Australian Parents Council

AUSTRALIAN PARENTS COUNCIL INC.

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	"The Federation of organisations representing parents of non-government school students since 1962"
	Principles and Objectives of the Australian Parents Council
	The Family-School & Community Partnerships Bureau has been set up to help Australian schools, families and communities build sustainable, collaborative, productive relationships.
	The Australian Parents Council is assisted by funding from the Australian Government through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

Latest Online Information

July 5, 2008	Saying Thank You to Parents & Citizens Associations - The Australian Women’s Weekly and Paradise Foods teamed up in 2007 to establish the annual national P & C Awards to celebrate the vital work of Parents and Citizens’ Associations and their equivalents and the parents who help to deliver quality facilities and resources to students. Read more . . .
July 5, 2008	SCHOOL PARENTS FUNDING EDUCATION MORE THAN EVER Prize Pool of More than $60,000 to Honour Australia’s Dedicated Parents Groups. School parents are digging deeper than ever into their own pockets to support the educational needs of their children in the Australian school system, with the minimum national figure of additional parental support clocking in at a huge $153 million annually. Read more . . .
July 5, 2008	Call to Action: Asia literacy for every young Australian - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wants Australia to become “the most Asia literate country in the world.” The National Statement for Engaging Young Australians with Asia in Australian Schools (MCEETYA, 2005) sets out the skills and knowledge required to equip young Australians to: a) boost productivity through working with the world’s largest economies including China, India and Japan b) collaborate with our neighbours in Asia to resolve global issues including environmental sustainability and poverty c) strengthen our social capital through understanding Read more . . .
July 5, 2008	FAMILY SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS BUREAU - In February, Minister Gillard announced funding for a Family-School and Community Partnerships Bureau, a joint venture between the Australian Council of State School Organisations (ACSSO) and the Australian Parents Council (APC). Read more. . .
Feb 22, 2008	Building better partnerships between schools, parents and the community - A Media Statement from Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard's office APC President, Caz Bosch response to the above - Click here
Feb 15, 2008	A Qualitative and Quantitative Report on the Family School Partnerships Project. Prepared for DEST, ACSSO and APC in July 2006. Download here.
Oct 31, 2007	APC Review issue "November" available now - click here for further information
Oct 5, 2007	Values and Other Issues in the Education of Young Australians - A Study among parents with children at non-government schools. (218kB pdf)
Sept 1, 2007	Issues Papers uploaded to website
July 6, 2007	Australian Schools and Funding - BUSTING THE MYTHS!
July 6, 2007	2007 Federal Election Review
July 2, 2007	Latest update report on the SUCCESSFUL LEARNING IN THE EARLY YEARS OF SCHOOLING -- THE INDIGENOUS PARENT FACTOR project
June 13, 2007	Media Release Non-Government School Parents Welcome Labor’s Commitments in Respect of Schools Funding
June 13, 2007	Media Release Non-Government School Parents Support Investigation of Performance-Based Pay for Teachers