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AATE NATIONAL CONFERENCE 30 NOV – 3 DEC 2019 DEAKIN UNIVERSITY, BURWOOD, VICTORIA Once upon a time, in VATEland in Carringbush, which we have learned to freeze the shifting for English teaching not to be political. One reason there was a dedicated and knowledgeable phantasmagoria which is our actual experience’, for Finland’s successful education system lies in the committee which was excitedly planning the writes Joan Didion. fact that many of that country’s heads of state and 2019 AATE National Conference, to be held Concomitant with seemingly limitless potential as government have been university professors – the in Melbourne, on Wurundjeri land, in John change charges on, veering according to the results educators have had a voice. Batman’s ‘village’, home of the iconic MCG, of of elections, is the overwhelming babel of voices Literally and metaphorically, we and our students rooftop bars, of labyrinthine laneways, of an clamouring, seeking to dominate and manage the search for our place, for those spaces which upside-down river – discourse both in the classroom and beyond. As represent our ‘tribal grounds’. ‘The limits of my No, that’s enough. The endorphins have kicked in, educators, we must not only find, but use, our voice, language mean the limits of my world,’ said the pavlovian response to ‘once upon a time’ has refusing to be ventriloquised by others, reclaiming Wittgenstein. We look to the past, we seek to us settled expectantly; we are transported to a our story from opportunistic or even well-meaning decipher and reform the present, and we plan and fairytale magical world of narrative, our strategy for politicians, unwieldy and bureaucratised educational hope for the future. Garth Boomer exhorted English apprehending and coming to terms with the basic systems and stultifying testing which undermines teachers, ‘… don’t lose the energy, the new thoughts, elements of our lives. As English educators, we real education, forcing students into someone else’s the emerging imaginings that have been aroused. know that there is not just one story to be told, that story. As we and those we teach navigate the With nous and with support, with clear heads and as novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warns, if challenges brought by time, process and change, cunning strategy, much is possible.’ we hear only a single story about another person or the language we use to tell our stories evolves country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. Margaret too. From ‘once upon a time’ we need to slide Atwood takes this idea further when she claims, confidently into a different type of storytelling, such National Conference ‘A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and as at a recent writers’ event, including interactive Program Working Party used. Powerlessness and silence go together.’ digital narratives, fully-immersive VR, robots writing The stories we tell and those we hear create novels, geolocated narratives, and more. VATE acknowledges the creativity and commitment for us and our students a multiplicity of Our overtested, regimented, results-based, of the following VATE members in developing possibilities, knowledges, opportunities and evidence-based education system more and more the National Conference program: Emily Frawley identities. Storytelling – communication – brings resembles Mr. Gradgrind’s soul-destroying worship (convener); Alex Bacalja; Lynne Bury (ALEA, empowerment; it is ‘an expression of all learning of ‘Facts, facts, facts’; with powerful voices in the Victoria); Prue Gill; Kate Gillespie; Terry Hayes; and human knowledge’. ‘We tell ourselves stories community baying for the teaching of (their own) Greg Houghton; Ross Huggard; Paul Martin; in order to live ... by the imposition of a narrative dubious ethics, and urging a return to ‘basics’, a Lucinda McKnight; Margaret Saltau. line upon disparate images, by the “ideas” with country none of us has ever visited. It is impossible National Voice, Local Impact • Advocating for teachers: AATE plays a crucial Australian Association The Australian Association for the Teaching role in maintaining a high profile for the of English (AATE) is a national professional profession. for the Teaching of association established and supported by state • Benchmarking professional learning: AATE is English (AATE) and territory English teaching associations. well placed to facilitate the process of sharing Together we provide a national voice with local nationally what has been achieved locally impact, strengthen professional connections and through our state and national connections. collaborate to influence the teaching of English • Providing state of the art resources: AATE in Australia. We are active in: is proactive in producing state of the art • Leading the profession: AATE identifies and teaching resources, drawing on the expertise influences