Program
Subject to change without notice
8.15am Registration opens
9.00am Welcome to Country
Music - The Glenroy Harmonisers with Chris Falk
9.30am Keynote – 'A dot painting is more than the sum of its parts'. Tony Dreise, Principal Research Fellow for Indigenous Education, ACER
10.15am Morning Tea and networking
11.00am Group A – choose 1 from 4
A1 Public libraries partnering to support adult literacy
Robyn Ellard, State Library Victoria, Chris Kelly, CEO of the Goldfields Library Corporation and Jane Grace, Manager Community Engagement, Yarra Plenty Regional Library
A2 Creating Contexts for Multiple Literacies Learning Experiences
Anh Le and Rakesh Saha, Skillsplus
A3 Teaching financial literacy-numeracy and mathematics skills in everyday life
Pam Mahlis, Olympic Adult Education
A4 Just Sentences- working with prisoners learning to read
Rosalie Martin, Speech Pathology Tasmania
12.05pm Group B – choose 1 from 4
B1 Support for employees with a disability: Collaboration between HiCity and Olympic Adult Education
Adriano Pilati, HiCity, Kay Middleton and Sally Hutchison, Olympic Adult Education
B3 Vote YES - Civic education, resources and virtual tour
Suzie Luddon and Daryl Evans, Parliament of Victoria
FULL B4 Let's Speak! Teaching Pronunciation Effectively
Margaret Corrigan and Elizabeth Keenan, Carringbush Adult Education
1.10pm Lunch, displays and networking
2.05pm Monica Dullard, librarian and comedian
2.30pm Group C – choose 1 from 4
C1 Tackling Foundation Skills in the Workforce
Michael Taylor, The Australian Industry Group
C2 Adult stories of resilience through multiple literacies
Lidia Interlandi, Kangan Institute and Chris Tully, Melbourne Polytechnic
3.35pm Pitch perfect - group feedback activity, raffle and prizes
4.15pm Close of conference
At the end of the day join us in the foyer for refreshments, conversation and networking.
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