Schools principals to attend breakfast seminar

2 August 2001

School principals throughout Wollongong will be among those attending a breakfast seminar tomorrow (Friday 3 August) to promote the newly-developed Australian Centre for Educational Leadership (ACEL).

Guest speaker will be the former NSW Minister for Education and now the Chairman of the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust, Mr Rodney Cavalier.

The Centre is a networking structure set up to provide support for educational leaders. The ACEL Advisory Committee comprises representatives from the Australian College of Education, Australian Council for Educational Administration, Catholic Education, Independent Schools, NSW Department of Education and Training, NSW Primary Principals Association, NSW Secondary Principals Council, universities affiliated with the centre, the UOW Alumni Association Education Chapter and UOW's Faculty of Education.

Following the breakfast, the school principals will be involved in mock interviews where every final year Bachelor of Education (Primary) student has the opportunity to be interviewed by a school principal in preparation for their Department of Education interviews later in the year.

Time and venue for breakfast: 7.15am to 8.30am in Food Re-Thought Restaurant, University of Wollongong (near McKinnon Bldg).
Time and venue for mock interviews: 9am to 3pm in the UniCentre Function Rooms, University of Wollongong.

For further information: Contact Lenore Armour on (02) 4221 5617