IPS ALLIANCE PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

OCT 16-22

Event Schedule

Friday 16 October 2020 Session 1 – 8:00am – 9:15am

Session 2 – 11:00am – 12:15pm

Session 3 – 3:00pm – 4:15pm

Monday 19 – Thursday 22 October 2020 Session 1 – 8:00am – 9:15am

Session 2 – 3:00pm – 4:15pm

Virtual Admission included in IPS Alliance Membership

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PROFESSIONAL

LEADERSHIP

DAY 1: Friday 16 October 2020

Schools Autonomy

8:05AM OPENING ADDRESS

MR. TONY COOK Deputy Director of Research, Gonski Institute for Education, University of New South Wales

Tony Cook PSM is the Director-General of the Department of Education. Before joining the

department in April 2018, Tony worked for 6 years in the Australian public service as the

Associate Secretary for Schools and Youth within the Department of Education and Training.

Tony has held several senior executive positions in the Victorian public service, including

Deputy Secretary, Government and Corporate with the Department of Premier and Cabinet;

Deputy Secretary, Office for Children and Portfolio Coordination; and Deputy Secretary,

Office for Planning, Strategy and Coordination within the Department of Education and Early

Childhood Development. He began his career with Education Queensland.

Tony is a registered primary school teacher with a major in early childhood education. He

has been a deputy principal and has taught in schools and preschools in Queensland and

the United Kingdom. He holds a Bachelor of Education from the Queensland University of Technology.

In October 2013 Tony was made an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Council for Education Leaders, and in January

2014, he was awarded a Public Service Medal for outstanding public service, especially in driving schools’ policy and

funding reform in Australia.

11:00AM “FIVE SMART WAYS TO IMPROVE AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS”

PROF. PASI SAHLBERG Deputy Director of Research, Gonski Institute for Education, University of New South Wales

A Finnish educator, author, and scholar Pasi Sahlberg has worked as a schoolteacher,

teacher educator, researcher and policy advisor in Finland and has studied education systems

and policies around the world. In his long career in education he has served the World Bank in

Washington, DC, the European Commission in Torino, Italy, and the OECD as an education

expert. He is an advisor to several governments about education and chairs the Open Society

Foundation’s global education advisory board. His recent books include “Finnish Lessons 2.0:

What can the world learn from educational change in Finland” (2015) and “FinnishED

Leadership: Four Big, Inexpensive Ideas to Transform Education” (2018). His new book with

William Doyle is “Let the Children Play: Why More Play Will Save Our Schools and Help

Children Thrive” (2019).

He is a former Director General of CIMO (Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation) at the Finland’s Ministry of

Education and Culture in Helsinki and visiting Professor of Practice at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.

Pasi is Professor of Education Policy at the Gonski Institute for Education, University of New South Wales in Sydney.

More on his website: www.pasisahlberg.com

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3:00PM "SCHOOL AUTONOMY REFORM AND PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA"

PROF. AMANDA KEDDIE Professor of Education, Deakin University

Amanda Keddie is a Professor of Education at Deakin University. She leads the

program: Children, Young People, and their Communities within the REDI (Research

for Educational Impact) Centre. Her research interests and publications are in the

broad field of social justice and schooling. She began her career as a primary school

teacher in 1998 while studying for her PhD in Education at Deakin University. After

being awarded her doctorate in 2002, she worked in various lecturing roles in the

Faculty of Education at the University of Southern Queensland before taking up a

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Queensland in 2005. Since 2005,

she has pursued a research-intensive trajectory with Research Fellowships at

Roehampton University (London), Griffith University (Brisbane) and The University of

Queensland (Brisbane). She has recently completed an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship, which

involved a cross-cultural analysis of socially just schooling in Australia and the UK.

DR. BRAD GOBBY Senior Lecturer, Curtin University

Brad's research examines government policies, programs, and technologies in the

areas of school autonomy reforms, school choice and community. He is currently

investigating the Independent Public Schools initiative in Western Australia,

documenting the changes to and the effects of this reform on the management and

governance of state schools. Brad uses Foucauldian perspectives in his research,

including critical policy analysis.

Brad is currently a Chief Investigator on an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded

Discovery Project (DP190100190), School autonomy reform and social justice in

Australian public education ($340,962), with Prof Amanda Keddie, Prof Jill Blackmore,

A/Prof Jane Wilkinson, Dr Richard Niesche and A/Prof Scott Eacott. (2019)

Brad currently lectures postgraduate students and pre-service teachers in curriculum, education policy, politics, and

sociology, and is the Master of Education Course Coordinator.

