Asia Pacific Summit on Girls’ Education | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Summit opening

With guest speaker Dame Jenny Shipley, New Zealand’s first female prime minister

Registration

Welcome and opening remarks: Alliance President, Marise McConaghy

Keynote: Purpose, balance, anxiety: A demographic perspective on the world of work

Simon Kuestenmacher, Co-Founder and Director of The Demographics Group

Keynote: Listen to what the kids say: A case for differentiation

Professor Carol Ann Tomlinson, University of Virginia, Curry School of Education

Morning tea

Breakout streams:

A: Prof. Carol A. Tomlinson

Instructional strategies that support effective differentiation

Carol will examine both low-prep and higher prep instructional strategies that are useful in addressing variance in student readiness, interest, and/or approach to learning.

B. Dr Steve Bagi

Building stronger teams

With the changing nature of leadership structures and the intensification of work in the educational sector, the need for developing strong teams has never been more important.

C: David Ford

Transgender students and girls’ schools

How can schools and teachers best respond to the growing number of students identifying as transgender? What reasonable steps should be taken to fulfil a school’s duty of care to transgender students, and what are its obligations under discrimination and privacy laws.

D: Prof. Keitha Dunstan

The world is transforming and so are our graduates.

There are new and emerging jobs that require new types of skills not provided by most existing degrees. Rather than being frightened about disappearing or changing jobs, Bond University is at the forefront of change with graduates who are excited about the opportunities provided by rapid transformation.

Parallel sessions:

Lunch

Parallel sessions:

Parallel sessions:

Afternoon tea

Parellel sessions:

Keynote: The state of parenting in Australia 2020

Dr Michael Carr-Gregg

Day 1 close

Masterclasses: take an optional masterclass with one of our specialist presenters

A: Key classroom practices that support effective differentiation with Prof. Carol A. Tomlinson. This masterclass will focus on five practices that reflect both the aspirations and common sense of differentiation.  Understanding the what, why, and how of student-teacher partnerships, respectful tasks, flexible grouping, highways and exit ramps, and teaching-up provides a basis for effective design of effectively differentiated classrooms that make sense to students and teachers alike.

B: Leading with your strengths with Dr Steve Bagi. Understanding and utilising personal strengths can help leaders to be more fulfilled and effective. Research shows that being strengths-focused results in increased awareness of self and others, a greater sense of self efficacy and helps to build stronger teams. As preparation for this workshop, participants will be completing the Clifton Strengthsfinder^© online survey.

C: Transgender policy: Essential or problematic? Delivered by education law specialist David Ford who has worked extensively in the field of sexuality and gender identity discrimination, this masterclass goes beyond standard diversity and inclusion principles.

D: Connection, agency, purpose and altruism – raising happy, resilient young women with Dannielle Miller

Dine around: join us for one of two dine around options in Hobart. Bookings essential.

Bar2Bar – Post Street Social and The Story Bar

Rockwall Bar and Grill

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Registration

Keynote: Keeping parent involvement healthy at your school

Dr Judith Locke, clinical psychologist, former teacher, school counsellor and workplace trainer

Keynote: Self-injury: The relationship to suicidal thoughts and behaviour

Penelope Hasking, Associate Professor of Psychology at Curtin University

Breakout streams:

A. Bullying & violence

Lesley Podesta, CEO, A & M Foundation

B. Indigenous young people, boarding school, transition, social and emotional wellbeing, and mental health

Dr David Mander, UWA

C. What is Responsible Student Travel? Transforming young tourists into global citizens

Aaron Pittaway, National Manager, World Challenge

D. What does it mean to be a well-educated girl?

Rebecca English and Raechel Johns

Morning tea

Parellel sessions

Parallel sessions

Parallel sessions

Parallel sessions

Lunch

Life and death: Dealing with youth suicide

Panel: Tanya Appleby, Principal St Ursula’s College, Toowoomba; Dr David Mander, UWA; Jessica Morgan, Headspace; Alexa Towersey, LIVIN

Facilitator: Madonna King

Afternoon tea

Keynote: Cyberbullying

Madonna King, author, journalist, chair of the Queensland taskforce on cyberbullying

Keynote: Belonging and Body Image

Chelsea Bonner, author, founder BELLA Models

Closing remarks: President, Marise McConaghy

Summit Close

Meet in foyer of Grand Chancellor Hotel

St Michael’s Collegiate School, founded in 1892, is an Anglican Day and Boarding School for girls from Early Learning through to Year 12. We are one of thelargest independent girls’ school in Tasmania and have full Council of International Schools Accreditation. The School has 3 campuses: Junior, Early Learning to Year 4; Middle School, Years 5 to 8; and a Senior School, Years 9 to 12. We welcome you to visit our School to see and hear about our new Innovative Futures (IF) Lab, which is currently under construction opening in late April 2020. The IF Lab will provide a hub of creativity and ingenuity and will offer our students unprecedented opportunities for collaboration, inspired learning and cross-disciplinary thinking along with the chance to invent, experiment and play. This ‘smart’ building will provide a range of flexible learning spaces and will be a place for student start-ups, project learning and cooperation with industry. We have a purpose built contemporary Performing Arts Centre, Middle School and Senior Student Centre. We look forward to you joining us for a tour.

St Mary’s College is a low-fee-paying and the only Kinder to Year 12 Catholic girls’ school in Tasmania (with boys from Kinder to Year 2). A visit to our school will show how we integrate our 150-year history with new technology and facilities for over 940 students. We are excited to launch our new canteen in 2020, bringing a cafe concept to the College. With a complete re-plan of a traditional school canteen, our facility offers fresh, locally-sourced whole food with sustainability in mind. Specialist cook, barista and canteen manager, Phil Shanny, has developed a whole-school model which involves the College garden, and Green Thumbs, Community Service and VET Hospitality students. We would be delighted to welcome to you for a tour.

Ogilvie High School is the only all-girls public high school in Tasmania. We would like to share with you our approaches to Middle School at Ogilvie where all girls in Years 7 and 8 are supported to be part of an innovative community of learners. Our Head of Middle School will provide an insight into the ways we provide challenging learning programs which ensure the best outcomes for girls in a setting which is built on kind and caring relationships.

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