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    1. Diane Joseph Deputy Chief Executive

    3. The Department has developed a new strategic plan to provide high level direction for education and training in the ACT for the period 2010 to 2013, with the theme “everyone matters.” Under the broad theme of ‘everyone matters’, the plan notes the importance of how we can better support and engage with students, teachers and support staff, leaders and parent and the community. The Department has developed a new strategic plan to provide high level direction for education and training in the ACT for the period 2010 to 2013, with the theme “everyone matters.” Under the broad theme of ‘everyone matters’, the plan notes the importance of how we can better support and engage with students, teachers and support staff, leaders and parent and the community.

    4. “That all young people in the ACT learn, thrive and are equipped with the skills to lead fulfilling, productive and responsible lives” The vision for the plan is “That all young people in the ACT learn, thrive and are equipped with the skills to lead fulfilling, productive and responsible lives.” The four values highlighted in the plan are: Honesty, Excellence, Fairness and Respect. It does not refer to every piece of work that we do in the department, but focuses on those major areas where the department needs to concentrate over the next four years. It highlights priorities and lists performance measures under the categories of: Learning and teaching, School environment, student pathways and transitions, and Leadership and corporate development. The vision for the plan is “That all young people in the ACT learn, thrive and are equipped with the skills to lead fulfilling, productive and responsible lives.” The four values highlighted in the plan are: Honesty, Excellence, Fairness and Respect. It does not refer to every piece of work that we do in the department, but focuses on those major areas where the department needs to concentrate over the next four years. It highlights priorities and lists performance measures under the categories of: Learning and teaching, School environment, student pathways and transitions, and Leadership and corporate development.

    5. Amendments to the ACT Education Act COAG reform agenda DET Strategic Plan High School and College sector reform and renewal planning Llifelong learning vision for ACT school and tertiary education Youth Commitment ‘Think Tank’ to advise ACT Government on vocational and higher education

    6. Transitions Year 10 - Year 12 ACT Government Colleges

    7. Youth Commitment No longer OK to ‘let go’ Need to actually ‘hand over the baton’ and to make sure that the receiver ‘has hold of the baton’ and that ‘the baton is not dropped’ Messages to the community must be simple The activity and the effort may (will) be complex

    8. 19th Century Imaginary School is designed and organised on the basis of the factory model Roles are sharply defined and segregated: teachers are clearly teachers (in their academic gowns) and students are dressed as, and behave like, students Education is producer led: teachers know best and have power to decide Prof David Hargreaves 2004

    9. 21st Century Imaginary School is designed and organised to provide personalised education for all students Roles are blurred and overlapping: teachers learn as well as teach, students mentor other students as well as learn for themselves, and new professional roles emerge to complement that of the teacher Education is user-led (though at what point students rather than their parents are the users is an open question) Prof David Hargreaves 2004

    10. Futures Thinking Where do we really want to be in 10 or 20 years time? Work towards desired futures and avoid unwelcome ones - possible, probable, preferred. Requires thinking and conversation that is both imaginative and intellectually rigorous A looping journey in thought from the present to the future and back again

    11. Trends The Nature of Childhood and Extended adolescence The Knowledge Economy Inequality and Exclusion Changing Family and Community Life Global and Local Communities

    12. Prashnig’s 10 “beliefs” Students learn best when seated upright at a desk or table Students learn best in well illuminated areas and damage their eyes when they read in low light Students learn more and perform better in an absolutely quiet environment Students learn difficult subjects best in the early morning when they are most alert Student who do not sit still are not ready to learn Eating should not be permitted in classrooms during lessons Effective teaching requires detailed step by step explanations Whole group instruction is the best way to teach Generally the older the students are, the easier it is for them to adapt to the teacher’s style Truancy is related to poor attitudes, home problems, lack of motivation and other factors that have nothing to do with preferred learning styles Barbara Prashnig Power of Diversity 2003

    13. Role Innovation vs Role Abandonment

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