Student News | Issue 17, 2012
Liberamente
‘FREELY, WITH LIBERTY’
IN THIS ISSUE: APY Lands Opportunity for Tabor Adelaide Student Teachers An Hour With A Children’s Book Judge School Of Education Book Release
Tabor Learning Opportunities Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Opportunity! Tabor Adelaide Student Teachers
Tabor Adelaide Now A Skills For All Provider
Good news for Tabor VET Students or potential students!
Reader’s Corner Tabor Adelaide Annual Appeal Alumni - Where are they now? Notices
Key dates to remember! Remember to make note of the following dates: 18 August Tabor Open Day 10 -2:30pm 25 August Tabor Adelaide Social Club Quiz Night 6:30 - 10pm 26-27 September SAYWC - South Australian Youth Workers Conference
critical educational issues facing many of the rural Aboriginal communities, but it will also provide the opportunity for them to share their passion for education and enrich lives in these communities. The exploration of possible long term commitments to these communities, once they have completed their studies, affords the opportunity to progress and establish themselves as diverse and outstanding teachers.
Skills For All Provider Left to Right - Joanne Ireland, Hannah Squire and Danielle Johns
Congratulations to Joanne Ireland, Hannah Squire and Dannielle Johns, three Tabor Adelaide Student Teachers who have been accepted as part of a group of 20 students, who will be attending a two week Professional Experience in the APY Lands in November 2012. Students from Tabor Adelaide and all the other South Australian Universities were eligible to apply, and Tabor Adelaide is extremely proud and excited to have had three Student Teachers selected. This Professional Experience is in addition to the extensive professional experience days already offered by Tabor Adelaide to their Students Teachers. Pursuing this opportunity is an indication of the level of enthusiasm and dedication of these Student Teachers, who are looking to experience and participate in as much as possible to broaden their foundations as future teachers. This is in keeping with the pursuit of excellence encouraged by Tabor Adelaide for all their students. Not only will this be an outstanding opportunity for these Student Teachers to experience a whole other dynamic of the Australian Education System and the associated current
Tabor Adelaide has become a Skills for All Provider. As of July 2nd 2012 many South Australians workers or residents will be eligible for significant fee reduction in their VET fees, as the SA Government will provide substantial subsidies for many VET Courses. The following Tabor VET courses are covered by this arrangement: Cert IV in Business Cert IV in Training and Assessment Diploma of Management Cert III in Community Services Cert IV in Youth Work Diploma of Youth Work
VET students or potential VET students check your eligibility by visiting the Skills For All website at the following address: http://www. skills.sa.gov.au/training-learning/check-youreligibility To find out more about Skills for All funding in general go to the following: http://www.skills. sa.gov.au/ Meg Rowlands Manager of VET Programs
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Book Release From the School of Education As flagged in a recent issue of Liberamente, productive and collaborative textbook authorship during June & July has resulted in the publication of “Teachers as Classroom Researchers” by Education Matters. David Wescombe-Down, Oksana Feklistova, Margaret Cameron and Shelley Alexander produced the 92pp ISBN-registered, black & white A4 production that will be in circulation Week 1 of Semester 2, 2012. It has correctly forecast predictions that pre-service teachers need to acquire formal research skills, as endorsed by AITSL General Manager, Edmund Misson, at the recent ATEA National Conference in Adelaide. Tabor Adelaide has a head-start on the rest of Australian tertiary institutions, acting last year on Dr Frank Davies’ idea to trial the subject at undergraduate level. Not only did Tabor Adelaide successfully offer the subject to selected third year Education students in Semester 2 last year, and collaboratively deliver it via School of Education staff, it has been able to embrace 2011 student feedback and create an improved version for Semester 2 this year, and also inform the production of the newly released textbook.
