PROGRAM
FRIDAY, 3rd MARCH 2006
8.30
9:00
9.15
10:45
10:50
11.20
1:15
2:00
3:30
4.30
Registration
Welcome to Country & Housekeeping
Community Building – Beginning Teachers’ Experiences
Educating for Change workshop
Lynn Hall & Sam Lisle-Menzel
Sponsors’ spot
Break
Keynote Session: ‘Your Rights at Work’ for Beginning Teachers
Janet Giles (ex AEU President and current Secretary of SA Unions) with U Who from SA Unions
Lunch
Student Behaviour Management for Conference Building on Entitlements for Repeat Conference
First Timers 1st fl conf rm
Attendees
Main Hall
Lynette Virgona, Classroom Teacher Consultant,
Workshops will focus on applying the information to
State School Teachers Union, WA
real scenarios, problem solving, grievance resolution
through to supportive collective action::
 “Work, rest and play: Managing your time and
having a life”
 “Performance management, T & D and
Verifications: A user’s guide”
 “Teaching in the country: A general round up”
 “Preschool teaching: Issues around small sites”
 “Placement, Transfers and School Choice:
Working it!”
 ‘Career Progression: Ready or not”
Beginning Teacher networking – NEN
Optional BBQ for all participants in courtyard
AND THEN ON SATURDAY…
9:30 Welcome & “You gotta fight” Rap
Ben and Co.
9:45 AEU Campaign – “One for all; All for One”
Andrew Gohl, AEU President and NEN
10:30 Break
11:00 Hot Topics for New Teachers
Choice of workshops

“Integrating ‘Know your Rights’ into Secondary Curriculum”

“Beginning Teachers Standards and Ethics: Are you in control or being controlled?”

“Getting Real about Mainstreaming: What it takes to make it work and what to do if it doesn’t”

“Integrating Human Rights into the primary school curriculum”

“Real student centred assessment: Student Exhibitions”
12:30 Lunch
1:15
Beginning Teacher Entitlements for Conference First
Student Behaviour Management for Repeat
Timers Main Hall
Conference Attendees 1st fl conf rm
Choice of Issues Workshops with basic information and
action planning, eg:
Lynette Virgona, Classroom Teacher
 “Work, rest and play: Managing your time and having a Consultant, SSTU,WA
.
life”
 “Performance management, T and D and Verifications:
A user’s guide”
 “Teaching in the country: A general round up”
 “Preschool teaching: Issues around small sites”
 “Placement, Transfers and School Choice: Working it!”
3:30
4
4.00
Walk around – Read around & Close
Close
AEU BEGINNING TEACHERS’
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
WHO CAN ATTEND
The conference is only open to financial AEU members in their first three years of teaching.
COST FOR CONFERENCE AND BBQ DINNER
There is NO charge to attend the conference and the BBQ dinner.
TRT FUNDING
TRT funding will be provided for all AEU financial members who are backfilled when attending the
conference. Members must indicate their requirements on this registration form, collect their Relief Staff
Authority Form at the conference and hand the form to the school/centre bursar for processing.
TRAVEL FOR COUNTRY MEMBERS
Country members must contact Lina Candiotto at the AEU office, phone: 08 8272 1399, email
lcandiotto@aeusa.asn.au or fax 08 8373 1254 to request air travel support before 24th February.
ACCOMMODATION FOR COUNTRY MEMBERS
Country members will be eligible for one night’s share accommodation at the AEU’s preferred hotel.
Members must contact Lina Candiotto at the AEU office in advance to allow the accommodation to be
confirmed.
MESSAGES
Urgent messages for participants can be left on 08 8272 1399 and will be placed on a noticeboard in the
conference area.
VENUE
The conference will be held at the AEU Conference Centre, AEU Office, 163 Greenhill Road, Parkside, SA.
PARKING
Limited parking is available at the rear of the main building (please enter from Porter Street). All day parking
is available on the northern side of Greenhill Road only from 9.00am – 4.30pm. Disabled parking is located
in the front car park.
REFRESHMENTS
Morning tea, lunch and a BBQ networking dinner on Friday will be provided.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information, please refer to the AEU website, www.aeusa.asn.au or contact Sam Lisle-Menzel,
slislemenzel@aeusa.asn.au or Lynn Hall, lhall@aeusa.asn.au at the Australian Education Union, phone
8272 1399, fax 8373 1254.
BEGINNING TEACHERS’CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION
Australian Education Union (SA Branch): ABN 25 541 678 478
To register please complete form and forward by 24TH FEBRUARY to Lou Roberts at
the AEU, 163 Greenhill Road, Parkside 5063, fax 08 8373 1254.
Please register me for the AEU Beginning Teachers’ Conference to be held on
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th March, 2006 at the AEU.
Last Name………………………………………………Given Name ………………………Mr / Ms
AEU Member? Yes / No
AEU Member No …………….……………
(only financial members can attend)
Workplace …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Contact address …………………..…………………………………………………………….…………………
Phone ………………………………………..
Fax …………………..........................................
Email address ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Position ………………………………………………. Year Level …………………………………………….
I have been teaching for ……… years and have been an AEU member for …………. years/months
I am employed as a: (please tick box)
TRT
Contract
Pemanent
Not yet employed as a teacher
St
Student
BARBECUE:
I wish to attend the networking BBQ at the AEU on Friday 3rd March at 4.30pm Yes / No (please circle)
I am vegetarian
yes / no (please circle)
Other special dietary requirements (please specify) ………………………………………………………………………………………
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED:
Relief Staff:
I will require TRT funding for Friday 3rd March

Yes / No
(If you answer ‘yes’, please collect authority form at conference)
Travel and Accommodation:
I am a country member and will be contacting Lina Candiotto at the AEU ph 8272 1399,
fax 8373 1254, email lcandiotto@aeusa.asn.au about:

Travel Yes / No
and/or
share accommodation
Yes / No
(please circle)
N.B. If driving from the country, please collect a Members Expenses Claim Form at the
conference (no need to contact Lina). Further information available on website, www.aeusa.asn.au
WORKSHOPS
I am interested in attending the following workshops: (circle two only from each group)
Group 1 – Beginning Teachers’ Entitlements
 Work, rest and play: Managing your time and having a life!
 Performance management, T&D, verifications: A users’
guide
 Teaching in the country: A general roundup
 Placement, transfers and school choice: Working it!
 Preschool teaching: Issues around small sites
 Career progression: Ready or not!
Group 2 – Hot Topics for New Teachers

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

Integrating ‘Know your Rights’ into secondary curriculum
Beginning teachers’ standards and ethics: Are you in
control; or being controlled?
Getting real about mainstreaming students: What it takes to
make it work and what to do if it doesn’t
Real student centred assessment: Student exhibitions