The highly anticipated Biennial Educators Conference will be the premier gathering of girls’ school educators in Australasia. The format of the conference includes keynotes from academic, business and community leaders, session presentations and interactive discussions and debates on critical issues affecting educators and girls.
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Conference Speakers
Peggy Orenstein
US author and journalist
Madonna King
Award-winning journalist, author and commentator
Professor Erica McWilliam
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education, QUT
Maree Crabbe
Coordinator of the violence prevention project Reality & Risk: Pornography, young people and sexuality.
Dr Terry Fitzsimmons
Director of the Centre for Research into Gender Equality in the Workplace, UQ |
Dr Nicole Archard
Principal, Loreto College Marryatville, Adelaide
Anne Lingafelter
Learning Solutions Consultant, Gallup
Professor Manjula Waniganayake
Department of Educational Studies Macquarie University, Sydney
Prof Helen Forgasz
Professor of Education, Monash University
Prof Gilah Leder
Adjunct Professor, Monash University
Dr Katherine Dix
Senior Research Fellow, Educational Monitoring and Research, ACER
Dr Rebecca English
Faculty of Education,
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg
Child and Adolescent Psychologist, SchoolTV
Event Program
| 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm |
Opening Event | Mortlock Chamber, State Library of South Australia
Special guest: Senator the Hon Penny Wong
Cocktail party for delegates and guests
Corner of North Terrace and Kintore Ave, Adelaide — a short walk from the conference venue.
Drinks and canapes included.
Bookings essential
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| 8.00 am |
Registration Open | Adelaide Convention Centre, Riverbank Foyer
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| 8.30 am |
Conference Welcome: Conference Committee Chair Julia Shea
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| 8.35 am |
Peggy Orenstein | Author & Journalist
Girls and Sex: How young women navigate desire, danger, performance and pleasure
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| 9.45 am |
Dr Terry Fitzsimmons | MD, Australian Gender Equality Council; Centre for Research into Gender Equality in the Workplace; UQ
Driving Gender Equality In Australia and NZ : It’s Time
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| 10.40 am |
Morning tea
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| 11.10 am |
Dr Nicole Archard | Loreto College Marryatville & Prof Manjula Waniganayake | Macquarie University
Girls to Women: The Cycle of Leadership
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| 11.50 am |
Prof Erica McWilliam | QUT
First Day. First Class
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| 12.45 pm |
Lunch in Riverbank Foyer and opportunity to visit trade exhibitors
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| 1.45 pm - 2.15 pm |
Breakout sessions A
Parallel sessions
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Fearless creators [STEM and problem-based learning] | Glenn Carmichael, St Michael’s Collegiate, TAS
The Developing Resilient Women Project | Kristina Morgan & Nicole Caulfield, Lourdes Hill College, QLD
The capacity of language to empower girls to become life-long and self-directed learners | Heather Davis & Jill Bradford, Wilderness School, SA
Fearless Bites | 4 six-minute speed presentation
1. Creating Strong Female Leaders | Rebecca Watts, St Mary’s AGS, WA
2. Fearless Custodians of Wellbeing | Nicole Tuck, St Michael’s Collegiate, TAS
3. Strengthening Wellbeing | Kim Watkins & Cheryl Penberthy, PLC, VIC
4. Social & Emotional Learning | Rachel McKee, Seymour College, SA
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| 2.25 pm - 2.55 pm |
Breakout session B
Parallel sessions
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What kinds of geeks are girls? | Rebecca Ratcliffe & Yallana Brockwell, Wilderness School, SA
Piercing perfectionism | Rose Jost, Melbourne Girls Grammar, VIC
Raising funds for girls’ schools & alumnae relations | Jason Ketter & Pamela Sutton Legaud, AskRIGHT
The 5 stages of cultural change | Margaret Blake, Educator Impact
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| 2.55 – 3.25 pm |
Afternoon tea
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| 3.30 pm |
Madonna King | Author & Journalist
How can we help our girls? Letting them tell us
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| 4.30 pm |
Close Day 1
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| 4.45 -5.30 pm |
Alliance AGM | Members only
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| 7.00 pm - 9.30 pm |
Conference dinner options
You must register for the venue of your choice:
- Bar-to-Bar at Udaberri and La Rumba
- Concubine Chinese Restaurant
- Sean’s Kitchen
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| 7.45 am |
Registration Open | Adelaide Convention Centre, Riverbank Foyer
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| 8.00am |
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg | SchoolTV
The Impact of Technology on Young Women in 2018
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| 8.30 am |
Maree Crabbe | Risk and Reality
It’s time we talked: Pornography, young people and sexuality today
