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Program2015 Principals’ ConferenceA great school has a great school down the road

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Thursday 26 February and Friday 27 February 2015

Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

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Minister’s message WelcomeWelcome to the 2015 Principals’ Conference.

I am both excited and humbled to have been recently appointed as the new Minister for Education.

The timing could not have been better with many of Queensland’s most talented educators coming together to discuss and plan their vision for our schools.

It is an historic time for education in our state, with the transition of Year 7 into high school in 2015.

This has been a massive undertaking, professionally and efficiently carried out, and it will no doubt occupy much of your conference deliberations.

Around 100,000 Queensland students started their first day of high school this year, in either Year 7 or Year 8.

I commend the department, school principals and schools for welcoming this major change and I acknowledge the leadership role of principals in this transition.

With the 2015 school year already underway, I have hit the ground running. I am confident that with the support and professionalism of Queensland principals, teachers, and other school staff it will be another successful year for our schools and students.

I have always believed that education is the most important investment a government can make in our future. Through good quality education we can transform lives.

I hope you all enjoy the conference. I look forward to meeting you, listening to your ideas and vision, and visiting some of your schools in the near future.

The Honourable Kate Jones MP Minister for Education, Minister for Tourism, Major Events and Small Business, Minister for the Commonwealth Games

The Department of Education and Training is introducing new measures to drive and support improvement and accountability in Queensland state schools and ensure every student is succeeding.

A good deal of research has been undertaken to identify characteristics of effective education systems. One thing is clear – while the performance of individual schools is vital, high performing school systems recognise the power of a cohesive network in which school leaders foster collaborative capability.

The proposition that ‘a great school has a great school down the road’ encapsulates this approach. Extraordinary principals are essential to building this ‘systemness’.

The 2015 Principals’ Conference will focus on equipping principals to be system players who: collaborate to respond to challenges; critique, question and support each other; and share and scale up new and effective practices.

Imagine the opportunities when principals work together to lift outcomes for every student in every state school across Queensland!


Message from the Director-General

Message from the Deputy Director-General

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the third Queensland Principals’ Conference, an event which has been held biennially since 2011.

Successful organisations have knowledgeable and committed leaders. The Principals’ Conference provides a forum to share your experience and enthusiasm and build on what has been achieved in our state schools.

Past conferences have successfully brought together all principals under one roof, resulting in a collegial atmosphere that I know will be repeated this year.

Through the collaborative efforts that this engenders we can reinforce our existing efforts, and collectively explore new ways of improving outcomes for our students.

There is wisdom in this year’s conference theme. A great school does, indeed, have a great school down the road.

This conference is an opportunity to learn from and work with your colleagues. Our schools will only prosper when we all succeed together.

It is timely that the conference should fall in the year that one of the most significant changes to education in Queensland is occurring.

The move of Year 7 to high school has been at the forefront of education agendas for the past few years.

Your leadership and commitment have been critical factors in its successful implementation.

The conference will be a chance to discuss the importance of collaboration and support for best practice and improved outcomes for all students. After all, a great school has a great school down the road.

Perhaps most importantly, the conference will be an opportunity to hear from education leaders and engage with your peers, comparing notes, cementing relationships and exploring ways of elevating all our schools to greatness. We should aim for no less.

Take stock of your successes, compare future challenges, exchange ideas and be open to new ones.

Embrace the enthusiasm you find here and take it back to your schools. They will be energised as a result.

A key objective of the 2015 Queensland Principals’ Conference is to provide you the time and space as school leaders to reflect on and invest in your professional learning, health and wellbeing.

As the Director-General Dr Jim Watterston stated in his welcome, ‘successful organisations have knowledgeable and committed leaders’, and I’d like to add healthy to that list.

Principals are typically highly driven, committed and endlessly busy individuals who can develop a habit of placing their own personal and professional needs last on their list of priorities.

