Building Sustainable Leadership for the Future

Early Childhood and School Leaders Conference Program 10-13 April, 2012
cslld.edu.au/BSLF12

Tuesday
10.30 - 12.30 Meeting Rooms
Registration/Networking with kiosk stands

3.00 - 3.30 Foyer

Afternoon Tea
Sponsors Exhibits and Networking

12.30 - 1.30 Hall 1

Conference opening
Official welcoming with Welcome to Country from Jeanneen McClennon Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporate and opening address by the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory.

3.30 - 5.00 Hall 1

Observation, learning & leadership. Cont'
David Sequeria continues to take us through the processes of observation and learning are intrinsic to leadership. This session opens up questions about leadership styles and enquires into the ways each of us bring our ideas into reality.

1.30 - 3.00 Hall 1

Observation, learning & leadership
David Sequeria takes us through the processes of observation and learning are intrinsic to leadership. This session opens up questions about leadership styles and enquires into the ways each of us bring our ideas into reality.

(click for evaluation) Reflections

5.00 - 6.00 Foyer

Networking Function
Sponsored by Abacus Educational Suppliers

Wednesday
8.00 - 8.30 Hall 1
Opening Day 2
Reflections from Day 1. Structure for Day 2

9:15 - 10:15 Hall 1

AITSL with principals and directors
Margery Evans, Chief Executive AITSL talks about the role of principals and directors in supporting the achievement of National Professional Standards for Teachers.

8.30 - 9.15 Hall 1

Panel of Chief Executives
Gary Barnes Chief Executive, Department of Education and Training Michael Avery, Director, NT Catholic Education Office Gail Barker, Executive Director, Association of Independent Schools of the NT Facilitator: Louisa Rebtgze, ABC TV

(click for evaluation) Reflections

10.15 - 10.45 Foyer

Morning Tea

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Wednesday overview
10.45 - 11.45 Auditorium 1
Pop Up Farm: Becoming naturally smart.
Professor Paul Clarke, St Mary's University

10.45 - 11.45 Auditorium 2

Professor Ilan Katz, UNSW

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Opportunities and challenges of collaboration in early years services (click for evaluation)

Reflections 11.45 - 1.00 Hall 1 and Concourse

NT Highlights
Concurrent series of short 10 minute workshops (See following pages for details)

2.00 - 4.00 (see following pages for venues)

Concurrent workshop sessions
(See following pages for details)

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4.00 - 4.30
Professional teaching awards
NT Joint Council of Professional Teaching Association

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1.00 - 2.00 Foyer

Lunch

4.30 - 5.30 Concourse

Networking Function
NT Joint Council of Professional Teaching Association

Wednesday 11.45 - 1.00

NT Highlights (click to view details)
Games Based and Virtual World Learning Alison Lockle, ICT for Learning XciteLogic's Xperience Program: Sustainability in School Tech Support Anita LEnfant, XciteLogic Shaping the Learning Environment Danielle Martin, Associate Director EIW Architects Australian Curriculum and Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) in the Transition Years Deb Riley Experiencing a Hearing Loss and Strategies for Teaching Denyse Bainbridge Student Services Division Sanderson Middle School Enabling the Narrative through performance Management Eddie Fabijan Social Media - What it means for your school Eddie Gacitua ICT for Learning Masters level units targeting remote school principalship Gary Fry Centre for School Leadership, Learning and Development Trust as leverage for school improvement Jenny Robinson Wanguri Primary School iOS for Early Learning Apple Presentation Sustainable Professional Learning and Development Karen Cieri Centre for School Leadership, Learning and Development Early Year Numeracy with iPads Leanne Panetta XciteLogic Literacy & Numeracy Program Linda Dawson Centre for School Leadership, Learning and Development Building knowledge confident teaching teams Lorraine Hodgson Nemarluk School

Wednesday 11.45 - 1.00

NT Highlights (click for details)
Sustainability and sustainable leadership: meal not a menu Maree Bredhauer ANTSEL School ICT Strategic Planning Monica Hilse ICT for Learning Building Sustainable ICT-rich Programs (parent-funded 1:1) Paul Ried XciteLogic Building Ideas (EIW's Learning Space Design Process) Peter Lippman EIW One Education Rangan Srikhanta OLPC / ICT for Learning Little Strong Yerrampes Jenny Buckle Gillen School Alice Springs Back to the Future Sarah May Nightcliff Middle School Nightcliff Technology Precinct Shane Pilke ICT for Learning The Power of Two Shona Henderson Rosebery Primary School Eat, Play, Learn Sue Wainwright Playgroup Cultures of Collaboration Program Suzie Peckham Centre for School Leadership, Learning and Development Regionalised Interactive Distance Learning project Taking IT to the Bush Tom Harold ICT for Learning What to do When There Isn't an App for That! Tony Panetta XciteLogic

Wednesday 2.00 - 3.00

Concurrent workshop session 1
Hall 1
Making the link 1: Linking schools and early years services
Sue West and Paul Prichard. Center for Children Community Health

Meeting Room 1
Consultation - Draft preschool provision policy
Bev OConnell, DET

Auditorium 1
Using the finding from the AEDI to improve early child development and learning outcomes of NT children
Sven Silburn. Menzies

