ISCA PARLIAMENTARY FORUM 2008

The ISCA Parliamentary Forum will be held in Canberra on Monday 1 - Tuesday 2 September 2008. The Forum will provide an opportunity for sector representatives to meet and discuss national education issues.

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ISCA Parliamentary Forum Program

Monday 1 September 2008

Old Parliament House

10.00 - 10.15 am Welcome and opening by Mark Porter, ISCA Chairman
10.15 - 11.00 am Hon Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education
11.00 - 11.30 am Morning Tea
11.30 - 12.15 pm Paul Kelly, Editor-at-Large, The Australian
12.15 - 12.20 pm Break
12.20 - 1.00 pm Bill Daniels, Executive Director, ISCA
1.00 - 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 - 2.10 pm Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund (Forum sponsor)
2.10 - 3.00 pm Ms Lisa Paul, Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
3.00 - 3.30 pm Afternoon tea
3.30 - 4.15 pm Hon Tony Smith, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training

Australian War Memorial

7.00 - 10.30 pm Dinner

Tuesday 2 September 2008

Old Parliament House

9.00 - 9.05 am Opening Day 2 by Mark Porter, ISCA Chairman
9.05 - 10.30 am

National curriculum workshop

  • Prof Barry McGaw, Chair, National Curriculum Board

  • Garry Le Duff, Executive Director, AISSA/National Curriculum Board member
10.30 - 11.00 am Morning Tea
11.00 - 12.30 pm
Concurrent Workshops		 Future Issues for digital usage in schools workshop
  • Susan Mann, Chief Executive Officer, Curriculum Corporation
  • Kevin Richardson, Principal, Immanuel College, SA
Rewarding Teachers workshop
  • Dr Lawrence Ingvarson, Principal Research Fellow, ACER
  • Estelle Lewis, Director: Teacher Accreditation, AISNSW
  • Garth Wynne, Headmaster, Christ Church Grammar School, WA
12.30 - 1.30pm Lunch

Parliament House

1.30 - 2.00 pm Delegates attending Question Time move to Parliament House
2.00 - 3.30 pm Question Time in Senate/House of Representatives
pm Delegate meetings with parliamentarians in Parliament House as arranged

 

  

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