Mail: PO BOX 523, Mt Hawthorn WA 6915 ABN: 26 384 618 452
Mission Statement
The Art Education Association exists to promote and improve the quality of Art Education in Western Australia through the support of best practice and innovation.
The aims of our Association are to provide:
Communication, Professional Development and Advocacy of the Visual Arts for arts educators, specialists and generalist teachers in Western Australia.
Communication
Provide our membership with up to date information and guidance in the area of Art Education
- Raise awareness of current trends in Visual Arts education and Arts practice
- Regularly produce an Association Journal and support the production of ‘Arts Still Alive’ and other publications throughout the year
- Facilitate networking through the sharing of resources and joint planning in the Visual Arts
- Encourage communication between associations through our affiliation with the Curriculum Council, EDWA, AISWA, CEO, PCTWA, and AGWA
- Regularly promote the submission of students’ work for exhibition within a public forum
Professional Development
- Provide professional development which will endeavour to include workshops, lectures and support material for the implementation of changes in education relevant to the Curriculum Framework, Student Outcome Statements and Post-Compulsory Education
Advocacy of the Visual Arts
- Advance enrichment of education through the arts
- The Association provides a forum to promote the value of art education and to raise the profile of Visual Arts in schools and the wider community
- Provide opportunities for interaction and exchange between members of the Association on a professional and social level
Constitution and Rules of the Art Education Association of Western Australia - lodged 26/02/1981
ArtEd_WA Yahoo Discussion List Guideline Suggestions
It is each member’s responsibility to be aware that this is a public forum and to phrase your responses appropriately.
Address it carefully – just how many people need to read your email?
The biggest trick to making this work well for everyone is to be consciously aware of just which email address is in the To: _________
Subject Header
The next biggest trick is making sure that your Subject header: _____________ contains as correct and accurate a descriptor of the contents of an email. Sometimes an extra email about a different subject makes it easier for relevant responses. If you are starting a new thread, then indicate that by changing the subject header. If directing your email to a particular sector of AtEd then preface the subject header with Prim: or Sec: or some other descriptor.
Responding to an ArtEd_WA email
If a question is addressed to an individual, then ideally that person should be able to find that email address within the From:__ section when you hit reply to the email. Copy that email address highlight and paste it over the top of the ArtEd_WA address and hey presto personal communication. OR If you include your own email address at the end of a message it does make it easier for someone to click onto that link to make a personal response.
Email courtesy is often to delete much or all of the original email – although sometimes it works very efficiently if you are able to reply point by point with a relevant comment(s). This as much as anything is to keep emails to a manageable size and mailboxes left with space in them.
RSVPing to a Professional Learning Opportunity
Select the RSVP email address which the PL Coordinator will have included in the body of the email message.
Sending of attachments.
I have found that any email too big (which usually includes attachments, esp of large digital images), yahoo won’t allow to go through anyway. If possible, consider copying and pasting information into the body of the actual email rather than send an attachment – makes it easier to reply to as well.
Responding to Notice of a Professional Learning opportunity or Meeting
Ideally the notification of a PL session or a general meeting will contain the RSVP email of the person responsible for running that event. Please copy and pate that RSVP address into your RSVP – the rest of the ArtEd does not need to know that you can or cannot attend.
And finally… Be patient. Not everyone is on the same point of the IT Learning Curve and email etiquette. Gentle encouragement to continue following etiquette rules via a personal response is far preferable to a list based blast !!
The reality is that the List is a great way for us all to communicate.
Here’s hoping that together over time we can all learn how best to make it a user friendly tool with positive outcomes.
NB: This is a group for members only - ie no spam can get into it… but, it is what is called an unmoderated group in that all messages go directly to the group - they do not get screened first.