Meeting Room 2
Creating content with iPad
Apple presentation

Meeting Room 3
Google Apps for education
Suan Yeo, Google

Auditorium 2
The BIG little Classroom: Connecting your Students to the World
Jan Zanetis, Cisco

Learning Lounge
Learning mobile in early childhood
Leanne Panetta, XciteLogic

Shaping Environments for the Active Learner (SEAL)

Peter Lippman EIW/XciteLogic

Wednesday 3.00 - 4.00

Concurrent workshop session 2
Hall 1
Exploring Possibilities of Pop Up Farm
Professor Paul Clarke, St Mary's University

Meeting Room 1
Learning Analytics and Assessment for Teaching
Peter Kent, Promethian

Auditorium 1
Systematic approaches to early childhood education and care
Sven Silburn, Menzies

Meeting Room 2
Sustainable ICT PD: from the inside out
Anita L'Enfant, XciteLogic

Auditorium 2
Building Global Citizens: how to connect students through cultural exchanges
Jan Zanetis, Cisco

Meeting Room 3
Google Apps for education
Suan Yeo, Google

Learning Lounge
Shaping Environments for the Active Learner (SEAL)
Peter Lippman EIW/XciteLogic

Thursday overview
8.00 - 8.30 Hall 1
Opening Day 3
Reflections from Conference so far. Structure for Day 3 optional pathways

1.15 - 5.00 Hall 1

DET Leaders

1.45 - 4.45 (see following pages for venues)

Option 2 continues

8.30 - 12.00 Optional Pathways Option 1 Hall 1

Sustainability & Leadership
(See following pages for further details)

3.00 - 3.30 Foyer

Afternoon Tea

3.30 - 4.45 (see following pages for venues)

Option 2 continues

Option 2 (see following pages for venues)

Early Years concurrent workshops
(See following pages for further details)

4.45 - 5.00 Hall 1

Close of Conference for Option 2

12.00 - 12.15 Hall 1

Close of Conference for Option 1

5.30 Darwin Sailing Club

ANTSEL Networking function (click for evaluation)

1.00 - 1.45 Foyer

Lunch

Thursday
Option 1: Sustainability & Leadership 8.30 - 9.30 Hall 1
ACARA - Australian curriculum progress update
Rob Randall, General Manager ACRA exploring some of the current directions and initiatives of the Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

10.30 - 11.00 Foyer

Morning Tea

11.00 - 12.00 Hall 1

Apple presentation
Connecting 2011 to 2012 and the shift in focus to sustainability

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9.30 - 10.30 Hall 1

Reforming a challenging school from T-12 and making sustainable change Lynne
Symons, Principal Mark Oliphant College South Australia

12.00 - 12.15 Hall 1

Close of Conference then lunch (click for evaluation)

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Thursday
Option 2, strand 1: Transitions Early Childhood Workshops 8.30 - 10.30 Auditorium 1
Linking schools and early years services to support positive transitions to school.
Sue West and Paul Prichard Centre for Children Community Health

1.00 - 1.45 Foyer

Lunch

1.45 - 2.45 Auditorium 1

Congress School Readiness Program
Patrick Cooper and Judith Ansell, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress: School Readiness Program

10.30-11.00 Foyer
Morning Tea

3.00 - 3.30 Foyer 11.00-1.00 Auditorium 1

Re-conceptualising education... beginning from birth.
Bryan Hughes and Averill Piers Blundell, DET

Afternoon Tea

3.30 - 4.45 Meeting Room 4

Preschool Policy Consultation
Bev O'Connell, DET

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4.45 - 5.00 Auditorium 2

Close of Conference (click for evaluation)

Thursday
Option 2, strand 2: Innovations in Early Years Education 1.00 - 1.45 Foyer 8.30 - 10.30 Meeting Room 4
The sizzle and substance in collaboration
Nina Levin, Anglcare Denise Kennedy, DET Patrick Cooper, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress

Lunch

1.45 - 2.45 Meeting Room 4

Social Inclusion and the National Quality Framework.
Gloria Hackett and Dianne Cox, Early Childhood Australia.

10.30-11.00 Foyer
Morning Tea

3.00 - 3.30 Foyer

Afternoon Tea

11.00-1.00 Auditorium 2
Translating research into evidence based practice
Professor Illan Katz, UNSW

3.30 - 4.45 Auditorium 2

Quality in the Early Years
Anna King and Christine Quirke, DET

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4.45 - 5.00 Auditorium 2

Close of Conference (click for evaluation)

Thursday
Option 2, strand 3: Play Based Learning - Kathy Walker 8.30 - 10.30 Meeting Room 1&2
Personalised and play/project based learning with a leaders perspective
Kathy Walker and Rachel Fox from Early Life Foundation talk about the Walker Learning Approach across years P-6 with a Leaders Perspective

1.45 - 2.45 Meeting Room 1&2

Personalised and play/project based learning - seamless curriculum across preschool and transition
Kathy Walker and Rachel Fox from Early Life Foundation talk about the Walker Learning Approach across years P-6 with a Leaders Perspective

10.30-11.00 Foyer
Morning Tea

3.00 - 3.30 Afternoon Tea Foyer 3.30 - 4.45 Meeting Room 1&2
Personalised and play/project based learning across years P-6
Kathy Walker and Rachel Fox from Early Life Foundation talk about the Walker Learning Approach across years P-6 with a Leaders Perspective

