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ROTARY CLUB of CLAYTON Inc.

District 9810 Victoria, Australia

Weekly Bulletin 2016-2017

Meets every Monday from 6:30pm at Clayton RSL 163 Carinish Road, Clayton (Melways 79C2)

(No meeting on public holidays)

16th January 2017 Volume 51, Number 26

In This Issue

Upcoming Club Program - (pg1)

Presidents Report – (pg1)

Last Meeting & Notes –

(pg2)

Foundation Facts – (pg3)

Important Club Dates – (pg4)

District 9810 News – (pg4)

About Rotary – (pg5)

Rotaract Club of Monash –

(pg6)

Where other clubs meet –

(pg6)

Reminders – (pg6)

Joke of the Week – (pg7)

Rotary International News – (pg7)

Upcoming Club Program

To see upcoming guest speakers, use this link - http://www.claytonrotaryclub.org.au/program1.htm

Presidents Report Hi Members and Friends, Last Monday was our 1st meeting back and what a nice way to casually ease back into Rotary after a very busy first half of our Rotary year and after the festive season. The club calendar is looking busy for the next couple of months. As I mentioned in my last report we have the Dixon House Dinner, Clayton Festival and a meeting at Safety Beach and also Rotaract Rotary Trivia night and the District Conference all in February and March. Last Friday myself and Dianne had the pleasure of re looking at our old venue which has been renovated and re named as the Clayton Hotel. Our conclusions are that it will provide some of the best meeting facilities in the district. Together with Dianne we will go in to further details and proposed costs of the meetings, access and other facility details next Monday night. As a reminder that tonight is a club meeting and an open board meeting as well. This will be held in the home of Dianne and Bill Sides and I would like to thank them both for their hospitality. This is the night we are all celebrating Rotary Foundations 100 years and as agreed by all members we will each contribute tonight $26.50 which was the first contribution which was made to the Rotary Foundation. I would like to thank Dianne and Bill very much for providing the food for tonight. In advance I would like to thank Vice President Michael for taking over the club from next week as Lesley and I will be taking 2 weeks leave. We are travelling to India and have taken the opportunity while there to assist Rotary locally in Moradabad with the Polio Vaccinations. Yours in Rotary. Ralph

Date Speaker Chairperson Desk Visitors

16th January

Open Board Meeting at the home of Bill & Dianne Sides

Ralph Zuccaro All Members All Members

23rd January

General Meeting – Venue TBA

Michael Ellinger All Members All Members

30th January

Social Night - TBA All Members All Members

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Rotary Four Way Test

"Of the things we think, say or do: 1. Is it the Truth? 2. Is it Fair to all concerned? 3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships? 4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?"

Last Meeting & Notes

Last Meeting (9th January): Apologies = John Goldspink, Heather Norling, Michael Ellinger, John Barnes, Jon Breisch & Val Manuelpillai. Make Ups = None. Leave of Absence = Bronwen Lamond. Visitors = Noela Foote. We met this week at the Grange UFO Picnic Ground in Osbourne Avenue Westall. The BBQ's were very clean and members who wanted to cook were able to BBQ up a storm for their dinner, where others bought salads and cold meats or had takeaway. The area has a large playground with a nice undercover seating area. We cooked and ate our dinner first then began the meeting. It was a great place to have a causal meeting and should look at it again at another time. We had general discussions about our upcoming events for the rest of the rotary year i.e.: Dixon House Dinner, Clayton Festival and the Trivia night with Rotaract. It was an open discussion with members asking questions. We started around 6.30 and left after 8pm, the weather was also perfect.

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THE OBJECT OF ROTARY

1. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; 2. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society; 3. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life; 4. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Meeting Notes:

• Ralph Zuccaro gave a report on the upcoming Dixon House Celebration Dinner on Tuesday 21st February 2017. For full details see the flyer attached to this bulletin.

Foundation Facts

Did you know that the maximum Paul Harris Fellow level is PHF+8 which has 3 rubies? The next step is becoming a MAJOR DONOR.

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Special Announcements

Important Club Dates Sunday 12/02/17 – Clayton Street Festival and Hawkers Night Market. Clayton Road, Clayton. 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Tuesday 21/02/17 – Dixon House Celebration Dinner. For full details see the flyer attached to this bulletin. Saturday 18/03/17 – Joint Trivia Night with Monash Rotaract. This is a tentative date at the moment. Friday 31/03/17 to Sunday 02/04/17 – District 9810 Conference. The location of the conference will be at The Pier, 10 Western Beach Foreshore Road, Geelong.