In bringing you together as principals for this conference we are reinforcing the message that you are highly valued as learners and leaders of learning in your school community. You belong to a community of education leaders locally, and are part of a state and national community of leaders who make an enormous contribution to the lives of young people.

By demonstrating the personal and professional behaviours critical to maintaining your own learning, health and wellbeing, you set the standard for your staff and the broader school community.

Investing in your own learning, health and wellbeing is an investment in quality leadership.

Patrea WaltonDeputy Director-General, State SchoolsDepartment of Education and Training

Dr Jim WatterstonDirector-GeneralDepartment of Education and Training

‘a great school has a great school down the road’

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Thursday 26 February 2015Day 17.15 am Registration opens and conference

exhibition commences

8.15 am Conference commences

Welcome by Conference Moderator Anthony Mackay, CEO, Centre for Strategic Education

Welcome to Country, Aunty Carol Currie

8.35 am Address by the Honourable Kate Jones MP, Minister for Education, Minister for Tourism, Major Events and Small Business, Minister for the Commonwealth Games

9.10 am Great leaders don’t give orders: Glory without fearDr Jim Watterston, Director-General, Department of Education and Training

10.10 am Morning tea (Conference exhibition, Great Hall, access via doors 1 and 4)

10.40 am Leading and managing instruction in education organizations: Leadership in 3-D

Professor Jim Spillane, Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change, Northwestern University

11.45 am Innovate to elevate: Shifting the education paradigm

Dr Yong Zhao, Presidential Chair, Global Education and Online Learning, University of Oregon

12.55 pm Lunch

1.55 pm Collaboration: A key to school improvement and teacher development

Dr Ben Jensen, CEO, Learning First

Wednesday 25 February 2015

Registration desk opening from 3.30 pm – 5.30 pm Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Main Foyer, corner Merivale and Glenelg Streets

3.00 pm A student perspective – What is a great school and what makes a great teacher?

Student panel:

Alicia Brown, North Lakes State College

Darren Dhillon, Marsden State High School

Sean McCarthy, Brisbane State High School

Pyu San Min, Pimlico State High School

Renee Russell, Aspley State High School

Arianna Andrews, Centenary Heights State High School

3.30 pm Afternoon tea

3.50 pm The Third Space – How to ‘show up’ with the right mindset every time!

Dr Adam Fraser, Author, The Third Space

4.50 pm Conclusion of Day 1 by Conference Moderator, Anthony Mackay

5.00 pm Conference Day 1 concludes

Networking function Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Plaza Ballroom

5.30 pm Networking function commences

6.00 pm Welcome by Master of Ceremonies, Jean Kittson

Presentation of the Jack Pizzey Awards for Excellence in Educational Leadership by the Honourable Kate Jones MP, Minister for Education, Minister for Tourism, Major Events and Small Business, Minister for the Commonwealth Games and Dr Jim Watterston, Director-General, Department of Education and Training

• Principal of the Year • Leadership Team of the Year• School of the Year

Presentation by Jean Kittson

7.00 pm Networking function formalities conclude

8.00 pm Networking function concludes

Program

Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Great Hall


Friday 27 February 2015 Day 26.15 am Get your fit on!

Wellness activities – running, walking, boxing, pilates and exercise in disguise (refer to page 15)

7.15 am Conference exhibition commences

8.15 am Conference commences

Welcome by Conference Moderator Anthony Mackay, CEO, Centre for Strategic Education

8.25 am Leadership: Collaborating to achieve high-impact practices in every classroom

Professor Geoff Masters, CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research

9.25 am The true and false urgencies of principal leadership

Patrea Walton, Deputy Director-General, State Schools, Department of Education and Training

10.10 am Morning tea

10.40 am Designing educational infrastructures for collaboration: The real challenge of instructional innovation

Professor Jim Spillane, Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change, Northwestern University

12.00 pm Master classes (refer to page 8 and 9)

12.45 pm Lunch

1.45 pm Concurrent sessions

Option 1. Elevating early childhood learning and development beyond the school boundary (Great Hall)

