School Improvement for Schools (under 300)

PL # 13589

  • Starting from 19 Jun 2023 until 3 Oct 2023
  • Cancellation permitted until 15 Jun 2023
  • Event registrations closed on 15 Jun 2023

Delivery Format : In Person

Event registration is Closed

Description

AISWA's School Leadership and Teacher Quality team are partnering with Jeremy Weinstein from NoTosh to deliver the School Improvement Program.

Who is this project for?

This program is aimed at leadership teams who have an interest in developing, testing, and implementing school improvement strategies.

What content will be addressed?

The program starts with a one-day overview of the Design Thinking process, which provides participants with an understanding of the mindsets and dispositions associated with this consultative and iterative way of approaching school change. 

The leadership teams will then collaborate to identify the areas they are passionate about and that require the most improvement in the school, and create a shared vision of the future that is aligned with the school's mission and objectives. 

With a cause in mind, the leadership team will start to determine the best way to address the required improvements by coming up with a range of possible solutions. Once the team has settled on one (or more) solutions, the next step is to test and learn what works best, when, why, and how. Gathering data is critical to ensuring that the ideas that get implemented are sustainable in the long term.

What is the commitment from participants and the mode of delivery?

The program will be facilitated over five face-to-face sessions between the months of May - October. An additional two online check-in sessions will be held with each school via Zoom for NoTosh to engage with participants. These online sessions will occur between sessions two and three and again between sessions three and four. Participation in all sessions is essential to maximise learning.

 

 

Presenters

Meika Pfeiffer-Gough (AISWA Staff)

Consultant | Teacher Quality And School Leadership

Meika Pfeiffer-Gough <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Meika Pfeiffer-Gough is a School Leadership and Teaching Quality Consultant, a new role for 2022. Meika has gained her experience and knowledge whilst working across a variety of educational settings in the PK-12 environment, during her 17 years as a teacher and leader. She has always been a firm advocate for empowering staff and students to develop growth mindsets and is passionate in her belief that strong, positive, and supportive teacher-student relationships, are fundamental to improving teaching and learning outcomes in schools.

Dr Nancy Bonfiglio-Pavisich (AISWA Staff)

Teacher Quality And School Leadership Consultant

Dr Nancy Bonfiglio-Pavisich <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Dr Nancy Bonfiglio-Pavisich is a Leadership Consultant.  With a focus on educational leadership, teaching and learning, change management, and school improvement, Nancy has worked with leaders and teachers to facilitate change in their respective schools. She has researched, designed, implemented, and evaluated system, school, and individual programs for teachers and leaders that include but are not limited to quality induction, mentoring, school improvement, and contextualised staff professional development. She has submitted her Ph.D. in Mentoring, has a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership, and qualifications in Languages, Literacy and Numeracy, Business Management, and Religious Education. She is a Life and Group Styles Inventory and DISC Facilitator, a Sessional Tutor and Stategies and Partnership Consultant for the University of Notre Dame, and is also qualified as a Life Coach. With a passion for education, Nancy’s leadership and teaching and learning practices are underpinned by evidence-based research. She is a regular contributor to the ACEL Resources in Action series and has been the recipient of the New Voice Scholarship Award (2020) and has also been recognised by ACELWA with a Certificate of Excellence in Educational Leadership.

Jeremy Weinstein

Jeremy Weinstein

Jeremy is recognised globally as a thought leader and facilitator in helping people think differently about communicating, collaborating and learning. He's collaborated on projects in a range industries, from banking to healthcare to education, and with organisations from Australia’s top 50 ASX listed companies to the local primary school, all of them with communication at the core. He helps communities and organisations find problems worth solving, and helps people work their way through the hurdles of solving them with critical and creative thinking.

He is a trained Engineer, an award winning filmmaker, a Media academic, a UX designer, a healthcare project and relationship manager and a podcaster — showing he can do anything he turns his mind to. Currently, he is focussed on the delivery of improved opportunities for young people, and strategy for Government, schools and commercial organisations.

Terms & Conditions

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In Person event conditions

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Segments

Improvement and Cohesion

Date / Time

19 Jun 2023 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30

Delivery Format : In Person

PL Hours : 7.00

School Improvement for Schools (under 300)

Date / Time

20 Jun 2023 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30

Delivery Format : In Person

PL Hours : 7.00

Improvement and Cohesion

Date / Time

31 Jul 2023 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30

Delivery Format : In Person

PL Hours : 7.00

Moving Forward

Date / Time

3 Oct 2023 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30

Delivery Format : In Person

PL Hours : 7.00

Learning Area

  • Governance
  • Leadership

School Area

  • Early Childhood (PK - 2)
  • Primary (P-6)
  • Secondary (7-10)
  • Senior Secondary (11 - 12)

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