Report Card: NT and TAS associations

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published December 3, 2015

In the annual Report Card feature, we've asked the heads of some of the Northern Territory's and Tasmania's associations to reflect on their year in education and outline some of their key priorities for 2016.

Tasmania

Malcolm Elliott, President, Tasmanian Principals Association

I’ll remember 2015 for... the continuing battle to have the community understand that ...

This story appeared in the December 2015 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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