Aurora College will again be hosting the Rural and Remote Education Conference. This year, the event will be held on 7 and 8 September at the Novotel Sydney Brighton Beach.

Our theme for 2017 is What works! Sharing our success. The conference theme provides both scope and opportunity to:

1. celebrate innovative strategies that:

• ensure every student is engaged at school and actively learning
• enable students and staff to flourish through change
• build shared responsibility and vision with stakeholders on how to enhance student capacity to live healthy, productive and fulfilling lives.

2. align new strategies and existing practice against key initiatives such as: The Rural and Remote Education Blueprint; Local Schools, Local Decisions; Great Teaching, Inspired Learning; and Connected Communities.
3. build stronger interest based professional networks and community partnerships that deliver better outcomes for students.

Please visit the conference website http://www.rde.nsw.edu.au/ruraledconf/ for further details.

The organising committee welcomes expressions of interest to present at this, the 2^nd annual conference.

If you are interested in making a presentation at the conference, you will need to:

1. gain the endorsement of your Principal/Manager prior to submission
2. complete and submit the online Expression to Present (EtP) form (https://goo.gl/forms/peVJwg2ZUQDO1R312)  by 5pm on Friday 28 April 2017.