Burwood Education Centre: A Multi-Campus Service.

Overview & Synopsis

The Burwood Education Centre (Victoria, Australia) has many unique features. The center supports and initiates inservice education programs for teachers, parents, and others interested in education. It also initiates and manages a range of self-funded community education programs and provides a wide range of campus facilities for schools and community organizations. In this paper, which describes the center's features, the following topics are covered: (1) objectives of the center; (2) location, facilities, equipment, and staffing; (3) developments in staffing and financing; (4) sources of support; (5) membership and responsibilities of the management committee; (6) inservice education in the center; (7) groups using the center and its facilities; and (8) community education programs in the center. (JD)