2010 NCAB Conference

Navigating the Maze

Cybersafety and wellbeing solutions for schools

9 and 10 April, 2010, at the newly refurbished Hilton on the Park, Melbourne

The 2010 conference promises to give schools evidence-based information and strategies about cyber safety, how to use the new technologies to enhance learning, and ways to improve student wellbeing.

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Read Report on schools’ participation in the National Safe Schools Framework Best Practice Grants Programme

Making Australian Schools Safer - NCAB report

There is a growing awareness within Australia of the importance of safe learning environments in promoting social and academic outcomes for students. "Making Australian Schools Safer", written by Dr Helen McGrath, showcases best practice in Australian schools through the National Safe Schools Framework Best Practice Grants Programme.

Funding was provided by the Department of Education, Science and Training to the National Coalition Against Bullying to administer the Grants Programme through The Alannah and Madeline Foundation. The report focuses on the six guiding principles for success in developing and maintaining safe schools and provides recommendations for schools to support innovative and effective approaches to safe school environments for both staff and students.

Click here to download the "Making Australian Schools Safer" report

Click here to download the appendices

NCAB national conference 2 - 4 November

"Promoting Positive Relationships for Safer School Communities" - 3rd NCAB national conference

The National Centre Against Bullying, an initiative of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, hosted its third national conference in Melbourne on 3-4 November 2007.

The conference was themed "Promoting Positive Relationships for Safer School Communities" and looked at the importance of building relationships within school communities with participation from teachers, parents and students.

Research shows that while 1:6 students are bullied in schools, 80 per cent of students do little to stop bullying and 54 per cent of students in Year 7 do not feel safe in their school. Much remains be done to reduce these statistics.

Leading international and national speakers included:

• Professor David W Johnson, University of Minnesota, USA
• Professor Donna Cross, Edith Cowan University, WA
• Professor Christina Salmivalli, University of Turku, Finland.

Click here to view presentations and materials from the conference.

Cyber-Safety Symposium Report

To begin to address the issue of cyber-safety and cyber-bullying, the National Centre Against Bullying (NCAB) with support from the Centre for Strategic Education (CSE) held a symposium in Melbourne on 17 and 18 May aimed at achieving a cyber-safe Australia.

Federal Communications Minister Helen Coonan and Victorian Education Minister Jacinta Allan addressed the symposium, which was supported by the Telstra Foundation. In addition, cyber-safety specialists from the USA, New Zealand and Australian, including several NCAB members, gave insightful presentations.

The symposium participants agreed that cyber-safety requires a coordinated and collaborative national approach. As a result, NCAB is now working with a variety of interest groups including education, welfare, industry, government, police, parents, students and not-for-profit to harness the outcomes of the symposium.

Please contact The Alannah and Madeline Foundation on (03) 9697 0666 or email info@amf.org.au for a copy of the report.