Public Hearing in Adelaide SA - 9 August 1999
Witnesses giving evidence in Adelaide were
- Bruce Lee, President,
Small Schools Association of SA: Staff development; transport; curriculum;
school buildings; staff incentives; staff accommodation; student numbers;
ancillary staff; students with disabilities
- Glennis Crawford,
SA President, and Robert Webb, SA Vice-President, Isolated Children's
Parents' Association: Technology to support distance education; Country
Areas Program; parents supporting learning; gifted students; students
with disabilities; tertiary education; income support; transport subsidies;
technology; telecommunications; postal services to support distance
education; Assistance for Isolated Children; itinerant teacher service;
distance education; education funding; technology in schools; clustering
- John Halsey, Executive
Director (Country Schools and Children's Services), Susan Sweetman,
Manager (Support Services) and Michael Williams, Superintendent of Aboriginal
Education, SA Department of Education, Training and Employment: Demography
of South Australia; Partnerships 21; outcome comparisons; strategies
to improve outcomes; distance education; Open Access College; School
of the Air; clustering; vocational education and training; rural student
accommodation; transport; other family support; Country Areas Program;
information technology; staff incentives; Indigenous education; staff
recruitment; school fees; Aboriginal schools; Aboriginal staff; support
for students with disabilities
- Georgina Smith,
Senior Education Adviser, and Peter Cibich, Director (Port Pirie), Catholic
Education Offices: Country Areas Program; Catholic education in South
Australia; staff recruitment; professional development; information
technology; school fees; tertiary education; learning support services;
transport; technology; literacy support; teacher training; Indigenous
students
- Mark Woolacott,
Les Smith and Mike Mumford, SA Association of State School Organisations:
Telecommunications; staff incentives; transport; learning support; information
technology; subject choice; education costs for families; income support;
vocational education and training; school fees
- Sally Paterson,
Chairperson, Murray Lands District Leaders Group: Distance education;
clustering; technology; students with disabilities
- Marg Beagley,
Executive Principal, Open Access College SA: Distance education; technology;
students with disabilities; student performance in distance education;
funding for distance education
- Alan Bundy, University
of SA Librarian: Public libraries; school libraries; joint-use libraries;
information literacy; mailout library services; role of local government;
joint-use library Pinnaroo; professional training
- Barry Morrison,
General Secretary, and Judy Lundberg, Education Officer, Association
of Non-Government Education Employees: Staff recruitment; transport;
post-secondary education; professional development; staff incentives;
staff accommodation
- Annette Herbert,
member, Inclusive Education Network: Students with disabilities; transport;
access to premises; resources; staff training; family support
- Gwen Secomb, network
liaison officer, SA Association of School Parent Clubs: Choice of school;
transport; school and subject choices; technology; learning support;
staffing formulas; NESB students; school fees; distance education; students
with disabilities
- Robyn Byrne, Co-ordinator, Sandy Seymour, Chairperson, and Fiona Cambell, Independent Advocacy: Students with disabilities; disability discrimination; expectations of students; integration option; student support; staff attitudes and skills.