11.00-1.00 Meeting Room 1&2

Personalised and play/project based learning across years P-6
Kathy Walker and Rachel Fox from Early Life Foundation talk about the Walker Learning Approach across years P-6 with a Leaders Perspective

1.00 - 1.45 Lunch Foyer

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4.45 - 5.00 Close of Conference

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Thursday DET Leaders

1.00 - 3.00 Hall 1
School reviews
Gary Barnes, Chief Executive Professor Geoff Masters, Chief Executive Australia Council of Educational Research

5.30 - Sailing Club

ANTSEL Networking Function (click for evaluation)

3.00 - 3.30 Foyer

Afternoon Tea

3.30 - 5.00 Hall 1

School reviews cont'
Gary Barnes, Chief Executive Professor Geoff Masters, Chief Executive Australia Council of Educational Research

Friday DET Leaders

8.00 - 11.00 Hall 1
School Reviews and Principal Performance Reviews
Gary Barnes, Chief Executive Professor Geoff Masters, Chief Executive Australia Council of Educational Research

Alice Springs and Barkly Regions Auditorium 1 Palmerston and Arnhem Regions Meeting Room 3 Katherine and Darwin Regions Meeting Room 1

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Presenters
Anita L'Enfant - Manager of Learning and Curriculum, XciteLogic Establishing the Learning and Curriculum team at XciteLogic in 2009, Anita brings over 20 years teaching experience to XciteLogics education services. She has taught all year levels from Kindergarten through to university lecturing and also assumed specialist teaching roles. During the past ten years Anita has also provided curriculum development for schools as an independent consultant, focusing on collaborative learning, brain-based learning and individualised strategies for a learnercentred environment. With a masters degree in educational leadership, Anita has built XciteLogics professional learning for teachers on good learning principles, ensuring opportunities for teachers to be inspired with new ideas but also supported in their implementation.

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Christine Quirke commenced as the Director of Quality Education and Care NT in September 2011 (the NT Regulatory Authority) which has been established within the Department of Education and Training. Christine has extensive experience in the health sector and is a nurse and midwife by profession with post graduate qualifications in law and adult education. Christine has worked in a variety of health settings across the NT, with her most recent experience in the area of quality, health policy and leading the implementation of the national health reforms in the NT. The establishment of QECNT as the regulatory authority and recruitment of staff to new positions has been the focus of Christines attention since moving to DET. The commencement of the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations on 1 January 2012, Christine will now move her attention to the implementation of the National Quality Framework.

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Dani Martin, RAIA, CEFPI, B.AppSci (UC), B.Arch (Curtin) Associate Director, EIW Architects Over the past ten years with EIW Architects, Dani has developed experience within practice organisation and project management, and has broadened her knowledge in the design of educational facilities. Furthermore, Dani has been at the forefront of architectural discourse in Perth through organisational roles with the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI), the Australian Institute of Architects (through the WA Young Architects Committee MERGE) and the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC). Dani has a keen interest in low-cost environmentally sensitive design solutions, utilising common-sense solar design principles in non-residential buildings. Most recently, this resulted in the completion of a trio of small rammed earth and timber school buildings in Perth which do not require air-conditioning or heating, and utilise rainwater and solar power. A strong desire to continue learning has led Dani to participate in a number of research programmes, including the CEFPI Young Professionals Project in 2005 which investigated the benefits of lifelong learning in a developed Greenfield urban community. In 2009 and 2011, Dani continued this research with participation in the Mayfield Project, investigating the relevance of design and how it can influence occupants of public space.

Presenters
David Sequeira is a visual artist, art/business consultant and freelance museum education professional based in Canberra, Australia. Working in a range of media, David explores the notions of language and information through colour and geometry. A self confessed hoarder, David collects books, vases, flower petals, leaves, orange domestic ware and plastic plates which all find their way into his practice. David's interests include museums, libraries, flea markets and junk shops. David has been involved in visual art education for nearly two decades. Davids commitment to education extends beyond the needs of schools and institutions. Working in a range of museums including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, he is skilled in bringing people of all ages, from all walks of life to a richer understanding and a deeper appreciation of the potential place of art and creativity in their lives.

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Denise Williams-Kennedy is a Butchella woman from south east Queensland and although she has lived and taught for more than twenty years in Alice Springs, she comes from and belongs to the lands in the Fraser Island and Hervey Bay area. She describes herself as a mother, grandmother and aunty to her extended family. Denise has worked for more than twenty five years as a teacher across various levels of education. The majority of her teaching experience has been within Early Childhood Education. She is a long term advocate of Early Childhood and Indigenous Education and has contributed to many projects at local, state, national and international levels. Some of these projects include: the Early Childhood Literacy and Numeracy: Building Good Practice Project, Building Bridges: Literacy development in young Indigenous children Project, and the Pre-school Profile: Indigenous Education Project. Denise is currently employed as a Project Officer with the Universal Access to Pre-school Project and is based in Alice Springs. Over the past two years she has been working with schools/pre-schools, Indigenous communities and a wide range of community services, to provide access to and to engage Indigenous children and families in early childhood Education and Health services. She believes in the saying It takes a whole village to raise a child.

