Tuesday 6 March 2018

Rendezvous Hotel Scarborough $330 per person (includes GST) Conference registration includes membership to WASTAA for the 2018-19 financial year, parking on the day, admission to conference sessions, delegate pack, arrival tea / coffee, morning tea, lunch and close of conference hospitality.

From 0745 Registration with tea and coffee available upon arrival 0850 WELCOME TO AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY Marmin Dance Group, Maali Centre, Governor Stirling Senior High School 0900 WELCOME Andrew Bell, President, WASTAA

0905 OPENING ADDRESS: Sharyn O’Neill, Director General, Department of Education

0930 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Framing the Future -The Real Work of a Middle Leader Stephen Macdonald 1030 Morning Tea and Event Exhibition 1115 Concurrent 1A: Concurrent 1B: Concurrent 1C: Learning Agility: The Secret Think Forward: Pragmatic Framing your Future: to Leadership Success Strategies for 21st Century Transitioning to Retirement Stephen Macdonald Learning Bob Miller Julia Mary, Dr Caitlin McGuinness, Nigel Bateman 1215 Concurrent 2A: Concurrent 2B: Concurrent 2C: Really…What is Skills of the Future Do I Want to be a Deputy and Instructional Leadership as David Castelanelli & Conor How do I Get There? a Middle Manager? McLaughlin Janette Gee and Kath Ward Grant O’Sullivan

1315 Lunch served in Straits Café (dessert and coffee served in the event exhibition space) 1415 Concurrent 3A: Concurrent 3B: Concurrent 3C: Really…What is Understanding Gen Z Watch Out for PUSS Instructional Leadership as David Castelanelli & Conor (Psychologically Safe School a Middle Manager? McLaughlin Stuff!) Grant O’Sullivan Greg Mitchell

1515 CONFERENCE CLOSE - door prizes and fellowship WASTAA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

*program subject to change in the lead up to the event

Presenters Stephen Macdonald Stephen is a skilled executive coach and facilitator who has experience across a wide range of sectors including mining, banking, engineering, government, education and healthcare. Steve has been involved in the development and delivery of a range of leadership enhancement, work performance, team effectiveness, workplace wellbeing and organisational alignment processes within senior levels of organisations and with the next generation of leaders.

Stephen believes a metrics based approach to guiding and evaluating individual and organisational level improvement is vital. He has a specific focus on effective leadership and management practices, improving the alignment of organisational culture, team effectiveness and the enhancement of individual mental health and wellbeing.

David Castelanelli David Castelanelli is the WA Youth Ambassador for 2018. David is also a Young Entrepreneur and Youth Speaker. In 2017, David was voted as one of Australia's Top 100 Young Leaders. Having founded Alpha Motivation at the young age of 17, David then co-founded and created an app called Futuristic Skills. Now 19 years old, David travels around Australia as a youth motivational speaker. He has also travelled to the USA and Hong Kong to speak to young people.

Janette Gee Janette is a passionate advocate of a strong, viable public education system with proactive leaders who support each other with professional knowledge and collegiality. She values the support she has enjoyed through WASSEA, reciprocating by serving on the committee (2010- 13) and representing WASSEA through ASPA, AITSL, SCSA and ACARA. As president, she works with her colleagues to give WASSEA a voice in shaping our education system’s future and to support administrators and aspirants in this complex environment of change. Janette’s teaching background has been varied, with her initial specialities being English and Maths. In 2010 she was appointed principal of – a school that operates with a Big Picture ethos. She also has a strong background working in education support, inclusion, low SEI communities and Aboriginal education. Janette is committed to secondary schooling that recognises that every young person deserves a quality education and optimistic long term outcomes. In 2013 Janette was awarded the Department of Education Woman of Achievement Award. In 2014 she was awarded a National Excellence in Teaching Award and was named Fellow of Australian Council for Educational Leaders (WA) (Honorary). She commenced her role as President of WASSEA in 2014.

Kath Ward Kath worked for over 22 years in the Wheatbelt region of WA before returning to the metropolitan area in 2012. Originally an English and History teacher, she is currently completing her Masters in School Leadership – always leading by learning. Kath believes in providing quality leadership opportunities to others so that we grow the organisation that is public education. She is passionate about government education and ensuring that we engage and educate all comers to the limit of our resources and the best of our ability.

