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ACER Update *Staff in Australia's Schools* Survey – Final Chance to Participate The Staff in Australia’s Schools (SiAS) survey closes shortly. Schools and teachers are encouraged to take part if invited. This is an opportunity to provide staffing information and views direct to policymakers. ACER is conducting this major national survey on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). It covers: professional learning activities workload career pathways job satisfaction career intentions preparation for leadership roles staff shortages All invited schools and teachers should take part so their views are heard and high quality data collected. The survey is designed to be easy and quick to complete online. The data are confidential and no school or teacher will be identified. The project Advisory Committee includes government and non-government school employers, principals associations, teacher education institutions, teacher unions, and the ABS. The survey is supported by the Australian College of Educators. For further information see: www.acer.edu.au/sias CEET annual conference The annual conference of the Monash University-ACER Centre for the Economics of Education and Training (CEET) will take place at Ascot House, Ascot Vale, Melbourne on Friday 29 October. The theme of this year’s conference is Education and training for a more productive Australia. The conference program includes: Issues for the VET sector in the context of the National Workforce Development Strategy, Robin Shreeve, Skills Australia A changing labour market and the future of VET, Tom Karmel, NCVER VET in the next decade: options and opportunities, Virginia Simmons, Consultant and former TAFE CEO Market facilitation strategy, John Spasevski, DIIRD Investment in VET for a productive and inclusive society, Peter Noonan, The Allen Consulting Group Literacy, numeracy, employment and productivity, Gerald Burke, Monash University & Skills Australia Are school-leavers turning away from VET? Evidence from On Track, Phil McKenzie & Sheldon Rothman, ACER Low emission economy: employment and skills effects, Chandra Shah & Sue North, CEET Industry-level measures of productivity growth, Mike Long, CEET The effects of changed migration policy on assimilation of Australian skilled migrants, Weiping Kostenko, CEET Achieving productivity gains in education, Ben Jensen, Grattan Institute Registration details are available from the CEET website at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/centres/ceet/conferences/2010.html « Back to eNews
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Staff in Australia's Schools Survey – Final Chance to Participate

The Staff in Australia’s Schools (SiAS) survey closes shortly.

Schools and teachers are encouraged to take part if invited. This is an opportunity to provide staffing information and views direct to policymakers.

ACER is conducting this major national survey on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). It covers:

professional learning activities
workload
career pathways
job satisfaction
career intentions
preparation for leadership roles
staff shortages

All invited schools and teachers should take part so their views are heard and high quality data collected.

The survey is designed to be easy and quick to complete online. The data are confidential and no school or teacher will be identified.

The project Advisory Committee includes government and non-government school employers, principals associations, teacher education institutions, teacher unions, and the ABS. The survey is supported by the Australian College of Educators.

For further information see: www.acer.edu.au/sias

CEET annual conference

The annual conference of the Monash University-ACER Centre for the Economics of Education and Training (CEET) will take place at Ascot House, Ascot Vale, Melbourne on Friday 29 October. The theme of this year’s conference is Education and training for a more productive Australia. The conference program includes:

Issues for the VET sector in the context of the National Workforce Development Strategy, Robin Shreeve, Skills Australia
A changing labour market and the future of VET, Tom Karmel, NCVER
VET in the next decade: options and opportunities, Virginia Simmons, Consultant and former TAFE CEO
Market facilitation strategy, John Spasevski, DIIRD
Investment in VET for a productive and inclusive society, Peter Noonan, The Allen Consulting Group
Literacy, numeracy, employment and productivity, Gerald Burke, Monash University & Skills Australia
Are school-leavers turning away from VET? Evidence from On Track, Phil McKenzie & Sheldon Rothman, ACER
Low emission economy: employment and skills effects, Chandra Shah & Sue North, CEET
Industry-level measures of productivity growth, Mike Long, CEET
The effects of changed migration policy on assimilation of Australian skilled migrants, Weiping Kostenko, CEET
Achieving productivity gains in education, Ben Jensen, Grattan Institute

Registration details are available from the CEET website at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/centres/ceet/conferences/2010.html

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