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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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