Economics and Business Educators 2019 Events Calendar

Click here to see the Economics and Business Educators 2019 Events Calendar (as at 6 February 2019).

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EBE NSW Professional Development  Event - Teaching the Preliminary course (Year 11) in Business Studies for the first time?

Date:   Friday 1 March 2019
Time:   8.45am - 3.00pm 
Venue: Professional Teachers’ Council NSW, 67 – 73 St. Hilliers Road, Auburn NSW 2144

This course has been designed specifically for:

• beginning teachers and experienced teachers who are teaching the preliminary (Year 11) Business Studies course for the first time
• teachers who may have already taught the preliminary (Year 11) Business Studies course in the past but who need a refresher course
• teachers who intend to teach the preliminary (Year 11) Business Studies course in the future.

This course will focus on NSW Education Standards Authority  Preliminary (Year 11) Business Studies syllabus and look at: 

• effective teaching and learning strategies designed to engage students
• programming ideas
• assessment procedures and techniques
• useful teaching and learning resources.

The course will be presented by experienced teachers who will share their own experiences during their challenging early years of teaching and how they coped.

>> Further details
>> Register here

EBE NSW Professional Development Event - Teaching the Preliminary Course (Year 11) in Economics or Legal Studies for the first time?

Date:  Wednesday 6 March 2019
Time: 4.15pm-7.45pm
Venue: Professional Teachers’ Council NSW, 67 – 73 St. Hilliers Road, Auburn NSW 2144
This course has been designed specifically for:

• beginning teachers and experienced teachers who are teaching the preliminary course Year 11) in Economics or Legal Studies for the first time
• teachers who may have already taught one of these courses in the past but who need a refresher course
• teachers who intend to teach one of these courses in the near future.

This course will focus on the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Legal Studies and Economics Preliminary (Year 11) syllabuses and look at: 

• effective teaching and learning strategies designed to engage students, based on the current NESA syllabuses
• assessment procedures and techniques
• useful teaching and learning resources.

The course will be presented by experienced teachers who will share their own experiences during their challenging early years of teaching and how they coped.
>> Further details
>> Register here

The Warren Hogan Memorial Lecture, by former Prime Minister The Hon John Winston Howard OM AC - Economic Challenges in the Contemporary World

Date: 26 February, 2019
Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Venue: University of Technology Sydney,
UTS Business School, Dr Chau Chak Wing Building,
14-28 Ultimo Road, Ultimo, NSW 2007

Cost: Free

Australia's second longest serving Prime Minister discusses the key economic challenges facing Australia and the world in general, and how these are driven and responded to by public policy. This is a rare opportunity to engage with perhaps the most influential shaper of public policy in Australia over the past 40 years.

Alternately hosted by UTS and University of Sydney, the Warren Hogan Memorial Lecture – devoted to the economic analysis of public policy issues - commemorates Professor Warren Pat Hogan (1929–2009), an eminent Australian economist who worked across a range of fields including in the areas of economic policy, capital theory, financial intermediation and prudential bank regulation.

>> Further details and registration information

NSW Curriculum Review

On 13 May 2018, the NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Education Rob Stokes announced that NESA (NSW Education Standards Authority)  will undertake a  review of the NSW curriculum to ensure it equips students to continue to contribute to Australian society into the 21st century. NESA has engaged Professor Geoff Masters, CEO of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to lead the review.

>> EBE NSW has made a submission to the Review. Read the submission here.

Submission to NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) – Re 2018 NESA Draft Commerce Syllabus

EBE NSW has made a submission to the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) re the 2018 NESA  Draft Commerce Syllabus.

>> Read the submission here.

NESA Draft Commerce Syllabus

The current Commerce syllabus was last revised in 2003. The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) has released a draft Commerce syllabus.

>> The draft NESA Commerce syllabus can be found here
>> The “Commerce Years 7-10 draft syllabus summary of changes” can be found here

Have your say on the draft Commerce syllabus by completing a survey, attending a consultation meeting, and/or submitting a written response to the project manager. Consultation will be open from 23 July 2018 to 2 September 2018.

