Rural and Remote Education - NSW

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Rural

and Remote Education - NSW

Public Hearings in Moree NSW

- 4 and 5 March 1999

Witnesses giving

evidence in Moree on 4 March were

Ron Sweaney, Principal;
Sally Edwards, the leading teacher; Steve Hardy, Deputy Principal at

Courallie High School, Moree: Teacher quality; administrative support;

choice of schools; TAFE/school relationship; inexperienced staff; staff

turnover; student post-school options; subject choice; vocational education;

arts; excursions; sport; staff training; counselling; professional support
Faye Sullivan,
Pallamallawa School Council President and P&C group: Staffing formula;

travel
Sharon Grellman,
Science teacher on leave, parent: Distance education; staff turnover;

incentive transfer; pre-school; travel; Aboriginal student support;

travel subsidies
Kathryn Little,
Principal, Mallawa Public School: Staff inexperience; staff turnover;

staffing formula; accommodation; casual staff; travel
Anne Taylor, Moree
Time Out Centre: Excluded students; alternative to formal schooling;

counselling; Indigenous education
Judy Adam, Senior
Social Worker, Centrelink: Non-attendance; Indigenous children; distance

education; parental involvement; support staff; literacy, numeracy;

employment opportunities; birth certificates
Michael Riddell,
President, School Council, Mungindi: Resourcing; staffing formulas;

accommodation; Indigenous education; teacher incentives; casual staff;

boarding school; employment opportunities; resources
Elizabeth Gill,
Ken Brown and Eleanor Brown, parents, Gravesend Primary School: Staffing

formula; travel; staff stress
Margaret Hogue,
Teacher, Pallamallawa School: Staffing formula; staff workload and stress;

accommodation

Witnesses giving

evidence in Moree on 5 March were

Ken Cattanach,
Principal, Moree Public School: Teacher experience; education support;

support for disadvantaged students; race relations; Indigenous education;

students with disabilities
Michael Cavanagh,
Principal, Dubbo School of Distance Education: Distance education; students

with disabilities; distance education support; technological support;

subject choice; Indigenous education
Rob Griffiths,
Principal, Moree Christian School: Christian independent schools; independent

schools funding; home schooling; financial support for travel; Indigenous

education; discipline; curriculum; homosexuality
Craig Curry, Manager,
Special Education Operations, Department of Education and Training:

Students with disabilities