Professor Collette Tayler, Chair of Early Childhood Education and Care, the University of Melbourne

Option 2. Are you a transformational or transactional leader? (Room M4)

Dr Neil Carrington, CEO, Act for Kids

2.40 pm Trends shaping a collaborative education network

Bernard Salt, Partner, KPMG

3.40 pm Conclusion of Day 2 by Conference Moderator, Anthony Mackay and Dr Jim Watterston, Director-General, Department of Education and Training

4.00 pm Conference concludes

Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Great Hall

Recording devices and cameras are not permitted during the conference as this may breach contractual arrangements with speakers.


1. Providing evidence-based feedback (Room M3)

Tracy Corsbie, Regional Director, North Coast Region

Frequent evidence-based feedback arguably has the greatest impact on a teacher’s capacity to improve student learning. So why then as leaders do we commonly allow administrative process to become the focus of our feedback? How do we ensure that we don’t fall into using ‘weasel words’ in our professional conversations?

2. Being the instructional leader in your school (Room P1)

Sharyn Donald, Regional Director, South East Region

Is your school on a sustained trajectory of improvement as evidenced by exceptional student achievement? Principals will use a structured framework to reflect on their leadership journey and discuss implementation fidelity and leadership practices of exceptional schools. The discussion concludes with a focus on the next step.

3. Improving QCE attainment (Room P10)

Maurice Ware, Senior Advisor, State Schools — Performance

Discussing common stumbling blocks to QCE success and investigating various strategies to overcome these challenges. The integration of OneSchool assessment summaries and QCE tracking software will be used to demonstrate the leadership required in managing at-risk students, including early interventions to maximise attainment outcomes.

4. Maximising the first 100 days in your new school (Room P11)

Greg Dickman, Regional Director, Darling Downs South West Region

The job of a new principal can be a tough, sometimes lonely one, filled with complex challenges. Key actions to successfully navigate the first 100 days and establish the foundation for a long and effective principalship will be outlined.

5. Getting the best return on your resources (Room P10)

Deb Dunstone, Regional Director, Far North Queensland Region

School autonomy and accountability provide an opportunity for a fresh and creative approach to using school resources to ensure every student is moving forward. Are you confident that all your resources are aligned to your improvement agenda?

6. Partnering with your P&C/school council (Room M1)

Margaret Black, President, P&Cs Queensland

Parents — the principal’s closest allies and key supporters. Hear from a leading parent group advocate with more than 30 years of experience. This session will cover the simple processes between the principal and the P&C or school council which can strengthen and build positive and productive relationships.

7. Improving curriculum supervision in your school (Room P8)

Wayne Butler, Regional Director, Central Queensland Region

Much leadership attention focuses on the art of teaching.Teachers must be skilled in ‘what’ they teach as well as ‘how’ they teach. Two critical aspects in principals’ curriculum supervision will be examined: whole-of-school curriculum programs and individual classroom implementation.

8. Understanding social media: The good, the bad and the ugly (Room P4)

Karen Hall, Manager, Community Engagement and Partnerships

Rob Priddey, Manager, Learning Technologies

Chris Zilm, Principal, Toowoomba State High School

How innovative social media use can positively promote your school. Learn how to manage inappropriate online behaviour as well as student and staff safety and privacy. You will also be provided best practice tips for your school social media accounts.

9. Planning for a multi-age curriculum in a small school (Room P2)

Sharon Schimming, Regional Director, North Queensland Region

How to use whole school, year level and unit level planning to structure the curriculum for multi-level classrooms. It will offer strategies to small school principals for developing, maintaining and enacting curriculum, assessment and reporting plans which meet the requirements of the P–12 CAR Framework.

10. Gaining an insight into three easy and practical ways of using reading data to improve performance (Room M4)

Mark Campling, Regional Director, Metropolitan Region

Three simple practical ways of using data that will bring about improvement in reading results which you can introduce immediately.