MR. RICHARD NIESCHE

Associate Professor, University of New South Wales

Richard Niesche is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership in the School of

Education at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He has taught in both

NSW and QLD. His research interests include educational leadership, the principalship and

social justice. His research focus is to use critical perspectives in educational leadership to

examine the work of school principals in disadvantaged schools and how they can work

towards achieving more socially just outcomes. He has published his research in a range of

peer-reviewed journals and is the author of a number of books including Foucault and

Educational leadership: Disciplining the Principal (Routledge, 2011), Deconstructing

Educational Leadership: Derrida and Lyotard (Routledge, 2013), Leadership, Ethics and

Schooling for Social Justice (co-authored with Professor Amanda Keddie, Routledge, 2016),

and Social, Critical and Political Theories for Educational leadership (co-authored with Dr Christina Gowlett, Springer,

2019). He is the founding co-editor (with Associate Professor Scott Eacott) of the ‘Educational Leadership Theory’ book

series with Springer. His latest book is Theorising Identity and Subjectivity in Educational Leadership Research (co-edited

with Dr Amanda Heffernan, Routledge, 2020).

MS. KATRINA MACDONALD Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University

Dr Katrina MacDonald is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the School of Education, Deakin

University, Australia. Her research and teaching interests are in educational leadership, social

justice, and the sociology of education through a practice lens (feminist, Bourdieu, practice

architectures). She has recently completed a doctoral study examining the social justice

understandings and practices of principals working in some of the most disadvantaged

locations in Australia. Her thesis won a 2019 Monash University Mollie Holman medal for

research excellence. Katrina is a former anthropologist, archaeologist and primary and

secondary teacher in Victoria, Australia.

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DAY 2: Monday 20 October 2020

Leadership

8:05AM 'EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, EDUCATIONAL CHANGE AND STUDENT EMPOWERMENT:

INTERSECTIONS FOR INNOVATIVE TRANSFORMATION'

DR. FIONA LONGMUIR

Lecturer - Globalization Leadership & Policy, Monash University

Fiona Longmuir (PhD), is a Lecturer in Educational Leadership at Monash University. Her

doctoral research was completed at the University of Melbourne in 2017 and investigated

principal leadership in two Victorian secondary schools that used innovative, student-centred

approaches to transform their schools. Current research interests include leadership for social

cohesion, community engagement and student agency in schools.

Fiona worked for over 15 years in Victorian government primary schools and held leadership

positions for much of this time. For over ten years she worked as Senior Consulting

Researcher – Director of Research in Innovative Professional Practice at Educational

Transformations in Melbourne, Victoria. This role saw her lead and contribute to research

projects that have investigated education systems, school effectiveness and school leadership

across Australia and around the world.

3:00PM “FIVE QUESTIONS EVERY PRINCIPAL MUST ASK: AND WHY THE ANSWERS DEFINE

LEADERSHIP IN YOUR SCHOOL.”

PROF. JEFFREY BROOKS

Associate Dean - Research and Innovation, RMIT University

Jeffrey S. Brooks is Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor of Educational

Leadership in the School of Education at RMIT University. He is a two-time J. William Fulbright

Senior Scholar alumnus who has conducted studies in the United States, Australia, Thailand,

Indonesia, the Philippines, and other cross-national contexts. His research focuses broadly on

educational leadership, examining the way leaders influence (and are influenced by) dynamics

such as racism, globalization, social justice, student learning and school reform.

Dr. Brooks is author of over 100 scholarly publications, and he has been a leader and team

member in projects that have garnered over 8 million dollars in extramural funding. He is

author The Dark Side of School Reform: Teaching in the Space between Reality and Utopia

(Rowman & Littlefield Education) and 2013 AESA Critics Choice Award-winner Black School,

White School: Racism and Educational (Mis)leadership (Teachers College Press) and co-author of Foundations of

Educational Leadership: Developing Excellent and Equitable Schools (Routledge). Dr. Brooks is also co-editor of twelve

additional volumes, including Leading Against the Grain: Lessons for Creating Just and Equitable Schools (Teachers

College Press), The Dark Side of Leadership: Identifying and Overcoming Unethical Practice in Organizations (Emerald),

What Every Principal Needs to Know to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools (Teachers College Press), and Urban

Educational Leadership for Social Justice: International Perspectives (Information Age). He is Series Editor for the

Educational Leadership for Social Justice book series, co-Editor of the Journal of Educational Administration and History

and the current Convener of the AARE Educational Leadership SIG.

