Lost and Found Trailer by Oliver Jeffers

Stephen Boland - The Way Back Home by LiTV Channel

Please help keep ETIS opened!

I am sharing a message, with permission,  from Marjan , Manager, Education and Training Information Service (ETIS) Strategic Information and Reporting.

"A big thank you to all our clients who have provided feedback on the ETIS closure to the ETIS feedback email or have contacted the Director-General and the D-DGs.  

The feedback period ends this Friday November 2 so if you have not had the time to supply feedback, it is not too late to do so before the end of this week."

ETIS CLOSURE

INVITATION TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK

We have been informed that the Strategic Information and Reporting Directorate, Office of Education, has identified that the Education and Training Information Service (ETIS) will be closed in December because of current staff cuts. The information and library services ETIS provides will no longer be available.

The Department will lose a service providing principals, teachers and counsellors as well as regional, state office and executive staff with specialised literature searches, alert services, historical services and cost-efficient supply of published research. Access to the archival collection of departmental publications dating from 1848 will also no longer be available. ETIS is a unique service in the Department used for decision making, policy development, professional learning, quality teaching and evidence based practice.

We invite you to give feedback during the 4 week consultation period which began on 8 October.  This is your opportunity to provide information and examples about how this closure will affect your work. 

You can use ETISfeedback@det.nsw.edu.au and/or forward your feedback to your D D-G until Friday November 2.  Please forward this email to your colleagues.

Feel free to contact me if you would like further details.

Marjan McKeough, Manager - on behalf of the ETIS team

Education and Training Information Service (ETIS)

Strategic Information and Reporting

Locked Bag 2006, Strathfield NSW 2135
P: (02) 9715 8357  F: (02) 9715 8292  E: marjan.mckeough@det.nsw.edu.au

NSW Department of Education and Communities

Only 1 month left to enter....RSL ANZAC Art Competition

 RSL ANZAC Art Awards *DEADLNE EXTENDED* 09/11/12 @ 5pm

"The RSL ANZAC Art Award Council has carefully prepared the new RSL ANZAC Art Awards with the aim of encouraging all young people to think about what previous generations of soldiers, sailors and airmen have done to serve and defend this great country of ours."

Open to all NSW school students from Years 1-12, the long-running art award acknowledges the values of ANZAC, such as respect and remembrance in a visual context.

Shared from School Biz: "RSL NSW developed the ANZAC Art Project for all schools in NSW in the 1970s to encourage all school students to research, learn and appreciate the historical and cultural significance of Australia’s traditional links to ANZAC Day.

The ANZAC Art Award offers a colouring competition to primary students and a painting competition to secondary students.

Each of the six categories has an award certificate of Bronze, Silver and Gold for winning contestants along with cash prizes in each category. There is also The RSL Lifecare Award chosen from schools who submit at least five entries.

A special award and medal will also commemorate the outstanding service and commitment of the late President of the Teachers Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League, Geoffrey William Falkenmire OAM.

The NSW Premiers Kokoda Prize will be awarded to an 18 year old student who will get to experience a true ANZAC tradition walking the Kodoka Track in Papua New Guinea.

 The competition closes on 2 November 2012 with the winners being announced before the end of term."

For further information: 

Art award does homage to Anzac

Please note to register:

- an individual registration is required for each student. Under 16's must provide a guardians name. 

Prizes

See the gallery for the entries submitted so far. Students can also rate each of the entries using a star rating.

NSWDEC and Google Apps!!

Google Apps is rolling out for teachers and students

Google’s suite of online collaboration, creation and presentation tools will soon be available to students and teachers in all DEC schools!

the old man and the sea by Marcel Schindler

TODAY is World Teachers' Day

On this day, we call for teachers to receive supportive environments, adequate quality training as well as ‘safeguards’ for teachers’ rights and responsibilities...We expect a lot from teachers – they, in turn, are right to expect as much from us. This World Teachers’ Day is an opportunity for all to take a stand.    

       Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General

Check out more news and facts and figures on World Teachers' Day from UNESCO.

 Take a stand for teachers is the slogan for this year's World Teachers' Day (today !) Follow the tweets on  #wtd2012 :)

World Teachers’ Day, held annually on October 5th since 1994 - when it was created by UNESCO - celebrates teachers worldwide. Its aim is to mobilise support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers.

The International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) is an international association of policy and decision-makers in education, government and business dedicated to improving educational experiences and outcomes in all parts of the world. In their newsletter they wrote about "TAKE A STAND FOR TEACHING!" All teachers are welcome to join the association.