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Keith Bartley Blog

DECD Chief Executive, Keith Bartley, has commenced a new blog: 'Brighter Futures for Young South Australians for 2012'. The most recent blog is about recognising our volunteers and also a set of webisodes that showcase key aspects of the DECD Strategic Plan for Education and Care 2012-16. We encourage associations to share this information with members.

Hear Keith's address to the CEASA AGM on 7th Sep 2011 here:

Education Reform

This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award.

National Winner!

Congratulations to Pru Mitchell, SLASA member and recently joined CEASA Management committee member, for winning a national award from the Australian School Library Association: the ASLA Citation Award for 2011.

This citation, awarded biennially at the ASLA National Conference, is given for outstanding leadership in promoting and developing teacher librarianship in one or more of the following fields:

• Policy formation 
• Program implementation 
• Publications 
• Administration of the Association
• Research
• Innovation
• Education

Keith Bartley Launches Children's Week

The UniSA de Lissa Oration, at 6.30pm on Tuesday 18th October, will launch the 2011 Children' Week celebrations with a lecture by the newly appointed Chief Executive of DECD, Mr Keith Bartley. The oration will draw on Mr Keith Bartley's distinguished career in the fields of education and early childhood development, and reflect on the unique opportunities and challenges facing South Australia in terms of national and state reforms.

See this flier for more details

New CEASA Website

Over a year in the making, the new CEASA website provides a new level of service to member associations. A powerful, searchable calendar is the engine behind the site, plus appealing individual pages for each association.

The site has been designed to be more user-friendly than the old website. It will gradually display more information over the next couple of months. Please be patient. However, if you cannot find information you need, by all means contact the CEASA office.

'The CEASA Website and You'  All members are invited to this Spotlight Seminar to find out how to make the best use of the new CEASA website for you association. Wednesday 9th November 5.30-7.30 pm

Here is a headline article in the DECD Xtra about the CEASA website.

Leading Curriculum Change

Leading Curriculum Change is an online professional learning opportunity for Australian teachers.

The Professional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Change will enhance Australian teachers knowledge, skills and confidence to plan for, support and lead curriculum change; including school level implementation of the Australian Curriculum. Classroom teachers with formal or informal curriculum change leadership responsibility in schools are the primary audience for this program. Leading Curriculum Change will provide teachers with a unique opportunity to learn with teachers from across Australia in a national professional learning community. The program will be high quality, evidence-based, interactive and online.

The first round of the program will commence in September 2011 and will involve up to 2000 Australian teachers from every phase of schooling, every sector and every state and territory.

The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) has responsibility for establishing professional learning flagship programs that support national education priority areas; are Australia wide in their scope; and are innovative in their design and delivery.

For more details about the Professional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Change  and to register an expression of interest please visit the AITSL website