ConnectED 2017
Leading and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities
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Professor Alma Harris
senior academic posts at the University of Nottingham
and the University of Warwick.
As Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Warwick, she also held the post of Director of the Institute of Education for four years. In 2009, she was appointed as Pro-Director (Leadership) and Professor of Educational Leadership at the Institute of Education, University of London.
During her career, Dr. Harris has worked at the policy level, with various governments and agencies around the world, supporting their school and system improvement work. In 2009–2012, she was seconded to the Welsh Government as a senior policy advisor to assist with the process of system-wide reform. She co-led the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) programme with Dr. Michelle Jones, and also led on the development and implementation of a Master’s qualification for all newly qualified teachers in Wales.
Since 2009, she has worked with the World Bank contributing to development and research programmes aimed at supporting schools in challenging contexts
in Russia. Professor Harris is a Visiting Professor at the Moscow Higher School of Economics.
Dr. Harris is Past President of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement (ICSEI), which is an organisation dedicated to enhancing
quality and equity in education. In January 2016, she received an honorary lifetime membership.
Recently, Dr. Harris worked in Asia as Director of the Institute of Educational Leadership at the University of Malaya in Malaysia. She is leading a major research
project focused on leadership and leadership development in 7 education systems (Australia, England, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia and Singapore). Dr. Harris is currently a leading researcher at The University of Bath, UK.
Associate Professor Michelle Jones
Her research interests involve: leadership practice and preparation; improving schools in challenging circumstances; professional learning and innovative pedagogies, curriculum and assessment. Dr Jones is currently involved in several research projects including:
• Co-Leader of the '7-System Leadership', involving seven differentially performing education systems;
• Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Moscow National Research University, she is a co-investigator of a large-scale leadership study involving over 4000 principals in Russia;
• Co-Investigator for the National Malaysian Research Project commissioned by the MoE and exploring blended learning in Higher Education; and
• Co-Investigator of a National Research Project, focusing on High Performing Schools in rural areas of Malaysia.
Dr. Jones' committment to educational excellence has driven her entire career. She has written comprehensively on system reform through building teachers' capacity: one of her co-authored books 'Professional Learning Communities in Action', with Professor Alma Harris has been translated into several languages, including Russian, Lithuanian and Spanish.
In 2008, she was seconded to the Welsh Government, UK as an Education Advisor, assisting with the implementation of Professional Learning Communities in over 2000 schools. She is an Education Consultant for the World Bank. Most recently, she has also been working with government agencies in England, Russia, Singapore, Australia and Malaysia to contribute to design and delivery of their leadership and professional learning programs.
Dr. Jones is currently a leading researcher at The University of Bath, UK.
Professor Helen Timperley
Dr. Helen Timperley is the Professor of Education at The University of Auckland in New Zealand. Professor Timperley is widely recognised for her work in professional learning. She has published with Professor John Hattie and currently works in the School of Teaching, Learning and Development with Professor Viviane Robinson.
Helen's early career involved teaching in early childhood, primary and secondary education sectors, which formed the basis of her research program focused on making a difference to those student outcomes valued by the communities in which they live. A particular research emphasis has been on promoting leadership, organisational and professional learning in ways that improve the educational experience of students currently under‐achieving in our education systems.
She recently completed a best evidence synthesis iteration on professional learning and development that has received major international attention. She has published widely in international academic journals and has written and edited seven books focusing on the professional practice implications of her research in her specialty areas. Her research investigates how to promote learning at all levels of the education system. She and John Hattie co‐authored with Shirley Clarke, Unlocking Formative Assessment (Hodder‐Moa, Auckland, NZ, 2003).
She now researches and teaches in the areas of leadership, organisational and professional learning that improve the educational experience of students currently under-achieving in our education systems. She completed a best evidence synthesis on professional learning and development that has received major international attention. She has published widely in international academic journals such as Review of Educational Research, Journal of Educational Change, Leadership and Policy in Schools and the Journal of Curriculum Studies.
She has written and edited nine books and monographs focusing on the professional practice implications of her research in her specialty areas. Her latest book, Realising the Power of Professional Learning is being widely circulated in many countries as is her latest monograph co-authored by Linda Kaser and Judy Halbert, A framework for transforming learning in schools: Innovation and the spiral of inquiry.
