Saturday 15 March 2008
8:00 - 8:40 Registration - Executive Services Building
8:45 - 9:10  Lecture Theatre

Welcome and Opening Minister for Education and Training and Minister for the Arts - Hon Rod Welford MP

9:15 - 10:20  Lecture Theatre

Keynote - Underachievement and Disadvantage
Peter Merrotsy

10:25 - 10:55 Morning Tea and Trade Displays Refectory and Courtyard
11:00 - 12:25  80 min Workshops and Seminars
  Lecture Theatre
 
11:45-12:25

Ad Astra: Differentiation across a K-12 school
Michelle Bannister-Tyrrell

Developing Critical and Higher Order Skills through "The Holocaust"
Kylie Foot and Michelle Bannister-Tyrrell

  EST02

Important Issues in Assessment of the Gifted
Tony Burton

  DST1

Striving for Excellence: A whole-school approach
Gail Young and Neil Adams

12:30 - 1:25 Lunch and Trade Displays
1:30 - 2:55  80 min

Seminars and Workshops

  Lecture Theatre
 
  2:15-2:55

BRAINways Expeditions of Discovery
Mirella Olivier

Reading Beyond
Michelle Bannister-Tyrrell

  EST01

Implementing Gifted Programs
Ailsa Crockett and Lesley Sutherland

  EST02

Tournament of Minds: Opportunities for excellence
Tracey Lenarduzzi and Kathy Underhill

  DST1

Catering for Gifted Students with Learning Difficulties
Kylie Wallis and Chris Sawrey

  DST3

Topping up your Think Tank: Strategies for Critical and Creative Thinking
Margaret Bishop

2:55 - 3:05 Trade Displays
3:10 - 3:50

 40 min

Seminars

  Lecture Theatre

Acceleration: For and against
Sue Vasilevska

  EST01

Channelling Emotional Sensitivity in response to World Issues
Jodie Valpied

  EST02

The Road to Differentiation
Bev Langbein and Hazel Wilton

  DST1

Making Acceleration Work
Sue Stevens

  DST3

Dancing the Margins and Darting among Shadows
Michele Juratowitch

4:00 - 5:00 Refectory and Courtyard

Convivium - a social gathering for all

4:30pm - QAGTC General Meeting, including branches
Notice of Motions