DAY 3: Tuesday 20 October 2020

Schools Councils & High Performing Teams Partnerships

3:00PM "COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT."

MR. KEVAN GOODWORTH

OAM, Principal Goodworth Consulting

Kevan is P&Cs Qld CEO, and is the link between the Board, staff and approximately 1240

affiliated P&C associations. He brings to the role more than 30 years of direct and continuous

experience with education in Queensland as a secondary school principal and Assistant

Director-General.

He is a recipient of the Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Public Sector. He has conducted

major reviews for government around curriculum and service delivery and has represented

Queensland’s interests on several national forums. He is a passionate advocate for quality

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public education and has led several community associations which link schools, tertiary institutions, and employers in

formal partnerships.

He has his own independent consultancy and has worked internationally in the United Kingdom, Asia, and the Americas.

MR. KEN ROGERS

Chair, Australasian Schools Accreditation Agency

A lifetime career in education began for Ken in 1970 when appointed classroom teacher at

Brassall Primary School. Then followed appointments as primary P.E teacher; Subject Master

HPE; Principal at Gordonvale SHS and Trinity Bay SHS; Regional Director North West and

Darling Downs; Assistant Director General Ed.Qld from 1997 until 2007;Established own

consultancy Rogers Educational Enterprise in 2008 [coaching school leadership teams] and

Australasian Schools Accreditation Agency [ASAA] in 2010, [currently chair].

Ken has also conducted several Strategic planning activities for a range of organisations such

as Stronger Smarter and state sporting organisations and is an external reviewer for the

Education Improvement Branch.

Ken is a member of the executive of the IPS Alliance, and a member of Banksia Beach State

School council. Ken continues to be a passionate advocate for social justice and he firmly believes in the role that

education can play in changing the lives of young people especially those challenged by remoteness or social

disadvantage.

DAY 4: Wednesday 21 October 2020

School Success & Wellbeing

8:05AM 'LEADING IN RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS'

PROF. CAROLYN EVANS Vice Chancellor and President, Griff ith University

Professor Carolyn Evans commenced her appointment as Vice Chancellor and President of

Griffith University in February 2019, leading one of Australia’s fastest growing and most

progressive tertiary institutions, ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide.

Prior to joining Griffith, Professor Evans was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Graduate and

International) and Deputy Provost (2017-2018) at the University of Melbourne, and Dean and

Harrison Moore Professor of Law, University of Melbourne Law School (2011-2017).

Professor Evans has degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Melbourne and a

doctorate from Oxford University, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar and held a

stipendiary lectureship for two years. In 2010, Carolyn was awarded a Fulbright Senior

Scholarship to allow her to travel as a Visiting Fellow to American and Emory Universities to

examine questions of comparative religious freedom. She has also taught in the human rights summer school at

European University Institute.

Throughout her career, Carolyn has promoted the importance of universities combining excellence in teaching and

research with a commitment to social justice and inclusion.

Carolyn is the author of Legal Protection of Religious Freedom in Australia (Federation Press 2012), Religious Freedom

under the European Court of Human Rights (OUP 2001) and co-author of Australian Bills of Rights: The Law of the

Victorian Charter and the ACT Human Rights Act (LexisNexis 2008). She is co-editor of Religion and International Law

(1999, Kluwer); Mixed Blessings: Laws, Religions and Women's Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region (2006 Martinus Nijhoff)

and Law and Religion in Historical and Theoretical Perspective (CUP 2008). She is an internationally recognised expert

on religious freedom and the relationship between law and religion and has spoken on these topics in the United States,

United Kingdom, Russia, China, Greece, Vietnam, India, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Malaysia, Nepal and Australia. Her

teaching was in the areas of public law, including Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and human rights. In 2019,

Carolyn was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and became a member of the

organisation, Chief Executive Women.

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3:00PM "REIMAGINING EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP: TOWARDS MORE SUSTAINABLE WAYS OF

WORKING."

DR. AMANDA HEFFERNAN Lecturer - Globalization Leadership & Policy, Monash University

Dr Amanda Heffernan is a lecturer in Leadership in the Faculty of Education at Monash

University.