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11. Engaging with Indigenous communities effectively (Room M1)

Selwyn Button, Assistant Director-General, State Schools — Indigenous Education

Successful outcomes for Indigenous communities are achieved when families are involved in the design, development and delivery of services, creating a sense of ownership and responsibility. An overview of successful approaches will be provided, including how to use existing school performance data for greater engagement with Indigenous families and communities.

12. Detecting fraud (Room M1)

Adam Black, Assistant Director-General, Finance and CFO

What simple steps can you take to minimise the risk of fraud in your school? How can you detect possible fraud early? Fraud has a devastating effect on a school – loss of money, staff time, morale and trust within the school community. Learn how to become fraud aware.

13. Understanding the legal pitfalls (Room P3)

Christine Ashton, Director, Legal and Administrative Law Branch

The pitfalls that cause a principal’s decisions to be successfully challenged will be examined, with a focus on methods to ensure resilient decision making in areas such as enrolments, exclusions and management of hostile persons. Complicating factors on decision making will also be discussed.

14. Improving student behaviour (Room M1)

Warren Dawson, Principal Advisor, State Schools — Performance

Principals have a pivotal role in establishing whole school discipline. Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) provides a research validated roadmap for improving school culture to enhance student engagement. This presentation will provide an overview of PBL, including practical examples from Queensland principals.

15. Demystifying OneSchool data, dollars and dashboards (Room P6)

Nahn Shimmons, Director, OneSchool Education Business SupportLisa Aitken, Financial Manager, OneSchool Education Business SupportBarry Rieck, Education Officer, OneSchool Education Business Support

John Lockhart, Program Director, OneSchool Education Business Support

Discover and demystify class, attendance and financial dashboards. Develop your dashboard dexterity in detecting anomalies and trends. Develop deep understanding of your school’s data to make informed decisions and to incorporate dashboard analytics into regular management and leadership processes.

16. Putting potential into action: Hierarchy of school improvement (Room P9)

Leanne Nixon, Assistant Director-General, State Schools — Performance

Queensland is well positioned to embrace change and scale improvement based on what works in our schools. Discover how to determine what to do next, how to continually prioritise and how to best respond to local contexts through the use of the School Improvement Hierarchy.

17. Preventing early school leavers – everybody’s business (Room P10)

Bevan Brennan, Assistant Director-General, State Schools — Operations

Our principals are our greatest asset in keeping every young person in school and on a pathway to a successful outcome. Strategies will be explored to support principals in shaping and investing in the future of every student but especially those most likely to disengage.

18. Leveraging ICTs for student outcomes – BYOD and beyond (Room P7)

David O’Hagan, Deputy Director-General, Corporate Services

Mark Hind, Assistant Director-General, Information and Technologies

Michael O’Leary, Executive Director, Web and Digital Delivery

Participants will be provided with an update on the current and future digital systems and services that schools can harness to unlock greater choice and control of their digital environment. The session will unveil the new Innovation Portal, to empower and connect people with ideas and funding sources ahead of the launch later in 2015.

19. Planning student career pathways: Vocation or profession? (Room P10)

Russell Joshua, Deputy Director-General, Training and Skills

For young Queenslanders, a vocational pathway can be just as rewarding as a professional one. Crane operators now earn more than surgeons while structural steel construction workers earn more than barristers. This is in addition to defined and supported career pathways and a large range of government funded training opportunities.

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Speakers

Anthony MackayAnthony Mackay is CEO, Centre for Strategic Education Melbourne; Inaugural Chair, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership; and Inaugural Deputy Chair, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.

Mr Mackay is Chair of the Global Education Leaders Partnership and Inaugural Chair of the Innovation Unit

Ltd, England. He is a consultant advisor to OECD/CERI and is Chair, National Institute for School Leadership, National Centre on Education and the Economy, Washington DC.

