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TEACHING PROFESSION
Teachers making extra money from the Internet
buzzfeednews.com, 31 Aug 2018
 Some teachers are making far more than their
teacher's salary by selling their lesson materials through
Teachers Pay
Teachers and by making recommendations on
Instagram...
SCHOOL STAFFING
Recruitment of school farm teachers begins
Tas Govt media release, 31 Aug 2018
 The state government has begun
recruiting more school farm teachers including a statewide
controller and three network leaders ready for the start of Term
4, education minister Jeremy Rockliff said today...
STUDENT SUPPORT
No funding to prevent assaults
stuff.co.nz, 29 Aug 2018
 A New Zealand school that had
excluded a student with a long history of behavioural problems
has been ordered to take him back but with no special funding
support, meaning that while students with challenging learning
needs receive special funding there is no funding for minders to
prevent students with challenging behavioural problems from
assaulting others in the school...
NAPLAN
NAPLAN results released today
ABC News, 28 Aug 2018
 The 2018 scaled down NAPLAN results show little
change from last year...
NAPLAN results flawed
because of online change, ABC News, 27 Aug 2018
NAPLAN 2018 summary release, ACARA website
NAPLAN
2018 preliminary results tables, ACARA website
A few weeks late but otherwise little change, The
Conversation (opinion), 28 Aug 2018
Dates: Assessment activities 2018, ACARA website
Why can students perform better in online NAPLAN tests?, ABC
News, 28 Aug 2018
Tasmanian NAPLAN results improvement, Jeremy Rockliff,
Minister for Education and Training, 28 Aug 2018
Year 9 writing disappointment in Tasmania, The Examiner, 28
Aug 2018
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
'Stone Age' out of date
The Conversation (opinion by Alice Gorman), 27 Aug 2018
Australian
archaeologists no longer refer to past Aboriginal cultures as
'Stone Age' because the archaeologists no longer assume stone
working skills are evidence of primitive societies...
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
Settlement question needs to be settled
The Conversation (opinion by Henry Reynolds), 27 Aug 2018
 In the early settlement of
Australia, the British government made all Aboriginals British
citizens, but British citizens cannot have their land or other
property seized by their government without due process or
compensation...
FEDERAL POLITICS
Portfolios announced
ABC News, 26 Aug 2018
  The new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison,
has announced his Ministerial lineup.
Former social services minister Dan
Tehan replaces
Simon Birmingham as Minister for Education....
Turnbull to resign from Parliament this week, triggering
a by-election, ABC News, 27 Aug 2018
FEDERAL POLITICS
Julie Bishop resigns
ABC News, 26 Aug 2018
 Former Deputy Liberal leader Julie
Bishop has resigned as Foreign Minister but will remain an MP,
at least for the time being...
Julie Bishop to contest next election,
ABC News, 1 Sep 2018
FEDERAL POLITICS
Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister
ABC News, 24 Aug 2018
  Treasurer Scott Morrison is
Australia's new Prime Minister having defeated Peter Dutton and
Julie Bishop for the position of Liberal Party leader.
Josh Frydenberg
has won the ballot for deputy leader of the Liberal Party...
SCHOOL ENROLMENT ZONES
Review of intake areas
Tas Govt media release, 23 Aug 2018
 Feedback from the community over
Tasmanian government school intake areas is being sought, education
minister Jeremy Rockliff said today...
Review of School Intake
Areas: Government Primary and Combined Schools, DoE website
STUDENT SUPPORT
ADHD girls overlooked
The Conversation (opinion by Florence Mowlem), 23 Aug 2018
 Girls with attention-deficit
hyperactivity disorder are more likely to have the barely detectable inattentive-type
symptoms than the attention-grabbing disruptive-type symptoms
that are typical of boys with ADHD, a PhD candidate writes...
FEDERAL POLITICS
TURNBULL VIRTUALLY GONE: But Dutton takeover not assured
ABC News, 23 Aug 2018
 Many
ministers including Mathias Cormann now support Peter Dutton for
leader.
Treasurer Scott Morrison and
Deputy Liberal Party leader Julie Bishop have
announced that they, too, will now run for the leadership of the
Parliamentary Liberal Party.
Malcolm Turnbull says he will call a party meeting at 12
noon tomorrow (Friday) if he sees the names of the
apparent 43 members who support a spill. (Dutton's camp claimed
they had 40 as at 5.50pm today, Thursday.)
