http://diggers.nook.com.au Polemic Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:06:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many of the educational change promoters that occupy positions of influence and power in state education systems may be a little worried about Kevin's focus on rigor and standards. They will be hoping that this emphasis will be limited to the election campaign. For a long time, in these cosy ... http://diggers.nook.com.au/2007/10/06/rigor-may-not-be-mortis-in-labor-education-plans/ Enjoy the site. On the site, I can't find answers to organisational questions.... Where are your offices ? Who is your management ? Who is on your staff ? Are you a subsidiary of any other organisation ? Who checks the nook content before allowing it to go online ? Are you profit or non-profit ? How do ... http://diggers.nook.com.au/2007/08/26/nook-who-are-you-and-how-do-you-run/ Needs to be emailed to vit@hlbvic.com.au prior to 5pm on Tuesday, 18 September 2007. Feedback and Recommendations I. the appropriate objectives for the Institute in the light of government polices and changes in all educational sectors since its establishment; Create new structures: VERB – Victorian educational Regulatory Board: Registration of Teachers, Approves and accredits ... http://diggers.nook.com.au/2007/08/26/scrap-the-victorian-institute-for-teacher-vit/ The Australian Government seems to be hell-bent on wasting money on an ineffective home and ISP filter systems which are very likely to be bypassed easily by simple strategies including the huge and growing number of "anonymous proxy" sites. These sites provide a window within a window. The school, home or ... http://diggers.nook.com.au/2007/08/24/porn-filters-ineffective-at-school-or-home/ What a polarised debate ! Opponents froth at the mouth. Proponents make out it is all so clear and simple. There is not much new about performance pay. It is built into any worthwhile career. Anything else is a "dead end" job by definition. Over my 25 years, my pay increases have ... http://diggers.nook.com.au/2007/06/17/merit-pay-for-teachers/ We are all superheroes ! We just need "training"   The modern employers panacea for any dysfunction in the workplace is to propose some "training". The unchallenged and unstated assumption is that there is no limit to any one persons performance. Job expectations can be expanded without limit as long as ... http://diggers.nook.com.au/2007/06/13/parent-rage-pushing-teachers-to-the-edge-the-age-106/ In Melbourne Australia, a students defiance of her government school community dress code is aggressively backed up by her parents...  She said she had been offering the Palmers free school-issue pants for the past month, but the family had "rejected them on principle". Says it all really...... 1. Some think the only way ... http://diggers.nook.com.au/2007/06/10/banned-for-15-pants/ Teachers at Rowville did nothing wrong based on your article "Teachers frisk pupil for drugs - Jane Metlikovec June 02, 2007". The Victorian Government School Reference Guide instructs teachers with a "cause for concern" to instruct students to "empty their pockets or open their bags for inspection and a failure ... http://diggers.nook.com.au/2007/06/03/teachers-frisk-pupil-for-drugs/ The display of simple-minded and divisive posters saying "Jesus Loves Osama" outside the Glen Iris Uniting Church has caused some passerby to take direct action and remove them. Rev Peter Whitaker is shown on the front page of the Progress Leader with his "script".  Thinking for himself ? I don't think ... http://diggers.nook.com.au/2007/02/17/osamas-bin-taken-uniting-church-sets-out-to-divide-jesus-loves-child-molesters/