Mr Mackay is an Honorary Fellow in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. He is Deputy Chair of the Australian Council for Educational Research, and a Board Director of the Asia Education Foundation, the Foundation for Young Australians, and Teach for Australia. He is Deputy Chancellor, Swinburne University, Melbourne.

Mr Mackay is a Past President of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement.

Professor Jim Spillane

Leading and managing instruction in education organizations: Leadership in 3-D

In this presentation, essential elements of a distributed perspective in leading and managing instruction are considered and some common myths about this perspective are dispelled. Two aspects of a

distributed perspective are discussed — the leader-plus aspect and the practice aspect. The presentation will explore the critical role of the situation in leading and managing teaching and its improvement. Attention is given to how a distributed perspective can inform school leaders to work on improving instruction.

Designing educational infrastructures for collaboration: The real challenge of instructional innovationMaintaining and improving the quality of teaching ultimately depends on designing and deploying educational infrastructures to support teaching and its improvement. Focusing on diagnosis and design work, this presentation examines the work of transforming educational infrastructure in schools and school systems.

Dr Jim Spillane is the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change at the School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University. He is also professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Learning Sciences, Management and Organizations, and is a faculty associate at Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research.

A former primary school teacher from the southwest coast of Ireland, Dr Spillane has published extensively on issues of education policy and its implementation, school reform and school leadership. He has authored several books, numerous journal articles and book chapters.

Dr Spillane is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and was elected to the National Academy of Education in 2013.

Dr Yong Zhao

Innovate to elevate: Shifting the education paradigm

The world needs creative and entrepreneurial talents who are globally competent to take advantage of the opportunities brought by technology and globalisation and tackle future challenges. Yet the traditional education paradigm is pushing our schools to produce homogenous, compliant, and

employee-minded test-takers. This presentation challenges the traditional paradigm, debunks the myth of international tests such as PISA and TIMSS, and proposes a new model of education that cultivates diverse, creative and entrepreneurial talents.

Dr Yong Zhao is an internationally known scholar, author, and speaker. His works focus on the implications of globalization and technology on education. He has designed schools that cultivate global competence, developed computer games for language learning, and founded research and development institutions to explore innovative education models. Dr Zhao has published more than 100 articles and 20 books, including World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students.

Dr Zhao is an elected fellow of the International Academy for Education. He currently serves as the Presidential Chair and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he is also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership.

Dr Jim Watterston

Great leaders don’t give orders: Glory without fear

Presenting the Queensland state school improvement story, Dr Watterston’s presentation brings together the four elements underpinning the department’s endeavours: collaboration, empowerment, accountability and capability. We are all in this together and working as a system

is our greatest advantage. How we leverage this advantage is at the heart of this presentation.

Dr Jim Watterston brings more than 30 years of experience in education to his role as Director-General of the Department of Education and Training (DET).

He has worked as a classroom teacher, principal and regional director and has led a suite of reforms to make schools better through senior executive positions including Deputy Secretary of the School Education Group in Victoria’s Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, and Director-General of the Department of Education and Training in the Australian Capital Territory.

With a focus on empowering staff to succeed, Dr Watterston is working with DET to boost participation and quality in early childhood education, improve the performance of schools and deliver a more responsive vocational education and employment sector.

Dr Watterston has a doctorate and masters in education and is an active advocate of the education sector.

He is currently the National President of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders.


Professor Geoff Masters

Leadership: Collaborating to achieve high-impact practices in every classroom

What qualifies people to be called leaders is their capacity to influence others to change their behaviour in order to achieve important results. Big challenges require a community of influencers working in concert.

Professor Geoff Masters is CEO and board member of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) — roles he has held since 1998. Professor Masters also heads ACER’s Centre for Assessment Reform and Innovation.

He has a PhD in educational measurement from the University of Chicago and has published widely in the fields of educational assessment and research.

Professor Masters has served on a range of bodies, including terms as President of the Australian College of Educators, founding President of the Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association, member of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, and member of the International Baccalaureate Research Committee. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the Science of Learning Research Centre, the ABC Digital Education Advisory Group and the National Board of Life Education Australia.