outcomes on matters that impact of teacher writers from state and territory teachers of English. English teaching associations. In July 1959 an experimental initiative marked VATE is an independent, not for profit organisation Victorian Association the formation of the Victorian Association for that aims to foster the highest quality teaching of the Teaching of English. The purpose of the English throughout Victoria. for the Teaching of Association was to ‘stimulate interest in the Through professional networks, involving the teaching of English and background studies’ and sharing of narratives and learning about English English (VATE) three meetings were planned. By October 1960 teaching, as well as research, journals, professional the Association had become established enough learning, and other resources, VATE strives to to hold its first AGM and it had 160 members. nurture a community of teachers of English and Since 1960 VATE has gone on to support its teacher educators committed to the advancement members as they have coped with the various of the profession. VATE exists to support its changes to the teaching and learning of English members in the continual process of renewal over the last sixty years. necessary to engage with the dynamic nature of both the profession and the subject English. 2 AATE NATIONAL CONFERENCE / 30 NOVEMBER – 3 DECEMBER 2019 Conference schedule Sunday 1 December 8.00am – 9.00am Registration Deakin University, Burwood 9.00am – 10.30am President’s welcome and Keynote John Yandell AATE book launch Page 6 10.30am – 11.00am Morning tea 11.00am – 12.10pm Panels (SP1 & SP2) and Pages 7-8 Workshops (SW1) and 11-12 12.15pm – 1.25pm Panels (SP3 & SP4) and Pages 9-10 Workshops (SW2) and 13-14 Saturday 30 November 1.25pm – 2.10pm Lunch Pre-conference Selecting and teaching Indigenous 9.00am - 3.00pm literature in the English classroom 2.10pm – 3.10pm Guest speakers The Reading Room, Fitzroy Town Hall Scott Eacott (SGS1) Cate Kennedy (SGS2) Page 6 5.00pm – 7.00pm Opening night Garth Boomer address 3.15pm – 4.15pm Workshops (SW3) Page 15 Larissa Behrendt Deakin Edge, Federation Square, 4.15pm – 4.45pm Wine and cheese and Melbourne Page 5 AATE Matters Monday 2 December Tuesday 3 December 8.00am – 9.00am Registration 8.00am – 9.00am Registration Deakin University, Burwood Deakin University, Burwood 9.00am – 10.30am AATE Life membership 9.00am – 10.30am Handover to ETANSW and Keynote and Keynote Maxine Beneba Clarke Page 27 Anne Whitney Page 17 10.30am – 11.00am Morning tea 10.30am – 11.00am Morning tea 11.00am – 12.10pm Panels (TP1, TP2, TP3 & TP4) Pages 28-31 11.00am – 12.10pm Guest speakers Michael Mohammed Ahmad (MGS1) 12.15pm – 1.25pm Guest speakers Ceridwen Dovey (MGS2) Anna Funder (TGS1) Nyadol Nyuon (MGS3) Page 17 Michael Anderson (TGS2) Pages 27 Workshops (TW1) and 32-33 12.15pm – 1.25pm Panels (MP1 & MP2) and Pages 18-19 Workshops (MW1) and 20-22 1.25pm – 2.10pm Lunch 1.25pm – 2.10pm Lunch 2.10pm – 3.10pm Workshops (TW2) Pages 34-35 2.10pm – 3.10pm Workshops (MW2) Pages 23-24 3.15pm – 4.15pm Workshops (TW3) Pages 36-37 3.15pm – 4.15pm Workshops (MW3) Pages 25-26 4.15pm – 4.45pm Plenary and conference closing 4.15pm – 4.45pm Wine and cheese 4.45pm – 5.15pm Wine and cheese 3 AATE NATIONAL CONFERENCE / 30 NOVEMBER – 3 DECEMBER 2019 Conference prices Standard Late/on-site Early bird (from 21/09) (from 12/11) Concession 1 day $290.00 $365.00 $440.00 members 2 days $415.00 $490.00 $565.00 3 days $540.00 $615.00 $690.00 Pre-conference 1 day $115.00 $115.00 $165.00 Individual 1 day $300.00 $375.00 $450.00 members 2 days $425.00 $500.00 $575.00 3 days $550.00 $625.00 $700.00 Pre-conference 1 day $125.00 $125.00 $175.00 Organisational 1 day $350.00 $425.00 $500.00 members 2 days $475.00 $550.00 $625.00 3 days $600.00 $675.00 $750.00 Pre-conference 1 day $135.00 $135.00 $185.00 Opening night: Coach transfers: $35 (includes refreshments) $15 per day Venues Fitzroy Fitzroy Town Hall Balwyn Deakin Edge, Fed Square Richmond Hawthorn Surrey Hills Hawthorn East Camberwell Toorak Deakin Uni Burwood Prahran Windsor St Kilda East St Kilda 4 AATE NATIONAL CONFERENCE / 30 NOVEMBER – 3 DECEMBER 2019 Saturday program Selecting and teaching Indigenous literature in the English classroom In her Overland essay, ‘Other Peoples’ Stories’, This pre-conference symposium addresses the The day will combine keynote presentations Jeanine Leane recalls her reading experiences challenges associated with selecting and teaching with workshop-style sessions. You will leave from the late 1960s: Indigenous literature. Leading authors, academics with an appreciation for the importance of selecting and educators will support attendees to understand diverse texts, knowledge about possibilities that …when I was about eight, I announced to my the importance of selecting texts created by First you might consider for your classrooms, and ideas aunt that I wanted to be white. If I were white, Nations Peoples.