We also pose questions like: what do parents, students and teachers want from our schools? Do our curricula and values meet those needs?
ACSSO is the peak body for all Australia’s public school parents
Our National Conference invites all education stakeholders to share and debate ideas about the future directions of our society.
There is renewed focus on building bridges between parents, schools and their community. The Conference will examine this and provide advice and training on how to make it happen.
This event brings together key education administrators, principals, teachers and parents, from public and private sectors – with researchers, psychologists, media and business.
This year we provide new research, advice, and workable ideas that busy parents and teachers can jointly put into action.
9.15AM OPENING AND WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Jennifer Branch (President, Australian Council of State School Organisations): Official Opening of Conference
Uncle Albert Holt - acknowledging the Yuggera people, traditional owners of the land
9.30AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Hon Rod Welford (Qld Minister for Education)
introduced by Margaret Black (President, Queensland Council of Parents & Citizens Association)
10AM PANEL SESSION ONE: TOWARDS A NATIONAL CURRICULUM
- Tony Mackay (President, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, Vice Chairman, National Curriculum Board): Introduction
- Jenny Branch (President, Australian Council of State School Organisations): Bringing the Parents into the Curriculum Plan
- Leonie Trimper (President, Australian Primary Principals Association): Primary Schools and the Curriculum
- Andrew Blair (President, Australian Secondary Principals Association): National Curriculum for the 21st Century
11AM MORNING TEA
11.30AM TOWARDS A NATIONAL CURRICULUM (continued)
- Dr Peter Seebacher (The Warren Centre): Science, Maths, Engineering - the real challenges
- Kathe Kirby (Asia Education Foundation): Asia - Our Future, Are We Ready?
- BlueScope Water: Building Practical Environmental Activities into the Curriculum
12.30PM LUNCH
1.30PM TOWARDS A NATIONAL CURRICULUM (continued)
Tony Mackay followed by Workshops defining the place in the new national curriculum of:
- Languages
- Engineering and the Sciences
- Teaching and Professional Development
- Testing, Reporting, Individual Learning Plans and League Tables
REPORT BACK AT 2.40pm
3.15PM AFTERNOON TEA
3.35PM SESSION TWO: SHOWCASING OUR STUDENTS
DEBATE BETWEEN STUDENTS
"Right on the Money - Our education is delivered well and prepares us well for the future"
Senior students from Calamvale Community College and The Gap High School
5PM FINISH DAY ONE
7PM Formal Dinner at the Royal on the Park
Music background by students then dance band later
9.15AM SESSION THREE: VALUES, CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP
- Angelo Gavrielatos (President, Australian Education Union)
- Terry Aulich (Executive Director, Australian Council of State School Organisations)
- Fiona Pitkin (Youth Care Western Australia)
10.15AM MORNING TEA
10.35AM SESSION FOUR: BUILDING A COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY FOR YOUR SCHOOL
- Brian Johnson (Fingerprint Communications) How to communicate
- Brenton Holmes and Denis Muller (Family-School and Community Partnerships Bureau) Report on partnership research in our schools
- Liana Gorman (Part-Time Online) Helping parents re-enter the workforce through the P&C Structure
- Sue Ferguson (Le@rning Federation) Parents working with their children
- Michael Duffy (Northern Territory Council of Government School Organisations) - Engaging with Indigenous communities
12.30PM LUNCH
1.30PM BUILDING A COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY FOR YOUR SCHOOL (continued)
- Chris Althaus (Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association)
- Adrian Tatham (Alacrity Technologies)
WORKSHOP: BUILDING A COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY FOR YOUR SCHOOL
Participants will work as 'school councils' to cover all the ways schools can communicate their key messages both internally and externally. How to get inclusive decision making; reach disengaged parents; bring parents into homework help? Speakers from session four will facilitate each group.
3.40PM AFTERNOON TEA
4.00PM REPORTING BACK AND SUMMING UP PLENARY SESSION
Chaired by Jenny Branch and Tony Mackay
5PM FINISH DAY TWO
For Schools $250 plus GST per delegate (limited places)
For all other attendees $585 plus GST per delegate (includes dinner Mon night)
Download a printable copy of the registration form.
Online registration will be available shortly.
For further information, contact ACSSO by phone on 1800 183 066 or by email at admin@acsso.org.au.
This Conference has been made possible with the support of ACSSO's sponsors and partners, including in particular:
We recommend for convenience and cost that you stay at the Royal on the Park (conference venue) the Oaks 212 Margaret Street Brisbane or Oaks Festival Towers at 108 Albert Street Brisbane.
For the Royal on the Park please phone them on 07 3221 3411 or email and quote “Block ID 56080” for the ACSSO conference rate of $175 per room for the Deluxe Room (a partner can stay for free). website »
For the Oaks apartments, to gain the ACSSO discount rate, book by email, call 07 3012 8020 or fax 07 3012 8070. Indicate you are an ACSSO Conference attendee and quote the price of $179 for a single bedroom apartment and $269 a night for the two bedroom apartment.
Similarly for the Oaks Festival Towers, phone 07 3012 9898 or email and quote ACSSO one bedroom apartment rate of $179 or two bedroom at $269.
For the Royal on the Park please phone them on 07 3221 3411 or email and quote “Block ID 56080” for the ACSSO conference rate of $175 per room for the Deluxe Room (a partner can stay for free). website »
For the Oaks apartments, to gain the ACSSO discount rate, book by email, call 07 3012 8020 or fax 07 3012 8070. Indicate you are an ACSSO Conference attendee and quote the price of $179 for a single bedroom apartment and $269 a night for the two bedroom apartment.
Similarly for the Oaks Festival Towers, phone 07 3012 9898 or email and quote ACSSO one bedroom apartment rate of $179 or two bedroom at $269.
