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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues may be interested in the Australian Association for Environmental Education/Victorian Association for Environmental Education National Conference from 30 September to 3<sup>rd</sup> October.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.vaee.vic.edu.au/index.php/aaee2012nextsteps">http://www.vaee.vic.edu.au/index.php/aaee2012nextsteps</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The conference theme is;
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Creating Our next Courageous Steps (Next Steps 2012). Next Steps 2012</span></i></strong> is proudly hosted by the Victorian Association for Environmental Education (VAEE), the Victorian chapter of AAEE.
AAEE advocates for Environmental Education and promotes best practice. It contributes to skills development among educators across the country and internationally. Environmental Educators work in government agencies, schools, businesses and community organisations.
AAEE helps them stay at the forefront of sustainability education and behaviour change. It provides a network for the growing force of cross-sector environmental educators.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Lorraine Tran
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">I </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Curriculum Manager, Technologies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">VELS</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#548DD4;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> Design, Creativity and Technology</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">VCE</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
<span style="color:#548DD4">Agricultural and Horticultural Studies</span> I <span style="color:#17365D">
VCE</span> <span style="color:#548DD4">Food and Technology</span><span style="color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#548DD4">Product Design and Technology</span> I <span style="color:#17365D">VCE</span>
<span style="color:#548DD4">Systems Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#6C6C6C;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">(</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#6C6C6C;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> (03) 9651 4407 0400833521<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><a href="mailto:tran.lorraine.i@edumail.vic.gov.au"><span style="color:blue">tran.lorraine.i@edumail.vic.gov.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority provides high quality curriculum, assessment and reporting that promotes
individual life long learning.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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