Home ›› Expo 2004 Review ›› Expo Speakers   Expo 2004 Review Introductions & welcome Colin James (MC) Altmore International Colin James is one of Australia's leading Corporate Trainers, working extensively throughout Australasia and the Asia Pacific region consulting, designing, implementing and delivering training programs across a diverse range of subjects. He is Managing Director and Principal Trainer of Altmore International, the training company he established in 1989. Opening address Jack Dusseldorp Dusseldorp Skills Forum Download the Opening Address - 51KB Jack is currently Chairman of the Dusseldorp Skills Forum. In 1999, he was elected President of WorldSkills (reelected in 2003), the International Vocational Training Organisation. He was Founder, Executive Director, and Chairman and is still a Board Member of the WorldSkills Australia Foundation (previously WorkSkill) a national not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to raise the status and standards of vocational training and work skills. Jack has Degrees in both Social Science and Law and his working life has included time with the Law Foundation, the Evatt Foundation and heading up the Office of Youth Affairs in the Prime Ministers Department in 1985. Not back to the 70's!!! Good practice in learning alternatives. Roger Holdsworth Youth Research Centre, University of Melbourne. Download the Learning Choices Opening Address - 125KB Roger Holdsworth is a Senior Research Fellow at the Youth Research Centre. He was a secondary teacher for many years, has extensive experience in the community youth affairs sector, and is particularly interested in the development of programs to support youth and student participation, particularly in schools. Roger also teachers within the Education Policy, Schools and Society subject. He is editor and publisher of Connect (the newsletter of youth participation in education). Initiating the Expo communiqué Eric Sidoti Strategic Solutions and Dusseldorp Skills Forum Download the Expo Communique - 81KB Eric has extensive experience in public policy development, analysis, strategic planning and communications. He established Strategic Options, a small consultancy, in 1992. Since then he has developed long-term relationships with a small number of clients, principally the Dusseldorp Skills Forum. Reflections on day 1: Comments from rapporteurs Rob Long Australian Catholic University Download the presentation - 24KB Rob has been a teacher for more than 30 years at every level in the education sector. He has taught across South Australia country regions, Sydney Met West and in the ACT in government and non-government schools, TAFE and University. Rob currently lectures in Research Methods, Management and Leadership and the Master in Youth Studies program with ACU National. He also consults in education, training and development for the WorkWise Group and SafeMAP. Learning Alternatives: Keys to opportunity. Rev. Bill Crews The Exodus Foundation. Tackling Risk: A challenging program in profile Amanda Webster WAYS Youth Services. Jo Poynter Salvation Army OASIS Youth Support Network     United We Stand: Building a community of practice in New Zealand & Australia. Isopo Samu (Samu) Alternative Education Whangerei - Co-ordinator Download the Presentation - 90.6KB Download the Paper - 119KB Metamorphosis: When a school becomes the alternative Merv Hammond Balga High School, WA. Warren Pill Brooks High School, TAS. Download the Powerpoint presentation - 1667KB Download the Related links Document - 51KB     The pros and cons of an alternative program being part of the system: VCAL/SACE/ACE. Arden Joseph Victorian Qualifications Authority. Download the Presentation Paper - 110KB Rod Bauer Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia. Download the Powerpoint presentation - 379KB Delia Bradshaw TEXTCRAFT Educational Consultancy, VIC Download the presentation - 597KB   Poetry in motion: The POEM pilots two years on Gerri Walker Principal, Youth Education Centre, Adelaide. Download Gerri Walker's Presentation - 691KB Paul Altschwager Vocational Coordinator, Youth Education Centre, Adelaide. Greg Bryant National POEMS manager, Transitions Branch, Department of Education, Science and Training. Download Greg Bryant’s Presentation - 178KB Andrew Williamson TOTeM Coordinator, Victoria University. Download Andrew Williamson's Presentation - 49.5KB Real Learning Real Futures Download the Presentation Paper - 3185KB Download Real Learning Real Futures Evaluation - 770KB Bob Phillips Derwent Valley, Department of Education, TAS Graham Speight Rosetta High School, Tasmania.     Who doesn’t have real choice? John Ainley ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research). Download the Presentation Paper - 306KB Download the Powerpoint presentation - 670KB John Ainley is Deputy CEO of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and Research Director of its National and International Surveys Program. Dr Ainley is currently involved in the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth, which studies the progress of young people in Australia through school, post-secondary education, training and work. He has conducted major research studies of the social development of young Australians, the development of literacy over the first five years of school and socioeconomic status and school education. In the area of post-compulsory education, Dr Ainley has conducted national surveys of subject choice and reports on work-based learning programs for senior students and the course experiences of university students. Panel discussion: How can learning alternatives succeed? Graham Speight Rosetta High School, Tasmania. Download the Presentation Paper - 65KB Graham Speight is the Principal of Rosetta High School, a comprehensive co-educational school in Hobart's northern suburbs. Graham has been the principal of a number of schools and has been active as an author and consultant over a number of years. This is Graham's third year at Rosetta High School where he is leading a significant change process. He also leads the Real Learning/Real Futures Project which is centred on the ten secondary schools of the Derwent District. Viv White Victorian Schools Innovation Commission. Download the Presentation Paper - 38.5KB Former National Coordinator of the Australian National Schools Network, Viv White, is now the Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Schools Innovation Commission (VSIC). With more than thirty years experience in both the education and policy-making sector, Viv is renowned for her innovative thinking and challenging perspective. Viv is committed to working closely with teachers and school communities to build collective knowledge about the education practice. She believes that only through systematically sharing professional knowledge and practice will real improvement for students be possible. Kaye Schofield Kaye Schofield and Associates Download the Presentation Paper - 126KB Kaye is one of Australia's leading independent commentators, researchers and policy analysts in the field of adult and vocational education. Kaye chairs the NSW Board of Adult and Community Education and the South Australian TAFE Board and is an ex officio member of the NSW TAFE Board. She is also a Trustee of the Dusseldorp Skills Forum and of the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust. Have we got what it takes? The skills, rewards and recognition needed for teachers, youth workers and others in learning alternatives. Christine Owen National Schools Network. Download the Powerpoint presentation - 94KB Christine Owen is National Coordinator of the Australian National Schools Network (ANSN), a position she has held since early 2002. With previous experience as National Project Manager at the Australian College of Educators and more than thirty years experience as a secondary teacher, curriculum consultant and professional development coordinator (ACT and NSW), Christine brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to national and local projects in teaching and learning. Educational Rights are worth more than the paper they’re written on: advocacy skills and know-how. Simon Moran Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). Download the Presentation Paper - 238KB Working the web Lisa Kuhne Central Gippsland TAFE, VIC. Download the Powerpoint presentation - 153KB Download the Related links Document - 48KB What makes a sustainable program: Lessons from Victoria. Peter Cole PTR Consulting, VIC. Download the Presentation Paper - 158KB Mentors, mentors everywhere but what difference do they make? Megan Moore Marist Transition School, QLD. Jan Noake Plan-It Youth NSW.     Australia is not an island: Learning from international experience. Dale Murray Centre Education Programme, QLD. Download Dale Murray’s Presentation - 170KB Russell Kerr Hands on Learning, VIC. Download Russell Kerr’s Paper - 56KB     What Works: Issues around learning and training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Muriel Eddleston IETA (Indigenous Education & Training Alliance) Cindy Hales Learning and Engagement Centre, Education QLD.     Expo 2004 Review Showcase Expo Speakers Youth Program Gallery