ROB RANDALL

Robert Randall has been Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) since November 2012.

Robert brings significant experience and success in curriculum, assessment and reporting projects to this role. This experience has been gained at both state and national levels and has ranged from program design through to implementation.

He has worked at ACARA since 2009 and was previously Deputy CEO and General Manager, Curriculum, of ACARA. In the lead-up to the establishment of ACARA, Robert was General Manager of the Interim National Curriculum Board.

Robert began his career as a teacher of mathematics in Perth before holding a range of positions within and beyond schools in Western Australia. In 1996 Robert was appointed Director, Curriculum, with the NSW Board of Studies, and in 2001 took up the position of Director of Curriculum K–12 with the NSW Department of Education and Training.

Keynote: Responding to student Diversity: a co-responsibility
Recent years have seen a continuation of efforts by teachers, school leaders, state and territory authorities and ACARA, to ensure that the right to educational opportunity is extended to all young people in our schools. A key focus for all involved has been how best to use, and what ways to enhance, the Australian Curriculum to meet the learning needs of students whose cultural experience or even language may be different from their own; students who may experience barriers to their learning; and students who excel at whatever they take on. This session will consider where we have been, where we are going and the role of school leaders in getting us there.