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Click here to see the Economics and Business Educators 2020 Events Calendar (as at 8 February 2020).
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Reserve Bank of Australia Educators Advisory Panel - Two vacancies for secondary school Economics teachers of best practice
The Educators Advisory Panel (EAP) was established by the Reserve Bank in 2017. The role of the EAP is to provide expert guidance to the Bank on matters of education so as to inform the Bank's educational initiatives.
Membership of the EAP comprises the RBA Head of Information Department and external experts. The President of Economics and Business Educators NSW, Joe Alvaro, currently represents EBE NSW members on the panel as the NSW Economics professional teachers association representative . Information about the current EAP can be found here:
There are currently two vacancies for secondary school teachers of best practice.
At the last RBA EAP meeting in December 2019, members agreed to an approach for recruiting two secondary school teachers of best practice for the Panel. It was decided that representatives of state-based Economics teachers’ associations would announce the opportunity to their members and assist in the selection process by submitting up to three candidates to the Bank whom they endorse.
Applicants should provide answers to the following questions. The response to each question should be no more than 250 words:
- What is your background in teaching Economics?
- How will your professional experiences in teaching Economics contribute to the Educators Advisory Panel?
- In terms of your own professional development, what do you hope to gain if offered a seat on the Panel?
- How much time, over the year, would you expect to contribute to the work of the Panel?
- How do you plan to use the professional development you gain from the Panel to enhance the knowledge and skills of other Economics teachers?
Applicants should also ensure that the following information is provided with their applications:
- Full name
- EBE NSW Membership Number
- Name and address of current school
- List of subject(s) and year(s) that are taught by the applicant at their current school
- Contact phone number and email
- Copy of curriculum vitae
Applications need to be sent to Economics and Business Educators NSW (admin@ebe.nsw.edu.au) by Friday 28 February 2020.
EBE NSW Professional Development Event - Teaching the Preliminary course (Year 11) in Business Studies for the first time?
Date: Friday 6 March 2020
Time: 8.55am - 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.
- student teachers who studying how to teach Business Studies.
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: Tuesday 10 March 2020
Time: 4.15pm-7.40pm
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.
- student teachers who are studying how to teach Economics and/or Legal Studies.
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.
- 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
Reserve Bank of Australia economist talks for students
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s education program is designed to support the teaching and studying of economics. As part of the program, RBA economists travel to high schools to present to students in Years 11 and 12.
Talks are free of charge and cover "Monetary Policy and Current Economic Conditions". The presentation lasts for one hour including time for Q&A at the end.
Economists will be giving talks in the Sydney area during the weeks of 11 – 22 May 2020.
If you are interested in a talk for your students, please email the RBA at: education@rba.gov.au with the following information by Friday, 6 March 2020:
- Teacher name:
- Teacher email:
- School name:
- School postcode:
- Number of students I wish to bring to the talk:
- Year group of students:
- My school would be able to host additional students: Yes/No
- If yes to the above, how many students – not including your own – could you accommodate at your venue?
- Preferred days of the week: M/T/W/Th/F (Please note, the RBA will do its best to accommodate your preference, however economists will be covering different areas of Sydney on different days and this may not always be possible.)
Reserve Bank of Australia Topical Talk - Demographics, Consumption and Income
Registrations are now open for the next Reserve Bank of Australia Topical Talk - Demographics, Consumption and Income.
Date: Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Time: 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Venue: Reserve Bank of Australia, 65 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000
Cost: Free
Kate McLoughlin (Senior Economist, Economic Analysis) will discuss trends in household income and consumption over the past decade. The presentation will examine these trends from the perspective of different age cohorts and discuss how the aging of the population may have affected aggregate household consumption and income.
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Economics, Business Studies and Legal Studies: A teacher professional learning tour of East Coast USA
Dates: To be announced
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
2019 Business Educators Australasia Plan Your Own Enterprise (PYOE) Competition
The Business Educators Australasia Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition (PYOE) encourages secondary school students to apply their business education to a real life scenario. Working individually or in small groups, participants are asked to devise a creative enterprise idea and submit a business plan, explaining how their great idea could become a profitable business.
For teachers, the competition is a valuable tool to enhance the business education curriculum and support them as they develop the next generation of business leaders For students, it helps to build valuable work and life skills. The competition requires business insight, practical financial skills and a creative flair for problem solving.
Economics and Business Educators NSW runs the competition in NSW. To enter, students need to devise a creative enterprise idea and submit a 3000 word business plan, explaining how their great idea could become a profitable business. The competition has two divisions with fantastic prizes up for grabs:
- Division one – Open to individual student entries, submitted by students of any age, attending a registered secondary school.
- Division two – Group entries (maximum of six students), submitted by students of any age, attending a registered secondary school.
NSW entries are due by Friday 30 August 2019 (Term 3, Week 6) by 5pm. These will be marked, and finalists in both divisions will be invited to the NSW Awards Ceremony. At this awards ceremony, the winner in each division will be announced. The NSW Division One winner will receive an iPad mini 4 Wi-Fi 128GB (valued at $579). Certificates and other prizes will also be awarded.
National judging will be based on the paper entry and will be conducted in October, 2019. Winners will be advised by end of October 2019.
This competition can be incorporated into assessment tasks for both Commerce (Option 11: Running a Business) and Year 11 Business Studies (Topic: Business planning). Click here for a sample assessment task. Email EBE NSW if you would like a Microsoft Word version of the sample assessment task.
