I attended a 2 day APPA Board meeting last week where we focused on some of the key issues affecting schools nationally.

• National Schools Resourcing Board – funding particularly for non-government schools & funding for students with disabilities
• ACARA and the Learning Progressions
• Review of NAPLAN – strongly supported by schools. Biggest issue is around the use of data & who uses it.

• Teacher Registration Board – APPA President a member. The talk of tradies becoming teachers discussed. How to make it easier to transfer to teach in each state/ jurisdiction.
• Tony Cook, Ass Secretary of Federal DoE spoke frankly on several issues, including Gonski 2 (he believes there will be no big surprises/ or onerous compliance for funding), phonics check (which APPA opposed to it).
• National conference in Perth September.

On behalf the Executive, Robyn Evans, Rob Walker, Lyn Davis, Diane Robertson, Louise Green, Ian Reeson, Terry Fisher, Jackie Malecki, Mark Pritchard, Andrew Stevenson, John Mularczyk and myself . . .

Phil Seymour
PRESIDENT