Having previously worked as a school principal and principal coach and mentor for

Queensland’s Department of Education, Amanda’s key research areas include leadership,

social justice, and policy enactment. In particular, she is interested in the wider implications of

accountability and autonomy for schools, as well as in how school leaders enact policies and

discourses.

Amanda's current research projects also focus on the working lives of school principals. She is

interested in how the work of principals is enacted, as well as the impact of the principalship on

other aspects of school leaders' lives.

In 2019, Amanda was awarded the Hedley Beare Award for Educational Writing for her book The Principal and School

Improvement: Theorising Discourse, Policy, and Practice.

Amanda’s PhD thesis, awarded by the University of Queensland in 2017, explored the evolution of the principalship

during a period of rapid school reforms. It won the ‘Research in Educational Leadership and Management Award’ for

exceptional academic achievement in advanced studies in educational leadership, as selected by the Australian Council

for Educational Leaders.

In 2016, Amanda was named a ‘New Voice Scholar’ in the area of Educational Leadership Research by the Australian

Council of Educational Leaders. She was one of the 2015 recipients of the Australian Association for Research in

Education’s Postgraduate Student Researcher Award for her paper exploring the way principals’ practices have changed

since the 2008 introduction of NAPLAN testing. This paper was later named a finalist for Springer’s Best Paper award for

the Australian Educational Researcher.

In 2018, Amanda was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Teachers and Teaching Research at the Institute of Education,

University College London. She also published her first sole-authored book, The Principal and School Improvement:

Theorising Discourse, Policy and Practice.

Amanda also has research interests in the lives and experiences of academics, including researching into the changing

nature of academic work.

Amanda is serving as the Conference Co-Chair for the Australian Association for Research in Education for the years

2019-2021.

DAY 5: Thursday 22 October 2020

School Autonomy

8:05AM ‘FROM MYSCHOOL TO OUR SCHOOL’

PROF. SCOTT EACOTT Associate Professor, University of New South Wales

A/Prof Scott Eacott has expertise in educational leadership, particularly school leadership.

Current projects include small town schools, school leadership and context, and school

autonomy and social justice.

Although A/Prof Eacott has published several papers on educational leadership theory and

leadership preparation and development, his main research effort has concerned the

systematic development of a relational research program. This relatively new theoretical

approach for organizational theory in education offers a methodological framework for the

study of the social world. It provides a means to frame scholarly inquiry and structure an

argument in a thesis, paper, book, or conference paper. Built on a very Bourdieusian craft of

scholarship, but without any great loyalty or reverence, the relational approach comprises five

relational extensions:

• The centrality of 'organizing' in the social world creates an ontological complicity in researchers (and

others) that makes it difficult to epistemologically break from ordinary language.

• Rigorous (social) scientific inquiry calls into question the very foundations of popular labels such as

'the organization', 'leadership', 'management', and 'administration’.

• Contemporary spatio-temporal conditions cannot be separated from the ongoing, and inexhaustible,

recasting of organizing activity.

• Foregrounding social relations enables the overcoming of the contemporary, and arguably enduring,

analytical dualism of individualism/holism, universal/particular, and structure/agency; and

• In doing so, there is a productive space - rather than merely critical - space to theorize organizing.

SHARING INNOVATION

DAY 3: Tuesday 20 October 2020

Schools Councils & High Performing Teams Partnerships

8:05AM 'CREATING INNOVATION- FRIENDLY PUBLIC SCHOOL: LEARNINGS

FROM THE CONTEMPORARY LEARNING HUB'

MS. AMANDA WHITE Deputy Principal, Meridan State College

MS. KRISTINE KOPELKE Manager, Contemporary Learning Hub

The Contemporary Learning Hub at Meridan State College is a proud provider of high-

quality professional development experiences for K-12 educators and support

staff. These professional development experiences are delivered via face-to-face, online

and hybrid modes. The Hub has extensive experience designing and implementing online professional development

experiences including webinars, online festivals, conferences and action learning projects.

In this session, the Hub team will share how the Hub has evolved from a simple start-up idea to a successful self-

sustaining business. The presentation will also include a section on what leaders can do to promote creativity and

innovation within a school context.

8:45AM ‘STUDENTS AGENCY’

MRS SUE DALTON Principal , Miami State High School

JASON CROSS Deputy Principal , Miami State High School

STUDENT LEADERS Miami State High School

Student voice is critical in schools to engage students in their own learning environment,

but “student agency” is more than this – it is incredibly powerful. Miami SHS has been

actively embarking on student agency for 3 years now and the outcomes are both

significant in school culture and decision making with the strategic direction of the school. This video will showcase the

student agency model implemented at Miami SHS that provides students with a voice at the table across the school’s

leadership teams and the wider community. You will also hear from the students themselves with their views on both the

importance and poser of student agency.