Kath has a wide experience in education related matters, including serving on the SCSA Curriculum and Assessment sub-committee and their Secondary Principals’ Advisory Group. She is currently a board member of the Rotary Residential College and a trustee of the Kentian Scholarship Foundation, is actively involved in the Curtin Education Community network and enjoys the balance offered by the CANSSEA network of secondary principals.

As a committee member for a number of years since her time as a deputy principal, Kath has been very active, attending ASPA Talking Heads and ICP conferences; convened two WASSEA conferences and a one-day symposium and presented to aspirant leaders in metro and south west regions. She is in her second term as WASSEA Secretary and has represented WASSEA at a variety of workshops and events. Kath was recipient of the John Laing Professional Development Award in 2012 and was recognised by WASSEA for her educational leadership in 2008.

Kath believes that quality teachers and quality schools where government schools are recognised as schools of choice is best achieved through a strong organisation that can be a great voice of reason and maintain the focus on core business – catering for the diverse needs of our students. She states that WASSEA is recognised as that voice of reason, made stronger by being student-centred and apolitical. She became a committee member as she is a firm believer that any organisation is only as strong as its membership. She says she values the excellent collegiality and support offered by WASSEA and acknowledges the difference that we can make to education through having a strong voice as a professional organisation.

Kath says: “Health and wellbeing matters a great deal to me and my ‘You matter most’ philosophy begins with me. Despite being a bit of a perfectionist on the work front, I always make time for family and friends and walk my two lovely Golden Retriever dogs every morning to help maintain my sanity!”

Julia Mary, Nigel Bateman and Caitlin McGuiness

Schools of Thinking was founded by a group of dedicated teachers and school administrators. We are a not- for-profit organisation, and our board members work on a voluntary basis to run events, write blogs, create resources and advocate for innovative curricula in the hope of inspiring other teachers to put students' thinking at the forefront of their daily practice. Nigel Bateman, Caitlin McGuinness and Julia Mary are inaugural board members who have worked together for eight years. Between them, they have explicitly taught thinking skills to a wide range of students including; Gifted and Talented students, students with low literacy, ATAR students, and Students at Educational Risk.

Bob Miller Bob Miller is an experienced Financial Adviser who retains links to secondary education, via his position of Chair of the Economics Course Advisory Committee. Bob strongly believes that investment decisions should be influenced by the economic outlook in both Australia and overseas. He also believes investors should understand the difference between market volatility and long term risk. While the prices of shares listed on the share market can be volatile, the true test of an investment is the strength of the underlying business and its ability to consistently produce profits, and subsequent dividends, to shareholders. Indeed, provided quality shares are not required to be sold under pressure, their continual dividends and, in Australia’s case, franking credits, really means they are safe.

Grant O’Sullivan Grant O’Sullivan, B. Ed, Dip. Teach, Accredited GCI Coach, FAIM

Grant is Director, WA, SA, NT with Growth Coaching International and heads up the work undertaken by the team in those territories. Grant has a career background that has included general manager, board chair, director of schools and 17 years as a school principal in both rural, city, primary and secondary settings. Since 2007 he has become a highly sought after keynote speaker, facilitator and trainer working in both the corporate sector and educational field.

Greg Mitchell

Greg Mitchell is a based consultants who works with pupils, teachers, school leaders and parents all over Australia and occasionally internationally. Greg delivers workshops and consults with schools on a vast range of topics as well as emceeing several state, national and international conferences each year.

He is a dynamic presenter with a ton of enthusiasm, a mountain of practical strategies and a shedload of humour.

Concurrent Sessions SESSION 1A: Learning Agility: The Secret to Leadership Success Stephen Macdonald (KAYA Consulting)

Learning agility is an individual’s ability and willingness to learn quickly in one situation before applying learning to perform effectively in new and challenging leadership situations. Learning agility is highly-correlated with leadership effectiveness. Leaders with higher levels of learning agility tend to be more successful leaders whereas their counterparts with lower levels tend to be more effective managers. Learning agility is influenced by factors including a growth or ‘open’ mindset, a desire to improve, engagement with high-quality, research-based professional learning, chronological age and maturity and life experiences. This session explores the concept in the context of middle leadership within schools.

