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Wind up of AFSSSE

At AFSSSE’s Annual General Meeting held on Monday 12 November 2018 all four member associations unanimously supported a motion to commence the wind up of the Association. This process is being undertaken during the early part of 2019 based on the professional advice provided.

Any queries in relation to AFSSSE should be sent to
AFSSSE Chair Syd Smith (Email: sydsmith@optusnet.com.au)
AFSSSE Executive Officer Lori Hocking (Email: lori.hocking@bigpond.com).

AGTA 2019 Conference — Gold Coast: 1-4 October 2019

The 2019 conference theme is 'The Innovative Geographer'. In an ever changing world, the study of Geography has become increasingly important. The technologies needed to collect, manage and represent our world are constantly changing. The proliferation of 'big data' and the everyday use of spatial technologies means that Geography teachers need to innovate in the classroom to ensure their students have the 21st century skills they will need to be successful beyond high school.

We are currently looking for innovative Geographers to share their ideas and practice with other teachers from Australia. Go to the Workshop page on the conference website to find out how to submit an abstract. Applications close January 31st 2019. 

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The 2019 AGTA conference program will provide opportunities for teachers from across Australia to share and reflect on their own innovations in the Geography classroom. The social activities, including Welcome Drinks, and the Conference Dinner will provide an ideal opportunity to network with fellow geographers from across the country.

>> View the AGTA 2019 conference website

BEA Award of Recognition for Outstanding service

Business Educators Australasia (BEA) was pleased to award

• Bronwyn Hession
• Doug Cave

the BEA Award of Recognition for Outstanding service to BEA and/or signficant contributions to one or more of the BEA represented learning areas. Congratulations to Bronwyn Hession and Doug Cave for their significant contributions to Business Education and their state associations.

Educating for a Sustainable Future

A National Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools

Educating for a Sustainable Future - A National Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools provides a nationally agreed description of the nature and purpose of environmental education for sustainability through all years of schooling, including a vision and a framework for its implementation. It is intended for teachers, schools and their communities, education systems and developers of curriculum materials. It is also intended as a companion to existing State and Territory polices and programmes and does not replace them. Download the statement as a PDF document here.

Asia Literacy Ambassadors

The project is establishing and supporting partnerships between businesses and schools to stimulate and increase student and school community demand for Asia literacy.

Skilled professionals from the business sector (Ambassadors) are being matched to secondary schools across Australia. By sharing their own story, Ambassadors are assisting school communities to better understand the diverse career and life opportunities available to employees who are knowledgeable about Asia, who speak an Asian language and have the skills and dispositions needed to effectively engage with the people and cultures of Asia, off-shore and domestically.

Ambassadors and their partner schools have the flexibility to establish a partnership that best suits the specific interests, expertise and availability of the Ambassador and the needs of the school community. Partnerships take many forms – for example, student visits to the Ambassador's workplace, presentations to student groups, dialogue with leadership teams, career practitioners, teachers and school councils, or mentoring students involved in career planning and decision-making.

Partnering Ambassadors and schools are required to participate in at least three face-to-face interactions over a six-to eight month period. Further details here.

Indigenous Statistics for Schools

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has developed a new, free online resource to provide teachers and students with access to data on Indigenous Australia. Indigenous Statistics for Schools (ISS) provides easy to use data for students and teachers on topics such as Indigenous population, education, health, housing, work and more. Links to the original on-line data sources are also provided for those who want more information.

The ISS web pages also cover general issues such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identification (including the history of the Census questions on ethnicity), how Indigenous statistics are collected and the importance of accurate Indigenous statistics. The resource offers easy to find data for classroom use, particularly for assignments. Students can use it as a 'jumping off' point to more detailed information found in ABS publications. The resource also aim to improve students ability to appropriately and rigorously examine numerical data

This free educational resource is available from the education pages of the ABS website <www.abs.gov.au/students> and <www.abs.gov.au/teacher>.

For further information please contact Education Services on Free call 1800 623 273 or email.

Teaching for uncertain futures

Teaching Australia has released a scenario book Teaching for Uncertain Futures, about possible futures for teaching in Australia through to the year 2030. Teaching for Uncertain Futures is the work of teachers and principals involved in a national scenario building project, the Open Book Scenarios, supported by Teaching Australia in partnership with the Neville Freeman Agency. The central question of the project was “What will the Australian teaching profession have to do to be successful in 2030?”

Read Teaching Australia's press release or request a copy of Teaching for Uncertain Futures from Teaching Australia, email info@teachingaustralia.edu.au.