Pete Goss, Leader, The Grattan Institute and formerly Principal, The Boston Consulting Group
Dr Pete Goss joined Grattan in 2014, and has focused on how education systems and data can help schools and teachers adapt and improve their practice. Prior to joining Grattan, he spent more than 10 years as a strategy consultant, most recently with the Boston Consulting Group, and worked with Noel Pearson to improve education outcomes for Cape York primary school students. Pete trained as a biologist, with a focus on understanding complex systems.
Pete has more than 10 years experience as a strategy consultant, most recently at The Boston Consulting Group, where he advised Federal and State Governments on systems analysis and service delivery innovation. He has worked with indigenous leader Noel Pearson to improve education outcomes for Cape York primary school students, and advised the Federal Government on the future of international education in Australia.
Pete holds a PhD from Harvard in systems biology, with expertise in multi-disciplinary research.
John Joseph ~ Focus Education
John Joseph has an inspiring story to tell. He left school at age 14 to undertake an apprenticeship in the trade of solid plastering. John worked in the family business for eleven years before returning to formal education where he graduated from the University of South Australia with a Masters Degree in Science and Mathematics Education. He taught across junior primary, primary and high school year levels and eventually lectured at teacher-education universities. John also held a system position as Project Officer-
Retraining with the Department of Education and Children’s Services in South Australia. In this position, John worked with a colleague to construct teacher training and re-training initiatives for people undergoing significant change to their workplace or duties. A consistent theme within this target group was high workplace stress and low coping strategies.
John’s vast experience with young people with challenging behaviour and poor attachments to school underpins his desire to formulate change. His thinking about education results from the rich interplay between his coalface experiences, his own schooling, his systemic experience, the years of lecturing at universities, his prolific reading of current research and the face -to-face interactions he has undertaken over the past decade.
Between 1997 and 2010, John Joseph presented keynote addresses, conferences and workshops sessions to more than 300,000 people representing more than 3,000 schools across 23 countries. Week after week, he facilitates full-day workshops for student groups where he challenges young people to learn about learning, behaviour and emotions. John uses stunning computer-generated graphics and actual brain dissections to engage kids. He has facilitated the dissections of more than 140, 000 sheep brains! Little wonder that people refer to him as “The Brain Man!
ConnectED Principals' Conference
Day One ~ Thursday, 18th May, 2017
7:30 Registration Begins
8:30 School-based performances in registration area
8:45 Featured Performer
8:50 Acknowledgement of Country
8:55 Welcome to the 2017 ConnectED Conference
9:00 Conference Opening ~ Maxine McKew
9:30 Keynote Address #1 – Professor Helen Timperley
10:30 Morning Tea
11:00 Keynote Address #2 – Professor Alma Harris
12:00 ConnectED 2017 Q&A - Maxine McKew chairs:
Professor Alma Harris, Associate Professor Michelle Jones and Professor Helen Timperley
12:50 Sponsors’ Session
1:10 Lunch
2:00 Keynote Address #3 – Dr Michelle Jones
3:00 Main Conference Centre split for Day One Master Classes
3:10 Keynote Presenter Master Class #1. First 45-minute sessions with:
Professor Alma Harris, Associate Professor Michelle Jones and Professor Helen Timperley
3:55 Keynote Presenter Master Class #2. Second 45-minute sessions with:
Professor Alma Harris, Associate Professor Michelle Jones and Professor Helen Timperley
4:40 Close of Day One6:30 Drinks at the Terrace
7:00 Dinner in the Lovedale Convention Centre
7:30 Toast to Public Education - Executive Director, Public Schools NSW, Mr Frank Potter
11:00 End of Evening
Day Two ~ Friday, 19th May, 2017
7:30 Registration Begins
8:00 School-based performances in registration area
8:30 Featured Performer
8:40 Welcome & Introduction
8:45 Keynote Speaker #4 – Peter Goss
9:45 Explanation of Master Classes
10:00 Master Class Session #1
10:45 Master Class Session #2
11:30 Morning Tea
12:00 Master Class Session #3
12:45 Master Class Session #4
1:30 Lunch
2:25 Sponsors’ Session
2:35 ConnectED 2017-18 Feed Forward
2:45 Closing Speaker - John Joseph
3:45 Conference Closure