ASLA- 50 years Celebration Conference 2019

 

This Conference is a registered 10 HOUR accedited course for NESA and TQI teachers!

14th April- Pre-Conference fun

• 10-3pm Literary Discovery tour- Lunch and tour @ Jackie French's property

  

  • Limited to 50 conference attendees- BOOK 'DISCOVERY PLUS' ticket ASAP!
  • Mini bus ride from National Library (approx 1hr 15 min).
  • NB: this includes  walking and steep/rocky stairs and platforms/uneven surfaces- not suitable for walking sticks/wheelchairs & limited mobility etc.
  • If it has been raining, it will be a longer walk into Jackie's place as the buses won't be able to go as close along the dirt road.
  • Attendees will be transported directly to the Welcome cocktail evening
• 4-6pm Welcome cocktail evening @ a local school library location

 

15th April- Conference Day 1

• 8.00am-8.30am- REGISTRATION
• 8.30am-9am- CONFERENCE WELCOME
• 9.00am-10.30am -KEYNOTE ADDRESS : Tracey Ezard- Leading ‘The Buzz’ in Your School
• 10.30-11.00am- MORNING TEA
• 11am-11.45am- BREAKOUT SESSION 1 ( choose ONE)
  • See sessions
• 12 noon-12.45pm- BREAKOUT SESSION 2 ( choose ONE)
  • See sessions
• 12.45pm – 1.30pm- LUNCH
• 1.30pm-2.00pm- Move to discovery tours
• 2.00pm-4.00pm- DISCOVERY TOURS: Select from 7 of Canberra’s iconic educational venues. They will be providing guided educational experiences catering for the professional needs of teacher librarians: ( choose ONE).
  • See sessions

 

15th April- 50 Years Birthday Celebration Dinner @ National Museum of Australia

• 6.00pm-10pm- DINNER: drink & canapes on arrival, 2 course meal, cash bar
• Socialise & celebrate with other TLs and library staff as well as the authors and presenters in the AMAZING venue
• ASLA 50th Birthday Celebration Special Guest- Morris Gleitzman- Australian Children's Laureate
• Reflections by Jackie French- 'Imitate the actions of a wombat: how to face the school library crises with marsupial tenacity'
• Teacher Librarian of the Year award presentation

 

 

 16th April- Conference Day 2  

• 8.00am- 8.30am- REGISTRATION
• 8.30am- 9.15am Special ASLA 50th birthday presentation
• 9.00-10.00am- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr Margaret Kristen Merga- Teacher Librarians as literacy educators: what do they actually do?
• 10.15am-11.00am- AUTHOR PERSPECTIVES- ​​​​​​​Jack Heath-Leading new trends in reading for enjoyment. Including Bruce Pickworth & Shelley Unwin
• 11.00-11.30am- MORNING TEA
• 11.30am-12.30pm- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Tamara Sullivan- Next Level Learning…Think like an Entrepreneur!
• 12.30pm-1.15pm- LUNCH
• 1.15pm-2.00pm- BREAKOUT 3 (choose ONE)
  • See Sessions
• 2.15pm-3.00pm- BREAKOUT 4 (choose ONE)
  • See Sessions
• 3.00pm- 4.00pm- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Judy O'Connell: ASLA Conference 2019 Wrap Up
• 4.00pm- AFTERNOON TEA

 

SIGN UP HERE FOR A MEMBERSHIP TODAY TO RECEIVE A DISCOUNTED RATE FOR THE CONFERENCE!**

PAY NOW to secure the conference package you wish before they sell out!

Invoice requests are only available until 2 March 2019

(If you need an invoice for payment of your conference package, please contact us at asla@asla.org.au to arrange this. This payment method will delay your ticket purchase therefore not guaranteeing your prefered conference package if that catergory has sold out.)

 

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