Public hearing in Hobart - 5 November 1999
Witnesses giving evidence in Hobart were
- John Butterworth,
TASMANIAN CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE: Student population and retention;
information technology; transport; Aboriginal programs; students with
disabilities; learning outcomes evaluation; students with special needs;
students at risk; exclusion; cross-sectoral collaboration; staff incentives;
professional development; suicide prevention
- Alison Jacob,
Deputy Secretary; Lyn Dunn, Acting Principal, Tasmanian Open Learning
Service; Graeme Young, Principal, Newstead College; Chris Laycock, Co-ordinator,
Education Web site; Mitchell Knevett, Manager, Information Resources,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: Departmental
responsibilities; student population; school management; student performance;
information technology; equity policy; exclusion; parental involvement;
distance education; distance education - information technology; distance
education - applied learning and socialisation; distance education -
senior secondary and VET; distance education - difficulties for rural
students; distance education - student performance; information technology;
IT infrastructure; internet access costs; ISDN v dial-up; community
access; computer provision and maintenance; distance education - student
support; cross-sectoral collaboration; senior secondary access; distance
education - delivery modes; student retention; separate senior secondary
colleges; post-school pathways; staffing formula; traineeships; TAFE;
relief teachers; professional development; staff incentives; transport
- Susan Rockliff,
TASMANIAN COUNCIL OF STATE SCHOOLS PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION:
Evidence from King Island; parent expectations of staff; suicide prevention;
transport; distance education; languages other than English; senior
secondary access; Assistance for Isolated Children; boarding; King Island
retention rates; gay and lesbian students
- Umi Quor, MIGRANT
RESOURCE CENTRE: ESL in kindergarten; ESL in private schools; ESL in
rural high schools; refugee students; rural migrant support; NESB students
- retention; NESB students - internet access; NESB students - language
and culture
- Ted Leeson and
Gary Pyke, TASMANIAN PARENTS COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: Role of
the Council; student body at Ulverstone; students with disabilities;
Indigenous students; students with special needs; specialist services;
evidence from Cressy; funding for students with disabilities; non-government
sector - IT; non-government sector - other support
- Chris Smallbane
and Henry Sowa, TASMANIAN CATHOLIC EDUCATION EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION:
Teacher recruitment, incentives and transfer; professional development;
specialist teachers and services; students with disabilities; male role
models; cross-sectoral collaboration; post primary destinations; student
retention
- Craig Coleman,
TASMANIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION: Tasmania's
demography; access to Catholic education; cost of education; cultural
isolation; recommendations; youth unemployment; cross-sectoral collaboration
- Alistair Holmes,
retired 1997-98 Manager, Open Learning Tasmania: Student retention;
Open IT; distance education; distance education - IT infrastructure;
distance education - senior secondary; distance education - staff issues;
students with disabilities; isolated schools; Auslan; distance education
- student support
- Meg Nichols, ISOLATED CHILDREN'S PARENTS' ASSOCIATION: ICPA membership; travel; access to primary education; access to secondary education; access to senior secondary education; student retention; VET; recommendation; distance education; boarding; post-education options; Bothwell example
