IEANius Official newsletter of the International Education Agency Issue No: 185 | Week 03 | Term 4 | 2014 2015 Senior Appointments message FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Welcome back to Term 4, 2014. I am sure you are all busy once again with your school programs as we look towards the last part of the 2014 school year. I would like to thank you for your commitment and dedication in the last three terms to your students and I look forward to your commitment once again this term. In this IEA Nius Edition you will find some organizational information included for you to take note of for this term and for next year. There are some very interesting information from schools included as well for our information. From my office you will find; • Consequential teaching positions vacancies • Important term 4 dates, including the end of term dates and the starting date for 2015 • Senior Staff Appointments for 2015 • Reminder for teacher annual leave bookings Good luck to all our students who are sitting for various exams and all educational programs which will conclude by the end of this year. I would like to congratulate all our students who are graduating this year for a job well done. The 2015 term dates and holiday dates will be released early next week for your information and planning. I wish you all well for the rest of this term. Joe Williams Lalie Executive Director OUR GOAL To develop connected, life-long learners Brenton Baker Manager, Ela Beach TAFE College Paul Richardson Principal, The International School of Lae (TISOL) Brenda Dixon Principal, Boroko East International School Lucy Kula Principal, Gordon International School Annie Kaila Principal, Alotau International School Steven Aparo Principal, Goroka International School Apelis Benson Principal, Mt Hagen International School Paul Williamson Deputy Principal, Ela Murray International School Peter Upton Deputy Principal, Port Moresby International School Alice Naime Deputy Principal, Gordon International School Jennie Kaupa Deputy Principal, Boroko East International School Sophia Marai Deputy Principal, Korobosea International School James Masa Catriona Golden Ross McDermott Isuri C Kularatne Schools Advisor, CPD IEA Schools Advisor, CPD IEA Manager, TAFE Development, IEA Financial Controller, IEA Senior Appointments yet to be made are: Director Corporate Services, IEA Principal, Korobosea International School Principal, Wewak International School Deputy Principal, Korobosea International School Air Fares Teachers air fares are currently been administered. Circular 11/2014 has been sent to all schools last week to inform Principals, Deputy Principals and Teachers about the procedures. Please plan, book and purchase your tickets as soon as you can through Air Niugini or other airlines and inform Iubu Logona (person responsible for airfares here at the IEA) to purchase. Term Key Dates For your convenience a list of the key term dates is set out below. Budget meetings IEA Nius Article Senior Executive Meeting Enrolment Returns due Captial Works Financial Submission IEA Capital Works & Finance IEA Board School meeting Laptops Return due EOE Loan close for 2014 IEA Nius Article (Last for 2014) End of Term: End of Term: Weeks 2 & 3 Week 2, Friday 10th October Week 3, Friday 17th October Week 3, Friday 17th October Week 3, Friday 17th October Week 7, Wednesday 12th November Week 8, Wednesday 19th November Week 9, Monday 24th November Week 10, Friday 5th December Week 10, Friday 5th December Week 11, Wednesday 10th December, High Schools Week 11, Friday 12th December, Primary Schools We say NO to all forms of VIOLENCE against our women and children. 1 2015 consequential positions PORT MORESBY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MT HAGEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL We have vacancies for the following positions: A vacancy will be available for this position in 2015. HUMANITIES/BUSINESS STUDIES TEACHER EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER Apply to [email protected] MUSIC TEACHER Apply to [email protected] MADANG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL CORONATION COLLEGE, LAE We have a teaching vacancy in our secondary school: . BUSINESS/GEOGRAPHY TEACHER Apply to [email protected] PRINCIPAL Applications are sought from experienced educational leaders for this position from the beginning of 2015. BOROKO EAST INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL RELIEF TEACHER Teaching Early Learning Childhood to Grade 2. Apply to [email protected] Application deadline: October 31st. Send your applications to Suzanne Savage, Director of Education. [email protected] KOROBOSEA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL All applications must be received by October 24th. RELIEF TEACHER Teaching Early Learning Grade 3 to Grade 6. Apply to [email protected] Application deadline: October 31st. PE TEACHER Korobosea International School is looking for an energetic, enthusiastic PE teacher for Grades 3 - 6 to start in 2015. The PE teacher MUST be able to meet deadlines, organise sporting events and be able to work extra hours. Please send your application to [email protected] Application deadline: November 07th. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. 2 Top Ten Things NOT to Post Online 10. Addresses and Phone Numbers You may think, “Of course!” However, have you considered that each time you “Check In” on Facebook or geotag your Instagram photos you are letting people know exactly where you are and when? 9. Vacation Details Do you really want all 347 of your “friends” (and their “friends” if your page isn’t set to private) to know when your house will be sitting empty? 8. Credit Card or other Financial Information People do this! No pictures of the new BSP Visa Card, even if it’s not a close up. With the birthdate attached to your account and the time you “checked in” at home people can access your bank information. 7. Personal Conversations Just like photos, not all conversations belong on the web. What if your boss saw that rant about your cheating friend? Not so professional. Once it’s posted, it is out there forever. 6. Photos of Your Kids Social networking sites make it easy to stay in touch with friends and family. It’s also easy for acquaintances to see your life. Be careful of photos you post of your children, anyone who can see them can right click and save them using them in any way they want. 5. Unconfirmed News or Suspicion If you are not 100% sure it is true, don’t post it! Don’t join the gossip band wagon! 