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ACER Institute Leading Thinkers

ACER Institute’s Leading Thinkers is a national series that brings inspirational speakers to educators at all levels of policy and practice. This year, speakers and topics include:

  • Dr Alison Davis, ‘Whole school improvement in literacy: Key questions to guide leadership’, Sydney 13 June / Melbourne 14 June / Brisbane 31 October
  • Professor Helen Timperley, ‘Realising the power of professional learning: Whole school improvement’, Melbourne 7 August / Adelaide 8 August / Sydney 23 August / Brisbane 24 August
  • Associate Professor Erica Frydenberg, ‘Coping skill development in the context of the social emotional curriculum: Skills to build resilience in adolescents’, Melbourne 11 September

Full details on all seminars and presenters are available from www.acerinstitute.edu.au/leading-thinkers


Research Conference 2012
School Improvement: What does the research tell us about effective strategies?

ACER’s annual research conference will take place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, from 26-28 August 2012. Further information including registration details, the conference program and a list of speakers is available from www.acer.edu.au/research-conference. Enquiries may be directed to Margaret Taylor by phone to 03 9277 5403 or by email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)


NAB Schools First applications open

NAB Schools First enters its fourth year in 2012 with $3 million in funding available to 130 outstanding school-community partnerships across three award categories. This year there will be 55 Impact Awards, 65 Seed Funding Awards and 10 Student Awards. Applications for each of these awards are open now and close on 29 June. The winners will be announced in August.

NAB Schools First is a strong partnership between NAB, ACER and the Foundation for Young Australians. It is Australia’s largest corporate initiative of its kind and is open to all schools around the country. To date, 305 Australian schools have shared in over $15 million award money to support their school-community partnership. To find out more and to download application forms, awards criteria, guidelines, and Terms and Conditions visit www.schoolsfirst.edu.au

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