SESSION 1B: Think Forward: Pragmatic Strategies for 21st Century Learning Ms Julia Mary, Dr Caitlin McGuinness, Nigel Bateman (Schools of Thinking)

Our students live in an age where critical and creative thinking are necessary attributes for ongoing success. As educators we are mandated through the General Capabilities to teach these skills for the 21st Century and we all seek to enable students to excel in these domains. Valuing critical and creative thinking while explicitly teaching these skills amongst crowded curriculums and assessments can often be challenging. This break out session will explore the explicit language required to create a culture of critical and creative thinking and share accessible classroom strategies which take thinking from the abstract to the practical.

SESSION 1C: Framing your Future: Transitioning to Retirement Bob Miller (Lifespan WA Financial Consultants)

Two critical factors determining your standard of living in retirement are your willingness to build up your super via salary sacrifice [especially with WestState Super’s extraordinary tax status] and also the way in which you allocate your super funds at retirement itself, particularly your willingness to utilise Australian shares.

SESSION 2A: Really…What is Instructional Leadership as a Middle Manager? Grant O’Sullivan (Growth Coaching International)

This workshop will answer the question: What do effective instructional leaders actually do that leads instruction in their school….while managing all the other stuff?

Research (Hattie, 2012; McKinsey, 2010) has highlighted the critical importance of ‘collaborative practice’ with teachers working together to determine what works in their classroom and to support each other in their learning. This workshop will focus on what middle leaders do, to develop a coaching culture that facilitates the ultimate aim of having teachers collaboratively coaching peers, using “data” such as collected from classroom observation.

Since 2005, the Growth Coaching International team has seen first-hand, what works…and what doesn’t…when school leaders aim to build a coaching culture in their schools. The workshop draws on this direct experience of working across the country with over 8,000 school leaders, along with supporting research with links to the AITSL Standards for Teachers and Principals.

Participants will have the opportunity to work with others via a facilitated discussion to consider how to plan a “roadmap” to build a coaching culture in their school.

SESSION 2B: Skills of the Future David Castelanelli & Conor McLaughlin (Futuristic Skills)

The jobs of the future are constantly changing. How we can best prepare our students and children for the future? What skills will they need to succeed? This workshop outlines our top 10 skills of the future and how young people can start to develop these skills.

SESSION 2C: Do I Want to be a Deputy and How do I Get There? Janette Gee (WASSEA) and Kath Ward (Kent Street SHS)

This session will explore the role of a deputy principal and how it differs from a level 3 position in a secondary context. It will investigate the selection criteria for deputy principals and consideration will be given to the AITSL Principal Standard and profiles. Janette and Kath will give insight into preparing a quality application and how important it is to consider not just the selection criteria but also the context of the position. We will also explore how to transition successfully into a deputy principal role and how to prepare for a change of focus from curriculum leader to a member of the school executive leadership team.

SESSION 3A: Really…What is Instructional Leadership as a Middle Manager? Grant O’Sullivan (Growth Coaching International)

The workshop will answer the question: What do effective instructional leaders actually do that leads instruction in their school….while managing all the other stuff?

Research (Hattie, 2012; McKinsey, 2010) has highlighted the critical importance of ‘collaborative practice’ with teachers working together to determine what works in their classroom and to support each other in their learning. This workshop will focus on what middle leaders do, to develop a coaching culture that facilitates the ultimate aim of having teachers collaboratively coaching peers, using “data” such as collected from classroom observation.

Since 2005, the Growth Coaching International team has seen first-hand, what works…and what doesn’t…when school leaders aim to build a coaching culture in their schools. The workshop draws on this direct experience of working across the country with over 8,000 school leaders, along with supporting research with links to the AITSL Standards for Teachers and Principals.

Participants will have the opportunity to work with others via a facilitated discussion to consider how to plan a “roadmap” to build a coaching culture in their school.

SESSION 3B: Understanding Gen Z David Castelanelli & Conor McLaughlin (Futuristic Skills)

Move over Millennials, Generation Z are here. Generation Z or the iGeneration are students born between 1996 and 2010. These students have been raised in the age of social media and digital expansion.

This workshop looks at the differing characteristics of Gen Z. We will teach you how to better communicate and connect with the generation that is beginning to hit our workforce.

