Educating Women: A Conference on the Status of Research on the Education of Girls and Women

EDUCATING WOMEN: A Conference on the Status of Research on the Education of Girls and Women for Professors, Students, Teachers, Activists, Researchers and Concerned Citizens,
May 29-31, 2008, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, The University of Illinois at Chicago, 800 Halstead Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607. More information at www.cedu.niu.edu/blackwell/educatingwomen.html

LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING

• Dr Mark Carter, Principal, Killara High School
• Dr Greg Cunningham, Director of Teaching and Learning, Barker College
• Dr Kristine Needham, Education Consultant and former Principal, Asquith GHS

Leadership for Learning- An International Perspective
An international perspective on trends and issues in educational leadership
Professor Reynold Macpherson, former Chancellor and CEO, Abu Dhabi University.

Leadership for Learning- A Macquarie Perspective
Supporting your learning at Macquarie in 2008 and beyond. Professor Ian Gibson, Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation Chair in Education - Teachers for the Future

Shyam Howlin at Shyam.Howlin@aces.mq.edu.au or ‘phone 9850 8679 by 30 November.
Dr Norman McCulla, Co-ordinator, Macquarie’s Educational Leadership Program. Norman.McCulla@aces.mq.edu.au or ‘phone 98508650

“The future is really the decisions we make today…”

Inaugural New Zealand Educational Administration and Leadership Society (NZEALS) Bay of Plenty Branch, Networking Meeting.

Come and meet other educators, NZEALS President Dr Annie Henry; the Waikato NZEALS Chairperson Dr Jeremy Kedian and listen to our NZEALS Visiting Scholar Ann Milne.

“Educational whitewash! The realities for marginalised learners in our education system in Aotearoa/New Zealand.”
Principal of two decile one schools; Clover Park Middle School, (Years 7 to 10) and Te Whanau o Tupuranga (Years 7 to 13), a designated character, Maori bilingual secondary school, in Otara, Manukau City. As a Pakeha educator, Ann is a strong advocate for different approaches to address the issues that impact on the education of Maori and Pasifika students. In 2004 she was the recipient of both the NZEALS Konica Minolta/Dame Jean Herbison Scholarship and the President’s Research Award.

Tuesday 31 July, 7.00pm
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Windermere Campus, Windermere, Tauranga, Room A4
For further information please contact: ruth.gorinski@xtra.co.nz

2007 Visiting Scholar, Ann Milne

Ann is the principal of two decile one schools; Clover Park Middle School, (Years 7 to 10) and Te Whanau o Tupuranga (Years 7 to 13), a designated character, Maori bilingual secondary school, in Otara, Manukau City. As a Pakeha educator, Ann is a strong advocate for different approaches to address the issues that impact on the education of Maori and Pasifika students. In 2004 she was the recipient of both the NZEALS Konica Minolta/Dame Jean Herbison Scholarship and the President’s Research Award.

“Educational whitewash! The realities for marginalised learners in our education system in Aotearoa/New Zealand.”

The alienation of indigenous and ethnic minority students from mainstream school systems is endemic both in Aotearoa/New Zealand and internationally. Ann’s masters’ thesis, “They didn’t care about normal kids like me.” Restructuring a school to fit the kids,” described the journey of these two schools to structure an educational philosophy that fitted both the developmental needs of this age group, and the need to develop a strong cultural identity.

This research found that to empower indigenous and ethnic minority students to challenge existing school structures to make learning more relevant and accessible, the way we view learning needs to change.

Ann’s presentation will suggest that the greatest gap for Maori and Pasifika learners in our schools is the gap between the rhetoric of schooling ‘improvement’ and the reality. Placing culture and education for social justice at the centre of the curriculum has been the key to engaging Clover Park Middle School and Te Whanau o Tupuranga students in learning.

For further information please contact your local branch Committee.

Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th June 2007

The aim of the seminar is to analyse theoretical problematics in organisational research and practice in educational settings with a view to developing new insights. Read more >>

NZEALS Auckland Branch 2006 November Networking Dinner

Leaders develop sustainability by how they approach, commit to and protect deep learning in their schools; by how they sustain themselves in doing so, so that they can persist with their vision and avoid burning out; and by how they try to ensure the improvements they bring about last over time, especially after they themselves have gone…Successful leadership is sustainable leadership; nothing simpler, nothing less. (Hargreaves & Fink 2003)

You are invited to join us at the NZEALS Auckland Branch November Networking Dinner to hear Bruce Ritchie, Principal of Massey High School, in Waitakere City and a team of teachers sharing how they ‘ Sustain Innovation' in their school. They will present ways in which this large secondary school works to support students' learning, achievement and behaviour.

The evening will begin with a light supper with wine and coffee followed by a presentation from our guest speaker.

Be sure to catch this timely opportunity to hear Bruce, newly returned from a Woolf Fisher Scholarship, exploring key issues at the heart of educational leadership.

Thursday 2nd November from 5:30-8:00 pm, Kohia Teachers' Centre,
University of Auckland (ACE), Epsom Ave, Auckland
(free parking in (Kohia) carpark (Gate 2) or on Epsom Avenue)

July NZEALS networking dinner in Auckland -
Educator shares passion for learning and achievement: Karen Mose speaks at the July NZEALS networking dinner in Auckland

Karen Mose, the Director of Southern Cross Campus (with responsibilities for teaching and learning), spoke about her passion for improving student learning and performance at the July networking dinner of NZEALS Auckland. Afterwards an audience of about 20 took part in an animated discussion of a number of the key challenges facing today's educators including:

• where to put the time, commitment and energy into improving student performance; and
• ways to use data to inform and improve teaching and learning.

Karen shared her own experience on the Southern Cross Campus, South Auckland. She discussed ways in which the school had learned to improve assessment practices, to build school culture and leadership capacity and to embed the AUSAD principles and practices into teaching and learning. She spoke about the ongoing issues facing her school;

• how to utilise evidence to inform ongoing decision-making about learning;
• ways to respond to contemporary educational issues;
• how to embed an evidence based culture at all levels; and
• the challenge of being a professional learning community with a changing cohort of teachers.

Karen acknowledged the ongoing nature of the learning journey and the network of partners who had helped to make progress possible in her school.

These included:

• the Mangere AUSAD School Leaders group;
• the Ministry of Education Schooling Improvement Team;
• Auckland University Faculty of Education;
• The Woolf Fisher Research Centre, Uniserve, Team Solutions; and
• the many colleagues and friends of the Southern Cross Campus.

Jenny Collins
Co-chair Auckland Committee NZEALS

AUSAD refers to the Analysis and Use of Student Achievement Data:

A report prepared for the Ministry of Education in 2004 by Dr H Timperley. The report is available at www.minedu.govt.nz