ReimaginED Melbourne

We are delighted to share the schedule for this year’s conference. The full program including session details is also now available below.

Please note, planning is subject to change and will be finalised in early October.

Schedule

Friday 8 November

12.30pm: Arrival and Registration. Conference Lounge

1.00pm: Welcome, Acknowledgement of Country. Bush Chapel

1.25pm: Conference Opening. Hall

1.40pm: Opening Student Provocation. Hall

1.50pm: Provocation - Dr Mette Boell. Hall

2.45pm: Breakout Sessions. Homesteads

3.45pm: Afternoon Tea. Tipi

4.15pm: Breakout Sessions. Homesteads

5.20pm: Provocation - Hayley McQuire. Hall

6.10pm: Provocation - Daniel Christian Wahl. Hall

7.00pm: Performance - Akasa. Hall

7.40pm - 9.40pm: Conference Reception. Tipi

Saturday 9 November

8.30am: Arrival and Gathering. Conference Lounge

8.50am: Housekeeping. Hall

9.00am: Provocation - Professor Michael Fullan. Hall

10.00am: Morning Tea. Tipi

10.30am: Breakout sessions. Homesteads

11.40am: Regenerating Education for the Circular Economy - Hamish Curry and Tara Merks. Hall

12.00pm: Performance - Makepisi. Hall

12.45pm: Lunch. Tipi

1.45pm: Breakout sessions. Homesteads

2.50pm: Provocation - Professor Sandra Milligan. Hall

3.30pm: The Emerging Futures for Education - Dr Richard Owens. Hall

4.00pm: Conference Closing. Hall

Learn more about this year's speakers

ReimaginED Melbourne Program

Friday 8 November

Arrival and registration

12.30pm

Gathering

Participants are asked to make their way to the desk to sign in and collect their conference pack. Tea and coffee will be available, along with the opportunity to connect with old friends and new colleagues. The IT Help Desk will be open in the lounge area to support participants and speakers.

Location: Conference Lounge

Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country

1.00pm

Acknowledgement of Country

Lionel Lauch

An Acknowledgement of Country is an opportunity to show respect for Traditional Owners and the continuing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to Country. A Cleansing Ceremony can be used in welcome, acknowledgement, celebration, births and deaths to cleanse and ward off any bad energy and spirits from the people and the land.

Welcome

David Baker

Mr David Baker, the Principal of Woodleigh School, will formally welcome local and international participants to the conference and the school.

Location: Bush Chapel

Conference Opening

1.25pm

How can we best learn together?

Dr Richard Owens and Dave Secomb

This session will provide an overview of the conference and introduce the tools and practices that will be used to support learning and collaboration. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with new colleagues, as a way of building a foundation for collaboration, learning, and networking during the event.

Location: Hall

Provocations

1.40pm

Student provocation

The opening provocation at ReimaginED is always delivered by a young person. This tradition helps to centre their voice, needs, concerns, and aspirations at the heart of the conference. It also recognises the importance of giving young people power and access to dialogue and decision making about the future of education as the most important stakeholders in the system.

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, breaking down walls between school and the real world, cultivating capabilities for living and learning, nurturing student agency and identity in an age of complexity, fostering social, emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society.

Location: Hall

1.50pm

Provocation

Dr Mette Boell

Location: Hall

Dialogue Walk

2.30pm

Connection and conversation

A dialogue walk is a tool to engage in listening, inquiry, and generative conversation. A walk is undertaken in pairs, with each participant given the opportunity to explore a reflective question that was given by the facilitators, without being interrupted by their partner. After each person has shared, the pair move into open dialogue around the ideas that emerged.

Location: School grounds

Breakout Sessions

2.45pm

11. An Ecosystem Approach to School and System Transformation

Emma Scott and Martin James

Bermuda is a proud nation; a small island in an increasingly globalised and uncertain world. Since 2020 Innovation Unit has supported Bermuda's Ministry of Education and the island's Public School System to embark on am ambitious education reform program, transforming schools and the education system itself with the goal of enabling each and every young person to lead personally and professionally, compete locally, and contribute globally.

In this session we will walk through a roadmap of changes through the eyes of schools and their communities, exploring how they have collaborated on the redesign of curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, graduate outcomes, physical learning environments and school-industry partnerships to design learning that is culturally attuned to their communities and the needs and ambitions of their students. We will also share how the education system is shifting to better support schools as they embrace change and innovate, and how together we are mobilising the strengths and assets of communities in support of schools.

Throughout this participatory session we will workshop ideas, tools and resources that participants can use and adapt when considering how to bring communities together to explore transformation in their own contexts.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for the transformation of education; Breaking down the walls between school and the real world; Cultivating capabilities for living and learning; Nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Homestead 6.1

Chair: Jonathan Walter

10. Darunsikkhalai School for Innovative Learning (DSIL) Showcase

DSIL teachers and students

This session will showcase case studies of teacher practice and student learning from the Darunsikkhalai School for Innovative Learning. DSIL is an innovative bilingual school based at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in Bangkok, Thailand. The school’s approach to curriculum design is strongly influenced by the Constructionist theory of Seymour Papert. It enjoys affiliations with Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DSIL have been integrating the Compassionate Systems Awareness Framework with their own Thai Constructionism learning model since 2021. They have found that the framework strengthens the connections students make in their learning through engagement in meaningful real world projects.

During this session, participants will have the opportunity to learn more about the school’s learning model and explore case studies of practice from teachers focused on project and problem based learning. The session will feature a series of student project presentations, providing insight into their learning experiences. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on and explore the possibilities for the application of the theory, methods and ideas being explored at DSIL in their own setting.

Spotlight session

Location: Homestead 6.3

Chair: Mignon Weckert

12. Woodleigh School Showcase

Karen Chaur, Nat McLennan and Woodleigh students

This session will showcase student learning at Woodleigh School. Woodleigh School is a progressive, co-educational independent school that was first founded in 1856. The school’s mission is the purposeful development of compassionate, skilful, resilient, and creative young people who can thrive in an ever-changing world. Learning at Woodleigh emphasises learning by doing, through immersive, applied experiences, and learning by caring, through social-emotional development, the promotion of positive relationships, and active engagement as responsible citizens.

During this session, participants will have the opportunity to learn more about Woodleigh’s approach by engaging with the learning stories of students from the primary and secondary sections of the school. The session will feature highlights from the ReimaginED for Juniors pre-conference event organised by the students and teachers from the lower primary. It will also feature insights into project-based learning at the school, including the creek regeneration project in upper primary and community projects in Year 9. Participants will also have the opportunity to hear teacher reflections on their practice, and explore the possibilities for the application and adaptation of the approaches being explored in their own setting.

Spotlight session

Location: Homestead 6.3

Chair: Miffy Farquharson

6. Regenerating Education for the Circular Economy - Community Audit

Hamish Curry and Tara Merks

In this unique session, two organisations, Cool.org and Serve Learn have partnered to design a highly interactive learning experience about helping people and planet through education.

The circular economy is a contemporary model for understanding production and consumption. It crosses every part of the school community, including all learning areas of the curriculum from Science to Art, as well as all resources like laptops and energy use.

How might we start shaping our school communities and our learning around the circular economy? Participants will take on active roles as key stakeholders to help inform and identify areas of action and improvement through a variety of real-world scenarios. Focusing on the scope of the curriculum or the opportunities in the community, groups will drive a greater focus on educating about sustainability

Participants will finish this session with a Regeneration Audit Template as well as a range of suggested resources from Cool.org and Serve Learn.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, breaking down the walls between school and the real world, cultivating capabilities for living and learning, fostering identity and agency in an age of complexity, nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Homestead 2.2

Chair: Dr Gary Simpson

8. When differing concepts of future collide

Jodie Long and Tom McCann

Young people in schools are often bombarded with questions about their future aspirations and goals. However, not all students possess a clear concept of the future or believe in their ability to shape it. This can be particularly true for those facing immediate challenges and traumas. Disparities in time horizons based on social and economic backgrounds can cause incongruence between the inherently future-focused expectations of the system of schooling and the lives these young people lead.

All David Scott School students have backgrounds of trauma-experience and/or school disconnection. Many carry dynamic stories of the past. Very few describe time horizons beyond the present.

To address this disparity, DSS is piloting the ‘FlexEd’ program in 2024 with outreach, online and onsite offerings. This program supports 15 DSS students to focus on short-term timeframes and co-created learning experiences. The program aims to gradually build student confidence through a sense of control over their futures. By acknowledging and addressing immediate needs and gradually introducing future-oriented concepts, FlexEd aims to reconnect these students with education and personal agency and support them to envision their future selves with choice and preference.

This session will delve into the successes, challenges, and outcomes of the 2024 FlexEd pilot program, showcasing its effectiveness as well as discussing the lessons learned and steps forward.

Spotlight

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, cultivating capabilities for living and learning, fostering identity and agency in an age of complexity, nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Homestead 3.2

Chair: tbc

2. Open dialogue as an approach to student wellbeing

Cindy Barnsley and Sarah Farrell-Whelan

Cindy and Sarah will share the systemic change that has occurred at our school to increase the participation of children and young people in all meetings and conversations about their lives within a school context. We will share current research that the school has conducted about the whole school Open Dialogue training that staff have completed and the process of ensuring true collaboration between families, teachers and students around wellbeing/welfare issues. In our session we will support the experiential learning of listening differently and being open to new was of coming together to increase shared dialogue, self agency and the voice of the child in their community and society at large.

Workshop

Themes: Fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity

Location: Homestead 1.2

Chair: Kate Bird

4. Building Better Learners: Explicit teaching of capabilities in the middle years' classroom

Leah English and Natalie Paelchen

At Seymour College, we are committed to building better learners. This is a key priority for us, particularly within the context of our Middle Years' curriculum. We want our students to be critical and innovative thinkers and reflective, active and connected learners. We want to build their metacognitive capacity, their ability to self-regulate and foster a deep sense of agency over, and responsibility for, their learning. We cannot assume, though, that students will naturally develop these capabilities. we must explicitly teach them and provide regular authentic opportunities for students to develop them. Using our Seymour College Learning Framework as the driver for innovation, we are experimenting with a number of Middle Years pilot projects designed to rethink the way we structure and deliver learning in Years 7-9. This session will share our journey thus far - it will outline our goals, our strategies and offer insights as to what has and hasn't worked. Further, we will share our plans for the future of Middle Years learning at Seymour College.

Spotlight

Themes: Fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity, cultivating capabilities for living and learning

Location: Homestead 2.1

Chair: Emma Hall

5. Mutually Flourishing School Communities

Kristi Blakeway and Kristen Brach

In this workshop, Kristi and Kristen will highlight their work supporting students and educators in a small and large school district in British Columbia. They will weave in Indigenous perspectives, as they tell stories on their journey amplifying student voice and supporting teachers and principals in their leadership development. This will be an interactive workshop embedding compassionate systems tools. Come prepared to connect, collaborate, and have fun.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, cultivating capabilities for living and learning, nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Homestead 3.1

Chair: Rod Davies

7. From climate strike anxiety to kitchen table start-up

Matt Sykes

What can regenerative learning look like in practice? How can Indigenous and Western knowledge give young people ‘superpowers’ to tackle climate change?

This session will present the story of a Melbourne-based entrepreneur who started a business during COVID-19, with the express purpose of empowering young people and industry professionals in education, policy-making and business with regenerative leadership skills and knowledge. Discover industry-tested principles of ecological leadership, examine ways of working that embrace intercultural collaboration, as well as be introduced to innovative case studies from Melbourne and around the world. Together let’s explore how by combining EdTech with quality time outdoors ‘on Country’, we have the potential to transform the youth mental health crisis into a breakthrough opportunity for education.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation; breaking down the walls between school and the real world; cultivating capabilities for living and learning; enabling social-emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society; nurturing student agency and identity in an age of complexity

