Talk:Australian International School Hong Kong

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The school last year, only used Australia's national newspaper - "THE AUSTRALIAN" to advertise for teachers . Capital city newspapers were not used last year. I am not sure that this is the best way to attract top quality teachers to the school. Without top quality teachers these schools can suffer a lot.

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[edit] Suggested edits

Rather than start or continue an edit war, I'm suggesting the following changes here to encourage discussion and, maybe, consensus before being acted upon.

School System: A listing of actual term dates is really neither important nor interesting enough to be included. As a compromise I suggest the following text:

The school follows a southern hemisphere custom where school year starts in February and ends in mid December. Monday to Friday are school days. Unlike at other Hong Kong local schools there are four term breaks during the school year, usually in April, July and October.

Former Prominent Students: Are there any actual former prominent students as opposed to students with prominent parents? If not, this section needs to go.

External links: The school's intranet site is not an appropriate link as it can't be accessed by most people who are likely to read the article.

[edit] Capitalisation of headings

According to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings) only the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns in headings should be capitalised. The rest should be in lower case. - Gimboid13 00:56, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Staff

I think the website needs teacher profiles so we know where teachers are coming from etc.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.247.2 (talk) 07:15, September 28, 2006 (UTC)

According to discussion on Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools the convention for inclusion of information about school staff is much the same as that for notable alumni. Administration (headmaster/principal) type staff can be named, but otherwise, they should only be included if they have their own article or if they meet WP:BIO requirements.

I've removed the Staff and Religion sections as it did not comply with Wikipedia's Verifiability and Neutral point of view requirements. If verifiable sources can be obtained for any of this information it may be worth restoring. Since the school has no religious affiliation I see no reason why any lack of emphasis on 'spiritual development' should be noteworthy. Gimboid13 10:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Well may I say that this is censorship in its highest form. What was wriitten was factual about staff, and I would think that anyone wanting information about a school wants information about its teachers. No names were mentioned. It is concerning that information is being censored in a biased manner, which goes against the policies of the organisation.

Many parents want a school to contribute to the total development of their child, so commenting on spiritual programs is vital information. Many non religious schools offer spiritual programs.

Interesting how Wiki actually operates as opposed to what it says about how it operates.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.247.2 (talk) 07:04, September 29, 2006 (UTC)

The School has used one member interview panels in the past to recruit teachers. Is this still happening?

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