Teaching and Learning (maximising our investment in Australian schools)
Information about the Inquiry
On 11 September 2012 the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committees for inquiry and report.
Teaching and learning - maximising our investment in Australian schools, with particular reference to:
(a) the effectiveness of current classroom practices in assisting children to realise their potential in Australian schools;
(b) the structure and governance of school administration - local and central - and its impact on teaching and learning;
(c) the influence of family members in supporting the rights of children to receive a quality education;
(d) the adequacy of tools available for teachers to create and maintain an optimal learning environment;
(e) factors influencing the selection, training, professional development, career progression and retention of teachers in the Australian education system; and
(f) other related matters.
The committee has resolved that, where a submitter requests that their name or that of a school, students or teachers, not be published, it will accede to that request. Please make any such request clear in your submission.
Submissions should be received by 30 January 2013. The Senate granted an extension of time for reporting until 14 May 2013.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to eewr.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Committee Secretary
Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committees
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3521 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5706 or by email to eewr.sen@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Committee Secretary
Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committees
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia