Briefing the Board Conference

PL # 12466

  • Starting on 4 Apr 2020
  • Cancellation permitted until 27 Mar 2020
  • Event registrations closed on 27 Mar 2020

Delivery Format :

This PL has been cancelled

Description

Briefing the Board is AISWA's annual conference for school governors and school leaders. Conference keynote and workshop presentations cover a range of issues relevant to leading schools from the perspective of governors and school leadership.

2020 Briefing the Board Conference Keynote Presentations:

Jan Owen AM Hon DLitt, LearningCreates Australia

The State and Federal Education Landscapes and School Funding - Ms Valerie Gould, Executive Director, AISWA

Working Together - School Board Chairs, Board Members, and Principals - Panel of Chairs and Principals.

Conference workshops will cover various topics including strategic planning, school finances, legal and industrial issues, school registration and compliance, catering for diverse student populations, ICT and working in a digital age, and school leadership... among others.

Presenters

Valerie Gould (AISWA Staff)

Executive Director

Valerie Gould <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Valerie Gould became the Executive Director of the Association of Independent Schools of WA in July 2008. She has worked for many years in the Western Australian education system with her first four years teaching Economics and Mathematics. The following seven years were spent working in New York with Ernst and Young, and being greatly involved in the introduction of microcomputer applications into business. She returned to WA in 1986 as Director of Computing at St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School for seven years.

During the early 1990s she worked with the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (at the time the Secondary Education Authority) for four and a half years before joining AISWA as the Manager of Curriculum and Australian Government Targeted Programs. She has been with AISWA for more than 10 years and has worked closely with schools and other stakeholders in the areas of curriculum change, Curriculum Framework and Senior Secondary Education; and in meeting government regulations from a national and state perspective. Valerie has a Bachelor of Economics and a Diploma of Education, and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and the Australian Council for Educational Leadership.

Ron Gorman (AISWA Staff)

Deputy Director

Ron Gorman <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Ron is Deputy Director of AISWA. He has extensive experience in teaching and leading a diversity of schools in WA and Victoria.  Ron manages innovative programmes and university partnerships for AISWA. He is a member of the Global Educators Leaders Partnership and has been awarded Fellow of Australian Council of Educational Leadership (WA). Ron is also past-Chair of the Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation, advocating for Australian authors and illustrators and working closely with the Australian Children’s Laureate.

Jan Clarke (AISWA Staff)

Manager Of Learning Technologies And STEM

Jan Clarke <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Jan Clarke has been with AISWA since 2008. She has 40 years of primary and secondary teaching experience, including G&T and Computing, HoLA for T&E and Certificate qualifications. She actively incorporated ICT in her teaching for over 30 years and has a strong belief in its potential for student engagement and learning. Jan has a BEd (Curriculum), Grad Dip in Comp Sci (Education) and a Cert IV in WTA. On behalf of AISWA she has: led the roll-outs of all WACE T&E subjects, the ICT Capabilities and K-10 Technologies subjects; represented AISWA for ISA, SCSA and ACARA and various STEM initiatives; supported the DER; collaborated with universities on research projects; delivered keynotes, papers and workshops at national and international conferences; developed and shared many practical ICT-related resources, including internationally published works; and managed the multi-skilled AISWA Tech Team. She takes great pride in supporting WA Independent Schools.

Therese Bamford (AISWA Staff)

Registration And Compliance Consultant

Therese Bamford <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Therese has worked at AISWA for a number of years, previously in the Aboriginal Schools Support Unit and in the administration of a Commonwealth funding program for the CGA. 

Since 2014 Therese has worked in the area of school registration and compliance, which involves supporting schools with their renewal of registration process and assisting all member schools with queries related to school registration and compliance with the Registration Standards and Requirements. Therese works in this role alongside her colleague, Gary Robinson.  When not visiting schools she and Gary are a contact point for school compliance queries and are involved in presentation delivery, school constitution review, the development, review and maintenance of policy and procedure guidelines, governance guidelines, production of the Registration and Compliance Focus newsletter and other documentation associated with registration and compliance.

Nigel Briggs (AISWA Staff)

Industrial And Workplace Relations Consultant

Nigel Briggs <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Nicola Davidson (AISWA Staff)

Manager Of Leadership & Teaching Quality

Nicola Davidson <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>
Nicola is committed to the transformative possibilities of education. She has a keen interest in working with others to implement research and policy into practical processes and strategies. She has had 20 years experience in leadership positions with independent and government schools. She has worked in both school and policy settings where much of her work was about gaining consensus from diverse interest groups.  Nicola is keen to work with teachers and school leaders to translate their vision into practice and to help them link the work they currently do with the AITSL standards.

Lynne Nixon (AISWA Staff)

Consultant - Child Protection

Lynne Nixon <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

 

Lynne joined the Inclusive Education team at AISWA in April 2017 where her roles have included Inclusive Education Consultant, Inclusive Education Coordinator, and currently Consultant - Child Protection.  She brings experience in filling various roles within schools, particularly in the areas of disability and leadership. During her time as Principal, Lynne has been passionate about creating an inclusive school culture and community, and quality teaching and learning. She has been involved in supporting and mentoring school leaders, and school registration, particularly in child protection and disabilities. 

Lynne currently provides support to all AISWA schools in child safety and child protection. She is the AISWA contact in assisting inquiries related to child abuse including mandatory reporting and works with other child safe /child protection agencies. 

 

 

 

Gary Robinson (AISWA Staff)

Registration And Compliance Consultant

Gary Robinson <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

After graduating with a Bachelor in Science (Chemistry) and a Diploma in Education Gary started teaching in 1979 as a science teacher at Norseman District High School. After teaching for 9 years in Department of Education schools in a range of subjects including Chemistry and Physics he moved to Albany, with his family, where for the next 20 years he taught at Bethel Christian School. He was Principal of the school for his last 8 years in Albany. From Albany Gary and his wife moved to Esperance to teach at Wongutha CAPS, a boarding school for Aboriginal students. Gary was offered and accepted a position at AISWA in 2007.

Gary’s first role at AISWA was to support the Aboriginal Independent Community Schools (AICS) as they took on older students as a consequence of the raising of the student leaving age. Gary then worked in the newly created Policy and Registration space for a few years before taking on the management of the AICS support team. Since 2013 Gary has been back as a consultant in the Registration and Compliance area where he works alongside Sarah Kennedy.

 

Kris Stafford (AISWA Staff)

AISWA Director | Curriculum & Pedagogy

Kris Stafford <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Kris has 30 years of experience in School and tertiary education, and education policy across a variety of roles. She has a deep understanding of State and National curriculum policy and the policy process, and best practice in curriculum leadership, and teaching learning. Since 2017 at AISWA, she has designed and led many effective education initiatives focused on improving teacher quality and facilitating student success. Kris currently represents the WA Independent school sector on the Department of Premier and Cabinet (and Ministerial) appointed School Curriculum and Standards Authority Curriculum and Assessment Committee. 

Between 2007-2014 Kris was A/Manager & Principal Consultant at the School Curriculum and Standards Authority, where she provided leadership and strategic policy advice for all WA schools. Kris has a Master of Education and has lectured widely in Pre-Service Teacher Education and Public Health.

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Segments

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Date / Time

4 Apr 2020 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 16:30

Delivery Format : In Person

Kennedy Baptist College

Location Specifics Limited parking within school grounds. Additional parking will be available at Murdoch University.

PL Hours : 8.00

Learning Area

  • Governance

School Area

  • Leadership

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