Presenters
Diane Cox works tirelessly for children and their families with quiet determination by advocating for them through her work as an Inclusion Support Facilitator for the Inclusion Support Agency and Early Childhood Australia. Coming from a background of political terror in East Germany, she is compassionate and understanding of the plight of refugees and disadvantaged children. Diane is mum to three energetic and delightful children. Her oldest son has a hearing impairment and therefore through her life experiences, she is able to assist and present a solid foundation for approaching inclusion from every angle. Diane was involved with the development of The Reflective Practise & Inclusion Project which took place in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. This project took everyone involved on a journey of how to better understand equity and practice. This has allowed Diane to diligently work with educators, parents, children & the wider community in providing support & advice to promote best practice and reflective practice in early childhood settings.

Presenters
Gloria Hackett is currently Acting Manager of Early Childhood Australia NT Branch. Gloria brings a wealth of knowledge and experience not just as a manager but previously as an Inclusion Support Coordinator, Child Care Centre Director, Group Leader, Coordinator in a Long Day Care and Outside School Hours Care setting. Gloria was involved with the development of The Reflective Practice and Inclusion Project using performed ethnographies for reflective practice with Early Childhood Education professionals. The project took place in the Northern Territory & Western Australia. The research participants of the Reflective Practice and Inclusion project conducted and covered: bi-cultural support, mental health and wellbeing in children, Aboriginal & Indigenous child care issues, children in out of home care, childrens understanding of belonging, as well as practices around policy in early childhood professional contexts. Gloria uses her learnt skills and a strength based approach to encourage ongoing reflective practice in order to improve current practices within the early childhood sector.

Presenters
Ilan Katz, Professor and Director, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney. Professor Katz was Chief Investigator of the National Evaluation of the Australian Government Stronger Families and Communities Strategy, the evaluations of Headspace the national initiative on young peoples mental health and Brighter Futures the NSW Community Services Early Intervention Program. Current research projects include; Evaluation of New Income Management in the NT; Wheres the Evidence: Evidence based policy in Indigenous Affairs and Research into the experience of Irregular Maritime Arrivals detained in immigration detention facilities (DIAC), Evaluation of the Family Support Program and Evaluation of the Cape York Welfare Reform Trials. .

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Jan Zanetis is an Education Advocate for Cisco Systems in Australia. She has 25 years experience as an educator, trainer, distance learning manager, consultant, communicator, and strategist. Jan has co-authored two books on distance learning published by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and is currently working on a new book. Jan has published research notes and whitepapers covering social networking, the 21st Century Skills movement, and personal learning networks. She has keynoted or presented at multiple distance education or education technology association conferences, Association of Commonwealth Schools, Online Educa-Berlin, to name a few. Jan has served on the Board of Directors of the US Distance Learning Association, is vice-president of the Tennessee Distance Learning Association, and is president emeritus of the ISTE special interest group, SIG-IVC. Jan's current interests include distance learning technologies and programs, videoconferencing / telepresence, educational social networking, LMSs, and lecture capture and retrieval systems. Twitter: @janzan

Presenters
Judith Ansell Aboriginal Family Support Worker / Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Inc. Judith lives in Alice Springs and is the Aboriginal Family Support worker for the Congress Preschool Readiness Program. She has a particular interest in supporting families and children transition from home to school, and sees major benefit in getting children off to a good start through positive partnerships with parents. Judith has worked in the area of early childhood and is currently completing additional studies in this area.

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Kathy Walker is one of Australias leading parenting and education experts, public speakers and authors. In 2012 she was nominated for Australian of the year and has won many awards and Fellowships throughout her career. She is a Fellow of the Australian Educational Leaders and is the founding director of Early Life Foundations, which is a national organization that works in education consulting, parenting and research both in Australia and internationally. She works with schools and preschools in personalised and play and project based learning. She is a lead author with Penguin Publishing and the Australian council of Educational Research with her texts Ready Set Go, Parenting, Whats the Hurry, Play matters and Engagement matters. Kathy is the designer of play based curriculum Walker Learning Approach which is across Australia and one of the countrys leading curriculum and pedagogy experts in personalised learning. Her latest book Future Proofing your children is due for release through Penguin publishing early next year.

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Leanne Panetta - Curriculum Consultant, XciteLogic Leanne joined the XciteLogic Learning and Curriculum team at the beginning of this year. Her vast experience in early years and special needs education provides teachers with real world examples of how technology can best support their own teaching situations. Leanne has also been involved in the delivery of the Education Assistant course in WA, providing XciteLogic with a firm understanding of the bigger picture in staff ICT needs. Leanne is well known for her enthusiastic and engaging presentations.

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Margery Evans has had a long career in teaching and educational leadership during which she has held positions as teacher, school principal and roles in regional and system leadership. She has held senior positions in the central office of the Victorian Education Department and was the Executive Director, Human Resources and Workforce Development in South Australia. Prior to becoming the CEO of AITSL in July 2010, Margery was Deputy Director General of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training where she was responsible for improving the performance of public schools and raising standards of student achievement and teacher and leader quality. Under Margerys leadership AITSL has successfully introduced National Professional Standards for Teachers and for Principals, a national approach to the accreditation of initial teacher education and national consistency in teacher registration, Australian Awards for Outstanding Teaching and School Leadership and a national flagship professional learning program Leading Curriculum Change. She is currently leading AITSL to a design a national certification process for Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers, an Australian Performance and Development Framework for teachers and an Australian Professional Learning Charter for Teachers and School Leaders.

