The highlight in the calendar for Australian Jewish Educators THE MAJOR EVENT IN JEWISH EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA!   Mount Scopus College, Burwood Campus, Melbourne 13-14 August 2006 Join educators from across Australia to take part in a dynamic, informative and innovative conference. Choose from 10 different streams with top international, interstate and local presenters. Take the opportunity to network with colleagues and professionals pooling thoughts ideas and practical classroom methodologies. Learn from top educators around the world with a series of video conferences. 2006 timetable Sunday 13 August Monday 14 August Conference Streams ∞   Teaching Jewish Text - Primary/Secondary ∞   History (including Yad Vashem /Teaching the Shoah component) ∞   Jewish Values ∞   Hebrew Stream (including NETA, Tel Am and General)  ∞   The Israel Connection ∞   Early Childhood  ∞   Methodology ∞   Principals/Lay Leaders/Middle Management ∞   Informal Education ∞   Yiddish Stream Overseas Presenters Rachel Korazim - Director of professional development programs for Jewish educators at the Jewish Agency Department for Jewish Zionist education. Responsible for developing distance learning programs for Jewish educators in Israel and abroad. Dr Dubi Goldflam – Expert in Jewish History and educational methodology. Lecturer and head of department at the Lifshitz college of Education in Jerusalem with immense experience in running programs and teaching in schools in the Diaspora. Rav Benny Lau – Teacher and lecturer at various educational institutions. Holds a PHD and held the position of Rabbi of the Kibbutz Hadati movement. Rav lau has a wealth of experience in education both as an educator and trainer. Expert in teaching text. Tova Shimon - Founder and facilitator of the Tel Am/Tal Selah Hebrew program. Tuvia Book - Expert in the field of Jewish education both formal and informal.  Author of the book "For the Sake of Zion" - which is used as a textbook for teaching Israel in many high schools around the world. Gideon Greif - Yad Vashem sent a professional to conduct the stream Teaching the Shoah With the support of: ∞   The Department for Jewish Education, Jewish Agency for Israel ∞   The Department for Zionist Activities, World Zionist Organisation ∞   Mount Scopus College, hosts of the 2006 Educators Conference