4. Information about Someone Else Photos from a crazy night with friends, medical news (even if wishing someone well), or anything that is not about you is NOT yours to share without permission. When it comes to sharing that photo of something that has happened in your community, think, “If that were my Mum, would I want it shared?” 3. Your Deepest Desires or Passions Some things are best left to be shared in person. Social media is social, but it is also impersonal and don’t think it otherwise. Not everything, good or bad, belongs on there! 2. Photos Tagging ALL of Your Friends When you tag someone in a photo or post, all of their friends can see it. If they don’t have tight privacy settings, this opens it up to the entire world. Do you really want to go to the hospital and have your doctor say, “Ah! I saw a photo of you down at the beach last weekend?” INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AGENCY OF PNG LTD HEAD OFFICE LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF HUNTER ST AND ELA BEACH RD, DOWNTOWN, PORT MORESBY PO BOX 6974, BOROKO, NCD. PHONE: 321 4720 FAX: 321 4668 OUR GOAL To develop connected, life-long learners OUR MISSION The International Education Agency of Papua New Guinea provides a high standard of private education meeting individual needs in caring learning environments. The #1 Thing NOT to Post Online… 1. ANYTHING You Would NOT Want on the Front Page of the Newspaper If you would be embarrassed if that post or photo was printed on the front page of the Post Courier or handed to your Bubu at Church on Sunday – DO NOT HIT POST! Remember, once it is out there, you can never get it back. “Delete” only means it’s floating out there in cyberspace somewhere else and not where you originally posted it. 3 2014 TAFE ANNUAL MODERATION CONFERENCE The TAFE Trainers Annual Moderation Conference was held on the 9th to the 11th of October 2014 at Ela Beach TAFE Campus with 20 TAFE Trainers from around the 4 IEA TAFE Campuses – Coronation (Lae), Kimbe, Bamboo Heights (Mt Hagen) and Ela Beach. The Theme of the Conference “IEA College of TAFE – An Institution of Higher Learning” with three main objectives; 1. Developing an IEA TAFE Trainer 2. Developing IEA TAFE as an Institute of Higher Learning 3. Promoting IEA TAFE as a Learning Organisation. The conference was officially opened by the IEA Executive Director Mr Joe Williams Lalie and witnessed by the Chairperson of the IEA TAFE Board Ms Ruby Zarriga. Mr Lalie also officially unveiled the IEA TAFE Trainer-of-the-Year Award to recognise the innovation and excellence by an IEA College of TAFE Trainer in providing both nationally and internally recognised training to students at IEA College of TAFE. With full support from the Executive Director, IEA College TAFE will present the first award in the 2015 Moderation Conference. The conference started off on day one with team building activities focussing on Developing an IEA TAFE Trainer – character, personal traits and attributes, skills and competencies and roles and responsibilities. The highlight of team building activities was for each team to build a “paper tower” as high as possible. This focuses on time-management, resources management, skills, innovation and creativity and, most of all promoting team effort and team work. The main activity of the second day of the conference involves trainers developing annual work plans. In line with the IEA TAFE Strategic Plan 2014-2018, each trainer, working with their Head of Department, is to develop a departmental work plan. Comments from Ms Maria Kiage from Mt Hagen Campus summarized the conference on the last day - ‘an opportunity for trainers to get together, share ideas and thoughts and look at new opportunities and prepare for challenges as the way forward’. The annual work plan will now give more responsibility as well as the opportunity to communicate and complete key performance indicators with respective heads of departments and trainers right-across the four campuses to further the development of IEA College of TAFE. 4 REGIONAL SCHOOL NEWS Report written by Ms Jessica Takekel and edited by Mr Mapi Morea Kiunga International School celebrates Papua New Guinea’s 39th Independence Anniversary in Style! Diverse Cultures, One People, One Country, PNG…. Students in their exotic traditional attires. To the north of Australia, and many outlying islands, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea is Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea is a country of diverse cultures. From the misty cold mountains of the highlands ranges to the clear coastal places, there is a rich cultural diversity which vary and unique in its own kind. Although, we come from various cultural groups, ethnicity and regions, we take pride in the different ways of celebrating through our cultural identities. One of the ways in which we showcase our cultural identity is through the independence celebrations where we come together to commemorate the day Papua New Guinea gained independence. In line with our preparation for the Independence celebration, we liaised with business houses in town for sponsorship of prizes in cash and kind. We were overwhelmed to receive support from BSP, Ela Motors, local business houses in town, and Halliburton, a LNG company based in Kiunga. This paved the way for our long term partnership with stake holders as part of our marketing strategy for our school. On the 12th of September 2014, Kiunga International School celebrated the pre-independence in style and flying traditional colours. Our celebrations commenced with the float around town with ten vehicles in convoy showcasing selected students fully dressed in their colourful traditional attire. We continued with the day’s program on campus which began with the singing of the National Anthem and flag raising. Next, we had the traditional costume parade whereby students explicitly explained what they wore and what the costumes are made of. We ended the presentations with cultural dances from the four regional groups; Southern, Momase, Highlands and New Guinea Islands. We finished off our day’s celebration with a huge lndependence Kaikai through parents contribution. It was an exciting and enjoyable day for students, teachers, parents and invited guests. We look forward to a bigger celebration next year. We also had a debate evening on the independence eve; Monday the 15th of September. The senior class (Grade 5/6/7/8) hosted the debate. The debate coincided with Papua New Guinea’s 39th independence celebrations. Teachers, parents and students in vehicles geared up for the float around Kiunga Town. Halliburton representative (left) presenting five boxes of resource books to the school Principal. Students explaining the significance of the costumes worn in the traditional costume parade. 5 6 7
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