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| 9.30 am |
Anne Lingafelter | Gallup Research
What the data tells us: Gender lessons from Gallup Polls
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| 10.30 am |
Morning tea
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| 11.00 am |
Pornography in schools: Let’s get practical
Q&A panel discussion with Maree Crabbe, Risk and Reality | Marcelle Nader-Turner, St Hilda’s Collegiate School, NZ | Kate Major, Firbank Girls’ Grammar, VIC | Georgina Banks, ChangeABLE
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| 12.00 pm |
Dr Rebecca English | QUT
Holding patterns: How overbearing parenting affects girls’ schooling
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| 12.45 pm |
Lunch in Riverbank Foyer with opportunity to visit trade exhibitors
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| 1.30 pm - 2.00 pm |
Breakout session C
Parallel sessions
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Entrepreneurship: Future fortunes for senior students | Ruth Massie, Seymour College, SA
Mirror, mirror on the wall | Jody Forbes, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, QLD
Fearlessness and empowerment | Rebecca Ewing, Santa Maria, WA
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| 2.05 pm - 2.35 pm |
Breakout session D
Parallel sessions
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Challenge, choice and knowledge of self in Year 9 | Ellen Moffatt & Grace Kinch, Korowa Anglican Girls School, VIC
The power of student voice | Year 12 students Samantha Lau, Raagini Mehra, Shabrea Teo& Nicole To, The Mac. Roberston Girls High School, VIC
Building a successful graduate | Judy Maw & Jackie Barron, St Hilda’s Collegiate School, NZ
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| 2.35 pm |
Afternoon tea
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| 3.05 pm |
Prof Helen Forgasz & Prof Gilah Leder | Monash University
Single-sex schooling, STEM, and career paths: Contemporary issues
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| 3.45 pm |
Dr Katherine Dix | ACER
Single-Sex Schooling and Girls’ Achievement in Australia
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| 4.30-4.45 pm |
Concluding remarks and conference close
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| 6.00 -7.30 pm |
Alumnae Event | St Aloysius College
For interstate and overseas schools.
This reception offers a ready-made, cost-effective regional alumnae event with the added benefit of networking with alumnae, from other girls’ schools, also living in Adelaide.
For more details (e) [email protected]
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| 8.30 am - 12.30 pm |
Post-conference school visits | return to North Terrace Adelaide
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| Option 1: Tour St Mary's and St Aloysius |
St Mary’s College and St Aloysius College are located in the city of Adelaide, and between them educate over 2000 students from Reception (5 years old) to Year 12. Both schools pride themselves on educating young women who actively engage in creating a more just world. Through social justice, student leadership, service learning and immersion programs, students become aware of the challenges facing our society, both locally and globally, and develop confidence in tackling these challenges in meaningful ways.
The tour will profile some of these programs and will involve interaction with key staff and students in each school.
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| Option 2: Tour St Peter's Girls, Loreto College and Mary MacKillop College |
St Peter’s Girls’ School
In 2017 the School built a new Middle School and Library. The ‘wish list’ included natural light, transparency so that our teaching and learning would be visible, flexibility, a design that would bring the ‘outside in’. Our Head of Middle School will show you through the new facility and talk about the learning framework which underpins the design.
Mary MacKillop
Tour our Year 12 common room and study area. The Deputy Principal, Helen Steele will give a short presentation on developing student leadership.
Loreto
Our tour will focus on incorporating outdoor learning experiences into the curriculum to develop children’s learning in Junior School and Early Years settings.
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Extras
Cancellation Policy
Event Location
Venue
Adelaide Convention Centre
North Terrace
Adelaide, South Australia 5000 Australia
Contact
T 08 82124099
http://wwwadelaidecc.com.au »
Accommodation
Conference rates have been secured at the following hotels:
Mercure Grosvenor Hotel, Adelaide: to book use Company ID (client code): SCP454487 and Access Code: AD317AU781 Book now enter ‘Adelaide’ as the location followed by the dates for the conference to access the discounted rate at time of booking.
InterContinental Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide: Use the link: https://aws.passkey.com/go/AGSA to access conference rates.
The InterContinental is offering a special rate until the end of March 2018 of $185.00 being fully prepaid, non-refundable.To book this, guests will need to contact the hotel directly on (08) 8238 2400 and quote the reference ‘AGS’ alternatively for a flexible rate, which does not require any prepayment book using the link above.
