2006 Statewide Principals' Event. Morning Session: Master Class in School Leadership : Leading Change and Development in our Schools. This class is delivered by Gary Costello and Steve Pickering, recipients of National Awards for Quality Schooling. Expected outcomes: increased optimism about change; sense of excitement about creating change and hope in your community; appreciation of some processes that have worked in school leadership; new view of the possibilities of the principalship; mentoring opportunities. Afternoon sessions: KidsMatter (a national primary school mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention initiative); APAPDC L5 Frame (5 propositions about leadership). [Recents Items]
10:16:07 PM    

How much do public schools really cost? Estimating the relationship between house prices and school quality. This paper investigates the relationship between housing prices and the quality of public schools in Australia. Sale prices of homes on either side of high school attendance boundaries in the ACT were compared, with findings that a 5% increase in test scores is associated with a 3.5% increase in house prices. Estimating the effect of school quality on house prices provides a possible measure of the extent to which Australian parents value better educational outcomes. [EdNA Home Page Headlines]
10:13:22 PM    

Standing by Our Principals. Deakin University has announced plans to investigate issues and find solutions relating to fewer teachers applying to become principals, through the Centre for School Leadership and Renewal. A post graduate training course to help prepare principals for their role is being considered by Deakin. [Recents Items]
9:51:35 AM    

Registration Open for A Well-skilled Future: Tailoring VET to the Emerging Labour Market. Registration is open for the National Centre for Vocational Education Research research forum, A Well-Skilled Future: Tailoring Vocational Education and Training (VET) to the Emerging Labour Market. The forum will cover research from the National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) and the Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning (CPELL). [Vocational Education &Training Headlines]
9:46:15 AM