Professor Masters has conducted a number of reviews for governments, including the recent review of senior secondary assessment and tertiary entrance procedures in Queensland.

Speakers

Jean Kittson

Jean Kittson is an actress, comedienne and writer in theatre, film, print, radio and television. She came to national attention on The Big Gig, followed by Let the Blood Run Free, Kittson Fahey and the Great Debate series, as well as Good News Week, The Glasshouse, Flat Chat, The Einstein Factor, Media Dimensions and Strictly Speaking.

A regular guest on ABC Radio and Thank God It’s Friday, Ms Kittson has been a regular columnist with New Weekly, Sunday Telegraph, Sydney Magazine, Inspire Magazine, Reader’s Digest HealthSmart magazine and The Hoopla. She is the author of Tongue Lashing, published by Penguin. Her theatre credits are Mum’s the Word and Calendar Girls while her film credits include Hating Alison Ashley and The Nugget.

Ms Kittson is the Chair of the Australian Gynaecological Cancer Foundation, Patron of The Junction Works and an Ambassador for The Macular Degeneration Foundation, Northcott Disability Services, The Raise Foundation and Taldumande Foundation.

Ms Jean Kittson appears by arrangement with Saxton Speakers Bureau.

Dr Adam Fraser

The Third Space – How to ‘show up’ with the right mindset every time

Principals are asked to wear many different hats and move at lightning pace between different roles and environments. This presentation will cover how to obtain elite performance by using The Third Space – the gap between roles and environments.

Dr Adam Fraser has been an educator and researcher in the area of human performance for the last 18 years. Since 2008, Dr Fraser has delivered some 600 presentations to more than 50,000 people in Australia, the United States, New Zealand and Asia. At the Exercise and Sports Science Australian conference in 2005 he was runner up in the Young Investigator of the Year for his PhD research.

He is thought to be the only speaker in the world to have the impact of his keynote presentation measured in a university study.

Dr Fraser is the author of three bestselling books, including his latest, The Third Space. He is a regular presenter on TV and radio and has been profiled in the Australian Financial Review and Business Review Weekly.

Dr Ben Jensen

Collaboration: A key to school improvement and teacher development

Too much has been said and written about collaboration that fails to detail how to improve teaching and learning. Teachers and school leaders will only seek ownership of

collaborative networks if they can see how this benefits their students. This presentation will compare the failures of previous approaches to professional learning communities to illustrate the steps required to create sustainable collaborative networks.

Dr Ben Jensen is the CEO of the newly established social enterprise Learning First, which he launched after five years as the Director of the Grattan Institute’s School Education Program. Dr Jensen works with education leaders in numerous countries on education strategy and implementation, improving school and teacher effectiveness, how to measure school performance, school leadership, and cost-effectiveness. He has undertaken extensive international comparative work, particularly on high-performing systems in East Asia. His earlier research concentrated on schools in disadvantaged areas, while with the OECD he focused on policies to improve teacher effectiveness.


Professor Collette Tayler

Elevating early childhood learning and development beyond the school boundary

Why is early childhood a priority work area for principals? How can local understanding of the active ingredients of early years provision make a difference? This presentation invites principals to innovate and elevate the

effectiveness of schools by influencing the whole early childhood system. Research implementation examples lead the way.

Professor Collette Tayler holds the Chair in Early Childhood Education and Care at the University of Melbourne. Professor Tayler’s research projects span learning and development from pre-birth to age eight. She leads large and small scale studies into educational programs in culturally and linguistically diverse communities in homes, centres and schools. The experiences that advance early learning and development, and the collaborative relationships necessary to promote children’s learning, are central concerns.

Professor Tayler holds a PhD from the University of Western Australia, and is a Chief Investigator at the National Science of Learning Centre; Project Leader of the E4Kids longitudinal study; and local leader of 3A (Abecedarian Approach Australia) projects and the Victorian Advancing Early Learning study. She also serves as the Deputy Chair of the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority and is on the Board of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.

