WELCOME TO NEW PRINCIPALS
We warmly welcome the following Principals who have taken up leadership roles within the Canning District. We look forward to working with you to better the outcomes for students in our schools.
· Ashley King - Beckenham PS
· Judy Gardner - Kensington Secondary School
· Vijayam Govender - Armadale ESC
WELCOME BACK GARRY
Garry Hewitt has resumed the role of District Director whilst Leila Bothams continues her work in Fiji. Leila returns to the District Office on 6 May.
INVESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS
Stephen Harvey, Director, Facilities and Services, has been nominated as the State Government's representative on the assessment panel for the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) program, "Investing in Our Schools".
DEST will be managing the process of allocating a total of $700 million to State government schools across Australia, on a submission basis, over the period 2005-2008. The limit for funding of any one school is $150,000.
Schools will soon be receiving a letter from the Director General, explaining how the Department will be involved and providing guidance and contact names to help school principals work with their parents and citizens associations to finalise submissions. The Australian Council of State School Organisations has been contracted by DEST to run training sessions in the States and Territories, for parents and citizens groups, and two will be run in Perth in early May.
Full details, guidelines, application forms etc can be found on the DEST web site: www.dest.gov.au. If you have any questions or comments on the program, please call Marion Seboa, Skill Centre Project Officer, Asset Planning on 9264 4434.
TERM 2 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CALENDAR
As of the beginning of Term 2 2005 information about and registration to attend professional development workshops will be available online on the Canning District Education website at http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/deo/cannington/.
To access information about Professional Learning select Professional Learning Calendar and Online Registrations which appears on the right hand of the home page screen or go to the direct link at http://www.apps.det.wa.edu.au/pd/cdeo/public/courseList.do and browse through the information about the courses listed. Registration to attend any of the courses will need to be made online through following the prompts and instructions. Information about professional learning courses will be updated regularly. Please communicate this information to staff in your school and strongly encourage them to access the Professional Learning Calendar and register online. Attached to the Exec Email are a set of instructions to enable registering online. Any inquiries should be directed to Juanita Healy, Curriculum Manager ph: 9311 0515.
CLUSTER MEETING DATES REQUEST
Cluster representatives are asked to forward to their respective Director the Cluster meeting dates, times and locations for the remainder of 2005. Thank you to Clusters who have already provided this information, there is no need to resend.
Attached to the Exec Email is a Contaminated Sites pdf document. You are asked to comply with the request from Central Office as soon as is practicable. Whilst the Contaminated Sites Act is still to be proclaimed, the requirement for the Department to identify and remediate any contaminated sites still exists, with increasing urgency. Schools that have already responded need not do so again. Schools that do not have any relevant information still need to indicate this position so other information sources can be followed up. Any enquiries or responses should be directed to Gary Patrick Principal Consultant Environmental Health Facilities Operations Branch on 9264 4096 or email gary.patrick@det.wa.edu.au
HEALTH AND WELL BEING - UPDATE!
Following the report in Term 1 of Brendan Hart completing the Bridges Run in a respectable time it transpires that the informer responsible for providing this information also completed the course -
so well done Trevor Vaughan, Principal Belmont PS!
Signed
Keith Newton, Lindsay Usher, Garry Hewitt
FREE CHAIRS!
Maddington PS has 12 green dot (Year 1) chairs and 25 red dot (Year 6) chairs free to any school that can arrange to pick them up. Please call David Lindup, Principal on 9459 1239.
ATTACHMENTS
· Contaminated Sites - See above
· Instructions for Registering Online . - See Term 2 Professional Learning Calendar heading on previous page
· Penny James ESL ESD Info - Information on the enrolment of ESL students.
WHATS ON NEXT WEEK
For information on upcoming professional learning opportunities view the Professional Learning Calendar for Term 2 2005 at
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/deo/cannington/