SESSION 3C: Watch Out for PUSS (Psychologically Safe School Stuff!) Greg Mitchell

Leading your School out of the PUSS (Psychologically Safe School Stuff!): How to create a Psychologically Safe School. Google have researched what makes a great team great and came up with a really interesting finding. It is not who is in the team that makes the difference but how they operate that has an impact. They called it “Psychological Safety”. This workshop is designed to assist school leaders, coordinators and teachers create a psychologically safe school. The workshop details

• Two Attributes of Psychological Safey • Five key social skills that make school cool • How tame a bully, so they’ll never bully you again • How to tame your anxiety so it will never bully you again • A psychological First Aid kit which includes a Mood Meter, a Charter for a cool School, a Meta Moment emergency checklist and a Blueprint for moving on • Strategic Guide to how to implement change Venue

The 2018 WASTAA conference will be held at Rendezvous Hotel, 148 The Esplanade, Scarborough WA 6019.

Parking Parking is available under the hotel building with entry points from West Coast Hwy OR The Esplanade. All conference delegates receive parking for the conference day as part of their conference fee PROVIDED THAT THIS IS SELECTED WHEN YOU REGISTER ONLINE. Simply park your car on the day and bring your parking ticket with you when you check into the conference. Events WA will exchange your parking ticket for a paid exit ticket.

Accommodation Your accommodation at Rendezvous Hotel can be arranged by Events WA as part of the registration process. Please book your room when you register.

Dietary requirements Your dietary requirements can be catered for by the venue if indicated during the registration process.

Registration

The 2018 WASTAA conference is open to all aspiring, newly appointed and experienced secondary school Level 3 roles working in Western Australian public schools.

In the interest of growing leaders across your school and across our public education system, WASTAA encourages you to bring a teacher with team leadership potential along with you to the conference. It’s a great way to recognise and nurture the leadership talent in your school and to succession plan.

Conference registration includes: • membership to WASTAA for the 2018-19 financial year • parking on the day • admission to conference sessions • delegate pack • tea and coffee upon arrival • morning tea • lunch • conference exhibition

How to Register

Step 1 Read the Conference Program and select the components of the conference that you wish to attend including your accommodation and concurrent session selections.

Step 2 Arrange a credit card for payment online when you register

Step 3 Register online at https://www.secureregistrations.com/WASTAA2018/

Step 4 After registering, delegates will receive an email reply to say that their registration has been received successfully. If no email is received within 24 hours, please check your Junk Mail before contacting Events WA. It is recommended that you add [email protected] to your contacts to prevent correspondence being filtered into your Junk Mail folder.

Step 5 Delegates will receive a Delegate Confirmation Letter by email from Events WA to confirm details of their registration and advise further information about the Conference.

Step 6 Delegates will receive a Tax Invoice / Receipt by email from Events WA. If you wish to pay for part of your registration personally, (accommodation for example), we suggest that you DO NOT include this when you register BUT email [email protected] after you have registered and we will add this to your registration and issue a separate invoice.

Cancellations will be assessed on a case by case basis. Full refunds will only be granted if replacement registrations are received. Refunds will exclude accommodation, food and beverage costs once confirmed, due to contractual arrangements with venues and suppliers.

Book early to avoid disappointment and to register your session selections as some sessions are limited.

Join the WASSTA Executive Team

What is WASTAA? The Western Australian Secondary Teaching Administrators’ Association (Inc) (WASTAA) represents, and advocates for, the interests of all secondary school staff in Level 3 roles across schools and regions, at the system level.

Who is the WASTAA Executive Team? The following people currently serve on WASTAA’s Executive Team: President Andrew Bell, Program Coordinator - Teaching and Learning, Warwick Senior High School Vice President Renae Hill, Program Coordinator - Teaching and Learning, Treasurer Pam Armstrong, Head of Learning Area - HASS, Greenwood College Secretary Rhiannon Geddis, Head of Learning Area - Maths, Governor Stirling Senior High School Executive Team Members Joanna Harmer, Dean of Teaching and Learning, Comet Bay College Penny Steele, Head of Learning Area - English, Governor Stirling Senior High School

How can I be a part of the WASTAA Executive Team? Your conference registration includes membership to WASTAA for the 2018-19 financial year.

To be a part of the WASTAA Executive Team, you need to nominate and be elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Come along to the sundowner at the end of conference day to find about the strategic directions of WASTAA, what you could contribute and how you can grow your professional network through your association.

If you can’t get to conference, express your interest in serving on the WASTAA Executive Team by emailing a member of the current WASTAA Executive Team ahead of the conference. Join the WASSTA conference conversation

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Subject to change