State and Territory Teaching Awards Announced
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NEiTA (National Excellence in Teaching Awards) and the Australian Scholarships Group
(ASG) have announced the names of the 60 Australian teachers to receive NEiTA 2009 ASG Inspirational
Teaching State and Territory Awards.
Of these 60 teachers, 80 per cent teach within government early childhood centres or schools, 12
per cent within independent, and eight per cent teach within Catholic education environments.
In addition, 10 teach in early childhood, 30 in primary, and 20 in secondary school education.
This year, 33 per cent of the award recipients are school principals or early education
centre directors, while 67 per cent are teachers. In addition, the recipients’ teaching experience
spans between two and 47 years.
The awards showcase the diversity of Australia’s teaching profession. Examples of the
inspirational teachers’ work includes: taking their students and subjects into the wider
community, participating in special education and community events, assisting those with special needs,
contributing to their students’ understanding of their communities and the environment,
re-engaging students, presenting real life learning experiences in the classroom, and connecting
students to technological learning experiences.
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NEiTA
The Australian Scholarships Group
(ASG) formed NEiTA (National Excellence In Teaching Awards) in 1994 to conduct a program of national awards
honouring exemplary teachers in Australian schools and early childhood
centres.
The awards promote public recognition of the teaching profession and specifically those teachers
and leaders whose
inspirational approach to education stimulates student learning.
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Every year the program calls on parents, school
councils, committees of management, student councils and local community
organisations to identify teachers, principals and directors who are an inspiration to their students, to their
peers and to their community.
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"I have searched intensively for a way to recognise and thank a teacher who has not only helped
me in my education and my life, but also many other students at my school as well. I believe I
have found this way in these awards, and congratulate you and ASG for enabling people like
myself to return the bountiful favours that teachers are indeed owed."
(Ryan Buhagiar, Year 12 student and President, Student Representative Council, Keilor Downs College Vic)
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