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COLLABORATIVE LEARNING NETWORK

DAY 5: Thursday 22 October 2020

School Autonomy

8:05AM WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2021

‘TURNING IDEAS INTO IMPACT: EMBRACING OPPORTUNITIES TO INNOVATE’

MR. TOM ALLEN

CEO & Founder, Impact Boom

Passionate about empowering people, organisations, and enterprise to unleash their

greatest potential to create a better world.

Founded Impact Boom, a global changemaker community, social enterprise accelerator,

events, blog, and podcast driving forward social innovation.

Leading and facilitating award-winning social enterprise + design thinking + social

innovation programs, workshops and bootcamps for government, the private sector and in

both secondary and tertiary education with Impact Boom & Seven Positive.

Design thinking, co-design, strategy and mentoring to tackle problems at their root cause

and create rich user experiences, value and positive impact through innovative, engaging,

and meaningful products, services, and systems.

Thoroughly enjoy collaborating to bring multidisciplinary projects to fruition and working

with ethical, sustainable, and social businesses which are focussed on delivering positive impact through their brand

experience.

Experienced educator. Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University in design, social

enterprise, business, and marketing related units.

Recipient of two Australian Good Design Awards in 2016 and 2018.

Board Member, Queensland Social Enterprise Council.

Board Member, Independent Social Enterprise Network Logan.

Advisory Board, ImpaQt, QUT Bluebox.

Social Entrepreneur in Residence, Yunus Social Business Centre, Griffith University.

‘PERFORMANCE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CULTURE’

DR NEIL CARRINGTON

Chief Executive Officer, ACT for Kids

Dr Neil Carrington joined Act for Kids as Chief Executive Officer in August 2010, bringing

with him a wealth of knowledge and expertise as an experienced educator, counsellor, and

leader.

In April 2019, Dr Carrington conquered the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea to raise

vital funds for children that have experienced child abuse and neglect. This was Dr

Carrington’s third Trek for Kids after taking on the Larapinta Trail and the Southern Alps of

New Zealand as well!

Dr Carrington started his career as a teacher in Cunnamulla, a remote community west of

Brisbane with a high Indigenous population. Here he saw bright, young Indigenous

children who were naturally clever but struggled to excel because their needs were not

being met by mainstream education. This realisation drove him to complete a

postgraduate degree in Special Education and develop a strong interest in child development.

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With an additional Master’s Degree in Special Education, a Master’s Degree in Counselling and Guidance, and a PhD in

Educational Psychology; Dr Carrington’s background has been a strong foundation to Act for Kids’ new work in

developing the education and training of child protection practitioners with the goal of further improving practice across

the sector.

Prior to joining Act for Kids, Dr Carrington was the Foundation National Director of the Leadership Centre for the

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) where he provided professional development for education

professionals in Australia and encouraged sector best practice.

Previously Dr Carrington spent three years as Director of Teaching and Learning at Queensland University of

Technology, and six years as Director of Education for the Mater Health Services, where he was responsible for all

organisational and professional development, education, and training for over 6,000 medical, nursing, allied health and

administrative/executive staff.

Dr Carrington also lectured in Child Psychology, Educational Psychology and Teaching Practice at Queensland University

of Technology and the University of Western Sydney, and he was formerly the Director of School Experience at the

University of New England.

Dr Carrington was a Harvard Club of Australia Fellow 2012-13. He was awarded a prestigious scholarship to attend the

CEO program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business. Dr Carrington also serves on the Board of Business

South Bank.

He also provides a consultancy service to several organisations advising on executive coaching, training and professional

development, leadership and management and advanced communication skills. Dr Carrington’s speaking fees and

leadership coaching have generated more than three million dollars for Act for Kids to date.

‘DESIGNING AND DELIVERING SUCCESSFUL IN-SCHOOL INNOVATION.’

DR JOHN EDWARDS

Managing Director, Edwards Exploration

Dr John Edwards has been a researcher all his life. He finished his university career as

Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of Queensland.

In that time, he was one of the major research grant recipients in Cognitive Science in

Australia. For the last 20 years he has facilitated creativity and innovation inside the

education, corporate and high-performance sport sectors.