Patrea Walton

The true and false urgencies of principal leadership

Critical to the success of a school is the quality of its principal. Learning to lead is at the heart of a school leader’s daily practice and great leaders never stop learning. What can interrupt this learning is undue attention to the false urgencies of principalship. By investing in your leadership learning, the true

urgencies of principalship will always be a priority.

Patrea Walton commenced her career as a secondary teacher in a small rural town in South West Queensland. Before becoming the Deputy Director-General of State Schools, Patrea held various roles across the department including head of department, principal at Glenala State High School and Corinda State High School and as Assistant Director-General.

Her experience has ranged from the classroom through to program design and implementation of Queensland’s historic Flying Start reforms — the move of Year 7 from primary to high school in 2015.

Patrea possesses a deep understanding of the corporate history of state schooling, the Australian Curriculum and its implementation, and has valuable front-line experience as a teacher and principal. Most importantly, Patrea has a desire to make a difference.

Patrea’s passion for state schooling, understanding of strategic drivers for education reform and pragmatic approach to policy development have been welcomed on numerous education boards such as the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority, and the Asia Education Foundation. Bernard Salt

Trends shaping a collaborative education network

Principals and teachers are at the coal-face of shifting social and community attitudes towards education. Traditional thinking and responses are unlikely to find resonance with future school communities as they have in the past. How then can schools and

school leaders harness the power of a cohesive and collaborative learning environment?

Bernard Salt is Australia’s leading demographic commentator. His astute and insightful observations of Australian society have made him one of the most in-demand speakers on the nation’s corporate speaking circuit. As a high-profile Melbourne-based partner with the global advisory firm KPMG he founded the specialist advisory business, KPMG Demographics. Mr Salt writes two weekly columns for The Australian that deal with social, generational and broader demographic matters.

He is an adjunct professor at Curtin University Business School and holds a Master of Arts degree from Monash University. He is perhaps best known to the wider community for his penchant for identifying and tagging new tribes and social behaviours such as ‘seachange ‘, ‘man drought’, ‘pumcins’ and ‘the goats cheese curtain’. Mr Salt has popularised demographics through his five books, columns and media appearances over 25 years.

Dr Neil Carrington

Are you a transformational or transactional leader?

Our school leaders must move beyond managing day-to-day events to strategic leadership to create and sustain the highest performing school culture. We must generate a clear understanding of our current school performance culture, the performance culture we need to

achieve, and how to move powerfully from one to the other through systemic change.

Dr Neil Carrington was the Harvard Club of Australia Fellow for 2012/2013 and is currently the CEO, Act For Kids, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting abused and neglected children. He was the foundation national director of the Australian Council for Educational Research’s Leadership Centre and Director of Teaching and Learning at Queensland University of Technology.

Dr Carrington has held academic, teaching and leadership positions at a number of universities including the University of New England and the University of Western Sydney. He was invited to work with the New Zealand Elite Coaching Academy, where the coach of the All Blacks commented Neil’s leadership workshop was the best he had ever attended. His PhD into perceptions of intelligence was judged one of the largest and most rigorous studies of its type ever undertaken in Australia. Dr Carrington’s speaking fees go directly to Act for Kids. He has donated more than $1 million dollars to this important cause.


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20 ACEL

21 School Improvement Unit

22 Woods Furniture

23 Direct National Pty Ltd

24 Banana Boat

25 The School Locker

26 Targus

27 Ricoh

28 BIZFURN

29 Office Max

30 QT Mutual Bank

31 TUH — It’s my health fund

32 Acer

33 Queensland Teachers’ Union

34 Sure-Play

35 The Duke of Edinburgh Award &

Bullying. No Way!

36 QSuper

37 advancedlife Photography

38 QELi

39 C2C and eLearning

40 Dancefever Multisport


Connecting to wireless internet

Wireless internet is available for all conference delegates. To access internet on your device, please ensure you have turned wi-fi compatibility on and connect to the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) network.