Book of the Month - Reviewed by the School of Education The Story of the Trapp Family Singers is a memoir written by Maria Augusta von Trapp, whose life was fictionalized in the musical The Sound of Music. This is not so much a ‘review’ as a ‘reflection’ on a book I downloaded (Kindle edition) just a few days ago, following my first and only holiday in Europe. The trip included many cities, churches, castles, coffees, glimpses of the glorious Austrian and Bavarian Alps and a few hours in Salzburg. Through the haze of jet lag after returning home, I began reading. The story is at first very familiar, with significant differences. Yes, Maria was a candidate for the novitiate in the Benedictine order, something of a “wil’ o’ the wisp”, “a clown”, and overwhelmingly “a girl” – just as the song says. She was indeed sent to the home of Captain Von Trapp as a governess, but for just one of his seven children – the sick one. The Captain was indeed on the verge of becoming engaged to a rich woman but called it off when he fell in love with Maria, who almost fled in fear back to the convent. Maria did seek and follow the advice of the Reverend Mother, teach the family to sing, and they did escape over the mountains – to Italy (which is geographically a much shorter walk than Switzerland!) But from there the details diverge between reality and the film, and this is only a small part of the story, which is a much larger journey for the whole family. I am fascinated with Maria’s reflections on her cultural heritage, her faith journey, and her approach to the many challenges she and the family faced before, during and after the War years. My brief immersion into Europe has brought context and life to the stories – I can imagine breathing the air, feeling the oppression and appreciating the history that is so tangible in Europe. My trip also awakened in me an awareness that the Christian faith is expressed through many cultural lenses, and my own perceptions are not the only way. I need to grow in my awareness of the other parts of the body that enrich my own experience of the greater Christian family. Maria’s story is a window into an Austrian Catholic traditional faith that is like a different facet of the same precious gemstone – our heritage of faith in Christ.
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An Hour With a Children’s Book Judge
Tabor Reader’s Corner
Tabor Adelaide Library invites you to attend a presentation by Kevyna Gardner, a judge from the Children’s Book Council of Australia! Kevyna will share her insights on all the Short listed teen novels, the judging process and how winners are selected. All titles will be on display for viewing and discussion. When: 12.00pm-13.00pm on Friday, 10 August Where: The Chapel, Tabor Adelaide Everyone welcome! Oksana Feklistova Library Manager
All of this brings me to a fresh appreciation of what we have at Tabor Adelaide – a particularly Australian expression of faith, where denominational differences are secondary to our unity in Christ; where these differences are ways of gaining new perspectives rather than dividing and antagonising one another. In that context we are equipping so many people to grow in grace and understanding , and to take it with them on their journeys, just as Maria Von Trapp carried her faith with her over the mountains and beyond. Margaret Cameron Senior Lecturer in Education
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Tabor Adelaide Annual Appeal We would like to thank those who have already made a contribution to the Tabor Adelaide Annual Appeal for 2012. To date we have raised $15,517 so we still have a little way to go to reach our target of $50,000. We know that the economic climate has been generally very difficult with many external financial factors continuing to rise and impacting on household budgets, so we sincerely thank those who have donated to this year’s appeal for their sacrificial giving to the college. At Tabor, we have also been investigating ways of making savings without sacrificing our core business. One of these measures is to install Solar Power panels. We will continue to investigate this initiative, and hope to bring you some news about it in the near future.
Alumni Where Are They Now? Dear Alumni Members, Thank you for your help with previous “where are they now” requests. The response from you all has been fantastic. Here is the listing for this month. It is our desire to further develop the Tabor Alumni community and we cannot do this without you. Contact can be made via email at alumni@adelaide.tabor.edu.au or by telephone on 08 8273 8726. Blessings, Johanne Manning
Other areas for development around the college for 2013 are fencing the courtyard, which will assist the development of a secure, lockable learning commons area around the library (which will increase the courtyard usage and building security) and upgrading our IT network system, including the extension of WIFI access into some of our lecture rooms.