However,
Peter Dutton's eligibility to sit as an MP is
under a cloud over his financial interest in child care centres
that receive government funding: the Solicitor-General's view on
this is expected first thing tomorrow...
FEDERAL POLITICS
Turnbull narrowly survives leadership spill
ABC News, 21 Aug 2018
Prime
Minister Malcolm Turnbull has survived a leadership spill
against Peter Dutton, 48 votes to 35.
UPDATE:
Peter Dutton has resigned from the front bench.
Nine others have either resigned or offered their resignations.
COMMENT: Turmoil looms...
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Awards finalists announced
Tas Govt media release, 19 Aug 2018
Education minister Jeremy
Rockliff has named the 36 finalists for the Together We
Inspire Awards 2018 ...
 AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
Nazism and Australia today
The Conversation (opinion by Matt Fitzpatrick), 18 Aug 2018
Precisely why is the term "final
solution" offensive? Can certain groups in Australia be
categorised as fascists and Nazis? Can offshore detention
centres be described as "concentration camps"?...
 UNITED NATIONS
Kofi Annan dies
ABC News, 18 Aug 2018
Kofi Anna, the first black
African secretary-general of the United Nations, has died at the
age of 80...
 THE ARTS
Aretha Franklin's Tasmanian link
The Conversation (opinion by Andrew Legg), 17 Aug 2018
UTAS Conservatorium of Music's
Andrew Legg recalls the time 25 years ago he played the piano
for and was shown hospitality by America's Queen of Soul, Aretha
Franklin, who died this week aged 76...
 FINANCIAL LITERACY
Teach future consumers what questions to ask
The Conversation (opinion), 17 Aug 2018
The Financial Services Royal Commission is revealing
a need for more financial literacy education by schools, VET and
universities, three academics write...
ABORIGINAL CULTURE
The Orb launched
Tas Govt media release, 15 Aug 2018
The teaching of Tasmanian
Aboriginal histories and cultures will be made easier with
today's launch of a collection of online resources called
The Orb...
The Orb website
Bringing Aboriginal
culture to life in the classroom, ABC News, 16 Aug 2018
WEATHER
ALERT
It's all
over. The following warnings no longer apply.
Winds of
100km/h today
BoM, 15 Aug 2018
 Predicted
maximum
wind gusts for this afternoon have been reduced from 120km/h
to 100km/h, for all areas except the south-east coast fringe.
Abnormally high tides on the north coast are also expected...
BoM
warnings
Power outages
Road
closures (Police)
SES
Thousands without power, ABC News, 15 Aug 2018
 COMPUTERS IN THE CLASSROOM
Teachers' eternal computer burden
The Conversation (opinion by Brendon Hyndman), 14 Aug 2018
The huge number of reasons
teachers may find it hard to use computers in the classroom
could disadvantage their students, an academic writes...
 COMPUTERS AND HOMEWORK
Opportunity lost
The Conversation (opinion), 14 Aug 2018
The potential for digital tools
to enhance children's homework experiences, particularly in
maths, is not being exploited to the full, three academics
write...
 EARLY LEARNING
Boosting spatial skills
The Conversation (opinion by Kym Simoncini and Tracy
Logan), 13 Aug 2018
Young children's spatial
reasoning skills can be improved with several simple activities...
 TEACHING PROFESSION
Teacher's career destroyed
PerthNow, 12 Aug 2018
A Perth (WA) teacher was falsely accused of
manhandling an out-of-control student but he still lost his career...
TEACHING PROFESSION
Concern over teaching entrants' low ATARs
9news.com.au, 12 Aug 2018
 Two students admitted
to teaching courses in Victoria had ATARs of 17.9 and 22.1
respectively out of a possible 99.95, although these cases
appear to be exceptions to the current standard cut-off of 65
(which is set to be raised to 70 next year)...
HEALTH
Meningococcal update
Tas Govt media release, 11 Aug 2018
 Meningococcal ACWY
vaccines are now available through pharmacies, GPs and local
government. Another special clinic will operate at the Derwent
Entertainment Centre next weekend (18 and 19 August - bookings
required). Special clinics will operate in the north and north
west in October...
Meningococcal disease fact sheet,
DHHS Tas
Bookings open for second meningococcal clinic, Tas Govt
media release, 15 Aug 2018
LITERACY
Bold new trial uses speed-reading
BBC News, 10 Aug 2018
 A speed-reading
experiment by BBC News to cater for the tiny screens of
smartwatches presents the news one word at a time in one spot instead of
requiring the traditional left-to-right eye movement...