For networking or technical assistance please see the IT help desks in the Principals’ Conference exhibition.

Sponsorship

The department is grateful for our sponsors’ support of the 2015 Principals’ Conference.

Principals are reminded that receipt of sponsorship is not an endorsement of a sponsor’s products. Should delegates wish to buy a product from a sponsor, please see the department’s Purchasing and Procurement Procedure for information on purchasing requirements:

http://ppr.det.qld.gov.au/corp/finance/procurement/Pages/current-procedures.aspx.

Conference exhibition

Visit the conference exhibition located in the Great Hall accessible through doors 1 and 4, prior to sessions or during program breaks to see the latest products, services and technology, and for the chance to win exciting prizes.

QR code

Delegates will notice that a QR code has been included on their name tag. Each code is unique which allows delegates to enter optional prize draws and subscribe to exhibitors’ products or services.

This is optional and at the discretion of the principal. By providing the code for exhibitors to scan, delegates acknowledge that their details (name, school and email address) will be given directly to the exhibitor for marketing purposes.

Networking function

The networking function will be a cocktail event open to all delegates, starting at 5.30 pm on Thursday in the Plaza Ballroom.

Jean Kittson will act as Master of Ceremonies for the evening and the Jack Pizzey Awards for Excellence in Educational Leadership will be presented.

Get your fit on!

On Friday morning of the conference there will be an opportunity to participate in an optional fun and friendly wellbeing session. There will be a number of activities offered to suit delegates of all fitness levels and interest – running, walking, boxing, pilates and exercise in disguise. You will be surprised who’s leading the sessions!

If you are interested in participating please register at the Smart Choices booth (booth 7) or simply arrive at the Wheel of Brisbane, South Bank at 6.15 am.

Evacuation procedures

In the event of an emergency, all participants should follow the evacuation directions of the BCEC staff and Principals’ Conference project team. The BCEC has an evacuation plan to enable the safe evacuation of all patrons.

Transportation

If you need to travel to and from the BCEC on public transport the South Brisbane train station and Cultural Centre bus stop are within walking distance.

For more information or for public transport timetables, please visit the Translink website at http://translink.com.au.

A taxi rank is situated at the entrance to BCEC, corner Merivale and Glenelg Streets.

To order a taxi, call:

• Black and White cabs – 13 32 22

• Yellow cabs – 13 19 24.

Customer service

If you have any questions, please visit the 2015 Principals’ Conference information centre (booth 14) or go to the registration desk in the BCEC Main Foyer, corner Merivale and Glenelg Streets.

Lost and found

Lost and found is located in the BCEC Main Foyer, corner Merivale and Glenelg Streets.

Housekeeping

School leaders and the QTU

As a school leader, you are critical to our state school system, the wellbeing and development of our students and the continuation of quality public education.

For more information or to join the QTU, visit www.qtu.asn.au

Authorised by Graham Moloney, General Secretary, QTU, PO Box 1750, Milton BC QLD 4064 – January 2015

Whether its protecting your professional standing, pushing for a reduced workload, fighting against short-term contracts or campaigning for the best enterprise bargaining outcomes, the QTU is in your corner.

The Queensland Teachers’ Union has been standing up for the industrial, professional and legal rights of school leader members since 1889, securing everything from school entitlement improvements and the promotional salary structure to equal promotional opportunities for women.

Need IT support during the conference?Technical support will be provided throughout the entire conference to support Principal’s CFT needs. The team will troubleshoot issues, be available to answer all CFT enquiries and also have a display of upcoming devices available to schools.

The IT help desks are located in the conference exhibition.


Notes


Conference exhibitors

Notes

“Putting a smile on every face”


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Major partners

Networking partner Charity partner

Conference partners

Supporting partners

Entertainment partner Lunch sponsor Morning tea sponsor

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