SPERA recognises individuals for their exceptional contribution to rural education including:
Congratulations to 2012 Australian Rural Education Award winner, Kingston Primary School. Kingston Primary School is based in Western Australia. It won the 2012 AREA for the Kingston Internship Model. In…
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Principal Brian O’Neill with Prof John Halsey (Sidney Myer Chair, Rural Education and Communities) Calen District State College, Queensland Calen is a small rural community about fifty-seven kilometres north of…
Read More →The PTCWA Outstanding Professional Service Awards recognise an individual member’s outstanding professional contribution to education in Western Australia, made in a voluntary capacity to their professional teachers’ association. This provides…
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Smart kids and Rural – Giving the Bush Back it’s Future Gifted and talented programs are nothing new and in various forms they are dotted throughout the country. Whilst most…
Read More →2010 Recipient: Rosa Napolitano-Lincoln Rosa Napolitano-Lincoln SPERA Member was recognised on the Annual Teacher’s Day, by the Professional Teaching Council of WA (PTCWA) for her outstanding service to rural education in Australia….
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Professor John Taylor, Director, Rangelands Australia, University of Queensland with Emmy Terry, President SPERA Rangelands Australia, University of Queensland Traditionally, there has been little external engagement and consultation in the…
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Principal Joyce Stark and Life Member, Dr Colin Boylan St Joseph‘s School, Barmera Context Statement St Joseph’s School, Barmera is a developing Catholic primary school in the Riverland region. The…
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2009 Recipient: Don Boyd Don Boyd commenced his career as a secondary History and Economics teacher and has had 38 years of education experience which incorporates 28 years of rural…
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The Australian Rural Education Award (AREA) is awarded to an individual, institution, organisation or industry for a practical project or achievement which opens up education opportunities for rural people and demonstrates…
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