TEACHING PROFESSION
STEM excellence to be recognised
Tas Govt media release, 10 Aug 2018
 Nominations are now
open for the 2018 Tasmanian STEM Awards for Excellence which
include awards for a primary years teacher and a secondary years
teacher..
WEATHER
ALERT
The following warnings no longer apply.
Winds
and tides warning
BoM, 10 Aug 2018
A severe weather warning has been issued for
damaging winds today for all of Tasmania apart from the
northern coastal area, as well as abnormally high tides in the
south east...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Cressy closed due to power outage
DoE website, 8 Aug 2018
 Cressy District High School
has been closed until tomorrow (Thursday 9 August) due to a
power outage. However, the power was restored by lunch time
today (Wednesday).
Cressy
District High School Facebook page
Cressy power outage hits
400-plus customers, The Examiner, 8 Aug 2018
Power outages, TasNetworks
NAPLAN
NAPLAN validity questioned
ABC News, 8 Aug 2018
The release of the latest NAPLAN results has been
delayed over concerns about the validity of a testing program
that combines online and paper-and-pencil test data...
Storm in a teacup, The Conversation, 14 Aug 2018
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Swearing offensive
The Independent (UK), 7 Aug 2018
 A UK neuroscientist is undertaking a campaign to urge
parents to teach their children to swear from as young as two...
NEWS MEDIA
WIN News shock
ABC News, 7 Aug 2018
WIN News
staff have been told their weeknight television bulletins will
be provided by the WIN Wollongong office from Friday 17 August
and that their weekend bulletins will be axed altogether...
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS
Social media restrictions for public servants
ABC News, 7 Aug 2018
 
Teachers and other public servants will have to be careful what
they say online under proposed new social media guidelines...
Premier promises common sense policy, Tas Govt media release, 8 Aug 2018
 SEX EDUCATION
Diversity call
The Conversation (opinion by David Rhodes), 7 Aug 2018
Australian sex education
teachers should adopt the English approach and incorporate more
sexual and gender diversity in lessons, an education lecturer
says...
 TEACHER NUMBERS
250 teachers declared
Tas Govt media release, 6 Aug 2018
Education minister Jeremy
Rockliff has signed the Quality Teaching Declaration
which will see 250 more teachers employed...
CREATIVITY
Make STEAM with the Arts
ABC News, 5 Aug 2018
Creativity and the
arts are as essential as mathematics and other STEM subjects,
Tasmanian of the Year Scott Rankin says...
WW1 COMMEMORATIONS
Queensland's Indigenous Year 12 miracle
ABC News, 3 Aug 2018
Queensland Year 12 completion
certificates have been received by 97.2 per cent of Indigenous
students, almost level with the 98.1 per cent achievement rate
for non-Indigenous students, a budget estimates hearing has been
told...
 WW1 COMMEMORATIONS
WW1 essay
competition reminder
Tas Govt media release, 3 Aug 2018
Entries by grade 9 students for
the Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize are due by Friday 24 August,
Minister for Veterans' Affairs Guy Barnett says...
HEALTH
Sixth meningococcal case has Y strain
The Examiner, 3 Aug 2018
A 66-year-old
Claremont man is the sixth case of meningococcal disease this
year, but unlike the others he has the Y strain...
Meningococcal disease fact sheet,
DHHS Tas
Sixth meningococcal case confirmed, ABC News, 3 Aug 2018
Meningococcal update, Tas Govt media release, 6 Aug 2018
MOBILE PHONE POLICY
Nationwide school smartphone ban
ABC News, 2 Aug 2018
 A new French law will
ban students up to the age of 15 from using smartphones,
smartwatches and tablets in schools from next month ...
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Two per cent pay offer
Tas Govt media release, 2 Aug 2018
 The state government
has made an offer to public sector unions that includes a 2 per
cent pay rise for three years...
Unions fight 2 per cent pay offer after seven years of wage
restraint, AEU (Tas) website, 3 Aug 2018
Cost to the Budget is $110,000 per public servant, Tas Govt
media release, 8 Aug 2018
 TEACHING
PROFESSION
Unqualified push
AEU (Federal), 2 Aug 2018
A plan by the federal
government to recruit experienced but unqualified adults to
learn to be teachers while on the job has been criticised by the
AEU...
 TASMANIAN TEACHERS
National principals' leader
Tas Govt media release, 1 Aug 2018
The president of the
Tasmanian Principals Association, Malcolm Elliott, is to become
president of the Australian Primary Principals Association...
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