e-WAALC News is the electronic newsletter of the
Western Australian Adult Literacy Council.
The WAALC Executive Committee prepares and
sends e-WAALC
News
to members five times a year. We
welcome your comments, suggestions, and contributions to the newsletter.
This newsletter is also available on our
web site
http://www.waalc.com.au
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IN THIS ISSUE OF e-WAALC News
1) ACAL
conference 2009 in Fremantle
2) WAALC
End of year dinner
3) Reports
from the 2008 ACAL conference in Surfer’s Paradise
4) The
Australian Core Skills Framework now available
5) Vice-chairpersons
appointed to WAALC Executive
6) NCVER
Research Overviews
7) ‘Contacts’
update
8) Unsubscribe?
9) Issues?
Contributions?
10) New
members?
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1. ACAL
conference 2009 in Fremantle
The 32nd
ACAL conference will be held at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle on 1-3 October,
2009. The theme of the conference is
From Strength to Strength.
How can you
help right now?
Cheryl
Wiltshire is Conference Coordinator. Call her with your suggestions on 08 9264 4639.
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2. WAALC End
of year dinner
This year’s
WAALC dinner will be in Fremantle as part of our preparation to host the
conference next October. We will
meet for drinks at the Esplanade Hotel at 6.00 pm on Tuesday 9th December 2008.
This will be followed by dinner,
probably in the Fishing Boat Harbour area. Conversation will focus on ideas for
conference as well as the usual de-brief from the year.
All members, their
families and friends are invited to join us for a pleasant evening. The dinner will be BYO and we will split
the bill. Please RSVP to anne.willox@swantafe.wa.edu.au
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3. Reports from the 2008 ACAL conference in Surfer’s Paradise
A strong delegation of West Australians
attended the conference in Surfer’s Paradise. Since the options as usual were very diverse each
delegate had a slightly different experience. See http://vetinfonet.det.wa.edu.au/home/
for some detailed reports on a
range of delegates’ reflections.
These include reports about:
Watch the ACAL website www.acal.edu.au for copies of presentations and papers presented.
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4. The Australian Core Skills Framework now available
The
Australian Core Skills Framework, ACSF, (revised NRS) is now available. To order your free copy of the full
document and the summary document go to http://www.deewr.gov.au/well
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5. Vice-chairpersons appointed to WAALC
Executive
After the WAALC AGM in July, the role of vice
chairperson was still vacant. The
Executive is pleased to announce that we have accepted an offer from Stephanie
Mitchell and Anne Willox to share the role.
We welcome Stephanie’s experience as a
previous chairperson of WAALC and a member of the organising committee for the
ACAL conference when it was last in Fremantle in 2000. We look forward to Anne’s contributions. Though this is her first formal office
on the WAALC committee, she has valuable experience in other volunteer
committees and brings with her a long history in TAFE. Having an extra person occupying an
office bearer’s position will be particularly useful this year when we are
hosting the national conference.
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6. NCVER
Research Overview
NCVER recently released the latest
adult literacy research overviews. The complete suite of overviews provide a
comprehensive summary of each of NCVER's managed adult literacy and numeracy
research projects funded in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. These projects
were subsequently published in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
The latest overviews include:
·
Assessing and acknowledging learning through non-accredited community
adult LLN programs
·
Investigating the impact of intensive reading methods in adult
literacy.
Another overview 'Adult literacy
and numeracy development in partnership: Social capital approaches', is
expected to be published by the end of the year. See http://www.ncver.edu.au/
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7. Unsubscribe?
If you don't want to receive this
newsletter or wish to suspend it while you are away on leave, please email the
WAALC secretary, Sheila Rod [sherod_au@yahoo.com.au].
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8. New members?
Who do you
know that should be a WAALC member?
You are welcome to forward this newsletter to colleagues who you think
should be a member of WAALC. Or
perhaps invite a prospective member to attend events like our conference and
AGM to meet other members. We encourage all adult literacy and numeracy
practitioners in WA to join WAALC now and be part of the renewed national
action to have literacy be embedded in the Social Inclusion Agenda.
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9. Issues? Contributions?
WAALC seeks to represent all adult
educators who deliver adult literacy and numeracy programs in Western
Australia. If there are issues
that you think WAALC should take action on, let us know.
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10. ‘Contacts’ update
Let us know if your address changes
through one of the contact methods listed below.
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e-WAALC
News
is the monthly electronic newsletter of (WAALC) the Western Australian Adult
Literacy Council.
Web: www.waalc.com E-mail: sherod_au@yahoo.com.au.
Postal: PO Box 6304
East Perth Business Centre
PERTH WA 6892
Phone: Sue
McKay WAALC Chairperson (08) 9593 2124