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Nina Levin is an experienced early childhood professional with extensive skills in a diverse range of early years settings internationally and interstate. She has undertaken leadership, management and consultancy roles within the early years and family services at state and local levels, government and non government organisations. She has also worked as a research assistant and sessional lecturer for Monash University. She has a Bachelor of Early Childhood and a Masters of Education. In 2008, Nina was awarded the Yachad Scholarship which enabled her to travel to Israel and gain significant knowledge and insights of the therapeutic programs offered to children and family with a particular emphasis on children effected by trauma. Nina has a strong commitment to social justice values and has been an active member of Real Rights of Refugee Children. She is a strong advocate for the rights of all children and their families in particular the rights for children to access optimum learning opportunities. Nina, was a long term member of Early Childhood Australia, Victorian Branch and more recently the Northern Territory Branch - as an Executive Member. She also convenes the Alice Springs branch of National Investment for the Early Years (NIFTeY). Nina moved from Melbourne to Alice Springs a couple of years ago and currently leads the Alice Springs Communities for Children initiative.

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Patrick Cooper Registered Psychologist / Team Leader / Preschool Readiness Program / Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Inc. Patrick lives in Alice Springs and is a Registered Psychologist working as the Team Leader for the Congress Preschool Readiness Program. He has a particular interest in early intervention and evidence based approaches to improve health and educational outcomes. His research interest in this area has led him to pursue projects examining factors such as sleep and nutrition and the relevance of these variables to school outcomes for Aboriginal Children. He has published and co published research in this area.

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Paul Clarke has just published new book Education for Sustainability a cry for us to educate differently - it came out of mostly research into urban growing schemes - how to influence through subtle ways to shift behaviour towards more benign lifestyles less environmental impact - seen too much crappy effects of bad choices, bad diets, bad urban planning, bad wars, bad effects of climate change etc and we dont seem to realise the urgency of it all - how do people take spaces and make them into interesting places - how this helps them to cope, what happens when cities get bigger and we need to rethink how we do them so people and nature can coexist (not like now) is my current thing so it began with incredible edible which i have recently quit, and builds with pop-up-farm internationally - linked up with Alys Fowler on the growing side, Alison Hall through IBM on seeds for development and Rob Weston on farmers markets - together we are playing with pop-up-farm in the uk, Uganda, Canada, Australia and HK and in discussion for Sri Lanka taking pop up farm and seeds for development over there to work with people on the ground HRH Prince Charles has Paul working with people in Burnley to establish a way to start living sustainably - ended up with pop up-farm Burnley 40 schools - big footprint of activity, some amazing people and some really exciting possibilities going forward - spent today in the pupil parliament in Burnley at the council chambers looking at creating with children some challenges for the project - ranging from orchard challenges to compost projects to tree runs (all dress up as trees and walk about) liked that idea it is suitably bonkers

Presenters
Paul Prichard is the Training and Development Manager for the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH), Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Childrens Hospital (Vic). A major component of his current role is focused on building the CCCH Training & Development Unit including the design and delivery of specially tailored training for early childhood practitioners across Australia. This has included the design and implementation of a Learning and Development strategy to support the roll out of Child Family Centres across Tasmania. Prior to joining the CCCH in 2009, Paul was National Programs and Development Manager of Good Beginnings Australia which provides a variety of preventative and early intervention parenting programs in over seventy programs around Australia. Paul played a key role in the development of Good Beginnings across Australia from its inception in 1997 through to 2009. He has extensive practice experience in working with families experiencing complex needs and special interest in the role of fathers in their childrens lives. A primary teacher by profession, Paul is currently undertaking a Masters of Arts by research, focusing on participants experiences of the successful UK Empowering Parents Empowering Communities program, being trialed in Tasmania.

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Paul Reid - Solutions Manager, XciteLogic Paul is passionate about building XciteLogic's strategic partnership model to support schools developing a vision to create transformative 21st century learning opportunities. He works with 100's of NT and WA schools to help provide financially viable and well supported technology programs. While a teacher for 6 years he worked as a learning technologies specialist, leading to the development of a well respected professional development program. Paul brings a breadth of experience and broad understanding of Australian education and ICT sector. Paul is keen to ensure the efficacy of technology in learning, and ensuring 21C technologies are as accessible to learners as pencils.

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Peter Lippman, Associate AIA, REFP, M.Psych (CUNY), B. Arch (CUNY) - Associate Director, EIW Architects For well over 15 years, Peter C. Lippman has dedicated his professional career to researching, programming, planning, and designing learning environments. Peter has worked throughout the United States as an Educational and Resource Planner extending ideas about what learning environments are, today, and what the next generation learning spaces may be in the future. At the end of 2011, Peter relocated to Perth, Australia where he has been appointed Associate Director at EIW Architects. As an Associate Director, Peter continues to practice the traditional role of the architect along with informing the organization about design research and research methodologies in order to provide the most appropriate solutions for projects. An analytical thinker, Peter applies design research to his everyday practice and provides social science research tools and methodologies that are unique to the practice of architecture. Peter is in his third term serving on the American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Education Leadership Group. Additionally, he has been published extensively and presented and run workshops all over the world that examine how learning influences and shapes the learning environment. Peters book Evidence Based Design of Elementary and Secondary Schools: A Responsive Approach to Creating Learning Environments was made available in September 2010 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Robert Randall is currently the General Manager, Curriculum, with the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). He was previously the General Manager of the Interim National Curriculum Board (NCB). Prior to working at both ACARA and NCB, Robert was the Director of Curriculum K-12 with the NSW Department of Education and Training. In this position, Robert was responsible for leading and coordinating the development of curriculum policy and the provision of teacher professional learning and curriculum support materials for NSW public schools for K-12. From 1996 to 2001, Robert was the Director, Curriculum, with the NSW Board of Studies, where was responsible for the management of the Higher School Certificate syllabus review program and a range of K-10 syllabus development projects. Robert began his career as a teacher of mathematics in Perth before holding a range of positions within and beyond schools in Western Australia. These included Project Leader (Monitoring Standards in Education), Manager (Assessment and Reporting at Department of Education WA), and Principal Consultant with the Interim Curriculum Council of Western Australia. .

