The Australian Council of Deans of Education releases papers and advice to members periodically. These papers are designed to further debate and discuss key areas of education and keep members informed.
| Publication |
Name |
| 2009 |
| Letter |
1 June 2009 - Julia Gillard's reply to ACDE regarding teacher education funding (pdf 74Kb) |
| Briefing paper |
9 Apr 2009 - Higher Education workforce issues in the field of education (doc 62Kb) |
| Letter |
9 Apr 2009 - Letter to the Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard (doc 123Kb), asking for a favourable outcome for Education in the coming budget |
| Letter |
26 Mar 2009 - Letter to Universites Australia (doc 99Kb) asking for their intervention on our behalf prior to the federal budget |
| Letter |
17 Mar 2009 - Reply to ACDE from the Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard (pdf 74Kb) in regards to the ACDE letter concerning ICPTE project sent on 22 October 2008 |
| Briefing paper |
Updated briefing notes on Teacher Education: A National Priority (doc 55Kb) |
| 2008 |
| Submission |
Draft National Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (doc, 105Kb) |
| Submission |
ACDE submission to the Australian Review of Higher Education (doc 141Kb) |
| Review |
Australian Review of Higher Education discussion paper, June 2008 (pdf) - from DEST site |
| Report |
24 October 2008 - The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Innovation released an interim report into the research training in Australian universities so that particular recommendations arising from the inquiry could be considered for the Budget period. See the Committee's website for full details. |
| Response |
Australian Government Repsonse to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Vocational Training Top of the Class: Inquiry into Teacher Education (pdf, 75Kb) |
| Letter |
22 Oct 08 - Letter to Minister Gillard regarding ICPTE project (doc, 116Kb) |
| Briefing paper | Teacher Education: A National Priority (doc 55Kb) |
| Letter | 5 May 08 - Reply from Senator Kim Carr (pdf 58Kb) |
| Letter | 10 Feb 08 - Letter to Maxine McKew Early Childhood Education (doc 238Kb) |
| Letter |
30 Jan 08 - Letter to Senator Kim Carr regarding RCDF codes (doc 129Kb) |
| Submission |
Submission to the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Initiative (doc 167Kb) |
| Submission |
ACDE submission to to the Inquiry into Research Training and Research
Workforce Issues in Australian Universities (doc 105Kb) |
| Preliminary input |
Draft ACDE input to Higher Education Review (doc 97Kb) |
| Meeting minutes |
Meeting with the Hon Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister (doc 49Kb) |
| Briefing paper |
Briefing paper 1 - National accreditation of teacher education (doc 46Kb) |
| Briefing paper |
Briefing paper 3 - Teacher education as a national priority: Funding implications (doc 47Kb) |
| Briefing paper |
Briefing paper 4 - The placement fund (doc 46Kb) |
| Briefing paper |
Briefing paper 5 - Educational research (doc 53Kb) |
| HoR report |
The House of Representatives report of Inquiry into Teacher Education was tabled Monday 26 February 2008.
Full report (3.5M)
List of recommendations and executive summary (295Kb)
Media release (36Kb) |
| 2006-2007 |
| Letter |
3 Dec 07 - Letter to Minister Gillard (pdf 37Kb) |
| Briefing paper |
2007-8 ACDE budget briefing (pdf 49Kb) -
The ACDE has analysed the 2007-8 budget and the news is not good for teacher education or for the field of Education generally. None of the House of Representative Recommendations with budget implications have been taken up and, relative to the sector as a whole, the field of Education's funding position continues the decline which begun with HESA (2003). |
| Briefing paper |
Placement fund - May 2007 for 2008 (doc 41Kb) |
| Response |
ACDE accreditation response - 11 July 2007 (doc 78Kb) |
| AFTRAA proposal |
The Australasian Forum of Teacher Registration and Accreditation Authorities (AFTRAA) have released The Framework for the National Recognition of Approved Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs (pdf 79Kb) for consultation. |
| TA proposal |
Teaching Australia (TA) is conducting consultations on its proposals for national accreditation of teacher education programs, Australia-wide accreditation of programs for the professional preparation of teachers. ACDE will meet with them in the last week in February. |
| Submission |
Submission (1.1Mb) to the Review of the Higher Education Support Act 2003. |
| 2005 |
| Submission |
House of Representatives Inquiry into Teacher Education ACDE submission titled “Teaching Tomorrow’s Teachers” (207Kb) |
| Response |
Research Quality Framework (349Kb) - ACDE’s response to the DEST issue paper |
| 2004 |
| Submission |
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| Submission |
Teaching and Teacher Education (305Kb) – Pre-service inquiry ACDE’s submission to the Victorian Education & Training Committee Inquiry |
| Submission |
National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy 2004 (61Kb) |
| Submission |
National Institute for Quality Teaching & School Leadership (47Kb) |
| 2002 |
| Submission |
Teacher Education Reviews 1 (626Kb) - overview of key issues 2 - innovation in schools |
| Review |
Commonwealth Languages Other Than English (LOTE) (407Kb) - ACDE calls for a renewed national policy on languages in its submission to DEST |
| Review |
Higher Education at the Crossroads: A review of Australian Higher Education (407Kb) |
| 2001 |
| Submission |
Australian Senate Public Universities Inquiry 2001 (107Kb) |
