Program outline

Subject to change without notice

Thursday, September 24

8.30 am	Registration
9.20 am	Welcome, Welcome to Country: Vicki Hartman and Jack Buckskin, Tauondi Aboriginal College
9.45 am	Conference Opening: His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AO, Governor of South Australia
10.00 am	Keynote speaker: Jack Buckskin, Cultural mentor, Tauondi Aboriginal College
10.45 am	Morning tea

Time	Block	One	Two	Three	Four
11:15 am	Concurrent A	A1 Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) Network Discussion Jenni Anderson, Mission Australia and Emma Kreukniet, SEE Program, Department of Education and Training More	A2 Nganampa Health Workers get online for literacy and numeracy skills: A WELL Project Taking Learning remotely to Aboriginal Health Workers Kay Freeth and Georgina Nou, TAFE SA More	A5 Are We There Yet? Christine Tully, Melbourne Polytechnic More	A6 Working Together - integrating literacy skills into vocational studies Health, Aged Care, Nursing Susan Withnall, TAFE NSW More
12:05 pm	Concurrent A	A3 The interpenetration of Institutional Context in the Language Assessment Process Jen Zhao, TAFE SA More	A4 Advancing the National Strategy - what can we achieve together? Anita Roberts, National Foundation Skills Strategy Project More
12.50 pm	Lunch
1.35 pm	Arch Nelson Address: Professor Sue Shore, Director, International Graduate Centre of Education (IGCE), Charles Darwin University What would he have thought? What would he have done?: Rethinking foundation skills and democratic responsibility with a little help from Arch Nelson
2:25 pm	Concurrent B	B1 Inter-generational Impact on Aboriginal Learner's Today Vicki Hartman, Tauondi Aboriginal College, SA More	B2 ‘English Tea' - an example of the challenges and successes in Adult Community Education. Rachael Foster, TAFE SA/Welcome to Australia More	B3 Mind Being Body Doing Sharon Stewart and Carolyn Lloyd, YIN Personal Safety Solutions More	B4 Positive marking and other tips Joanne Medlin, WSI TAFE (OTEN) More
3:15 pm	Concurrent C	C1 The Tasmanian Adult Literacy Action Plan 2010-2015: What we've learnt and where we're heading Anita Planchon, LINC Tasmania More	C3 Feeling Good and Doing Good - positive psychology in adult learning environments Judy Hilton, TAFE SA More	C4 Understanding What's Underneath teaching Students who have learning disorders or have experienced trauma Karen Dymke, Thoughtfulworks More	C5 Embedding LLN in VET Training Linda Are and Jen Zhao TAFE SA with Max Lorenzin, Gary Biddell, Rebecca Medhurst (Justice and Policing) and David Channing (Screen and Media) More
4:05 pm	Concurrent C	C2 What can the past tell us about preservation in the present climate? Pamela Osmond, University of Technology, Sydney More
4.50 pm	ACAL AGM
5.30 pm to 7.30pm	Cocktails with the Tigers - presentation and meet the keeper
Friday, September 25
8.30 am	Registration
9.00 am	Keynote speaker: Louise Wignall
Time	Block	One	Two	Three	Four
9.50 am	Concurrent D	D1 Go Digi - A national approach to Digital Literacy Brendan Fitzgerald, Infoxchange More	D2 Choice, control and confidence: adults with intellectual disabilities experience literacy successes in a post-school learning environment. Natasha Johnson, Endeavour Foundation More	D3 Playing the Job Game: 5-Steps to Work Readiness Joanne Ruddy, Tauondi College and Natasha Chisholm, Department for Education and Child Development, SA More	D4 Teaching Literacy in a ‘real life’ Vocational setting Lindy Chan, Pilbara Institute (TAFE), WA More
10.35 am	Morning tea
11:00 am	Concurrent E	E1 What learners do as they read words and what this means for teachers Janet McHardy, Kimberley Training Institute More	E3 Social media for professional purposes - it's NOT just about what you had for lunch! Jo Hart, CY O'Connor Institute, WA More	E4 No longer available	E5 Beyond the ACSF: Measuring the whole learning experience Ali Bell and Anita Planchon, LINC Tasmania More
11:00 am	Concurrent E	E2 Creating resources to promote 'development of learning strategies' for LLN Learners Linda Are, Jen Zhao and Max Lorenzin, TAFE SA More		E4 No longer available
12.35 pm	Lunch
1.20 pm	WAALC presentation
1.35 pm	Keynote speaker: Gabrielle Kelly SAHMRI Wellbeing and Resilience Centre inaugural Director
2:25 pm	Concurrent F	F1 Access Uni - extending pathways to tertiary education Genevieve Haskett, Flinders University, Student Access Unit; Jane Brzezinski Flinders University; Tori Phillips TAFE SA More	F3 From mathematics anxiety to wellbeing: examining the affordances of multimodal numeracies Keiko Yasukawa, University of Technology Sydney More	F4 Curriculum update from the West Cheryl Wiltshire, Department of Training and Workforce Development, WA More	F5 Getting More Bang for Your Buck with the ACSF Anita Planchon, Manager of Literacy Services, LINC Tasmania More
3:15 pm	Concurrent F	F2 Sound Systems - A phonemically-based approach to adult literacy at the Glenorchy LINC Rosalie Martin, Speech Pathology, Tasmania More
4.05pm	Conference close

Program outline

Thursday, September 24

Friday, September 25