Presenters
Suan Yeo - APAC Education Lead, Google Enterprise Suan currently leads Google's efforts in the Education IT space in Asia-Pacific. He has been with Google for 9.5 years, having started off on the AdWords team in Mountain View, California. Since then, he has pioneered and managed emerging market teams in Ireland, HK, China, and Singapore. During this period, his teams managed a portfolio of accounts with an annual turnover of over $50M. His most recent move involved relocating to Sydney, Australia to lead the Google Enterprise SMB business in APAC, growing annual revenues to $15M in 3 short years. Suan is a selfconfessed tech geek, and is passionate about working with Educators to embrace technology in the classroom.

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Sue West Manager, Service System Innovation Group As Manager, Service System Innovation Group, Sue West is responsible for CCCH's activities concerned with early childhood policy, service development, evaluation and capacity building. Her previous role was with the McCaughey Centre at the University of Melbourne where she managed Community Indicators Victoria. In this role she investigated and supported the development and use of outcome indicators in planning, policy development, citizen engagement and reporting on community wellbeing outcomes. Sue West (BA, MA) joined the CCCH in mid 2011 and her prior experiences include academic and consultancy work at a national, state and local level over a twenty years period.

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Tony Panetta - Managing Director, XciteLogic Tony founded XciteLogic with Sean Cunneen and Simon Hancock in 2001 and assumed his role as Managing Director, assisting schools and corporate entities across Western Australia with the development and execution of strategic ICT initiatives. With a strong background in technical services, supporting IT in government agencies and then as a service manager for a premium Apple IT company, Tony developed a vision for providing great customer service, as well as exceptional IT consultancy to enable businesses to achieve their goals. It is this vision that continues to underpin all XciteLogic services to this day. As XciteLogic has grown to employ over 90 staff nationally, Tony's responsibilities within the organisation has continued to be one of determining strategic direction for the business, building long-term relationships with clients and industry vendors, and ensuring the successful development of XciteLogic as a leading national ICT services organisation.

Highlights

Game-Based and Virtual World Learning

Alison Lockley, Senior eLearning Systems Leader, ICT for Learning Online game-based and virtual world learning represent powerful new media that provide educators with an opportunity to engage learners of all ages in immerse and interactive environments. Research suggests that these environments can play a significant role in enhancing learning through engagement, group participation, immediate feedback, and providing real-world contexts. The use of virtual worlds and online games allows learners to carry out tasks that could be difficult in the real world due to constraints and restrictions, such as cost, scheduling, safety or location. These tools also have the capability to adapt and grow to different user needs. Both Virtual worlds and game-based learning tools require knowledge, decision making, and information management skills. They incorporate communication and collaboration, and representation of story. They can be utilised in any subject, and also for cross-curricula activities. The workshop objective is to briefly explore these tools including: How can game-based and virtual learning be utilised in the classroom? What benefits are there for using virtual and game-based learning? What software, devices, professional development and support may be required?

Highlights
XciteLogic's Xperience Program: Sustainability in School Tech Support
Anita L'Enfant - XciteLogic Supporting those who support the devices and infrastructure in a technology rich learning environment.

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Australian Curriculum and Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) in the Transition Years
Debbie Riley, Consultant, Early Years, Curriculum, Teaching and Phases of Learning (CTPoL) is integrating national school improvement agendas and building the sustainability of change in classrooms. In 2013 school leaders will be supporting Transition teachers as they implement both the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum, while continuing to meet the system demands of the Assessment of Student Competencies and the T-9 Diagnostic Net and Curriculum in to Classroom (C2C). CTPoL is conducting a pilot project with 16 teachers from eight different school contexts across the NT. The CTPoL Pilot will support the reforms by sharing planning, and programming, assessment, monitoring and reporting approaches and recording exemplary practices while sustaining practice by building a community of professional enquiry utilising virtual meeting spaces.

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Shaping the Learning Environment
Danielle Martin, Associate Director EIW Architects This session will examine the three Rs for programming and planning learning environments. The three Rs are: Responding: Shaping environments to guide the things to be learned Responsive: Creating settings that promote opportunities for learning Responsible: Ensuring the results engage the learner.

