[English] (Off-topic) A VIT initiative

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

At 04:46 PM 12/02/2007, Terry writes:

> Hello Lyle et al
>
> ... I'm also a member of VIT Council and was on the MACVIT
> committee that recommended the establishment of the Institute
> with a brief to engage in advocacy, professional learning and
> professional standards to enhance the professionalism of teachers.
> .. And I for one don't underestimate the promotion and enhancement
> of the profession .. <snip> 'renewal', 'currency of practice' ..
> Knowledge is dynamic and moves on  Regards Terry Hayes

I believe one of the best goals the VIT can achieve is to initiate
processes which consolidate our proession. By that I mean, help bring us
together as one Teaching profession. 

One easy but incredibly useful first step would be to give each member
a VIT email address. A day's work by a web-developer using free sotware
on the VIT servers would mean that every member has a VIT email address.

With the secure allocation of VIT email addresses, (easy to arrange, and 
there is no doubt who the person is, and that they *are* a professional) 
means that all Victorian Teachers could then log-into, for example, the 
VCAA website for updates and an 'ask-an-expert' discussion page, the VIT 
website to maybe vote on a professional issue, or even just banks etc etc
wishing to offer teachers class-resources without copyright problems etc.

And, perhaps for the first time, the VIT could email all of it's members.

And once again, one can't stress how professionally useful a VIT email
address could be. From training to resources, I believe this simple step
of giving every teacher in Victoria (and only teachers) a VIT mail address
would be an *outstanding way to 'enhance the profession' in future. 

On 12/2/07 2:32 PM, Lyle wrote:

>> <snip> .. What does this body do with the fees we're
>> forced to pay - apart from producing its pointless and
>> vacuous magazine? It does nothing to support teachers
>> or education in the way that the AMA defends doctors..
>>
>> Regards,
>> Lyle
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Cheers people
Stephen Loosley
Victoria, Australia