Competitions and opportunities for teachers
CensusAtSchool 2008 
CensusAtSchool is an innovative student centred learning experience that provides students with access to real, raw data about themselves. It aims to increase statistical literacy among Australian school students and raise awareness of the role of the Australian Bureau of Statistics within our society. Statistical literacy refers to the ability to interpret and critically evaluate data and information.
CensusAtSchool is a FREE data collection and analysis project aimed at students from Years 5 to 12, and is provided as an educational resource only. The project is conducted twice every five years, once with the Census of Population and Housing and once in between each consecutive census.
The second data collection is now open for your students to submit a Questionnaire. In 2006 over 112,000 students did so. This has provided a wonderful resource of a large database of relevant, up to date data about Australian students, FREE online.
SCHOOLS THAT REGISTERED IN 2006 can use the same SPN (School Participation Number). You will need to create new Teacher Accounts as this database has been cleaned out to allow teachers to generate new SANs (Student Access Numbers). Please call 1800 623 273 if you have forgotten your SPN and to update your contact details.
NEW SCHOOLS CAN REGISTER by completing and returning the Registration Form found at www.abs.gov.au/censusatschool
The CensusAtSchool Key Dates
Questionnaire Phase - 29 January 2008
The 2008 CensusAtSchool on-line Questionnaire is live from 29 January to 4 July 2008. During this time students can submit their responses to form part of the 2008 CensusAtSchool Australian-wide database. Please visit the How To Get Involved page for details about how your school can participate in the 2008 Questionnaire phase.
Data Usage Phase - Opens 7 July 2008
The Data Usage Phase opens 7 July 2008. Students will have the option of generating their own random samples via the Random Sampler, or access Prepared Samples and Information Tables based on the response data collected in the Questionnaire Phase. Please visit the Questionnaire Response Data area to see what is currently available using the 2006 data.
National Literacy and Numeracy Week activities 2008
National Literacy and Numeracy Week 2008 will be held from 1 to 7 September 2008.
Australian Mathematics Teacher Enrichment Project (AMTEP)
The Australian Mathematics Trust has initiated AMTEP in order to provide professional support for teachers of mathematics in Australian Schools. To this end it has accredited the Graduate Certificate in Education (Enrichment Mathematics) with the University of Canberra.
The course enhances teachers' capacity to enrich mathematics for students, particularly those with mathematical talent, in years 5 to 10. It consists of coursework and a school-based research project and can be used as credit for one quarter of a Master of Education Degree.
Further information is available on the Australian Mathematics Trust website
NSW Premier's Teacher Scholarships - Premier's Genworth Financial Mathematics Scholarships
The NSW Premier's Teacher Scholarships were introduced in 1999. In 2007, 36 scholarships in 16 categories across 15 curriculum areas were offered to all teachers in NSW government and non-government schools and TAFE NSW Institutes. Scholarships are open to school and TAFE NSW mathematics teachers to investigate trends in teaching and visit some of the world's best schools and centres in mathematics education. Two scholarships of $10,000 will be awarded in 2008. One scholarship is designated for a teacher in non-metropolitan NSW.
Applications for this scholarship will close on Friday 2 May 2008.
Further information about the NSW Premier's Teacher Scholarships is available on the
NSW Department of Education and Training website
National and International Teacher Exchange Program
The Teacher Exchange Program provides the opportunity for New South Wales teachers to work in different education systems, exchange ideas and knowledge, and observe different educational practices while living in other cultural contexts.
Participants exchange teaching assignments and accommodation with overseas and interstate teachers for a period of one year, generally beginning in January.
This program is available to full-time permanent teachers in New South Wales government schools and Technical and Further Education colleges who have at least five years' teaching experience.
Further information about the Teacher Exchange Program is available on the
NSW Department of Education and Training website
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