The 2018 National Disability Leadership Summit will focus on the importance for educational leaders to adopt a whole school approach to ensure quality education is delivered to all students.

 
National Disability Leadership Summit will contribute 9 hours and 30 minutes of NESA Registered PD addressing 6.2.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.

The 2018 National Disability Leadership Summit will focus on the importance for educational leaders to adopt a whole school approach to ensure quality education is delivered to all students. Developing collaborative practice, robust partnerships with parents, services and the community, and understanding all students’ needs to ensure equitable participation in the education curriculum are some of the topics that will be presented at the Summit. Speakers will also address leadership for delivering high quality learning and support for student outcomes, including working with stakeholders to achieve long term success for every student.

Text to Speech


Register today for this year's summit and gain access to:

• Local & International esteemed keynote speakers.
•  Dylan Alcott, Susan Gabel, David Mitchell, Linda Graham, Rob Randall,
Lorin Nicholson & Carol Ann Tomlinson.
•  Keynote speech from Hon Rob Stokes NSW Minister for Education
• Keynote Speech from Murat Dizdar PSM Deputy Secretary,
School Operations & Performance
• Hosted By Andrew Buchanan
• Panel Discussion Session
• Concurrent Sessions
• Educational Products and Services Exhibitors
• Keynote Book Signings
•  Official Networking Reception
•  Live Student Performances
• Daily Morning Tea, Lunch & Afternoon Tea Provided
• ACEL Books and Publications store
• Complimentary Satchel bag and Materials
• Complimentary e-showbag

GROUP DISCOUNT RATES ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

 

Day 2 Keynote Address
Inclusion and Why it Matters: A Steep Hill and Why it Matters to Keep Climbing

To say that the challenge of creating meaningfully inclusive classrooms is challenging is an understatement.  While the idea is appealing on an abstract level, at least to some, its realities tax many teachers, and concern many parents... READ MORE  

Day 1 Keynote Address
Disability Awareness and Education

One of Dylan's passions helping change the perceptions of people with a disability across the world, and is an advocate for the social inclusion, inclusion in the workplace for all people with disabilities, as well as breaking down the negative stigma associated with disability... READ MORE  

Day 1 Keynote Address
Evidence-based practices in inclusive education: An ecological perspective

This presentation is based on two interlocking principles. Firstly, there is a recognition that evidence-based policies and practices are increasingly being required in the design of programmes and strategies for educating learners with special educational needs... READ MORE  

Day 1 Keynote Address
Opening the circle of belonging

Last year at the Summit I talked about the circle of belonging. I explored the spatiality of belonging; that it is not fixed to a specific location. Instead, belonging is produced by the social relationships that maneuver across space and time... READ MORE  

Day 2 Keynote Address
A Vision for The Future... Leave no student behind!

With over 40 years’ experience facing disability, Lorin offers profound insights, valuable perspective, practical advice and solutions that will greatly assist educators, in connecting students with higher achievement... READ MORE  

Day 2 Keynote Address
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... READ MORE  

Day 1 Keynote Address
What is inclusive education and how can we achieve it?

Talk of ‘inclusion’ has been around since the early 1990s, yet many of our schools are still a long way from being fully inclusive. Some say this is because inclusion is “too hard” but another explanation is that we still don’t understand what inclusive education really is and therefore how to achieve it... READ MORE  
Disability Summit Program at a Glance

Learn More and Registration
Click here to download the registration form.
Click here to view the call for papers.


 

Connect with ACEL

       

May 29, 2018

 

acel.org.au | admin@acel.org.au
Phone: 1800 680 559 | +61 2 8396 0800

Too many emails? Modify your subscription here. To unsubscribe, please click here.

 

 


Higher Logic