VALBEC's
Spring Forum
Making Links – successful models for enhanced practice
VALBEC is delighted to be staging the annual Spring forum in the eastern suburbs. The day will be filled with stimulating interactions and new learnings with applications to a range of teaching and learning settings.
Date: Friday September 28th Venue: The Clarion on Canterbury 326 - 330 Canterbury Road, Forest Hill Melways: Map 62 E2 Map: Venue then click 'Location' Time: 9.30am – 3.00pm Morning tea and lunch is included |
Fee: VALBEC members with an individual membership FREE VALBEC Institutional members $33 Non- members - $55 Registration: Online *Numbers are limited so please register before Friday September 21st |
Presenter: Dr Mark Brophy, is a Fulbright Scholar who has worked in the education and training sector for over 22 years in universities, TAFE institutions, industry associations and the government. Mark has recently returned from a study tour in the US visiting the Study Circles Resource Centre which has assisted over 400 communities across 43 states with hundreds and sometimes thousands of participants. |
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The Program
9.00 am Registration
9.30am Integrating New Literacies Into Classroom Practice
Upper Yarra Community House teacher researchers will present an Literacy & Numeracy Innovative DEST funded project. This action learning research project brought teachers and students together to explore the home literacies of youth and to create a teacher resource that both informs teachers and provides activities that engage young students.
10.30 – 11.00 am Morning tea
11.00am Community Wide Study Circle Orientation Workshop ( Part One)
The Workshop will consist of an introduction to study circles. Study Circles are a type of community dialogue process that can help people explore complex issues, make some decisions and begin to take action. Study circles don’t advocate a particular solution. Instead, they welcome many points of view around a shared concern.
From engaging and empowering disadvantaged learners to building community capacity, the study circle is a unique alternative that promises controversial and exciting opportunities.
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
12.30 Literacy Live link to Auckland
During lunch participants will be able to listen to one of the keynote addresses at the ACAL Conference live from Auckland. Heidi Spruck Wrigley, is currently a non-resident fellow with the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. where she focuses on immigrant integration and policy issues related to adult ESL, employment and family literacy.
1.30 – 3.00 Community Wide Study Circle Orientation Workshop (Part Two)
Part Two of the Workshop will consist of:
- Participation in a sample study circle, where members will share their personal knowledge and experiences of teaching and learning.
- Discussion on ways that community wide study circle programs circles are utilised in the US and Bangladesh.
- An overview of how to plan for community wide study circle programs.
The Workshop will demonstrate how the study circle model could be applied to addressing issues in a range of settings with different learner groups. This session will build on the collaborative model of working on common issues around the new CGEA implementation that was successful in the pre- conference workshops in May.
Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council
Box 861, Springvale South VIC 3172
P 03 9546 6892 E info@valbec.org.au W www.valbec.org.au