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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and CONFERENCE REPORT SATURDAY 31St AUGUST 2013 DON COLLEGE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and CONFERENCE REPORT SATURDAY 31st AUGUST 2013 DON COLLEGE Issue No 263 Tasmanian State School Parents and Friends Inc 202 Liverpool Street, Hobart. Tasmanian State School Parents and Friends Inc gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship, support and donations from the following groups, organisations and individuals 26TEN Children’s Book Council of Australia (Tasmanian Branch) Cornerstone Youth Services & Headspace Northern Tasmania iRespect Online Mark George Books Medicare Local Mind Matters MSP Photography Paul Campbell Photography Tasmanian Life Long Learning Dr Vanessa Goodwin, MLC, Liberal Member for Pembroke, Shadow Attorney-General & Minister for Justice, Shadow Minister for Corrections. Hon Adriana Taylor, MLC, Independent Member for Elwick. Hon Craig Farrell, MLC, Labor Member for Derwent. Hon Ivan Dean, MLC, Independent Member for Windermere. Hon Leonie Hiscutt, MLC, Liberal Member for Montgomery. Hon Mike Gaffney, MLC, Independent Member for Mersey. Hon Rob Valentine, MLC, Independent Member for Hobart. Hon Rosemary Armitage, MLC, Independent Member for Launceston. 21st CENTURY LEARNING Tasmanian State School Parents & Friends Inc AGM and Annual Conference 2013 CONTENTS ______________________________________________________ Page Attendance and Apologies 1 Opening Address by the Hon Nick McKim MP, Tasmanian Minister for Education and Skills 2 Notification of Office Bearers 13 Panel Discussion 5 Agenda Items 15 Management Committee Reports President 29 Northern Region 34 North West Region 35 Southern Region 36 Representation on Committees 32 ACSSO Tasmanian VP 39 Financial Reports Independent Auditor’s Report and Financial Statements 43 List of Members 49 ATTENDEES: President: Jenny Eddington Delegates: Chair: Jenny Eddington Albuera St Primary Lisa Schimanski Launceston College Sally Mitchell Jayne Foster Andrews Creek Primary Phillip Spratt Lilydale District Evelyn Archer Marcel Brown Alison Reader Avoca Primary Lyn Williams Lindisfarne North Primary Nigel Jones Bellerive Primary Keiko Townsend Lindisfarne Primary Daniel Hulme Burnie High Ant Dry Mole Creek Primary Anna Philpot Katie Haberle Campania District School Debra McOrist-Mitchell Nixon St Primary Andrew Moore Jackie Pilgrim Campbell St Primary Patrice Woodland Penguin High Gary Morse Cooee Primary Mark Briggs Springfield Gardens Graeme Nibbs Primary Deloraine Primary Elise Chilcott Ulverstone High Lisa Gillard Devonport High Meredith Irvine Ulverstone Primary Lisa Gillard Michelle McLeod Don College Morgan Read Westbury Primary Konrad Chung Michelle McLeod Hagley Farm Primary Nicole Edgar Wynyard High Paul Campbell Hellyer College Mark Briggs Yolla District High Rosalie Martin Kings Meadows High Phil Clifford Louise Clifford TASSP&F Life Members: TASSP&F Management Committee Members: Phillip Cornwell Jenny Bowie, TASSP&F Senior Vice President and Life Member Julie Roberts Lindie Read, TASSP&F North West Regional Delegate Dianne Ellson Proxies: Ashley School Mountain Heights Primary Norwood Primary Rosebery District High Boat Harbour Primary Newstead College Port Dalrymple Taroona High Levendale Primary Invited Guests &Speakers: Hon Nick McKim, Minister for Education and Skills Hon Brian Wightman, MP, Attorney General Hon Michael Ferguson, MP, Shadow Minister for Education Mr John Thompson, Principal, Don College Ms Lyn Dunn, Principal, Southern Tasmanian eSchool Mr David Raw, President, Tasmanian Principals Association Mr Terry Polglase, President, AEU (Tasmanian Branch) Darren Stops, Australian Psychological Society, Psychologists in Schools Advisor Hon Steve Martin, Mayor Devonport Peter Kearney, Councillor, West Tamar Observers: Staff: Brett Williams, Devonport High Cassandra Wells, Executive Officer Jennifer Cooke, Mole Creek Primary Toni Shea-Butler, Administration Officer Apologies: Life Members: Members: Pat Jackson Ms Liz Ashby, Campbell St Primary School Association Audrey Mitchelson Mount Stuart Primary School Association 1 CHAIRPERSON: Jenny Eddington WELCOME AND CALL TO ORDER Jenny Eddington declared Conference open at 9.20am. It’s been a long time since we have met in a College. Thanks to Emma MacMahon who has played beautifully on the harp this morning. Jenny introduced Paul Docking to deliver the Welcome to Country. Paul had a piece of Huon Pine from Tarina which was over a thousand years old, making us very insignificant, he also acknowledge the elders and community members who have come here before. ‘School is a place for children and grandchildren to learn, grow up and learn of what could be. We don’t always think of the journey the graduate takes, but regularly celebrate the achievement. The more we learn the more we realise the little we know. You are the elders of the council now. You may not always be popular. Education allows us a much better journey’. ‘In closing, may your campfire always burn well, is welcoming to strangers and with no smoke in our eyes we can see our country clearly’. OFFICIAL OPENING Jenny Eddington thanked Paul and welcomed all delegates and guests and introduced the Minister for Education and Skills the Honourable Nick McKim. OPENING ADDRESS BY THE HON NICK McKIM, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION and SKILLS The Minister: - Paid respect to the traditional owners of the land on which we are gathering. - Reflected that this is the 3rd time he has had the pleasure of opening our Conference. and was very pleased to be there. - Thanked Don College Principal, John Thompson. - Said the last 12 months have seen many challenges in education, as we keep growing and striving to be better, there are challenges to overcome and new targets to innovate towards. - Commended the Parents and Friends for the very important work and valuable role and input they have had into policy making in Tasmania - Thanked Jen Eddington for her outstanding contribution in her first year as President. - Said the Education Department had attempt to be more consultative in how they develop policy and thanked David Raw, Terry Polglase and in particular Jenny for their efforts in the consultation. ‘We have engaged in some really consultative policy making’. 21st Century Learning Opportunities for 21st Century Learning, some we know are coming and some we haven’t seen yet. It is not the infrastructure or the technology in schools that is the most important, it is the people. Dr Zhao has designed schools around the world, founded research and development institutions looking at 21st Century Learning, he is a global leader in this area. Talked of many things – opportunities, challenges, youth unemployment and the vital need for entrepreneurs in our world, which needs to be nurtured and encouraged from an early age. Dr. Zhao mainly spoke about the real problem with educational institutions being their continuing to push students into specific pathways. 2 As well as incorporating technology into our curriculum we also need to think beyond that. We are working hard to prepare our system to take advantage of e-technology investing $3.1m in educational and vocation e-learning in rural Tasmania. Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a modern tool set up to support anywhere anytime learning. Priorities include: - Delivering several new professional learning programs. - Strategic partnerships with Apple and Microsoft. - NBN, the first schools were connected back in September 2011, the NBN will enable schools to offer a wider range of courses to students, improve access to specialist teachers across the state in math and science. Students will be able to have virtual excursions and bring the world to our schools, especially in rural and remote communities. This will also mean that schools can have partnerships with artists, volunteer organisations and sporting groups. - Any talk about 21st Century Learning has to have sustainability embedded into the curriculum. - Helping to transform school infrastructure around Tasmania. - Sustainability Learning Centre at Mt Nelson is a living building, by learning about the building you can learn about sustainability, recycling and climate change. - New schools must be energy efficient, this brings down costs and shows leadership by government. 109 schools participated in the national solar schools programs. Better Schools - Certainly the biggest opportunity. - Intergenerational opportunity to make a difference to educational outcomes in this state. - An opportunity to assist young Tas. from disadvantaged backgrounds. - We negotiated hard to get the best deal for Tasmania. - The Fairer Funding Model (FFM) has been accredited under the Better Schools Funding model (BSF) to fund schools in Tasmania. - In 2009 there was a review that ultimately lead us the FFM - FFM is closer to the Gonski principles than the BSF federal model being delivered to the rest of Australia. Years 11 and 12 in Regional Tasmania. When we spoke last year we explored some of the issues to address in this area. I released a discussion paper. The majority of submissions favoured a cautious approach. The focus needs to be on motivation and engagement. In response to a TASSP&F motion regarding raising the school leaving age to 18, there is no compelling argument to do so. We addressed this in a number of ways and took a sensible and considered approach to provide funding for rural high schools. We deliver aspects of 11 and 12 to about 20 high schools in Tasmania currently and opened up a $2.3m School Transition Fund to deliver provision of Years 11 and 12 in rural schools. Motions – Item 10 - Section 27f of the Education Act On the face
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