District 9810 News

Rotary Learning : Rotary Leadership Institute

(RLI)

ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ROTARY?

But not sure where to find it out.....

Then this program is just for you!

The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a 4 part series for Rotarians to provide a quality education in Rotary knowledge and leadership skills for voluntary organisations.

It operates through a 4 part series of "facilitated discussions" run by a trained team of Facilitators.

We have had many Rotarians complete RLI during the past five years and always sharing very positive feedback on the benefits gained of broadening not only their knowledge, but importantly - the understanding of the many aspects of Rotary; most particularly The Rotary Foundation and Membership.

We encourage you to be a part of this excellent Rotary education program and learn of many opportunities and projects through sharing the experiences you have gained in your club.

For members serving their club as President Elect, or President Nominee - there is no cost to either the member or the club for the training.

Clubs are encouraged to nominate additional members to undertake the training -and the cost for the training is the cost of the meal and materials which $160.00 for the four sessions.

Registration form is on the district web site

Any queries or questions, please contact Diane Fisher - dfisher9@bigpond.net.au or 0417 508 414

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Here are the dates:

Series 2

Knox Club Cnr Stud & Boronia Roads, Wantirna

Module 1 Tuesday February 7, 2017

Module 2 Wednesday February 15, 2017

Module 3 Tuesday February 21, 2017

Module 4 Wednesday March 1, 2017

* Note the changes in days to minimise the disruption to any one club.

About Rotary We are 1.2 million neighbors, friends, and community leaders who come together to create positive, lasting change in our communities and around the world.

Our differing occupations, cultures, and countries give us a unique perspective. Our shared passion for service helps us accomplish the remarkable. What makes us different? Our distinct point of view and approach gives us unique advantages:

• We see differently: Our multidisciplinary perspective helps us see challenges in unique ways.

• We think differently: We apply leadership and expertise to social issues—and find unique solutions.

• We act responsibly: Our passion and perseverance create lasting change. • We make a difference at home and around the world: Our members can be

found in your community and across the globe. How do we work? Our impact starts with our members—people who work tirelessly with their clubs to solve some of our communities' toughest challenges. Their efforts are supported by Rotary International, our member association, and The Rotary Foundation, which turns generous donations into grants that fund the work of our members and partners around the world. Rotary is led by our members—responsible leaders who help to carry forward our organization's mission and values in their elected roles. Explore our structure How did we get here? We've been making history and bringing our world closer together for over 100 years. Since forming in 1905, we've taken on some of the world's toughest challenges and helped a wide range of international and service organizations—from the UN to Easter Seals—get started. Learn about Rotary's history How do we use our funds? Responsible leadership means more than just doing good work—it means making the most out of every donation we receive. See how we maximize our impact What causes do we support? We have identified specific causes to target to maximize our local and global impact. At the same time, we understand that each community has its own unique needs and concerns. Through our network of resources and partners, we help clubs focus their service efforts in promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, saving mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies. Learn more about the service projects that support our causes

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Rotaract Club of Monash

Club Meeting Details: The Club meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the Month at 7:30pm for a 7:45pm start (Optional social dinner at 6:30, please order your meal by 7pm to ensure you can be there for the start of the meeting) at Waverley RSL (Upstairs in the Sunset Room) 161 Coleman Parade, Glen Waverley.

Upcoming Rotaract Events:

Rotaract Roster:

Date Rotarian to Visit

1st February Glenys Pattison

15th February Bill Sides

If you cannot attend on the night you are rostered, please organise a replacement to take your place.

Where other Clubs Meet A Rotarian can attend the weekly meeting of any Rotary club around the world. This is a “make-up” and counts as attendance credit when you are not able to attend a meeting of your own club. Details for all District 9810 clubs can be obtained in the district directory or website www.9810rotary.org.au Details for clubs around the world are available in the RI Directory (held by the club secretary) and on the RI website (www.rotary.org)

Reminders Please ensure that the club is aware if you will be missing a meeting. Contact Lesley Zuccaro on 0438 505 286 or at info@claytonrotaryclub.org.au by 4 pm on the day of the meeting, if you are not going to be present. Contributions for inclusion into the Bulletin should be passed to michaele@netspace.net.au by Thursday evening of each week. Please remember if you cannot perform your rostered job, it is your duty to find a replacement to take your place.

