APTA International Study Tour Scholarships

NSW Scholarship Recipients for 2010 –
Emma Le Marquand and Nerina Pretlove

APTA 2010 International Study Tour Award Recipients with NSW Minister for Education and Training and President of APTA from left to right: Emma Le Marquand, Hon Verity Firth MP; Nerina Pretlove; and Susan Gazis AM (President APTA).

These awards were presented by The Hon. Verity Firth MP, NSW Minister for Education and
Training at the Annual PTC NSW Presentation Evening, Tuesday 30 November 2010.

APTA Study Tours undertaken by the 2010 scholarship recipients will assist them to strengthen school leadership, teaching and learning skills through increased awareness amongst school leaders of international leading practice in teaching and school leadership; build collaborative networks between Associations; share expertise across countries with Professional Associations and teachers; strengthen research efforts through Professional Association relationships; promote cooperation between and undertake liaison with similar organisations within other countries and establish strategic partnerships with educational bodies, principal groups, deans of education, aid agencies, and non-education government agencies.