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School of Isolated
and Distance Education
2006
Annual Report
DET
teacher shortfall projections
The
DET Report
The summary
[graphic]
Looks like a small surplus [secondary but deficit of primary] in 2010, with
a total shortfall of 2,100+ teachers in 2015.
DET
Review of Teacher Recruitment Practices: Final Report
[the Garard Daniels Report] March 2007
Teacher
Juries "Final Report"
“The Design and Delivery of Teacher Juries to Review Senior
Secondary Courses in Western Australia”
Beware:
It's 8 MB
Curriculum
Council Media Release on the Report
English
Teachers' Forum Media Release
on the Report
Western
Australian College of Teaching (Elections) Regulations 2007
Government Gazette, 14 August 2007, # 164 Special
Curriculum
Council Annual Report: 2006-2007
Curriculum Council Publications Page
Latest
Submissions and Reports from the Teacher Juries
K-10 Syllabus Home Page
National
Numeracy Review [in the National section
below]
The SSTU on Year 11-12
CoS "problems"
[June 2007]
Mark
McGowan on the WACOT Election Delay [6
June 2007]
TISC Letter to Schools: 2010 University Admission Requirements for School Leavers [5 June 2007]
|
Just
released [31/5/2007] on the WACE website: |
24 May:
More Updates
Subject Offerings / Exam Timeline
Clarification of arrangements following the receipt of full teacher jury reports
DET Policy Documents
Curriculum
Update [21 May 2007]
Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting K-10: Policy and Guidelines
[Effective May 2007]
Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Policy [Updated 18 May 2007]
WACOT:
Professional Standards for Teaching
Consultation Draft [May 2007]
Curriculum Council
Memorandum to schools:
Professional development and consultation for new courses [17
May 2007]
Letter to English Teachers [16 May
2007]
Curriculum
Council: Jury Results, May 2007
20 CoS Delayed Until 2009 [actually,
it's now 23 CoS delayed]
Letter from Dave Wood to all principals [3 May 2007]
Another
"Update"
[4 May 2007]
"Attachments"
available at this link [from CC website]
Subject Codes update [from CC website]
New
Maths CoS: Formal Consultation materials [from CC website]
SSTUWA
Update: Teacher Shortage Crisis [30
April 2007]
Further Update [7
May 2007]
The
TISC report "Thoughts on 2010 University Admissions"
Report on scaling of stage 2 and stage 3 results, by Dr Mike Partis
"Curriculum Council
Update": April 2007
Curriculum Council
OSE Fact Sheet: Subtitle: “Don’t believe everything you read or
hear in the media...” [undated]
Curriculum Council
Memo to All Schools
Finalising Policy Details for the WA Certificate of Education
[5 April 2007]
Curriculum Council
Letter to Principals RE Year 12 English
[28 March 2007]
DET:
Evaluation of the Curriculum Improvement Program: Phase 2
[Louden Report on OBE]
[23 March 2007]
DET:
Response to the Louden Report on OBE in K-10
"Clearing the Way in Teaching and Learning: Support of
Teachers"
Memo to All Teachers, Principals etc. [23
March 2007]
DET:
Frequently Asked Questions on the above [23
March 2007]
DET:
Literacy and Numeracy Review
The FInal Report [Feb 2007]
[1.5 MB]
Curriculum
Council
WACE
requirements, examinations, teacher juries, English course
[23 February 2007]
WACOT Annual Report,
2005 – 2006
Ljiljanna Ravlich's "Directives" to WACOT
RE the Election of Teacher Representatives [13
July 2006]
It now appears that her "required changes" were the cause of the
cancelled election!
Statement
by The English Teachers Forum of WA
Subject: All Year 12 English Courses, 2007
Curriculum
Council
Clarification of this week's changes
documents, 25 January 2007
New WACE: Frequently Asked Questions
Year
12 English, Media Production and Analysis, Engineering and Aviation Teachers
Clarification of assessment and reporting arrangements, Year 12, 2007
Curriculum
Council
Memorandum to schools: WACE update: 24 January 2007
February 2007 UPDATE
Education
Minister Mark McGowan's Media Statement
Abolishing Levels for Years 11 - 12 [22 January 2007]
Official
Year 12 School Data 2006 [League Tables]
from The Curriculum Council
Curriculum Council
"Memorandum to schools: Curriculum Council 6 December Meeting Update"
Curriculum
Council
Annual Report for 2006 – 2006
[large (2.5 MB)
-- 105 pages]
Survey
Report on the
Wellbeing of Regional Professions:
Policing, Nursing and Teaching in Western Australia
Edith Cowan University
[large
: see pages 22 - 30 for teaching (.pdf pages 29-37)]
CC
Memo to Schools, 13 November
"Memorandum to schools: Update"
CC Memo to Schools: 14 November
"Awareness Sessions Term One 2007 (for courses to be implemented in 2008)"
WACOT
Strategic Plan: 2006 - 2010
CC Memo to Schools, 20 September 2006
"Assessment arrangements for 2007 and
also for 2008 and beyond"
[Yes, it contradicts the Andrich Report]
Curriculum
Council
Andrich Report
A report to the Curriculum Council of Western
Australia regarding assessment for tertiary selection
by Professor
David Andrich, Murdoch University
Executive Summary and Recommendations
Full Report
Excerpts and comments by
Steve Kessell
Synopsis of Professor Andrich and
his Report [March 2007]
Minutes of SSTUWA
Meeting, Kelmscott SHS
11 September 2006
Legislation
establishing and governing the WA College of Teaching
[Act
and Regulations
(2004), plus Bill
(and Explanatory
Memorandum) establishing the College (2003)]
[all
.pdf files]
CC
Powerpoint "Modifications and Refinements to WACE Courses 2007-8"
including the "Processes for determining levels/bands
for the WACE & school numerical scores for post-school destinations"
[Powerpoint Presentation]
CC Memo
to Schools, 11 August 2006
"Following up on feedback from schools, we have revised and improved
some documents on our website in order to clarify information about the new
courses for Years 11 and 12."
