EAR 10 AND POST YEAR 10
West Coast
pathway coordinator planned
Tas Govt media release, 29 Nov 2011
A Community Pathway Coordinator
will be appointed on the West Coast next year to promote learning
pathways from school to industry and business...
TEACHER ACCOMMODATION
West Coast
teacher housing upgrade
Tas Govt media release, 29 Nov 2011
Almost $400,000 will be spent
over the next two years upgrading West Coast teacher residences...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Rokeby High
skills project opened
Tas Govt media release, 29 Nov 2011
The Premier, Lara Giddings, today
opened a courtyard project at Rokeby High School that was part of a Step
Out vocational learning program involving real life building and
horticultural skills...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Boys falling behind
The Mercury, 29 Nov 2011
The gap between male and female
student achievement has widened...
VIDEO GAMES, STUDENT SUPPORT
Video game violence and preschoolers
Herald Sun, 28 Nov 2011
Preschool children are displaying
violent behaviour after playing violent M-rated video games...
MATHS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS
Maths, science teacher shortage looms
The Mercury, 28 Nov 2011
Tasmania faces a shortage in
maths and science teachers...
CLASSROOM BEHAVIOUR
Student behaviour improves with responsibility
The Age, 28 Nov 2011
The classroom behaviour
techniques developed by education researcher Professor Ramon Lewis are
being trialled in Victoria ...
STUDENT RETENTION
$4,000 retention payments coming
The Mercury, 28 Nov 2011
The Federal Government will offer
families $4,000 next year to keep children in school to year 12...
SCHOOL FUNDING
Federal school funding system set to change
Herald Sun, 27 Nov 2011
Federal education minister Peter
Garret says the current "two-tiered school system" of funding
disadvantages students in government schools compared with those in
private schools and needs to be scrapped...
STUDENT SAFETY
Role for teachers in Facebook danger
The Mercury, 26 Nov 2011
The integration of Facebook and
other digital social media in the lives of young people has reached the
stage where all organisations working with young people must play a role
in keeping them safe, a forum in Hobart was told yesterday...
STUDENT SAFETY
Hobart stalking cases continue
The Mercury, 25 Nov 2011
Waimea Heights Primary and other
schools are warning parents about children being approached or followed
by strangers...
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
McKim wants
performance scheme details
Tas Govt media release, 25 Nov 2011
Tasmania's education minister,
Nick McKim, will seek details of the federal government's teacher
performance and bonus scheme from federal minister Peter Garrett before
making any commitments...
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
All teachers to be assessed from 2013
The Courier, 25 Nov 2011
All Australian teachers will have
a yearly appraisal, linked to the new bonus scheme, from 2013...
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
Teacher bonus plan almost halved
The Age, 25 Nov 2011
The federal government's planned
teacher performance bonus pay scheme will be cut by $200 million and
bonuses will be linked to new national teaching standards...
SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE
Lower income students losing out
The Australian, 24 Nov 2011
The gap between rich and poor
students widens from around ages 2 and 3 years...
EDUCATION BUDGET
No plan to monitor budget cuts impact
Michael Ferguson website, 24 Nov 2011
The education minister has no
intention of even monitoring the impact of budgets cuts on students,
opposition education spokesman Michael Ferguson said today...
HEALTH EDUCATION
Implementation of sex ed curriculum outlined
DoE website, 22 Nov 2011
The focus of sexuality and
relationship education in the Health and Wellbeing curriculum is on
personal and social development, Deputy Secretary, Early Years and
Schools, Liz Banks, says...
POST YEAR 10
Hairdressing opportunity for Launceston College
DoE website, 22 Nov 2011
Launceston College has purchased
hairdressing equipment from a business that has ceased trading ...
TRUANCY
Truancy issues addressed; Tas stars in attendance
DoE website, 22 Nov 2011
Some truancy issues and
procedures have been clarified by the Department of Education.
Tasmania tops the country in grades 2 to 6 attendance rates and is equal
top in grades 1, 7 and 8...
TEACHER NUMBERS
No teacher shortage looming
DoE website, 22 Nov 2011
There is an adequate future
supply of teachers in all subject areas in Tasmania, including maths and
science, Deputy Secretary, Early Years and Schools, Liz Banks, said
today...