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Experiencing a Hearing Loss and Strategies for Teaching
Denyse Bainbridge, Student Services Division will enable participants to experience a hearing loss and will share strategies for teaching. 80% of Aboriginal children in remote communities, and 50% of urban Aboriginal children will have middle ear problems at some time during their education. Ear disease is a major cause of Conductive Hearing Loss (CHL). The link will be made between CHL and educational and social outcomes. The presentation will be interactive in that clients will be given head phones, simulating having a CHL, and they will be asked to complete a simple spelling test. A short discussion will then take place regarding their reactions. Information will be then given to participants regarding strategies to use when communicating with children who possibly have the same level of hearing loss.

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Enabling the Narrative through performance Management
Eddie Fabijan, Principal and Andrew Lloyd, Assistant Principal, Centralian Senior College will explain how narrative is essential to school improvement. In order to effect real change, a school needs to have a narrative that underpins all development and a performance management process that seeks to enact and enrich that narrative. Centralian Senior College has been on such a learning journey with a rich narrative centred on the Instructional Core. This narrative is supported by a performance management process that focuses on teachers being reflective through effective collection of data and peer conversations. In 2011 every student rated their teachers performance against a series of 15 questions. In 2012, teachers are developing their skills to conduct effective peer-to-peer conversations.

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Social Media - What it means for your school
Eddie Gacitua, A/Senior Program Manager ICT for Learning will present look at examples of social media in use in Australian classrooms and the pros and cons associated with using social networking tools for educational purposes. During the workshop the NT DET draft social media policy and guidelines will be discussed and its implications for schools and principals. Examples of establishing social networks for classrooms and schools will also be discussed with different frameworks and their associated risks outlined. A must attend for any school leader that works with individuals with a Facebook account!

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Masters of Program for Remote School Principalship
Mr. Gary Fry, Principal in Residence at The Centre for School Leadership, Learning and Development will outline a new and exciting leadership development program targeting remote principals. This program entitled Building Leadership in Remote Aboriginal Schools contains eight units accredited at Master of Education Level, and will commence in Semester 2 2012. This learning is focused on philosophical, social and cultural complexities of remote school leadership. The content aligns directly to key Department of Education and Training reform initiatives and builds leadership strengths consistent with the National Professional Standard for Principals industry standards. This learning program is focused on the philosophical, social and cultural complexities of remote school leadership.

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Trust as Leverage for School Improvement
Jenny Robinson, Principal, Wanguri Primary School will present local research on trust within schools and the implications for school practice and the national school improvement agenda. The qualitative study conducted in a Darwin school over a two year period analysed the ways students, staff and parents made decisions to trust or not to trust and how the school collectively constructed trust. This talk provides a basis for practical strategies to transform trust from a platitude to a solid foundation for sustainable change processes in schools

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iOS for Early Learning
Apple Presentation
Discover why iOS devices are such valuable tools in Early Learning. Explore how the iPod touch and iPad are meeting students individual learning needs. This presentation is especially for early learning teachers.

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Sustainable Professional Learning and Development
Karen Cieri, Assistant Director, Centre for School Leadership, Learning and Development will overview the Centres programs and services through the lens of sustainability. The Centre provides professional programs for school staff at all career stages. Programs are available to all education sectors throughout Australian and overseas. Ms Cieri will help you identify the programs that are right for you and your staff. The Centre is leading a research agenda in leadership and school improvement in the Northern Territory. The Centre is actively collaborating with many organisations, Ms Cieri will outline the Centres many achievements to date.

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Early Year Numeracy with iPads
Leanne Panetta, XciteLogic will explore some great apps for numeracy in the early years.

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Literacy & Numeracy Program
Linda Dawson, Principal Research Fellow, Centre for School Leadership, Learning and Development will provide an overview of the content and focus of the Literacy and Numeracy Leadership Program. This professional learning opportunity is aimed at providing principals and school leadership team members with the opportunity to enhance their capabilities in leading data literacy practices. Key aspects related to embedding effective whole school literacy and numeracy teaching, learning and assessment practices within school contexts will be highlighted. Current research and best teaching, learning and assessment practices relevant to the interpretation of literacy and numeracy data are embedded within the program and will also be highlighted.

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Building knowledge confident teaching teams
Lorraine Hodgson, Assistant Principal, and De Boddy, Senior Teacher, Nemarluk School will discuss how to build knowledgeable and confident teaching teams for school improvement. Nemarluk is a specialist preschool and primary school for students with disabilities. The school finds it very difficult to recruit experienced specialist teachers each year from within the Northern Territory and interstate. The leadership team have designed processes to sustain the teaching workforce at the school by improving the skill and knowledge of teachers new to this context. New teachers are inducted into school processes and expectations and supported through their first year of teaching to gain the confidence that enables them to plan, deliver and assess high quality programs. The leadership team will share the success and challenges in implementing this school improvement strategy.

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Sustainability and sustainable leadership: meal not a menu
Maree Bredhauer, President of Association of Northern Territory School Educational Leaders will discuss five components of sustainable leadership and how they can be achieved from a Northern Territory perspective. The presentation will draw on the view that Sustainability and sustainable leadership is a meal not a menu you cant pick and choose all principles fit together and you have to eat your greens (Hargraves and Fink, 2006). This highlight is based on a workshop presented by Mrs Bredhauer at the 2011 International Principals Confederation Conference: Leading Student Achievement: An International Odyssey.