Location: Homestead 3.3

Chair: James Clapham

9. Storying our practices that foster generative social fields for personal, professional and community thriving

Dr Rachel Colla

This session is designed to foster a generative space to share stories and ideate how we might nurture a regenerative approach to education. We will begin by sharing the story of a curriculum innovation we have been testing and iterating to foster a generative social field for our students to connect and develop a systems approach to change. We share the impact and learnings that have emerged in creating these learning hubs that draw on four interconnected circle practices (coaching, yarning, reciprocity and mandala) informed by diverse interdisciplinary research bases, including the deep systems wisdom embodied by our First Nations people. This story sharing is designed to spark dialogue and ideation of other ways to move towards a shared vision of regenerative education. We then move into a story/ing practice in small groups to bring to life the insights and ideas from our collective experience. This practice includes the creation of group storyboards that weave together a tapestry of ideas to fuel our action-oriented hope towards this future.

Spotlight session

Themes: Nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Homestead 6.2

Chair: Dan Lukies

1. Reschooling for a Green Revolution

Cameron Paterson

Your principal asks you to make sustainability a strategic priority in learning and teaching. Where do you start? Our education system faces significant challenges. Young people are signalling their discontent through declining attendance, increasing disruptive behaviour, and concerning levels of mental health issues - tangible expressions of the desire for an educational experience that better resonates with the aspirations and the demands of the contemporary world. Perhaps not so disconnected, we are warned of a future where temperature increases of 4.0 to 7.0 degrees Celsius by 2100 could become a reality, presenting humanity with a critical choice between extinction and transformation.

As we confront these challenges, it is essential to infuse education with the awareness that we stand at a pivotal juncture. We must redefine success as a future where humans thrive sustainably, inseparable from the wellbeing of our planet. Every teacher is now a Climate Teacher, playing a pivotal role in shaping eco-conscious minds. Addressing eco-anxiety requires action, and for young people this can be growing food, caring for animals, and greening schools. Book learning isn't enough in a climate-changed world. Join us for an engaging workshop where we delve into the critical challenges facing our education system and explore innovative solutions.

Workshop

Location: Homestead 1.1

Chair: Kate Croft

3. Developing Students' Competencies and Capacity for Student Action on Real-world Issues.

Lottie Dowling

We don’t have to look far to see that our world needs all of our help. Student Action Projects, based on issues students care about, are authentic and motivating learning environments for experiential learning. Students have told us they are ready to step up to take action on issues they see and care about as empowered Global Citizens. Educators need the tools, and resources to support this important work.

This session explores how to facilitate Student Action Projects step by step, from the selection of meaningful and appropriate issues, designing achievable and suitable solutions to connecting to community and amplifying success through Digital Storytelling.

It explores how Student Action Projects support and develop Student Voice and Agency, as well as Leadership skills in authentic learning contexts. Data from the last three years of Student Action Projects from the Global Citizenship Ambassador Program will showcase skills, knowledge and dispositions these develop. The Inner Development Goals, created to combat the lack of progress in the UN, SDGs, is creating a case study of this program’s outcomes to present at their international conference in Stockholm in September, showing how this type of learning develops the inner goals and dispositions needed for dynamic world realignment. This data will be shared as part of the workshop.

Primary and Secondary student action case studies and resources such as; the IDGs, SDGs (and age appropriate equivalents), Community Mapping tools, Glocal frameworks connecting local to global issues, will be provided for exploration and discussion, alongside opportunities for participants to share their own experiences and insights.

This session is a hands-on 'how to' guide in facilitating successful student action for empowered Global Citizens and engaging and relevant learning. An online Self Paced Student Action Program; a seven stage program guide will be available for all participants.

Workshop

Themes: Breaking down the walls between school and the real world, cultivating capabilities for living and learning, fostering identity and agency in an age of complexity

Location: Homestead 2.3

Chair: Karen Chaur

Afternoon Tea

3.45pm

Social session

The afternoon break at the conference offers an opportunity to refuel and reset before the second round of breakout sessions, along with the chance to socialise and relax in the beautiful bushland environment.

