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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Very Good Stephen, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>But you forgot to include <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:0cm;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo8'><![if !supportLists]><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>VI.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font></b></strong><![endif]><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">create glossy magazines once a year that contain images
of happy, shiny people and cost a heap of money, and are absolutely information
useless!<o:p></o:p></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Zach Alexakos<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Stephen Digby<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, 26 August 2007 10:59
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> com. au Off Topic Edulists.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Offtopic] Points to
consider including in VIT Review Response</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Needs
to be emailed to </span></font></b></strong><a href="mailto:vit@hlbvic.com.au"><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">vit@hlbvic.com.au</font></b></strong></a> <strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">prior to 5pm on Tuesday, 18 September 2007.</font></b></strong>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Feedback
and Recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I.
the appropriate objectives for the Institute in the light of government polices
and changes in all educational sectors since its establishment;</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Create
new structures:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>VERB – Victorian educational Regulatory
Board: Registration of Teachers, Approves and accredits pre-service
teacher education courses, Misconduct Investigations. Run by government.
Paid from general revenue. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>VEI- Victorian Educational Institute: Promotion
of the profession, Works with teachers. Paid from voluntary membership.
Run by members elected by membership. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>II.
the effectiveness of the Institute in achieving its original objectives;</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>VIT has destroyed the little goodwill it has at
its inception through its unwillingness to represent “the
profession” in any real sense: <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>VIT made no protest re. the imposition of
registration fees and criminal record checks on teachers, revealing itself
to be a government cipher <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the manner and timing of its demands for money
have alienated teachers <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the wasteful style of practice most prominently
in relation to its expensive and self promoting
“communication” expenditure further alienated teachers <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>VIT made insignificant contributions to public
debates re. educational issues where “promotion of the teaching
profession” is needed. e.g. VELs reporting and assessment systems,
new curriculum structure, teacher stress, assaults on teachers etc <br>
It thus reveals itself o be another arm of government rather than a body
representing the profession – an arm of government that teachers
substantively pay for ! <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>VIT
has irreversibly lost support from teachers and nothing short of a major
re-organisation in terms of structure, purpose and personnel could begin its
recovery</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>VIT
Purposes:</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3'><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Registration of all teachers</span></font></b></strong>:
Achieved but only at the cost of near universal alienation of teachers due
to: <o:p></o:p></li>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the timing and manner that registration was
organised, <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the high level of charges, <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the use of fees collected for purposes
considered by teachers to be wasteful and unnecessary (e.g. glossy
publications, ineffective “promotion of he profession etc etc) and <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the absence of any attempt by the VIT to
pressure the government to pay for functions that are clearly the
employers responsibility (e.g. registration, police checks, pre-service
course evaluation etc etc) <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3'><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Promotion of the profession</span></font></b></strong>:
Pitiful performance on most issues reinforcing the strongly held
conviction that the institute only parrots the policy of the employers and
the government. <br>
Virtually no worthwhile contribution to important community debates on
such issues as assessment and reporting, teacher stress and safety from
assault, curriculum changes under VELs etc etc <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3'><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Works with teachers</span></font></b></strong>:
Documents produce supposedly to “work” with teachers were
verbose and full of jargon (“edu-speak”) and looked and smelt
like a fait accompli.<br>
Importantly, VIT made NO attempt to provide any shared communication with
the profession.<br>
One would think, after spending unknown sums on a website that there would
be a discussion forum (as seen on so many news and community sites !!)