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School ICT Strategic Planning
Monica Hilse, ICT for Learning will present a new online tool to support schools to create an ICT Strategic Plan. Principals will be able to use this tool to develop an ICT Vision Statement, plan their ICT budget, and track progress against specified actions. The ICT Strategic Planning application provides support and guidance in integrating the principles of 21st Century Teaching and Learning, through organising planning into coherent and relevant categories. It automatically imports school summary data from the ELITE database, facilitating the planning of targeted professional learning. The School ICT Strategic Planning tool is easy to use, and can be accessed from both computers and mobile devices.

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Building Sustainable ICT-rich Programs (parent-funded 1:1)
Paul Reid, XcitLogic will discuss partnering with parents to maintain a technology-rich environment.

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One Education
Rangan Srikhanta, Chief Executive Officer of OLPC Australia. In his role he manages the organisations partnerships with departments of education and training, Indigenous Land Councils, Universities, state and federal Government representatives and major Australian corporations. Having recognised the great divide in opportunity for metropolitan and remote children in Australia the fourth world Rangan lobbied the Global body of OLPC to extend its reach. Since its launch Rangan has overseen OLPC Australias growth from a fledgling to a multi-tiered organisation that addresses educational disadvantage through the provision of a unique learning tool, a comprehensive teacher-training module and a sustainable deployment and implementation strategy which aim to empower 300,000 young Australians to realise their full potential.

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Little Strong Yerrampes
Jenny Buckle, Early Years Project Officer and Margaret McAdam, Home Liaison officer, Gillen School Alice Springs will present the Little Strong Yerrampes program. This school improvement initiative establishes strong links between school and home to give Indigenous children a head start with their basic numeracy, literacy and fine motor skills. The project supports 10 young children who have not yet started pre-school and their families in Alice Springs. Each family receives a weekly visit and a kit containing activities that address identified skills areas for children entering pre-school. A 10 week trial of the Little Strong Yerrampes program was held in Term 4, 2010. The program has continued with great success in 2011 and 2012 and has received wide acclaim from the education community.

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Back to the Future
Sarah May, Principal, Nightcliff Middle School presents "Back to the Future", a reflection on the introduction of iPads into the classrooms to improve student learning. Ms May will outline how reflections of the advantages and pitfalls have informed what the leadership team are now doing differently to sustain this school improvement initiative. This presentation builds on the a presentation "Shifting to the ICT Age", made at the conference last year, which outlined the schools journey in introducing ICT across the school.

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Nightcliff Technology Precinct
Shane Pilke, ICT for Learning will discuss the underlying professional learning philosophy of the Nightcliff Technology Precinct and what it can offer you and your staff this year in technology-focused professional learning. Topics will include: An introduction to the facility, purpose, trainers, and equipment available A list of upcoming trainings /topics on the calendar and how to sign up Information about how to request specific trainings for your staff The BYO Class opportunities The underlying pedagogy for the trainings Effective & sustainable professional learning practices

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The Power of Two
Shona Henderson, Assistant Principal, Shannon Birch, Senior Teacher and Karen Jeffery, Classroom Teacher, Rosebery Primary School will present best practices of leading Co-Teaching within differentiated classrooms in order to continuously improve and positively impact student academic outcomes. The presentation will introduce the defining characteristics of co-teaching at Rosebery Primary School and highlight factors that contribute to its success and sustainability. Ms Henderson and her colleagues will emphasise that shared understandings are essential for creating learning environments that meet the increasingly diverse needs of todays students while at the same time addressing practical issues that are faced by school professionals.

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Cultures of Collaboration Program
Suzie Peckham, Senior Consultant, Centre for School Leadership, Learning and Development will showcase the Cultures of Collaboration Program as an opportunity for school teams to enhance their cultural competence, enabling them to collectively transform their workplace cultures to optimise student learning outcomes. The program aims to enhance the ability of teams to understand how socialisation into particular cultures leads to habitual patterns of perceiving, thinking, judging, responding, interacting and behaving. Ms Peckham will emphasise that shared understandings are essential for creating learning environments that meet the increasingly diverse needs of students while at the same time addressing practical issues that are faced by school professionals.

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Regionalised Interactive Distance Learning Project Taking IT to the Bush
Tom Harold, ICT for Learning will present the Taking it to the Bush to trial the effectiveness of regionalised Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) delivery from a hub school to enhance the education services provided to students in small homeland sites. The pilot will identify the features of teaching and learning in this supported model that are essential in determining its success. Innovative technologies such as iPads, Nintendos and Xboxes will be employed to achieve educational outcomes. Communication technologies such as One Note, Moodle and Sharepoint will be employed for teacher collaboration and support. The project education plan introduces the framework of Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK) to promote awareness of the shifts in educator roles as a result of integrating technology into the classroom.

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What to do When There Isn't an App for That!
Tony Panetta, XciteLogic will share XciteLogic's custom developed apps and teach you how to create your own!

Presenters
Professor Sven Silburn, Director, Centre for Child Development and Education Professor Silburn is a national leader in clinical, epidemiological and evaluative research in child development and education with influential publications including major epidemiological studies of child health and school readiness (Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey; the Australian Early Development Index). He is member of the Steering Committee for the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC), a lead investigator on an NHMRC funded' Too Solid' Indigenous parenting study in Perth, and is leading the evaluation of the NT Department of Education and Training's 'Strong Start- Bright Futures' program now being developed in 20 communities across the Northern Territory.