Leading Today for Tomorrow
A conference for educational leaders
August 9 – 11
Blundstone Arena, Bellerive, Hobart
Welcome to The 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.
| Wednesday, August 9 | |
| 15:30 – 17:30 | Registration |
| 15:30 – 17:30 | TPA Meeting and AGM |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Welcome Function |
| Thursday, August 10 | |
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Welcome to Country – Theresa Sainty Member of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community, Aboriginal Linguistic Consultant & EducatorOpening 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 |
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| 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 Talks – TED style format | |
| 13:20 – 13:40 | EdTalk 4: Joan-Mary Hinds Founding Director, Hinds Research Motivated Teaching: New Research and Insights |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Ed Talk 5: Kelly Dyer Principal at New Norfolk Primary School Problem of Practice + Student Voice = Improvement |
| 14:00 – 14:50 | SESSION 5: Workshops |
| 14:50 – 15:40 | SESSION 6: Home Groups – sharing workshop notes |
| 15:40 – 16:15 | Afternoon Tea |
| Dinner at your leisure | |
| Friday, August 11 | |
| 08:00 | Registration |
| Session 7 | |
| 08:30 – 08:45 | Gather in home groups for re-cap |
| 08:45 – 09:30 | Professor 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 |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Home Groups reflection |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Morning Tea |
| Session 9: Focus on wellbeing | |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | Mick Walsh Leading international Positive Education educator and coach Building Leadership and Staff Wellbeing |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Home Groups reflection and questions |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Conference Close |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Final BBQ Lunch |