He is one of the few leading international researchers in thinking to have delivered award-

winning results in all three sectors.

John's focus is on practical competence and professional artistry.

‘LEADING WITH SUBSTANCE’

MS MICHELLE LOCH

CEO & Founder, Leading Humans

Michelle Loch is a renowned Thought Leader, Speaker, Author and Mentor who is

passionate about Leadership and Conversational Mastery.

As an experienced coach and trainer of brain-based coaching and conversation skills AND

a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation, Michelle is well

placed to educate and motivate an audience to connect with the power of a powerful

conversation.

Of course, this skill is an invaluable tool for the art of speaking and facilitating audiences of

any size.

Michelle melds her expertise in the neuroscience of human motivation, self-leadership and

powerful conversation to support her clients to create leaders who have more leadership

CAPACITY, who develop the CONFIDENCE to step up into awesome leadership, and who

have the CAPABILITY and skill to level up into awesome leadership!

Michelle works with individuals and organisations to REWIRE their leadership approach to meet the needs and demands

of modern humans and the modern world!

She is an expert in Neuroleadership, a field of study that takes the latest in social cognitive neuroscience and applies it in

a practical way to the art of leadership. Her specific expertise and passion lie in the neuroscience of human motivation,

self-leadership, and powerful conversation.

Michelle has over 25 years’ experience across several industries and businesses and has worked in senior management

roles in Suncorp and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Michelle studied under, and then worked for Dr David Rock, the founder

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of the US based Neuroleadership Institute and one of the world’s most prominent thought leaders in the neuroleadership

space.

Michelle is a PCC Qualified Coach with the International Coach Federation, a Certified Conversational Intelligence Coach,

a Distinction qualified Mind Gym Coach, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and holds a Bachelor’s

Degree in Education, Diploma in Teaching, and a Certificate of Neuroleadership.

Michelle and her Leading Humans Teamwork with a diverse range of teams across Australia and Internationally including

Queensland Education Learning Institute (QELi), Mater Education, NRMA, RTA, Queensland Rail, SuperRetail Group and

Arcadis

‘TRANSFORMING CULTURE AND BUILDING CAPABILITY’

MS LISA NEWLAND

Director, SENTIS Education

Lisa started her career as a high school English teacher in 1992 and following a 20-year

career in education, commenced working with Sentis, a global consultancy firm. In her

work at Sentis, Lisa partnered with multinational clients in various industries to implement

cultural change programs through the application of psychology and neuroscience. Her

work has included complex implementation projects, developing leadership capability, and

building performance cultures. Lisa has also led dynamic teams focusing on building

internal capacity and individual capability with an emphasis on mindset.

Lisa has also appeared on the ABC’s Big Ideas Program about the Future of Schooling and

presented a series of keynotes at a Global Microsoft Conference in Barcelona. She has

also been involved in global digital projects and created training programs for 21st century

learning frameworks such as IMPACT, which has supported the learning of over 50,000

students across Queensland.

‘THE POWER OF FEEDBACK - PRACTICE AND CULTURE’

MR GEORGE TELFORD

Senior Consultant, Regional Project Manager (O ceania)

George Telford is the Lead Consultant for Challenging Learning in Australia and New

Zealand. He leads early childhood settings, schools, and networks through the Challenging

Learning Process. He also supports a wide range of organisations with performance

development, particularly in the areas of challenge, feedback, growth mindset, and

developing a language of learning.

George is well-known for his outstanding work with principal and leadership teams. His

experience built over 16 years as a principal in Victorian schools, together with his analysis

and study of leadership makes him a sought-after coach and mentor.

Having led the Challenging Learning Process in his own school as principal, as well as

guiding schools through the process across Australia and New Zealand, George is in the

perfect position to support and challenge. He is always happy to share advice and

resources with schools about what worked; what did not; which are the most effective practices to engage with; and what

are the pitfalls to avoid.

When George talks about learners, he is talking about all learners- from the youngest child to the most experienced

member of staff. His mantra for education is based on knowing your impact; helping learners to become metacognitive so

that they can influence their own learning; always encouraging growth and progress; and gradual, relentless

improvement – all supported with determination and gentle good humour.

As well as his in-school and leadership work, George is also an excellent keynote speaker and workshop leader. If you

need a presenter who challenges, engages, amuses, and encourages delegates to think about their practice without a

bag of guilt to weigh them down, then George is your man! He has a well-deserved reputation for his warm, engaging,

and thought-provoking style that leads to observable impact in the classroom and staffroom alike.