TEACHER NUMBERS
Teacher shortage looms
The Mercury, 22 Nov 2011
Action must be taken now to avoid
a future shortage of maths and science teachers, the University's Dean
of Education and the Tasmanian Principals Association president say ...
TASMANIAN STUDENTS
High standard from student filmmakers
The Mercury, 21 Nov 2011
The winners of the MyState
Student Film Festival were announced yesterday ...
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Tas
empowering only under consideration
Tas Govt media release, 21 Nov 2011
No commitment has yet been given
by Tasmania to the federal government's Empowering Local Schools
initiative, Minister for Education and Skills Nick McKim said today...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Religion and ethics could be in National Curriculum
SMH, 21 Nov 2011
The National Curriculum might
include secular versions of religion and ethics ...
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Some schools could suffer under parent power system
The Examiner, 21 Nov 2011
Isolated schools and those that
are difficult to staff could suffer under the Federal Government's
Empowering Local Schools program, the AEU says...
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Empowerment in schools for parents
The Mercury, 20 Nov 2011
Parents and principals will have
more say over staffing and other decisions affecting schools under a
Federal Government plan...
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Parents could get greater say on school decisions
Herald-Sun, 20 Nov 2011
The Federal Government is
considering options to allow parents to have a greater say in appointing
principals and other staff and setting the length of the school day...
TEACHER SALARIES
Defer bonus pay and boost poor teacher removal
The Telegraph (Maralyn Parker), 19 Nov 2011
The payment of bonuses to
teachers should be delayed and procedures to remove failing teachers
should be improved, an Australian Productivity Commission draft report
recommends...
- See draft report on
Productivity Commission website
SCHOOL CLOSURES
Closure comments deadline looms
The Mercury, 19 Nov 2011
Written submissions on school
closure criteria must reach the School Viability Group by Thursday, 1
December...
TEACHER SALARIES
Bonus pay caution
The Age, 18 Nov 2011
The Federal Government's promised
bonus pay scheme for the top 10 per cent of teachers should be delayed,
warns the Australian Productivity Commission...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
New Austins
Ferry Primary opened
Tas Govt media release, 18 Nov 2011
The Premier and the Minister for
Education and Skills today opened the $15 million Austins Ferry Primary
School, which is the outcome of a merger between Abbotsfield, Claremont,
Mt Faulkner and Roseneath primary schools...
VET
VET threat tagged
Michael Ferguson website, 17 Nov 2011
Tasmanian vocational education
and training could suffer as a result of the Tasmanian government
agreeing to a new national VET regulatory scheme, opposition education
spokesman Michael Ferguson says ...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Curriculum going national means loss of state
innovation
The Age, 14 Nov 2011
A British educational expert says
state-based curriculum innovation could be killed in Australia with the
national curriculum and NAPLAN tests reducing the need for individual
states to develop their own educational programs.
He also says students should write on walls and desks and should be
given surprises in exams...
STUDENT HEALTH
Illegal drug use more likely among high IQ kids
Time, 15 Nov 2011
Marijuana and other illegal drug
use is more likely to occur among those with a high IQ, British research
has found...
STUDENT RETENTION RATES
Huge improvement in Tasmania's year 10-12 retention rate
The Mercury, 16 Nov 2011
Tasmania's retention rate has
jumped from 62.2 per cent to 73 per cent, almost reaching the Australian
average of 74 per cent...
SUSTAINABILITY AND STUDENTS
Students
learn about sustainability
Tas Govt media release, 15 Nov 2011
The first of three Australian
Sustainable Schools Initiative (AuSSI) conferences for Tasmania was held
in Hobart today...
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Are they managing or supporting?
The Mercury, 15 Nov 2011
The AEU had originally been told
the 11 new senior positions in the DoE were to provide support to
principals, but now their role will apparently involve taking away
principals' autonomy and managing them, AEU president Leanne Wright says ...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Grammar's performance on national TV
[link no longer active]
The Examiner, 15 Nov 2011
Launceston Church Grammar's Rock
Eisteddfod performance was on national television at the weekend ...