>> More information can be found here

Economics and Business Educators NSW will be making a submission about the draft Commerce syllabus and members are encouraged to contribute to the submission by sending their comments about the draft Commerce syllabus to admin@ebe.nsw.edu.au.

Some questions to consider:

• What are the strengths of the syllabus?
• What are the challenges of the syllabus?
• Is there enough balance between economics, business, law, consumer and financial literacy and  civics and citizenship subject matter?
• Considering the Commerce syllabus was last revised in 2003, to what extent is the current syllabus relevant to today's changing commercial environment and contemporary teaching and learning ?
• What do you think about the content from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business and the ACARA Australian Curriculum:Civics and Citizenship to develop the draft Commerce syllabus?

EBE NSW made a submission to NESA when the review of the Commerce syllabus was   
announced in 2017.

>> Read the submission here

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) also made a submission during this period – read their submission here.

In response to the draft Commerce syllabus, the RBA has made a “Supplementary submission to NESA Review of Commerce Years 7 – 10 Syllabus”.

>> This submission can be found here

Economics, Business Studies and Legal Studies: A teacher professional learning tour of East Coast USA

Dates: 8th – 18th January, 2020 

Academy Travel, in conjunction with Economics and Business Educators NSW, is delighted to present an outstanding professional development opportunity for teachers of Economics, Business Studies, Legal Studies and Commerce. 

The itinerary begins in Washington DC, where teachers will tour key government organisations and significant landmarks. Continuing to New York City, participants will explore the Financial District, international law and order, and the world of commerce.

In addition, the itinerary includes a series of guided tours and site visits with experts. There is also time at leisure for sightseeing, shopping and exploring.

>> Further details, including a detailed itinerary

2018 EBE NSW Trial HSC Examinations order form available 

The order form for the 2018 EBE NSW Trial HSC Business Studies, Economics and Legal Studies examination papers is now available. Relevant past papers are also available for purchase. The examination papers have been designed by EBE Directors and include marking criteria and suggested answers. Special discount prices apply to members of EBE NSW.

>> Order form for 2018 EBE NSW Trial HSC examination papers

The Sydney Morning Herald HSC Study Guide 2018

Click here for the 2018 HSC Study Guide from The Sydney Morning Herald, including study tips for the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) HSC Economics, Business Studies and Legal Studies examinations.

View the video, "Make the right choice in your Business Studies exam", presented by EBE NSW Vice-President Mai Ni Pham, where four tips for writing an extended response in Section IV of the NESA HSC Business Studies examination are discussed.

Latest issue of “The EBE Journal - Journal of the Economics and Business Educators NSW” (Issue 2, 2017) now available

The latest issue of The EBE Journal - Journal of the Economics and Business Educators NSW  (Issue 2 — 2017) is now available in the members section of the website. EBE members must login to access the latest EBE Journal. Past issues of "The EBE Journal" are also in the members section.