where teachers could share responses and communicate to VIT and with each
other.<br>
NO ! As befits an organisation that gives consultation only “lip
service”, responses to feedback go into a magical black hole which
generates an invented consensus view.<br>
People attending public hearings have no idea what becomes of their
contributions. The website contains no record of what was said. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3'><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Supports teachers in their first year of teaching
with a structured induction program</span></font></b></strong>: Done. BUT
the people who actually make it work are in schools. The contribution of
the bureaucratic and verbose “support” materials to the
success of the program is very small. Why not provide funding direct to
schools to support induction activities !! <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3'><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Approves and accredits pre-service teacher
education courses that prepare teachers</span></font></b></strong>: No
idea what has been achieved. Annual report mentions the organisation of a
conference and cyclical review of 6 courses which were all approved.<br>
The process described seems to be just another paper shuffle (2007 Annual
Report p.20). If the VIT was really serious about this role, it would have
implemented or required some real review procedures such as direct
feedback from teachers trained by the institutions and/or from the schools
where they work. Accreditation of new courses should presumably be built
on objective data about the performance of existing courses so that
improvements can be targeted at existing and emerging needs rather than
“ivory tower” fads unrelated to the real world of classroom
practice.<br>
Experienced teachers who have worked with beginning teachers have a
distinct impression that the skills provided in pre-service training are
not well matched to the demands of actual classroom teaching. Reports on
individual teachers do not elicit this as they are heavily weighted
towards supportive suggestions about the individual teachers practice
rather then the pre-service course itself.<br>
The VIT should provide (or insist on) opportunities for all beginning
teachers to evaluate on the adequacy of their pre-service courses at 6
months, and 18 months after commencement of teaching. This could easily be
conducted at zero (YES zero !) cost through online an questionnaire and
open forum for teachers to share impressions and experiences. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3'><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Investigate and make findings on serious
misconduct, incompetence or lack of fitness to teach</span></font></b></strong>:
No idea of how well the VIT is performing this task. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>III.
the most appropriate structures for achieving the objectives identified under
point I;</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Regulatory functions such as registration of
teachers and investigation of misconduct as well pre-service course review
should be conducted by a government department at no cost to teachers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Promotion of the profession and development of
recommendations regarding professional practice should be undertaken by an
organisation with voluntary membership.<br>
Most teachers already have the option of membership of such an
organisations in the form of their union and voluntarily pay considerable
membership fees. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>IV.
whether the Institute or a successor body has a role to play in this future
environment; changes that may be required to its functions, structure and
legislative mandate; and</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo5'><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>VIT, in its present form and with its present
management, should be scrapped</span></font></b></strong> because it has
no credibility with teachers in relation to its independence, its
management of registration and police checks, or its promotion of the
profession <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>V.
the appropriateness of the fee structures and operating costs of the Institute.</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>As the dominant purpose of the institute is to <strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">regulate</font></b></strong> teachers rather than
to assist them, the costs of the institute should be born by the employers
and the state. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>IF the government insists on passing on the cost
of regulation to teachers, then the organisation should be run as an
efficient administrative structure devoid of the fat of self promotion and
the pretence that it is serving any other purposes <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The VIT Budget Report for 2005-6 (<a
href="http://www.vit.vic.edu.au/retrievemedia.asp?Media_ID=1061">http://www.vit.vic.edu.au/retrievemedia.asp?Media_ID=1061</a>)
indicates that the organisation can’t even remain within it’s
income of about $8 mill and overspent by $253000 <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the organisation makes no attempt to separate
expenditure relating to its separate functions – registration,
promotion, standards development, induction, teachers course approval,
misconduct investigations.<br>
It is highly likely that this conceals the fact that the organisation
spends the vast bulk of its funds merely administering itself as a
sinecure for fat cats. This is certainly the near universal belief of
teachers in schools. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The expenditure on communications is identified
1.5 mill but not explained in terms of publication types purpose, web site
etc.<br>
Virtually all teachers would assume that the lions share of this
expenditure falls under the umbrella of self-promotion rather than
fulfilling any of the VIT aims<br>
On receiving expensively produced VIT communications in schools, teachers
universally sigh with exasperation in the realisation that the pamphlet
has been produced mainly at their own expense – and then consign it
to the bin. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>If the government decides NOT to listen to
teachers and to scrap the VIT in its present form, it could AT LEAST par
the organisation back to its bones so that the registration cost is
minimised and “optional” activities such as promotion and
communication are eliminated. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It
would be far better to remove the confusion of purposes, the secret cross
subsidy of activities, and the huge legacy of antipathy developed by the
current VIT, and create new structures:</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>VERB – Victorian educational Regulatory
Board: Registration of Teachers, Approves and accredits pre-service
teacher education courses, Misconduct Investigations. Run by government.
Paid from general revenue.</span></font></b></strong> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>VEI- Victorian Educational Institute: Promotion
of the profession, Works with teachers. Paid from voluntary membership.
Run by members elected by membership.</span></font></b></strong> <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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