Taking the step out of school and into full-time consultancy with Challenging Learning was something George had not

envisaged until he saw the deep, significant gains made by all learners in his school as a result of the processes we use.

He wanted to share these approaches further afield and is always delighted when school reviewers acknowledge the

effect on student progress and staff engagement in the schools, TAFEs and early childhood centres he has supported.

That is his true motivation in education – to play his part in helping all learners (staff and students) to flourish.

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IPS Alliance Virtual Leadership

Event Program

Friday 16 - Thursday 22 October 2020

FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER 2020

THEME: SCHOOLS AUTONOMY

8:00am IPS Alliance Welcome

Mr. John Thornberry, President, IPS Alliance & Principal, Pimpama State Secondary College

8:05am Opening Address

Mr. Tony Cook PSM, Director-General, Department of Education

8:45am

Live Discussion Panel

Mr. John Thornberry, President, IPS Alliance & Principal, Pimpama State Secondary College

Mr. Wade Haynes, Secretary, IPS Alliance & Executive Principal, Brisbane State High School

Ms. Susan Dalton, Vice President, IPS Alliance & Principal, Miami State High School

Mr. Bradley Clark, Treasurer, IPS Alliance & Principal, Samford State School

Mr. Darrin Edwards, Vice President, IPS Alliance & Executive Principal, Mountain Creek State High

School

Ms Colleen Hope, Regional Executive, IPS Alliance & Principal, Mudgeeraba Special School

Ms. Lisa Starmer, Regional Executive, IPS Alliance & Principal, Calamvale Community College

9:15am Intermission

11:00am

Executive Keynote: “Five smart ways to improve Australian schools”

Prof. Pasi Sahlberg, Deputy Director – Research, Gonski Institute for Education, University of New

South Wales Sydney

11:45am

Live Q&A Session

Prof. Pasi Sahlberg, Deputy Director – Research, Gonski Institute for Education, University of New

South Wales Sydney

Hosted by:

Mr. John Thornberry, President, IPS Alliance & Principal, Pimpama State Secondary College

Ms. Lisa Starmer, Regional Executive, IPS Alliance & Principal, Calamvale Community College

12:15pm Intermission

3:00pm

Executive Keynote: "School Autonomy Reform and Public Education in Australia"

Prof. Amanda Keddie, Professor of Education, Deakin University

Dr. Brad Gobby, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University

Associate Professor Richard Niesche, University of New South Wales

3:45pm

Live Q&A Session

Prof. Amanda Keddie, Professor of Education, Deakin University

Dr. Brad Gobby, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University

Mr. Richard Niesche, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales

Dr. Katrina MacDonald, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University

Hosted by:

Mr. Wade Haynes, Secretary IPS Alliance & Executive Principal, Brisbane State High School

Mr. Darrin Edwards, Vice President IPS Alliance & Executive Principal, Mountain Creek State High

School

4:15pm Close of Day

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MONDAY 19 OCTOBER 2020 - MORNING SESSION

THEME: LEADERSHIP

8:00am Morning Address

Mr. Wade Haynes, Secretary IPS Alliance & Executive Principal, Brisbane State High School

8:05am

Executive Keynote: 'Educational Leadership, Educational Change and Student Empowerment:

Intersections for Innovative Transformation'

Dr. Fiona Longmuir, Lecturer - Globalization Leadership & Policy, Monash University

8:45am

Live Q&A Session

Dr. Fiona Longmuir, Lecturer - Globalization Leadership & Policy, Monash University

Hosted by:

Ms. Susan Dalton, Vice President, IPS Alliance & Principal, Miami State High School

Dr. Keith Graham OAM, Regional Executive, IPS Alliance & Principal, Rochedale State School

9:15am Intermission

MONDAY 19 OCTOBER 2020 - AFTERNOON SESSION

THEME: LEADERSHIP

3:00pm

Executive Keynote: ‘Five Questions Every Principal Must Ask: And Why the Answers Define

Leadership in Your School.’

