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Rural and Remote Education - SA

Rural and Remote

Education - SA

Public Hearing in Adelaide

SA - 9 August 1999

Witnesses giving

evidence in Adelaide were

  1. Bruce Lee, President,

    Small Schools Association of SA: Staff development; transport; curriculum;

    school buildings; staff incentives; staff accommodation; student numbers;

    ancillary staff; students with disabilities

  2. Glennis Crawford,

    SA President, and Robert Webb, SA Vice-President, Isolated Children's

    Parents' Association: Technology to support distance education; Country

    Areas Program; parents supporting learning; gifted students; students

    with disabilities; tertiary education; income support; transport subsidies;

    technology; telecommunications; postal services to support distance

    education; Assistance for Isolated Children; itinerant teacher service;

    distance education; education funding; technology in schools; clustering

  3. John Halsey, Executive

    Director (Country Schools and Children's Services), Susan Sweetman,

    Manager (Support Services) and Michael Williams, Superintendent of Aboriginal

    Education, SA Department of Education, Training and Employment: Demography

    of South Australia; Partnerships 21; outcome comparisons; strategies

    to improve outcomes; distance education; Open Access College; School

    of the Air; clustering; vocational education and training; rural student

    accommodation; transport; other family support; Country Areas Program;

    information technology; staff incentives; Indigenous education; staff

    recruitment; school fees; Aboriginal schools; Aboriginal staff; support

    for students with disabilities

  4. Georgina Smith,

    Senior Education Adviser, and Peter Cibich, Director (Port Pirie), Catholic

    Education Offices: Country Areas Program; Catholic education in South

    Australia; staff recruitment; professional development; information

    technology; school fees; tertiary education; learning support services;

    transport; technology; literacy support; teacher training; Indigenous

    students

  5. Mark Woolacott,

    Les Smith and Mike Mumford, SA Association of State School Organisations:

    Telecommunications; staff incentives; transport; learning support; information

    technology; subject choice; education costs for families; income support;

    vocational education and training; school fees

  6. Sally Paterson,

    Chairperson, Murray Lands District Leaders Group: Distance education;

    clustering; technology; students with disabilities

  7. Marg Beagley,

    Executive Principal, Open Access College SA: Distance education; technology;

    students with disabilities; student performance in distance education;

    funding for distance education

  8. Alan Bundy, University

    of SA Librarian: Public libraries; school libraries; joint-use libraries;

    information literacy; mailout library services; role of local government;

    joint-use library Pinnaroo; professional training

  9. Barry Morrison,

    General Secretary, and Judy Lundberg, Education Officer, Association

    of Non-Government Education Employees: Staff recruitment; transport;

    post-secondary education; professional development; staff incentives;

    staff accommodation

  10. Annette Herbert,

    member, Inclusive Education Network: Students with disabilities; transport;

    access to premises; resources; staff training; family support

  11. Gwen Secomb, network

    liaison officer, SA Association of School Parent Clubs: Choice of school;

    transport; school and subject choices; technology; learning support;

    staffing formulas; NESB students; school fees; distance education; students

    with disabilities

  12. Robyn Byrne, Co-ordinator,

    Sandy Seymour, Chairperson, and Fiona Cambell, Independent Advocacy:

    Students with disabilities; disability discrimination; expectations

    of students; integration option; student support; staff attitudes and

    skills.

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