Tuesday 7 March 2017 Rendezvous Hotel Scarborough $220 per person (includes GST) Conference registration includes membership to WASTAA for the 2017-18 financial year, parking on the day, admission to conference sessions, delegate pack, tea and coffee upon arrival, morning tea, lunch and close of conference hospitality. From 8am Registration with tea and coffee available upon arrival 8.30 am Welcome Colin Payne, President, WASTAA 8.35 am Acknowledgement of Country 8.45 am Opening address Sharyn O’Neill, Director General, Department of Education 9.05 am The importance of leadership from the middle Michael Morgan, Executive Principal, Department of Education 9.30 am Mindful Leadership Johanne Klap, Principal Consultant, Tripleloop Consulting 10.30 am Morning tea served in the foyer 11.00 am Mindfulness at work Bringing your best Common behaviours How can we create Johanne Klap self to work… and and ways effective conditions within taking it home again teachers respond secondary schools Stephen Macdonald Helen Egeberg for successful teaching teams that create students’ success? Michael Morgan 12.00 pm Learnable Bringing your best Connecting with Self empowerment: intelligence: the truth self to work… and Troubled Kids – the secret lies within behind the growth taking it home again Making it CLEAR your body language mindset Stephen Macdonald Helen Egeberg and voice James Anderson Sophie Zadeh 1.00 pm Lunch served in Straits Cafe 1.45 pm Succeeding with mindsets: lessons for school leaders James Anderson, Mindful by Design 2.45 pm Leading School Bringing your best Career development First impressions Improvement for self to work… and and individual count: your first secondary Level 3 taking it home again pathway planning for impression can make leaders Stephen Macdonald students or break your Peter Holcz Shirley Parer success Sophie Zadeh 3.45 pm AGM, door prizes and closing drinks in the Mentelle Room Graeme Repper, Executive Team Member, WASTAA Presenters Michael Morgan Michael Morgan was appointed Executive Principal to the Director General of Education in 2016. His key responsibility was to support the Department's leadership reforms and comprehensive leadership strategy. Michael took up his appointment at Shenton College as Principal in 2008. Prior to joining Shenton College, Michael was Principal Consultant and Principal in the Goldfields region and Pilbara region. Michael has extensive educational experience and a strong record of significant and successful leadership in secondary school education. Michael has established strong international and domestic education partnerships and strategic alliances. In 2013 Michael was announced as Secondary Principal of the Year and Shenton College was also announced as Secondary School of the Year. Shenton College was also ranked Australia‟s Top Comprehensive Public School by the Weekend Australian in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Michael believes in a school that is much more than marks. The College‟s motto established in 2010 “Much More Than Marks - Learning for Life” embodies his belief that a child‟s schooling experience is more than an outstanding academic result. Educators and schools should strive to develop their students‟ knowledge of the world and to foster the emotional and social intelligence they need to be active participants and leaders, now and in the future. Michael was awarded a State and National Australian Council for Education Leadership (ACEL) Fellowship and a Churchill Fellowship in 2014. He focused his Churchill Fellowship research in the USA around efficient ways to measure effective teaching and empowering teachers to improve their practice. In 2016 Michael was announced as an IPS Fellow and travelled to Harvard University to undertake professional learning in leadership through the Leadership and Evolving Vision program and 12 weeks of professional learning in “Including Ourselves in the Change Equation” at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Johanne Klap Mindful leadership enables us to be fully present, aware of ourselves and our impact on other people, with a clearer focus on what needs to be done. With a mindful approach we have greater attention, awareness, acceptance, and compassion such that we can facilitate more flexible, adaptive responses to stress, which, in turn gives the ability to weave and shift our attention and focus according to the current demands of school life. Johanne is a well-respected leadership coach, professional development facilitator and an internationally accredited senior trainer with the Potential Project (PP). PP‟s mindfulness programs are specifically designed to meet the needs of today‟s „always-on‟, complex, and dynamic work environments, and enhance the mental capacity and clarity of leaders and employees of organisations. Johanne is also a Murdoch University PhD candidate researching the impact of Mindfulness on school Principals‟ leadership and wellbeing and will share some of her preliminary research findings. Previously she has been a Marketing and Public Relations Manager, has teaching experience in both Australia and the UK, and is an award winning University Lecturer. James Anderson James Anderson has spent the last 15 years working to answer the question “What are you going to be doing this year to help make your students more intelligent?” His learning has taken him through the “Thinking Curriculum”, to Habits of Mind (Costa and Kallick), Mindsets (Dweck) and Learnable Intelligence (Ericsson) so he is now uniquely placed to combine these powerful ideas into practical school and classroom applications. He has published on Habits of Mind with Costa and Kallick and has his own book “Succeeding with Habits of Mind”. He was the first person in the world, and currently the only in Australia, to be certified by Mindset Works (co-founded by Carol Dweck) as a Growth Mindset trainer. With James you‟ll discover how we can truly teach children to become smarter. Stephen Macdonald Stephen is a skilled executive coach and organisational consultant who has experience across a wide range of sectors. 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 including various education sectors in Australia. Most recently Steve has led the Kaya Education team in developing and implementing a wide range of staff mental health and wellbeing initiatives in schools across Australia. He has a specific focus on effective leadership and management practices, improving the alignment of organisational culture, team effectiveness and the enhancement of employee mental health and wellbeing. Sophie Zadeh Body Language Specialist, Sophie Zadeh, is passionate about improving the way people interact and communicate nonverbally. Driven by a desire to help and educate people, Sophie teaches science based knowledge, providing her clients with an understanding of relevant and contextualised nonverbal cues and a skill set of practical tools. With over 20 years of experience within education and training, Sophie has worked with, and presented to, a diverse range of groups, working one to one, with small or large groups or presenting to large audiences at conventions. Her diverse experience, combined with an inherent creative flair, enables her to engage her audience and deliver effective, insightful training and presentations. Peter Holcz Peter Holcz‟s last position was the Managing Director of the Department of Education‟s Institute for Professional Learning, which focused on building the skills and capacity of the education workforce by providing high quality, relevant professional learning and promoting career pathways. Prior to this, Peter was one of three foundation Directors of the Schools Innovation Reform Unit who ensured the Independent Public Schools initiative was successfully implemented. In 2008 and 2009 Peter was one of four foundation Directors of the Expert Review Group responsible for the development of a process to independently review schools. Peter was principal at Karratha SHS, Mirrabooka SHS and the Foundation Principal of Mindarie Senior College (2002 to 2007). His work at Mindarie saw him awarded the Australian Government National Award: „Excellence by a Principal Best National Achievement Award‟ and the school won Top Public School of the Year Award 2005 and West Coast Education District School in 2005 (the latter from 120 schools). Peter has a strong focus on school improvement, as is evidence by his previous and current roles. He co- developed and currently presents the highly regarded 4-day Leading School Improvement program, which has been completed by 500 participants. Helen Edgeberg Helen Egeberg is the founder of Teaching by Design. She has a Bachelor of Arts, Diploma of Education and a Masters of Education and is currently completing her PhD. Her work with universities and schools, in Australia and overseas, focuses on the ways teachers can integrate classroom management, instructional strategies, tactics and skills to create more meaningful learning experiences and safe environments for all students. Helen has been a teacher, a Head of Department, Head of Middle School, tertiary educator and classroom management consultant. With more than 25 years‟ experience in both the public and private sector of education Helen has a wealth of experience in education and a passion for improving outcomes for all students. Focusing on creating a safe and accountable