Visit our new Facebook page at @ClaytonRotaryClub9810 or click

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Joke of the Week A little boy goes to his father and asks, “Daddy, how was I born?” The father answers, “Well, son, I guess one day you will need to find out anyway. Your Mum and I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo. Then I set up a date via email with your Mum and we met at a cyber cafe. We sneaked into a secluded room and Googled each other. There your mother agreed to a download from my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had used a firewall, and since it was too late to hit the delete button, nine months later a little pop-up appeared that said, ‘you’ve got male’.”

Rotary International News

Teaching the Teachers By Arnold R. Grahl The Rotarian 15-Dec-2016

Students in Nepal develop critical-thinking skills by taking part in fun and creative activities led by their teachers. Photo courtesy Nepal Teacher Training Innovations

On Carolyn Johnson’s second visit to the central highlands of Guatemala, she met a first-grade teacher who made a shocking confession. Before taking part in the Guatemala Literacy Project, the teacher was convinced that her students could not learn to read.

“She said ‘We were willing to go through the program because it was a day out of class and you gave us books and you provided us with a nice lunch, but we knew that you were

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crazy,’ ” says Johnson, a Rotarian who helped design the curriculum for the project and now serves as a technical adviser for the Guatemala Literacy Project.

That teacher and more than a hundred of her colleagues each received several in-classroom coaching sessions over eight months. They learned how to replace rote memorization drills and repetition of words on a blackboard with exercises that engage their students in critical thinking.

“She went on to tell me excitedly how 45 of her 50 students were moving on to second grade because they had learned to read,” Johnson says. “The program has made believers out of 90 percent of the teachers we have worked with. They are excited about being teachers again, and they go into their classrooms believing they can make a difference.”

After decades of investing in literacy projects, experts have realized that simply getting children into the classroom — either by removing attendance barriers or providing supplies — is not enough. Before students can succeed, the quality of the teaching in that classroom needs to improve.

Learning outcomes over enrollment

Rotary projects like the Guatemala Literacy Project and Nepal Teacher Training Innovations (NTTI) in Nepal are leading the effort to advance childhood reading by empowering teachers to teach better.

Rotary, the United Nations, USAID, and other organizations are shifting their focus to helping teachers plan lessons that ensure students will actually learn. The entire effort is part of a larger goal to reduce extreme poverty, because knowing how to read and write increases a person’s earning potential and ability to build a better life.

Quentin Wodon, a lead economist at the World Bank, has studied education projects both from a professional standpoint and as a member of the Rotary Club of Capitol Hill (Washington, DC), U.S.A. Wodon agrees that teachers are critical to any attempt to improve learning.

“The best way to enable children to learn is to think broadly about teacher policies,” says Wodon. Training is one of eight key goals set by the World Bank, along with setting clear expectations for teachers, attracting the best candidates, matching teacher skills with student needs, having strong principals to lead teachers, monitoring, providing ongoing support, and motivating teachers to perform.

Wodon’s club is working with the Rotary Club of Kathmandu, Nepal, to support NTTI and the nongovernmental organization PHASE in transforming classrooms where students are silent, passive learners into centers of active learning.

“Improving teaching methods is not an easy task, but programs like this are making inroads,” says Wodon.

For example, before taking part in the NTTI program, one teacher relied heavily on memorization, having her students copy words off the blackboard. After training, the teacher made her lesson on animate and inanimate objects more interactive, says Ashley Hager, NTTI’s director. The teacher asked children to point to objects and describe how they were different. She then listed the differences on the board and paired students up to discuss them. As a final exercise, the class went outside to find examples in nature.

One student approached the teacher with a live ant in her hand and inquired, “This is an animate object, yes?” The teacher agreed. The child then squashed the ant and asked, “Is it still an animate object now?” Caught by surprise, the teacher asked the rest of the students what they thought, and a lively conversation followed.

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Other teachers agree that the training taught them the value of interactive teaching.

“It’s transformed my way of teaching and given me brilliant ideas to employ the best teaching practices I have learned,” says Goma Khada, who teaches fourth grade at Shrijana Higher Secondary School in Thumpakhar.