Prof. Jeffrey Brooks, Associate Dean - Research and Innovation, RMIT University

3:45pm

Live Q&A Session

Prof. Jeffrey Brooks, Associate Dean - Research and Innovation, RMIT University

Hosted by:

Dr. Keith Graham OAM, Regional Executive, IPS Alliance & Principal, Rochedale State School

Ms. Fiona Free, Regional Executive, IPS Alliance & Principal, Caboolture State High School

4:15pm Close of Day

TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2020 - MORNING SESSION

THEME: SCHOOLS COUNCILS & HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS PARTNERSHIPS

8:00am Morning Address

Ms. Susan Dalton, Vice President, IPS Alliance & Principal, Miami State High School

8:05am

School Improvement Presentation: 'Creating Innovation- Friendly Public School: Learnings from

The Contemporary Learning Hub'

Meridan State College

Ms. Amanda White, College Director, Meridan State College

Ms. Kristine Kopelke, Manager – Contemporary Learning Hub

8:45am

School Improvement Presentation: ‘Students Agency’

Miami State High School

Ms. Susan Dalton, Vice President, IPS Alliance & Principal, Miami State High School

Mr. Jason Cross, Deputy Principal, Miami State High School

Student Leaders of Miami State High School

9:25am Intermission

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TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2020 - AFTERNOON SESSION

THEME: SCHOOLS COUNCILS & HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS PARTNERSHIPS

3:00pm

Executive Keynote: ‘Community Engagement and School Improvement.’

Mr. Kevan Goodworth, OAM, Principal Goodworth Consulting

Mr. Ken Rogers, Chair, Australasian Schools Accreditation Agency

3:45pm

Live Q&A Session

Mr. Kevan Goodworth, OAM, Principal Goodworth Consulting

Mr. Ken Rogers, Chair, Australasian Schools Accreditation Agency

Hosted by:

Mr. Bradley Clark, Treasurer, IPS Alliance & Principal, Samford State School

Mr. David Gillespie, Author & School Council Member, Brisbane State High School

4:15pm Close of Day

WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2020 - MORNING SESSION

THEME: SCHOOL SUCCESS & WELLBEING

8:00am Morning Address

Mr. Bradley Clark, Treasurer, IPS Alliance & Principal, Samford State School

8:05am Executive Keynote: 'Leading in Rapidly Changing Environments'

Prof. Carolyn Evans, Vice Chancellor and President, Griffith University

8:45am

Live Q&A Session

Prof. Carolyn Evans, Vice Chancellor and President, Griffith University

Hosted by:

Ms. Sandra Wright, Regional Executive, IPS Alliance & Principal, Lake Clarendon State School

Ms. Elizabeth Foster, Principal, MacGregor State High School

9:15am Intermission

WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2020 - AFTERNOON SESSION

THEME: SCHOOL SUCCESS & WELLBEING

3:00pm

Executive Keynote: "Reimagining Educational Leadership: Towards More Sustainable Ways of

Working."

Dr. Amanda Heffernan, Lecturer - Globalization Leadership & Policy, Monash University

3:45pm

Live Q&A Session

Dr. Amanda Heffernan, Lecturer - Globalization Leadership & Policy, Monash University

Hosted by:

Mr. Darrin Edwards, Vice President, IPS Alliance & Executive Principal, Mountain Creek State High

School

Ms. Sandra Wright, Regional Executive, IPS Alliance & Principal, Lake Clarendon State School

4:15pm Close of Day

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THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2020 - MORNING SESSION

THEME: SCHOOL AUTONOMY

8:00am Morning Address

Ms. Susan Dalton, Vice President, IPS Alliance & Principal, Miami State High School

8:05am Executive Keynote: ‘From MySchool to Our School’

Prof. Scott Eacott, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales

8:45am

Live Q&A Session

Prof. Scott Eacott, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales

Hosted by:

Ms. Lisa Starmer, Regional Executive, IPS Alliance & Principal, Calamvale Community College

Ms. Fiona Free, Regional Executive, IPS Alliance & Principal, Caboolture State High School

9:15am Intermission

THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2020 - AFTERNOON SESSION

THEME: SCHOOL AUTONOMY

3:00pm

Collaborative Learning Network: Program Highlights

Mr Tom Allen, CEO & Founder, Impact Boom

Dr Neil Carrington, Chief Executive Officer, ACT for Kids

Dr John Edwards, Managing Director, Edwards Exploration

Ms Michelle Loch, CEO & Founder Leading Humans

Ms Lisa Newland, Director, SENTIS Education

Mr George Telford, Senior Consultant, Regional Project Manager (Oceania)

3:45pm IPS Alliance Executive

Mr. John Thornberry, President, IPS Alliance & Principal, Pimpama State Secondary College

4:15pm Close of Day

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