[CC
with links]
CC
Memo to Schools, 20 July 2006
It provide a Summary Table & FAQs for new Year 11 and 12 courses, info
on 2007-08 course selection, their defense of PD Day 4 and more
CC eNewsletter of 7 July 2006, with details on Wholly School Assessed "D"
and "E" subjects, Advice to Teachers of Year 11-12 English and Refinement
of Maths Courses
Official
Details on "Day 4 PD", 24 July, in letter from Curriculum Council
dated 4 July 2006
Letter
from Curriculum Council to All Teachers: 3 July 2006
Written
advice from the Education Minister to All Teachers: 26 June 2006
Letter from CC to all principals RE Changes to Student
Assessment: 10 May 2006
Blueprint for Early Childhood Development and School Reform [April 2008]
National Reform Agenda:
Victoria's Plan to Improve Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes
Consultation Draft
NSW
Institute of Teachers: Initial Teacher Education Programs
Supplementary Documentation for Program Approval
Consultation Draft
A Statement
on Implementing the Tasmanian Curriculum Framework: 30 November 2006
Memo
to all government teachers, from Tasmania Department of Education: 28 August
2006
"Refining our Curriculum"
Delivering
Australia's First National Curriculum
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard's Media Release
Commonwealth Government
Staff
in Australia's Schools 2007 report
[Note: It's a 1 MB, 183 page .pdf file]
Australian Senate: Academic Standards Inquiry
Transcripts
of Verbal Testimony
Final
Report
[The complete majority and minority reports are available from that link.]
National
Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)
Commonwealth Government
Guide
to the Teaching of Australian History in Years 9 and 10
[October 2007:
2 MB .pdf file]
The
Future of Schooling in Australia:
A report by Australia's States and Territories
National
Numeracy Review [June 2007]
Background Paper
Discussion Paper
Andrew Leigh's research paper:
Estimating
Teacher Effectiveness From Two-Year Changes in Students’ Test Scores
Stephen Smith Media Release: Full Fee University Places [10 May 2007]
Federal
ALP: Two Media Statements and a speech by Stephen Smith
Federal
ALP Policy Statement: New
Directions for our schools
A National
Action Plan on Literacy and Numeracy [April 2007]
Paper presented to
The Australian Financial Review Higher Education Summit
“World-beating universities: Labor’s agenda for Higher Education”
by Stephen Smith [4 April 2007]
Federal
ALP Policy Statement: New
Directions for our schools
Local
Schools Working Together [19/3/2007]
Transcript
of Interview – ABC 7.30 Report [28/2/2007]
Debate Between Julie Bishop and Stephen Smith
Federal
ALP Policy Statement: New
Directions for our schools
Establishing a National Curriculum to improve our children’s educational
outcomes [28 Feb 2007]
Launch of Kevin Donnelly's
new book: Dumbing Down
Speech by Prime Minister John Howard, and Kevin's reply, at the Official Launch
[8 Feb 2007]
Federal shadow education
minister Stephen Smith's speech:
Matter of Public Importance: Education [7 Feb 2007]
Federal ALP Policy
Statement: The Australian economy needs an education revolution
[glossy large ]
Kevin Rudd's speech on the above 23/1/2007
[small ]
Federal ALP Policy Statement: New Directions for Maths and
Science [0.5 MB ]
Kevin Rudd / Stephen Smith joint media release on the above 31/1/2007
[small
]
Julie
Bishop's speech Education and Economic Growth, 1 February 2007
A
report to Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training
Year 12 Curriculum Content and Achievement Standards [Masters, ACER]
[large 153 page (1 MB) ]
Approaches to National
Curriculum Work: Invited Symposium, August 2006
July 2008 UK Report
More Good Teachers
[recommends radical changes in teacher preservice education]
OECD
Directorate for Education
Education
at a Glance 2007 Report
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