Project Manager's position closes
September 12, 2008
VALA is seeking a full-time Project Manager for an exciting role with VALA and the new SafeT1 WorkSafe project.
See the Project Manager's position description.
Annual General Meeting - Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Members and friends are invited to the AGM to be held on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 4.00pm at Wantirna College, Harold Street, Wantirna 3152
The formal business of the meeting will be to
1. Confirm the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting held November 28, 2007
2. Receive committee reports including President and financial
3. Elect officers of the Association (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary) and the ordinary members of the committee. A nomination form (PDF 40KB) is available.
4. Consider the changes to the constitution (PDF
60KB) to allow
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an increase in the size of the committee
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introduce co-opted members
- simplify the lead-time for nominations
- simplify the membership form requirements
The changes (PDF 20KB) need to be accepted by
the AGM and then accepted by Consumer Affairs.
The changes then become part of the Rules.
RSVP for catering purposes to info@vala.asn.au by Sep 5.
Selection of VCAL quality assurance panel members for 2009
A recent VCAA memorandum contains the following information:
• the role description and application
process for teachers who wish to nominate
for a vacancy on a 2009 VCAL quality
assurance (QA) panel
• the role description and application
process for teachers who wish to apply
for the VCAL Liaison Teacher (VLT)
in the Grampians (Ballarat end) and
Gippsland, Department of Education
and Early Childhood Development regions.
See the memo (PDF 30KB)
More Than Just Fun: Running Programs That Inspire
A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers
Add to your activity repertoire to
build team skills & well-being
Discover
critical 'soft-skills' to enhance your
group facilitation
Best practice, interactive
and 100% fun professional development
Mark Collard, one of Australia's leading adventure educators, international Project Adventure facilitator and author of the popular 'No Props' activity book, is conducting a series of innovative professional development workshops in Melbourne this year. Mark also provided a workshop at the 2007 VALA conference.
'More Than Just Fun' is a one-day practical and interactive program that will inspire you to design and deliver programs that produce outstanding results and lots of happy participants.
At a glance, the 'More Than Just Fun' workshop will:
• Present some of the most successful group activities (ice-breakers, deinhibitizers, trust exercises, and group initiatives) that have universal appeal and require little if any equipment;
• Model a simple yet powerful program philosophy that is proven to foster a safe learning environment & can be used with almost any group;
• Explore critical program design and facilitation (soft) skills that foster 100% participation and successful group outcomes;
• Share, learn and network with other enthusiastic practitioners.
Tuesday 14 October, 2008 9am – 4pm South Oakleigh, VIC
A STRICTLY LIMITED number of workshop places have been reserved for VALA members so you must register early. Register RIGHT NOW, and you'll SAVE a massive $60 off the non-member workshop fee.
Got a question? Contact Mark on (03) 9095 2772 or info@inspireyourgroup.com
Details www.inspireyourgroup.com/