STUDENT SUPPORT
Reconnecting
with education
Tas Govt media release, 14 Nov 2011
The operator of the online individualised
learning system NotSchool Australia is conducting a pilot program in
Tasmania, Paul O'Halloran, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
Education and Skills, said today ...
TEACHER-LIBRARIANS
Tas has low number of teacher-librarians
The Mercury, 14 Nov 2011
Less than a quarter of Tasmanian
government schools have a teacher-librarian, the Australian School
Library Association says...
TEACHER SALARIES
Teachers should be paid more, Vic report argues
SMH, 14 Nov 2011
The teaching career needs to be
made more attractive through higher salaries, a draft report by the
Victorian Competition Commission says...
COMPUTERS AND HANDWRITING
Computers make handwriting harder
SMH, 14 Nov 2011
The HSC exams have thrown the
spotlight on the reduction in students' handwriting practice as a result
of computer use...
COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION
Increasing role for computers
SMH, 14 Nov 2011
Computers are augmenting, not
replacing, good teachers, writes Dan Haesler...
EDUCATION BUDGET, SUPPORT
Fears over high needs students
The Examiner, 14 Nov 2011
Budget cuts are causing schools
to be concerned over their ability to support students with high and
additional needs, opposition education spokesman Michael Ferguson says ...
POST YEAR 10 TRAINING
Training
strong in Tasmania
Tas Govt media release, 13 Nov 2011
Tasmania has the highest
proportion of employers using apprentices and trainees, National Centre
for Vocational Education Research figures show...
EDUCATION BUDGET, SUPPORT
Cuts for Lauderdale teacher aides loom
The Mercury, 13 Nov 2011
Lauderdale Primary School's need
to find budget savings of $120,000 will mean less support for special
needs students...
LITERACY
Reading levels fall
The Mercury, 12 Nov 2011
The reading levels of Tasmanian
students has fallen over the last ten years...
EDUCATION BUDGET, CLASS SIZES
Actual class sizes not so important
The Mercury, 11 Nov 2011
Student-teacher ratios are more
important than class sizes, Independent Schools Tasmania executive
director Tony Crehan says...
STUDENT HEALTH
Whooping cough hits Tasmania
The Mercury, 10 Nov 2011
A whooping cough outbreak is
sweeping Tasmania, with most sufferers being school-aged...
STUDENT HEALTH
New
anti-smoking laws for Tasmania
Tas Govt media release, 10 Nov 2011
Sporting venues, bus shelters,
playgrounds, malls, patrolled beaches and outdoor dining areas will have
new smoking restrictions from 1 March next year.
The restrictions include sporting events planned by educational
institutions, and extend to 30 minutes before and after the events.
As well, new laws allow nominated officers to confiscate tobacco
products in a child's possession, but not to conduct personal searches
nor use force...
- See
Fact Sheet for details[pdf]
STUDENT SHOPPING
Devonport school bans local shop
The Advocate, 10 Nov 2011
Nixon Street Primary School has
banned students from the Nixon Street Store on their way to and from
school...
STUDENT HEALTH
Whooping cough alert
Department of Health and Human Services alert, 9 Nov 2011
Tasmanians, especially in
northern Tasmania (and particularly in Launceston and Deloraine) should
be alert for early symptoms of whooping cough.
Whooping cough begins like a cold. Extra care should be taken to ensure
it does not spread to young children. Babies are especially at risk of
serious illness...
- See the DHHS Whooping cough information sheet [pdf]
STUDENT TRANSPORT
Student bus
travel changes loom
Tas Govt media release, 9 Nov 2011
From next year all students
travelling on fare charging bus services will use a Student Greencard
like the ones students currently use on Metro.
Another change is that a single maximum student fare of $1.30 will
apply, although a discount will be available when the Greencard is used...
KINDERGARTEN FUNDING
Kindie
funding boosts numbers
Tas Govt media release, 9 Nov 2011
Funding to promote access to 15
hours of kindergarten per week seems to have been successful ...
EDUCATION BUDGET
Class sizes set to rise
The Mercury, 9 Nov 2011
Class sizes in Tasmanian schools
are set to jump as principals respond to reduced budgets ...
