Government Education Portal - Australia

2007 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes  

URL:  http://www.amonline.net.au/eureka/

Category:  Professional Excellence 

The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are Australia's premier award scheme for outstanding science. Presented annually by the Australian Museum, the prizes reward excellence in the fields of research & innovation, science leadership, school science and science journalism & communication.

ALA/AASL Standards for Initial Programs for School Library Media Specialist Preparation  

URL:  http://www.ala.org/...tion/schoollibrarymed/ala-aasl_slms2003.pdf

Category:  Professional Excellence 

Joint American Library Association (ALA) and American Association of School Librarians (AASL) standards document to guide US School Library Media Specialist (Teacher Librarian) Preparation Programs. Goals are: to prepare candidates for service and leadership as school library media specialists serving preK-12 students. The program addresses the philosophy, principles and ethics of the field: to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information through teaching and learning, information access and delivery, reading advocacy, and program administration. It values research, reading, teaching and services to the field; and it determines the role of library services in a diverse and changing society.

ANU - Peer Review and Self-Evaluation. A Toolkit Resource Booklet for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning  

URL:  http://www.anu.edu.au/CEDAM/publications/toolkitv2_peer_self.pdf

Category:  Professional Excellence 

A project of The Australian National University's Centre for Educational Development and Academic Methods (CEDAM). These booklets, then, are intended to help teachers become familiar with a variety of methods of student-, peer-, and self-evaluation of teaching and learning, and of recording, interpreting, and acting on the information gathered during evaluations.

ASME Standards for Australian Music Educators. Draft for Consultation  

URL:  http://www.asme.edu.au/ASME_Standards05.pdf

Category:  Professional Excellence 

Draft of Professional standards for Australia's music teachers prepared by Australian Society for Music Education (ASME). The project involved educators working in classroom music and instrumental music in schools, and studio music teachers. Standards include: Teachers know their students, Teachers know their subject, Teachers know how students learn in music, Teachers plan for effective and creative learning, Teachers create and maintain a challenging and enjoyable learning environment, Teachers assess and review student learning and plan for future learning, Teachers continue to learn and engage in reflective practice, Teachers work collegially within their school community and wider professional communities to improve the quality and effectiveness of music education, Teachers recognise and respond to a range of different learning contexts, Teachers demonstrate cultural respect, Teachers uphold high professional ethics, Teachers value music education as a shared enterprise.

Australian College of Educators - Awards  

URL:  http://www.austcolled.com.au/...tent&task=view&id=2168&Itemid=519

Category:  Professional Excellence 

This page provides details of Awards administered by the Australian College of Educators (ACE) as well as a list of other major state and national awards in the area of education. Awards include: ACE Fellows, College Medalist, Quality Teaching Award recipients, Bob Squire Award, and ACSA Garth Boomer Award.

Australian Council for Computers in Education - Awards Structure  

URL:  http://www.acce.edu.au/item.asp?pid=1078

Category:  Professional Excellence 

The ACCE values the efforts of educators at all levels of the Australian educational community, and in conjunction with the Australian Computer Society (ACS), has established two awards to recognise the contribution of individual educators to the advocacy of ICT in Education. These two awards are: ACCE Educator of the Year, and the ACCE Award for Outstanding Leadership in Use of ICT in Education. Each state member association has the opportunity to nominate educators for the awards, and their nominees will usually be the recipients of state awards.

Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme (AGQTP)  

URL:  http://qualityteaching.dest.gov.au/

Category:  Key Government Priorities and Activities  Initiatives  Professional Excellence 

This is the Australian Government Quality Teacher Program national website. This site is an information exchange for the Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme, particularly best practice in teacher professional development.

Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre  

URL:  http://www.indigenousleadership.org.au/

Category:  Professional Excellence 

The AILC aims to foster the development of leadership ability and skills of indigenous peoples, through its nationally accredited Certificate and Diploma level courses for Indigenous leaders. It provides support for Indigenous leaders at all levels to develop their knowledge, skills and networks to lead communities, organisations and the nation into the 21st century.

Australian School Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics (ASISTM)  

URL:  http://www.asistm.edu.au/asistm/

Category:  Initiatives  Professional Excellence 

Australian School Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics (ASISTM) is a three year programme to encourage innovation and excellence in the teaching of science, technology and mathematics.

Building Teacher Quality: What Does the Research Tell Us?  

URL:  http://www.acer.edu.au/documents/RC2003_Proceedings.pdf

Category:  National  Professional Excellence 

ACER Research Conference Proceedings 2003 contains information and summaries about developments in building teacher quality.