DAY 3: 11:10 - 12:05
Leadership for effective collaboration between teachers and human service professionals

Presented by: Natalie Howson
Organisation: Charles Sturt University

Collaborative partnerships between teachers and human service professionals are essential for the delivery of integrated services for children. Little is known about the nature of the leadership practice that fosters effective interprofessional collaboration in a schooling setting. This qualitative research conducted in an early childhood school setting reveals seven attributes that illuminate what principals believe, understand, and then do to foster effective collaboration between education and other professionals. The findings also identify particular conditions that are present when interprofessional collaboration happens. The role of the school leader is very challenging, particularly with the growing community expectation that educators attend to the psycho-social development needs of their students. Providing the right support for school leaders to fulfil all aspects of their role is an important issue for education leaders globally. The findings are revealing and invite consideration of the structures and supports that emerging and current school leaders deserve.

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DAY 3: 11:10 - 12:05
Leading inclusive education to drive school improvement

Presented by: Diana Masci, Mark Hohnke
Organisation: Department of Education, QLD

The inclusive education signposts for school improvement unpacks targeted practices to further inclusive education across school contexts. The signposts are aligned to the 9 domains of the National School Improvement Tool (NSIT) and support schools to understand where they are in their school improvement – inclusive education journey and possible next steps to maximise engagement, achievement and wellbeing outcomes for all learners.

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DAY 3: 11:10 - 12:05
FutureSchool case study - A future school changing futures

Presented by: Carolyn Blanden, Principal
Organisation: Warakirri College

ACEL is delighted to be partnering with the Australian Learning Lecture (ALL) to engage, share and learn from schools that are making significant changes in schooling to meet the needs of the future. Warakirri College in NSW was selected to share their practice.

Striving to meet the needs of young people disengaged from, or disenchanted with, mainstream school, Warakirri College has effectively embraced the design principles of Valerie Hannon’s Future School.

Carolyn’s presentation will be an interactive opportunity to discuss many practical strategies that address the needs of staff and students working together to break the cycle of welfare dependence, raise students’ aspirations and change the projected futures for young people who face the challenges of mental illness and social disadvantage. The challenge is to embrace a diverse and rigorous curriculum that sees 30% of HSC graduates receive university offers while meeting the needs of the 80% of students on the NCCDD.

Warakirri College is a Special Assistance School with 4 campuses in western Sydney and the first independent school in NSW to be accredited to deliver the HSC by Distance Education.

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DAY 3: 11:10 - 12:05
What mentors and ECTs say about mentoring in Australia

Presented by: Dr Nancy Bonfiglio-Pavisich
Organisation: Association of Independent Schools in Western Australia (AISWA)

Mentoring matters for Early Career Teachers (ECTs). As a practice in contemporary Australian schools, mentoring is used to support graduate teachers to assist them in their transition from university to the classroom. Teaching is one of the few professions where graduates move into positions of full accountability. Full accountability means that ECTs are not only responsible for curriculum delivery but also for the legal, social and emotional care of the students in their classrooms. Added to the difficulties experienced by ECTs are their transition and socialisation into their respective schools, which includes crafting a professional identity, establishing and maintaining networks, and of course, teaching. This presentation makes significant the voice of ECTs and mentors about their mentoring experiences and provides insights into how mentoring programs could be better designed and implemented to support ECTs in Australia. The insights may support ECTs in the Australian national agenda of quality teachers and quality education.

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DAY 3: 11:10 - 12:05
Leadership: Growing the Future

Presented by: Lisa Pearson, Cheryl Hill, Fran Mes
Organisation: Ormiston Primary School

We are the Associate Leaders of Learning at Ormiston Primary, the largest primary school in NZ. We work collaboratively to support our Leader of Learning to fulfil the school vision: Guarantee every learner engages in innovative, personalised world class learning. Our current leadership structure came about as we found the need to cater more to individual strengths, allow for personal growth and development, and use research into effective school systems.

The critical elements of our presentation will be to share how we structure our very large school to ensure everyone has opportunities to develop personally and professionally. Our school structures have multiple layers and targeted professional development, mentoring and coaching for all staff.

We have all grown and developed as leaders in this ever-changing environment. We work with the mantra: If there's a better way we'll find it. We are very clear about the power of relationships and how building strong learning relationships is crucial to success at every level.

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DAY 3: 11:10 - 12:05
The new world of potential: is the future hybrid? Lessons adopted from NSW COVID-19 Learning from Home

Presented by: Michelle Michael
Organisation: Department of Education, NSW

The COVID 19 pandemic revealed that online learning was critical. There is a notion that we’re coming ‘out’ of the pandemic into the next phase, but what is that next phase for education? While not for everyone remote learning is here to stay. The post COVID 19 challenge now presented to all modern education systems is how to best create compelling, high quality online educational offerings and instruction that appeal to students in both online and offline methods. Programs of online instructional excellence including the NSW Rural Learning Exchange and NSW Online Small Group tuition were born out of the COVID 19 experience. Existing programs like Distance and Rural Technologies (DART) saw, and continue to receive, unpresented demand as a result. Though challenging, it’s definitely an exciting time for education, with the chance to capitalise on what we’ve learned and re-envision what schools look like. Including results from international jurisdictional scans, stakeholder evaluations and showcasing online virtual teaching programs, this presentation highlights how we best serve students by leveraging technology through the delivery of high quality hybrid and virtual teaching.