.K. Kellogg Foundation in the United States. Managing the program could eventually fall to a federal department attached to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), or subsequent body. For now the National Service-Learning Alliance will continue to attract membership from a range of stakeholders across the country who are willing to bring the program to fruition by following the lead of the State of Maryland, for example, where every secondary school in all 24 districts includes service-learning as a condition of graduation and the journey to get there provides the perfect blueprint for what lies ahead.
The NSLA website is dedicated to the implementation of service-learning in every district across every State and Territory in Australia. The National Service-Learning Alliance (NSLA), with membership drawn from across the country, seeks your support through membership and action. Join today and make a difference.