Location: Tipi

Breakout Sessions

4.15pm

1. Place Sourced Learning Lab

Trish Hansen

The session aims to expand perspectives, cultivate practical skills and build knowledge through participation in a series of activities exploring:

1. Worldviews and culture: Together we will explore some of the ways we humans make sense of the world. Beginning with honouring First Nations wisdom and culture, then through several enchanting activities to explore deep time perspectives of Earth’s ecological evolution and the genius of nature's design principles.

2. Place Sourced Learning framework: Using a Place Sourced Learning framework, participants will explore and scope how their practice, their class, and their school unique can be in relationship for immediate application in teaching and learning.

3. Techniques to navigate ambiguity: We embed practical evidence based methods throughout the workshop to cultivate self-awareness, self-compassion, realistic optimism and resilience as we make sense of the changes and challenges we face in our professionals and personal lives.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation; breaking down the walls between school and the real world; cultivating capabilities for living and learning; enabling social-emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society; nurturing student agency and identity in an age of complexity

Location: Homestead 1.3

Chair: Kim Shore

3. Vivid Learning Academy: Unlocking new skills using Visual Thinking principles.

Jessamy Gee

In a world overflowing with information, words alone often fail to capture the depth and breadth of ideas. For over 40,000 years, humans have used visuals to share stories and communicate information. Visuals speak to the heart and mind simultaneously and can transcend cultures, allowing ideas to travel freely across borders and backgrounds. It only makes sense that we should be teaching these skills in schools.

A visual thinking practice helps students analyse information differently, leading to better understanding and clearer communication. The Vivid Learning Academy platform uses cycles of inquiry, action, and reflection, teaching crucial skills like critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, listening, and self-management. This new way of thinking not only enhances note-taking and study for students, but is also building invaluable, transferable skills for navigating our increasingly complex world.

The purpose of the breakout session is to explore some of the practical tools from the learning platform, share insights and learnings so far, and discuss potential applications for Visual Thinking as it relates to teaching, learning and assessment.

Workshop

Location: Homestead 2.3

Chair: tbc

5. Regenerating Education for the Circular Economy - Action Planning

Hamish Curry and Tara Merks

This follow-up deep dive session brings the expertise of Cool.org and Serve Learn together in a practical learning experience about helping educators and school leaders integrate around the circular economy.

The circular economy crosses every part of the school community, as well as all of the curriculum. Using input from key stakeholders in school settings, participants will target areas of action and improvement. Through the lenses of the curriculum or community, groups will shape a proposal around current practices and ways of leveraging resources to ensure that we reuse, recycle, repair and renew.

Participants will apply knowledge and understanding of circular economy principles in education to shape proposals that take action within their school communities. Participants leave with a Draft Regeneration Proposal as well as a range of suggested resources from Cool.org and Serve Learn.

Workshop

Location: Homestead 2.2

Chair: Dr Gary Simpson

7. Integrating Academic Content and Life Skills: A Model for Behaviour-Driven Learning

Doline Ndorimana

The session will explore and offer tips and strategies for a skill-based learning model where students are empowered to construct and produce knowledge autonomously, enabling them to navigate life's challenges with confidence and resilience.

Workshop objectives:

1. Understand Authentic Learning: Explain the principles and benefits of creating authentic learning environments.

2. Promote Student Ownership: Identify methods to encourage students to take ownership of their learning content.

3. Design and Implement Authentic Tasks with integrated skills for assessments: a learning model focused on durable skills represents what students are capable of and can achieve, providing a pathway to thrive in a complex and changing world.

4. Assess beyond expectations: "Here is what I expect you to do" to: "Here’s our goal. With what you have and what you’ve learned so far, what can you do or create to demonstrate your understanding?"

5. Identify and address challenges in establishing authentic learning environments.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation; breaking down the walls between school and the real world; cultivating capabilities for living and learning; fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity; enabling social-emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society; nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Homestead 3.3

Chair: Craig Radley

9. Regenerative Futures Studio Tour

Frank Burridge and Amy White

Join us for a walk-around tour of the under-construction Year 10 Regenerative Futures Studio with Head of Regenerative Futures, Amy White, and lead architect, Frank Burridge.

