Welcome to Leading Today for Tomorrow, a conference for educational leaders to be held in Hobart, 2017.
This conference provides a variety of stimulus sessions and a home group structure enabling principals to contextualise conference sessions with colleagues. Delegates will be assigned a home group, which they will be a member of throughout the conference.
The Leading Today for Tomorrow theme will focus on three themes: leading learning; addressing inequality and; management. As a member of your home group, you will be able to select break out options which suit you best and will be asked to share your insights with your home group.
The conference is designed to provide a supportive, intimate atmosphere and includes opportunities for delegates to build well-being activities into their day.
| 15:30 – 17:30 | REGISTRATION |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | TPA Meeting and Annual General Meeting, Ricky Pointing Stand, Blundstone Arena |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Welcome Function at the Ricky Pointing Stand, Blundstone Arena |
| From 08:00 | REGISTRATION & COFFEE |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Welcome to Country – Theresa Sainty Member of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community, Aboriginal Linguistic Consultant & Educator Opening Address – Jenny Gale Secretary of the Department of Education |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | SESSION 1: Setting the agenda In this session, delegates will meet other principals, form home-groups and establish group-member priorities for the conference. |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | SESSION 2: Keynote Address Professor Chris Sarra – Founder and Chairman of Stronger Smarter Institute Stronger Smarter: High Expectations Relationships with Indigenous Students |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Home Groups reflection |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | MORNING TEA |
| SESSION 3: Reflection and Short talks | |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | EDTalk 1: Peter Carr – Principal of Peter Carr Advisory Mindful Magnates: Preparing Students for a World Without Jobs |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | EDTalk 2: Monique Carter – Principal at Lansdowne Crescent Primary School Developing a Culture of Inquiry – Leading with Curiosity and Courage |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | EDTalk 3: Graham Speight The dismissal of incompetent teachers |
| 12:30 – 13:20 | LUNCH |
| SESSION 4: Short Edtalks Presentations | |
| 13:20 – 13:40 | EDTalk 4: Joan-Mary Hinds – Founding Director, Hinds Research Motivated Teaching: New Research and Insights |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | EDTalk 5: Kelly Dyer – Principal at New Norfolk Primary School Problem of Practice + Student Voice = Improvement |
| 14:00 – 14:50 |
SESSION 5: Workshops – please go to your allocated session room: Main Auditorium – Professor Chris Sarra |
| 14:50 – 15:40 | SESSION 6: Home Groups – sharing workshop notes |
| 15:40 – 16:15 | AFTERNOON TEA |
| Dinner at your Leisure Several local restaurants will be recommended so you can make your own arrangements for this evening. |
| 06:30 – 07:30 | Consider getting going early and head over for an early stroll on the beach. The walk from Blundstone Arena (conference venue) along Bellerive Beach is around 30-40 minutes return. Its a beautiful way to start the day! |
| From 08:00 | REGISTRATION & COFFEE |
| SESSION 7: | |
| 08:30 – 08:45 | Gather in home groups for re-cap |
| 08:45 – 09:30 | David Adams – Pro Vice-Chancellor (Community, Partnerships and Regional Development), University of Tasmania Changing Tasmanian communities: what schools really need to tackle inequality |
| 09:30 – 09:50 | Home Groups reflection and selection of next session workshops |
| 09:50 – 10:40 |
SESSION 8: Workshops – please go to your allocated session room: Main Auditorium – Professor David Adams |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Home Groups reflection |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | MORNING TEA |
| SESSION 9: Focus on well-being | |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | Mick Walsh – Leading international Positive Education educator and coach Building Leadership and Staff Wellbeing |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Home Group Reflection and questions |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Conference close |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | FINAL BBQ LUNCH |