Contents

• President’s Report
• EBE NSW News
• 2017 EBE NSW Annual Conference - New Frontiers: Economics and Business Education in an Era of Innovation
  - Report by Elizabeth Perry, 2017 EBE NSW Annual Conference Rural Grant Recipient, The Rivers Secondary College, Richmond River High Campus
• 2017 EBE NSW Annual Conference - New Frontiers: Economics and Business Education in an Era of Innovation
  - Report by Daniel Benjamin, 2017 EBE NSW Annual Conference Rural Grant Recipient, Sapphire Coast Anglican College, Bega
• Business Case Study: Ecto Handplanes - Cheryl Brennan
• Case Study: Nahji Chu, Queen of Rice Paper Rolls - Mai Ni Pham
• Developing Deep, Authentic Learning Experiences in Economics - Matt Robinson
• A student from Quilpie in South West Queensland wins National 1st in the ASX Schools Sharemarket Game (Game 2, 2017) - Amanda Mior
• PYOE Competition 2017 – Winning NSW Division 1 entry
• Yesterday news and Breaking news: Using media file templates to help students unpack all sorts of news - Mai Ni Pham
• Should we do away with exams altogether? No, but we need to rethink their design and purpose - The Conversation, December 1 2016
• Getting students to put their legal knowledge into practice to demonstrate understanding - Mai Ni Pham
• What is race? - Olivia Bui
• Submission to Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC): National Financial Literacy Strategy Consultation 2017 (October 2017) from Economics and Business Educators NSW
• NSW Education Standards Authority 2017 Consultation Draft NSW Supplementary Documentation: Subject Content Knowledge Requirements (Revised) - Submission from Economics and Business Educators NSW
• Open Letter from 25 Teacher Associations supports copyright
• Submission to NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) regarding the review of the Commerce Syllabus from Economics and Business Educators NSW
• President’s Report to the 2017 Economics and Business - Educators NSW Annual General Meeting (11 December 2017)
• Economics and Business Educators NSW Financial Statements for the year ended 30th June 2017
• Economics and Business Educators NSW Financial Statements for the year ended 30th June 2016

Back issues of the "The EBE Journal - Journal of the Economics and Business Educators NSW" are also available in the members section of this website and contain useful teaching and learning resources.

Professional Teachers' Council NSW Media Release - "Celebration of Excellence" (27 October 2017)

EBE NSW congratulates all the recipients of the 2017 Professional Teachers' Council NSW Outstanding Professional Service Awards and the 2017 Professional Teachers' Council NSW Outstanding Beginning Teacher Awards. Congratulations to EBE NSW Director Nicholas Ward who has received a 2017 Professional Teachers' Council NSW Outstanding Beginning Teacher Award.

Compass: The Staffroom - Part 1, Part 2 and and Part 3 (ABC Television) has received the 2017 Professional Teachers' Council NSW Media Award.

>> Full details in  the Professional Teachers' Council NSW Media Release - Celebration of Excellence (27 October 2017) which can be accessed here.

2017 EBE NSW CPA Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition NSW Awards Ceremony – 27 September 2017

EBE NSW  recognised the Plan Your Own Enterprise (PYOE) NSW winners at the annual NSW awards ceremony on 27 September 2017  at the Sydney office of CPA Australia together with Mr Robert Krzton (Relationship Manager) and Mr Rupen Malouf (Relationship Manager) from CPA Australia. At the ceremony, prizes and certificates were awarded to the NSW student winners and their schools. Parents were in attendance to celebrate the success of their child, as well as teachers. Congratulations to the following winners and their teachers from NSW:

• Division 1 (Individual entry)
  Lucy Beer from Loreto Normanhurst for her business plan, “The Japantry” ( a copy of this business plan is included in “The EBE Journal – Journal of the Economics and Business Educators NSW” - Issue 2, 2017)
  (Teacher: Mr Anthony Tassone)
  
  
• Division 2 (Group entry)
  Liam Heng, William Kuang, David Tsai, Leo Wang from Sydney Boys High School for their business plan, ParCar (a copy of this business plan is included in “The EBE Journal – Journal of the Economics and Business Educators NSW” - Issue 2, 2017)
  (Teacher: Mr Tom Dolan)

2017 PYOE Competition NSW Division 1 winner, Lucy Beer (centre) with her teacher Anthony Tassone (left) and EBE NSW President, Joe Alvaro (right) at the 2017 NSW Awards Ceremony

From left to right: Mr Tom Dolan (Teacher of Division 2 winners) , David Tsai, William Kuang, Leo Wang, Liam Heng (Division 2 winners) and EBE NSW President Joe Alvaro at the 2017 NSW PYOE Awards Ceremony

Thank you to all the students who entered the competition this year and the teachers who inspired and encouraged their students to enter this prestigious competition. Each student who participated received a Certificate of Participation signed by Mr Jim Dickson FCPA, Director CPA Australia and Mr Tony Kuc, President Business Educators Australasia.