Joanna Aquila
Bachelor of Counselling
2009
Thea Birss
Certificate IV in Youth Development
2005
Roger & Judy Bowes
Certificate II in Youth Development
2002
Jonathan Broadbent
Diploma in Ministry
1994
Your continued support and prayers for the college are an encouragement to us and are greatly appreciated. To make a donation please go to our website http://www.taboradelaide.edu. au/about/support_donation.php or phone Johanne Manning on 8373 8777.
Robert Clarke
Diploma in Christian Studies
2003
Johanne Manning PA to the Principal
Tabor Adelaide Social Club Quiz Night SATURDAY AUGUST 25TH 6:30—10PM Tabor Adelaide— Lecture Room 3 $5 tickets (Children under 10 are free)
BYO Food and Drinks! Proceeds w ill be donated to the PAEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT at the Women's and Children's Hospital. Tables of 8 available Tickets available for purchase at student reception
Tabor Adelaide
Dora Corso Bachelor of Education (Primary R-7) 2002 Jennifer Dean
Certificate 1 in Ministry
2004
Jennifer Furniss
Bachelor of Theology
2007
Steven Geerling- Lewis
Certificate 1V in Youth Development
2006
Janto Haman
Bachelor of Ministry
2006
John Koopman Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training 2005 Peter Kriel
Certificate IV in Training & Assessment
2009
Jasmine Lister
Bachelor of Arts (Youth Work)
2008
Kathleen McGlashan Bullows
Bachelor of Counselling
2008
Hayley Page Bachelor of Education (Primary R-7) 2004 Christina Parsons Advanced Certificate in Christian Studies 1997 Miriam Schricker
Bachelor of Education Primary (ED13P)
2010
Joanna Shepherd
Bachelor of Education (P4)
2008
Patricia Sirgoski Bachelor of Arts in Christian Counselling 2003 Michael Stoodley
Master of Arts in Christian Studies
2007
Wilfred Thompson-Hoare
Bachelor of Ministry
2002
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JOB VACANCY Part Time Electronic Assistant Seeking part time electronic assistant to a biblical writer Requirements include: - High level computer skills with Mac software - Good initiative - Access to fast Internet connection to do a remote login - Able to manage a blog - Good editing skills - Able to use Endnote referencing software - Working knowledge of Logos - Web management skills - A good understanding of how the Bible is structured is desirable but not essential The job can be done electronically in a very flexible time frame and rate of pay is negotiable. Please Contact Professor Stephen Birrell at sbirrell@chavah.com.au with a copy of you resume.
APOLOGETICS AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE INTENSIVE SEMINAR WITH REV DR MARK WORTHING September 24-28, 2012 The task of defending the Christian faith in an intelligible manner in today’s world is as challenging as ever. Come and engage in the big questions with Rev Dr Mark Worthing, who will be helping students appreciate the nature and importance of Christian apologetics in the light of historical, biblical, theological and cultural considerations. Areas receiving considered focus will include - The contemporary spiritual and multi-faith climate - The science/faith conversation and - The creative arts Contact postgrad@adelaide.tabor.edu.au for more information.
Principal Tours Bookings essential - Call 8292 3888
AN INVITATION To The Launch of Kevin Giles’ New Book,
Primary (R-Yr6) – 9.15am on Wednesday 22nd August 2012 Middle & Senior (Yrs7-12) - 9.15am on Thursday 23rd August 2012
“The Eternal Generation of the Son: Maintaining Trinitarian Orthodoxy.”
A Reception to Year 12 School supporting Christian families
THURSDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER AT 6 PM
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TABOR ADELAIDE 181 GOODWOOD ROAD, MILLSWOOD IN THE CHAPEL
Tertiary education with a Christian perspective.
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CAR PARK ENTRANCE OFF MITCHELL STREET. Chair: Dr Don Owers Guest Speaker: The Rev’d Dr Tim Harris The evening will commence with light refreshments from 5.30pm, formalities at 6 pm. Please RSVP by 31st August to jmanning@adelaide.tabor.edu.au or phone 8383 8727