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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Staffing</strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">I would like to inform you of news at the VITTA office. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Lisa Chadderton, our Project Officer will be leaving us shortly to take on a new career. I would like to thank her sincerely for working tirelessly over the last three years for VITTA and the wider education community over this time. We will miss her energy and enthusiasm. </p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">With a departure comes a welcome. Bridie Mackay will be joining us at VITTA. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Bridie comes from school services at Curriculum Corporation with excellent skills and knowledge of project, professional learning, resource and website management. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br>Jo Macleay, many of you will know, will be assisting us on VITTA projects and particularly professional development. She is an experienced and accomplished teacher with a particular interest in incorporating emerging technologies into best practice teaching and learning. Jo is a keen lifelong learner and facilitator of innovation. </p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">The VITTA team looks forward to working with you. Please email us at <a href="mailto:pd@vitta.org.au">pd@vitta.org.au</a> if you need support or have ideas about professional development in 2010. Mark Richardson is currently designing the professional learning calendar for term 3 and 4 for 2009 and Terms 1 – 4 in 2010.</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>VITTA Conference Call for Papers extension</strong><br>
The VITTA committee are looking forward to meeting you at the “Slide to Open ~ digital learning” Conference. This year we are offering pre-conference workshops on Sun Nov 22 and the main conference <a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo"><span style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo</span></a> Mon Nov 23 - Wed Nov 25 at the Grandstand Flemington Racecourse. </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">If you have a Call for Papers to consider please send this in to the VITTA Office as soon as possible as general Call for Papers is now closed.</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">regards Renee <br><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">VITTA Executive Officer</span></p></div>