Thank you to the students, their families and teachers for attending the presentation at the CPA Sydney Head Office.

Thank you to EBE NSW Director, Nicholas Ward, for taking on the role of PYOE NSW in 2017 and for all his time and effort in ensuring the competition in NSW was a success.

EBE NSW Director Nicholas Ward, 2017 PYOE NSW Coordinator at the 2017 PYOE NSW Awards Ceremony

2017 PYOE NSW Finalists at the 2017 NSW Awards Ceremony

2017 PYOE NSW Competition Finalists

Division One Student: Bianca Bader Business Plan: Uniquify Me School: Meriden School Teacher: Sharna Kershaw Student: Lucy Beer Business Plan: The Japantry School:  Loreto Normanhurst Teacher: Anthony Tassone Student: Marcus Borcuz Business Plan: Recovry School: Sydney Boys High School Teacher: Tom Dolan Student: Naisha Chauhan Business Plan: Patiently Care School: Gymea Technology High School Teacher: Thuy Le Student: Gabriel Katzeff Business Plan: Smart Chair School: Masada College Teacher: Robyn Grana Student: Amy Pham Business Plan: Allerfriendly School: Fort Street High School Teacher: Caroline Jerrems Student: Crystal Pham Business Plan: In The Hype School: Fort Street High School Teacher: Caroline Jerrems Student: Katrina Pincaro Business Plan: From Head To Toe School:  Hurlstone Agricultural High School Teacher: Elizabeth Johnson Student: Caitlin Rigby Business Plan: Real Deal Conveyancing Killarney Heights High School Teacher: Emma Higgs Student: Max Tosello Business Plan: Green Vogue School: Fort Street High School Teacher: Caroline Jerrems

Division Two Students: Dawei Wu, Oliver Xu Business Plan: Passionne Digital School: Sydney Boys High School Teacher: Mr Tom Dolan Students: Kevin Liao, Brian Pham, Simon Tang, Daniel Zilberman, Derek Liu Business Plan: CVerify School: Sydney Boys High School Teacher: Mr Tom Dolan Students: Liam Heng, William Kuang, Leo Wang, David Tsai Business Plan: ParCar School: Sydney Boys High School Teacher: Tom Dolan Students: Andrew Huynh, Stephen Knight, Wendy Ly Business Plan: Parfait Styling School: Regents Park Christian School Teacher: Michael Hammonds Students: Lachlan Narker, Jack Seabrooke Business Plan: Telecode School: Shore Teacher: Ben Ronald

Congratulations to all the winners. Be sure to incorporate the PYOE competition into your Commerce and/or Business Studies teaching and learning program in 2018.

2017 EBE NSW CPA Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition National Awards Ceremony – 10  October 2017

The Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition NSW Division 1 winner, Lucy Beer, represented NSW at the national PYOE awards ceremony in Melbourne on 10 October 2017 held by Business Educators Australasia. Lucy was flown to Melbourne for the national awards ceremony and joined the division one finalists from the other states and territories of Australia. Unfortunately Lucy did not achieve the national Division 1 (individual) winner. However reaching the national final is a significant achievement.

The national Division 1 winner was Jessica Lauc from Merici College (Australian Capital Territory) for her business plan, “Leadz”.

The national Divison 2 (group entry) winners at the national level were Elise Atkins, Jack Bellinger, Ashley Chamberlin, Jacob Holm and Connor McLean from Hopetoun P-12 College – Victoria for their business plan,  MSR- Mallee Sports and Rec.

EBE NSW congratulates the 2017 PYOE national winners.

2017 PYOE Competition National Finalists (Rear L-R: Sam Pegler QLD, Harman Singh WA, Lotfullah Yousefi SA, Sean Cruz TAS, Isabella Di Toro NT, Jessica Lauc ACT, Lucy Bell NSW. Front L-R: Tony Kuc, President BEA, Maybel Gardner VIC, Jon Aloni, General Manager – Victoria, CPA Australia)

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