Our opening keynote speaker, Glenn McLachlan, Executive Director, Professional Learning Institute will be presenting on LEADERSHIP, CULTURE AND CHANGE: Navigating our way into the Learning Zone
Glenn is an innovative educational thought leader with expertise in designing and implementing successful professional learning programmes in schools across the world. With over 25 years' leading educational change programmes informed by teaching experience ranging from tough UK comprehensive schools to top independent schools across Asia-Pacific, Glenn understands the myriad of challenges in schools. Born and educated in New Zealand he has been the Executive Director of the Professional Learning Institute in Australia for the last decade. The essence of his work is to partner with boards and school leaders to create a culture of collective efficacy for all staff to work better together to have a positive impact on student achievement.
Glenn will unpack some of the barriers to stepping out of the comfort zone and outline key strategies to creating a high-performance change culture in schools. He will investigate the power of increasing the capacity and collective efficacy of school staff and how to help them on their own trajectories of growth. In a competitive educational market where all schools are searching for creative ways to attract, retain and develop their staff, the convergence of leadership, culture and change is the key to empowering educational excellence.
Keynote speaker, Daisy Christodoulou will be presenting on IS ENGLISH LITERATURE DEAD?
Daisy is Director of Education at No More Marking, a provider of online comparative judgement assessments. She works closely with schools in the UK, Australia and USA on developing new approaches to assessment, and on applications of artificial intelligence in the classroom.
Before that, she was Head of Assessment at Ark Schools, a network of academy schools. She has taught English in two London comprehensives and has been part of UK government commissions on the future of teacher training and assessment. She is the author of three books about education: Seven Myths about Education (2013), Making Good Progress? The future of Assessment for Learning (2017), and Teachers vs Tech (2020).
Fewer students are choosing literature and the humanities, while reading for pleasure is declining. Meanwhile, STEM subjects are growing in popularity. Why is this shift happening, and what does it mean for education's future? In this talk, Daisy explores the reasons behind these trends—from the focus on career prospects to the effects of digital technology on reading habits. She will examine how this impacts independent schools and whether they should adapt to digital and STEM demands or reaffirm the value of the humanities.
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