Welcome to the new school year gathering

Wine and Cheese & Presentation Evening

This presentation will be of interest to all who work with children

“The Role of early Childhood & Primary Professionals in

Developing Resilience in Young Children”

International Speaker Regional Tour sponsored by

Early Childhood Teachers’ Association (ECTA)

Professor Loretta Giorcelli – OAM

Gympie Thursday 11th February

4:30 pm wine & cheese with presentation 5pm– 6:30pm

TAFE Restaurant Gympie TAFE Cartwright Road Gympie

Biographical Information - Professor Loretta Giorcelli – OAM

Dr Loretta Giorcelli trained as a primary/special education teacher in Queensland in the late 1960s and has taught profoundly deaf students with a range of disabilities, at pre-school, primary and secondary levels in segregated and integrated settings in both the United Kingdom and Australia. She worked as a teacher, consultant and school principal in Queensland and London schools before accepting a position as the NSW Director of Special Education and Equity Programs (Aboriginal Education, Migrant Education, ESL, Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Schools etc). She has also lectured at the tertiary level at the University of NSW where she established the Certificate of Learning Disabilities and the Certificate of Integration Studies. She has a Bachelors Degree in Education, a Masters Degree in Education, a Masters Degree in Special Education and a PhD (Linguistics and Communication Disabilities) from the University of Illinios (USA). Dr Giorcelli has also worked as a consultant for the United Nations, a government advisor in Cyprus and for the Australian Government on overseas development projects in Papua New Guinea. She co-edited “Accepting the Literacy Challenge” (Scholastic) with Dr Alan Watson in 2000 and has contributed reviews and chapters to an extensive range of texts and monographs since 1979. From 2004 – 2007 she was involved in one of the largest national projects investigating the inclusion of students with disabilities in regular classrooms in Australia. Results are available on

Please register before Friday 5th February

Cost:

ECTA regional group and ECTA QLD financial members - No Cost

(Please note: QLD Organisational financial members may send two staff free of charge) ECTA ID must be supplied.

Others - $20 or those in the Gympie area may choose to join the regional group for $5 once only fee.

For details on the benefits of joining ECTA QLD as an individual or organisation go to the ECTA website.

For regional group details go to

To download an ECTA Qld membership form click

To join the regional group pay $5 before the presentation.

ECTA Cooloola Regional Group via

Email:

Post: ECTA Cooloola Regional Group 20 Hilton Rd Gympie 4570

Fax: 54 811 148

Registration Form

“The Role of early Childhood & Primary Professionals in Developing Resilience in Young Children”

International Speaker Regional Tour sponsored by

Early Childhood Teachers’ Association (ECTA)

Professor Loretta Giorcelli – OAM

Gympie 11th February 4:30 pm – 6:30

Venue Gympie TAFE Restaurant Cartwright Road Gympie

Registration Cost:

Non-ECTA members - $20

ECTA Cooloola Regional Group members ECTA QLD financial members - No Cost

(Please note: ECTA QLD Organisational members may send two staff free of charge) ECTA ID must be supplied.

ECTA Cooloola Regional Group joining fee $5

(This is a once only payment and entitles you to free attendance at social gatherings and workshops organised by the group)

Register via email to ECTA Regional Group 20 Hilton Rd Gympie 4570 or via Fax to 54 811 148

Name / School/Centre / Email address for receipt / ECTA QLD
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ECTA Cooloola regional group
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$20 / Cost
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Direct Debit Payments MUST send a Remittance Form via Email, Fax or Post to ECTA Cooloola Regional Group