A model project

Another project that’s succeeding is Johnson’s Guatemala Literacy Project. The program began 20 years ago, setting up computer labs and supplying textbooks for middle school students in the western and central highlands. It has evolved to center on teacher mentoring.

Johnson, a member of the Rotary Club of Yarmouth, Maine, U.S.A., visited the region in 2006, seeking a literacy project for her district. She ended up leaving her job as a primary school principal after seeing the potential to address a deeper problem — the students’ poor reading skills.

“The primary school teacher in me realized you don’t start reading in the seventh grade. You have to start in the first grade,” Johnson says.

Over the next year, she returned to Guatemala several times, meeting with nonprofits, teachers, community members, and school administrators. She developed a curriculum based on the Concentrated Language Encounter method used widely in other parts of the world. A partnership was formed with the nonprofit Cooperative for Education (CoEd), which has a strong presence in Guatemala.

Five trainers hired by CoEd, with the help of local Rotary members, lead three two-day training sessions, usually in January, April, and July, for about 150 primary school teachers. Between those sessions, each teacher receives in-class coaching.

The Guatemala Literacy Project still supplies textbooks and equips two computer centers where students get hands-on experience using standard business software like Windows, Word, and Excel for an hour a week. Fees collected by school administrators and managed by CoEd are used to replace books and equipment when they wear out.

Each year, a new global grant from The Rotary Foundation extends the effort to another 40 or so primary schools and a dozen middle schools selected after meetings with community leaders, parents, teachers, and administrators. More than 480 clubs in Guatemala, the United States, Canada, Cayman Islands, England, and Japan have provided financial support. Every year, about 50 Rotary volunteers take part by delivering materials and visiting classrooms.

After completing the training, most of the teachers continue to use what they’ve learned to enhance education in their communities.

“Does it always happen? No. But more often than not teachers continue to use the approach to learning, if not the specific model,” Johnson says.

The need to take action

USAID, a United States government agency that helps other countries, has long promoted reading in the early grades. Its programs emphasize adequate professional development and ongoing classroom support for teachers.

“All our early-grade reading projects include explicit teacher training, with an initial training followed by refresher trainings during the year,” says Evelyn Rodriguez-Perez, director of USAID’s Office of Education.

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In Kenya, for instance, USAID partnered with the government on a national initiative that includes teaching guides, teacher coaching, and short-term professional development programs. The initiative reaches 1.1 million children a year.

The consequences of doing nothing are great. The International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity was formed to bring together world leaders, policy makers, and researchers to lobby for increased investment in education. The commission projects that if nothing changes, 264 million children from low-income countries will be failing to learn basic primary level skills by 2030. Only three in 10 will achieve minimum reading levels.

“Education, learning, and skill development will be increasingly important in the future,” says Justin Van Fleet, commission director and Chief of Staff to the UN Special Envoy for Global Education. “By 2050, the population of Africa will double, and billions of people will move to cities from rural areas as technology and automation replace up to half of today’s jobs.”

To counter these trends, the commission released a report to the UN in September that will call for increasing global investment in education, from $1.3 trillion to $3 trillion by 2030.

Meanwhile, agencies working to improve learning outcomes are getting good results from peer coaching and mentoring. Perez says most of USAID’s early grade reading programs implement a “cascade model” of teacher training, where more skilled teachers receive training, and they in turn train other teachers.

This is a model that NTTI also employs. Teacher Khika Bahaur Bhandari was selected to serve as a mentor for NTTI after rising to the top of his district in Thumpakhar. Bhandari is convinced of the benefits of peer interaction.

“The best thing about the program is that teachers know they will be observed, so they feel pressure to do a good job,” Bhandari says. “Once students know their teacher is capable of teaching them in an engaging way, they get upset when the teacher tries to return to traditional lecture methods. So even teachers who are not committed continue to make lesson plans and use the methodology.”

Johnson says getting into classrooms once a month can be a challenge and increases costs, “but it is the piece that really makes it work.”

“A teacher can go to training and take it back to their classroom. But maybe it doesn’t work because you left a piece out, or maybe the teacher tries it and decides it doesn’t work so they aren’t going to do it again,” she adds. “You need somebody there to coach and model and give you feedback. To say ‘You’re doing great, but let’s look at this little corner and shape it differently.’”

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