TEACHER ASSESSMENT
Students assess their teachers
SMH, 7 Nov 2011
Students are increasingly
providing feedback on their teachers' teaching skills ...
TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING
Waldorf students avoid computers
SMH, 7 Nov 2011
About 160 US schools focus on
physical activity and hands-on learning, believing that computers
inhibit creative thinking ...
TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING
Flipping means students learn at home and practise at school
SMH, 7 Nov 2011
Many students now learn online at
home and use the classroom to practise and share what they have learnt ...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Different angles on Kingston High
The Mercury, 5 Nov 2011
Labor and the Greens are proud of
the new Kingston High's built-in sustainability but the Libs say it is a
missed opportunity to extend classes to year 12...
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
TQA members
sought
Tas Govt media release, 5 Nov 2011
Two positions on the Tasmanian
Qualifications Authority are becoming available...
SKILLS AND TRAINING
Funds for
training places available
Tas Govt media release, 5 Nov 2011
The next stage of the
Productivity Places Program will enable organisations to apply for
funding to create more than 2,000 training places...
TEACHER SALARIES
Teachers call for one-year pay deal
The Mercury, 5 Nov 2011
The AEU is pushing for a one-year
pay deal to avoid the 2 per cent offer that would place teachers at the
Australian bottom...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS, SWIMMING
Bridgewater pool deferred to achieve budget savings
Dept of Education media release, 4 Nov 2011
Construction of the Bridgewater
Learn to Swim pool was deferred as part of 2011-12 budget savings,
Department of Education Deputy Secretary, Corporate Services, Andrew
Finch, said..
- Bridgewater
High School old site
-
Jordan River Learning Federation new site
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
New Kingston
High appears to have everything
Tas Govt media release, 4 Nov 2011
The new $34 million Kingston High
School was opened by the Premier, Lara Giddings, today...
TASMANIAN STUDENTS
Tasmanian
Young Historian for 2011 announced
Tas Govt media release, 4 Nov 2011
An Australian National History
Challenge entrant from Ogilvie High School has won the Premier's Medal...
POST YEAR 10
TCE exams
still looming
Tas Govt media release, 4 Nov 2011
More than 7800 year 11 and 12
students face Tasmanian Certificate of Education examinations soon...
TEACHING PROFESSION
Teaching profession recognised
Michael Ferguson website, 3 Nov 2011
World Teachers Day is a time to
acknowledge the contribution made by teachers, opposition education
spokesman Michael Ferguson says...
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Tas
international education supporters recognised
Tas Govt media release, 3 Nov 2011
Education and Skills Minister
Nick McKim has presented awards to international students and people
providing support for them to study in Tasmania...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS, SWIMMING
Bridgewater still waiting for promised pool
The Mercury, 3 Nov 2011
Jordan River Learning Federation
parents and students are calling for the former premier's promise to be
honoured over the building of a swimming pool at the site of the former
Bridgewater High School...
POST YEAR 10
TCE exams loom
The Mercury, 3 Nov 2011
Thousands of Tasmanian
Certificate of Education students are preparing for exams...
- The TCE
(TQA website)
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Moonah
Primary reaches 100 years
Tas Govt media release, 2 Nov 2011
Moonah Primary School today
celebrated 100 years of education...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Mayfield
Primary tops nation in integral calculus
Tas Govt media release, 2 Nov 2011
Mayfield Primary students have
come out on top in a special Australia-wide mathematics project...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Redeveloped school an improvement
The Advocate, 2 Nov 2011
Going to school was now more
enjoyable, students said at yesterday's opening of the redeveloped
Burnie High School...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Burnie High
redevelopment opened
Tas Govt media release, 1 Nov 2011
Burnie High's $8.1 million
redelopments following the 2009 fire were opened today by the Premier
and the Minister for Education and Skills...
SPORT, STUDENT SUPPORT
Special
Olympics event for school students held
Tas Govt media release, 1 Nov 2011
The first end of year Ribbon Day
for Special Olympics was opened by Minister for Community Development
Cassy O'Connor today...
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