Amanda Ritter has developed a unit of work based on the PYOE Competition which can be accessed here. The PYOE Competition could form the content for a Commerce "school - developed option" (see pages 48 and 49 in the NSW Education Standards Authority Commerce Year 7 - 10 Syllabus).
All students who enter the competition will receive a Certificate of Participation for their job portfolios.
>> Full details are available in the 2019 PYOE competition brochure.
See the article available to EBE NSW members - “Student2Student: How to Overcome the Pitfalls of Business Planning" by Sarah Matthias (Division 1 Winner of CPA Australia Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition 2016) in “The EBE Journal – Journal of the Economics and Business Educators NSW” – Issue 2, 2016.
2018 EBE NSW CPA Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition NSW Awards Ceremony – 11 October 2018
EBE NSW recognised the NSW Plan Your Own Enterprise (PYOE) winners at the annual NSW awards ceremony on 11 October 2018 at Commonwealth Bank Place South (11 Harbour Street, Sydney). 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)
Julian Annison - Inaburra School for his business plan: AspergerAssist
Teacher: Mr Low
- Division 2 (Group entry)
Georgia Graham and Alicia Amann – Abbotsleigh for their business plan: Tempo
Teacher: Ms Laing Peach
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 Tony Kuc, President Business Educators Australasia.
Thank you to the students, their families and teachers for attending the NSW Awards Ceremony.
Thank you to EBE NSW Director, Nicholas Ward, for taking on the role of PYOE NSW Coordinator in 2018 and for all his time and effort in ensuring the competition in NSW was a success.
| 2018 PYOE NSW Competition Finalists | |
Division One AspergerAssist - Julian Annison What the Shell! - Jade Hunter Freestyle - Chelsea Hoang Anywhere Aqua – Water Where You Are - Julie Kelland GAIA - Mackenzie Matthews Marauderz - Rithwik Kumar Pherfume - Chelsea Liu ScrapCo - Prathik Subbanna The Mush Room - Serene Khalaf The Newly Collective - William Lucas The prizes for the Division 1 NSW finalists (1st, 2nd and 3rd) were: 1st place - iPad Mini & $200 Dymocks voucher for the school |
Division Two ARBuy Cakes, Cookies and Confessions Roseabelle Sole Switch Tempo The prizes for the Division 2 NSW finalists (1st, 2nd and 3rd) were: 1st Place - $150 cash per student, and $200 Dymocks voucher for the school
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Congratulations to all the winners. Be sure to incorporate the PYOE competition into your Commerce and/or Business Studies teaching and learning program in 2019.
From left to right: Julian Annison (NSW and National Division 1 PYOE Competition Winner) and Joe Alvaro (President - Economics and Business Educators NSW) at the 2018 NSW PYOE Awards Ceremony
From left to right: Alicia Amann (NSW Division 2 PYOE Competition Winner) and Joe Alvaro (President - Economics and Business Educators NSW) at the 2018 NSW PYOE Awards Ceremony (Absent: Georgia Graham who was also the NSW Division 2 PYOE Competition Winner)
EBE NSW President Joe Alvaro (far left) with NSW PYOE Competition Finalists at the 2018 NSW PYOE Awards Ceremony
NSW Division 1 Winner successful at the 2018 Business Educators Australasia Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition National Awards Ceremony – 11 October 2018
The Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition NSW Division 1 winner, Julian Annison from Inaburra School, represented NSW at the Business Educators Australasia National PYOE Awards Ceremony in Sydney at Commonwealth Bank Place South (11 Harbour Street, Sydney) on 11 October 2018, following the NSW Awards Ceremony. Julian joined the division one finalists from the other states and territories of Australia. Julian was successful in being the national Division 1 winner for his business plan, AspergerAssist. Well done to Julian on this significant achievement at a national level.
The national Division 2 winner was Eloise Webster, Olivia Pietralla and Rubi Brady from Camberwall Girls Grammar School in Victoria for their business plan, Weasley’s Wash n’ Walk.
EBE NSW congratulates the 2018 PYOE national winners.
From left to right: Nicole McCormack, Commonwealth Bank Deputy General Manager Small Business Sales and Services, Julian Annison (NSW and National Division 1 PYOE Competition Winner) and Tony Kuc (President – Business Educators Australasia)
illuminate:nextgen Challenge
The illuminate:nextgen Challenge is a week long challenge which involves students exploring key concepts and ideas around starting their own business to solve a current problem in their community. The ideas are developed using contemporary business planning tools, with students presenting business plans, financial forecasts, pitch decks, marketing collateral and more to prove the viability of their business.
Each challenge is facilitated by illuminate Education's experts as well as business and community leaders who will share their experience and knowledge through presentations, assessment and feedback.
Dates for the illuminate:nextgen Challenge in NSW:
Sydney
18 to 22 November 2019
Hosted at: UTS
Port Macquarie
2 to 6 September 2019
Hosted at: Charles Sturt University
Wollongong
2 to 6 December 2019
Hosted at: University of Wollongong
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
2019 EBE NSW Trial HSC Examinations order form available
The order form for the 2019 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 guidelines. Special discount prices apply to members of EBE NSW.
>> Order form for 2019 EBE NSW Trial HSC examination papers
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.