The Regenerative Futures Program (RFP) at Woodleigh School aims to equip young people with the knowledge, skills and values to contribute to a future where people, places and the planet can flourish together. It is an interdisciplinary program that explores the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of regeneration, and features an extended personal project.

The Futures Studio provides the home for the RFP and was designed through a collaboration between Woodleigh, the zero-waste visionary Joost Bakker and practice partner McIlldowie Partners.

The Futures Studio is a carbon-sequestering, plant-based ecosystem building that creates a habitat for indigenous butterflies and bees. The studio aligns with the philosophical intention and regenerative values of the RFP and is a space designed to encourage and enhance deep, holistic learning.

Discover the ecosystem of ideas and solutions around regenerative construction and education as we forge a new path for buildings that heal the environment and an approach to learning that inspires regenerative change.

Spotlight Session

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, breaking down the walls between school and the real world, cultivating capabilities for living and learning, fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity, nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Futures Studio

Chair: Nat McLennan

12. Focus on Fieldwork: engaging students in place-based and experiential learning

Micah Wilkins

Place-based learning is crucial for fostering a deep connection to the environment and community, helping students to understand the world around them in a meaningful way. By first focussing on a local context, students are encouraged to make connections with people and places on a broader scale. Place-based learning is experiential: students explore, discover, play in and engage with their surroundings, leading to a deeper and more meaningful understanding of local issues and how they might contribute to a more sustainable world. By engaging in place-based learning with curiosity, vulnerability and humility, students will be renewed with a sense of awe and wonder. In this interactive workshop, participants will reflect on their own experiences of place-based learning (as a learner and teacher) and work together to unpack, understand and develop the core principles that are at the heart of place-based learning.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for the transformation of education; breaking down the walls between school and the real world; fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity

Location: Homestead 6.1

Chair: tbc

2. Teacher and Student Wellbeing is the Foundation of Student Success

Chris Higgins and Justin Roberts

This spotlight session delves into the essential but frequently overlooked and under-supported aspect of creating a thriving whole-school culture of wellbeing that supports not just student wellbeing but also staff. A focus on a truly school-wide approach, shifting the focus from personal responsibility only to a school-wide responsibility: ensuring that staff feel safe, supported, respected, and well.

Drawing on over 27 years of experience in fostering cultures of wellbeing at MacKillop, especially among communities' most vulnerable young people, we will share the transformative impact of our 'ReLATE' model of operating our schools which is a whole-school approach prioritising both student and staff wellbeing. ReLATE, or, 'Reframing Learning and Teaching Environments' is our model for our 3 schools in Victoria, developed over a decade using research and evidence base across education, psychology and neuroscience.

Discover the evidence-based strategies and best practices we've integrated. Our holistic approach is designed to build positive relationships, support wellbeing, and establish safe and inclusive school climates conducive to effective teaching and learning. We will spotlight how these practices not only make our schools places where teachers love to teach and students love to learn but also model the behaviours, strategies, and practices we aspire to instil in our students.

This spotlight will offer valuable insights into creating a school environment where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered for success.

Spotlight

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation

Location: Homestead 2.1

Chair: tbc

6. Decoloniality and the future of education

Julie Wetherbee

An introduction to the nature of decolonial theory and its implications for education through an examination of a study of the Great Barrier Reef by Robin Bellingham at Deakin University. The presentation is designed to demonstrate the ways in which decolonial thinking opens our minds to alternative ways of understanding, interpreting and engaging with the world around us, its capacity to integrate learning across traditional disciplinary boundaries, and the inducement it offers to critical and creative forms of thinking.

Workshop

Location: Homestead 1.3

Chair: Jodie Kirchner

8. Ears of the Heart: A Way of Being

Heather Lawrence and Kankawa Nagarra

The purpose of this workshop is to centre an Indigenous way of sensing and seeing each other, human to human, without roles, or categorisation. This is possible when we notice the difference between listening with our Ears on our Heads and listening with our Ears on our Hearts. This session will share three understandings that translate Compassionate systems through an Indigenous lens:

1. The Ears of the Heart "map" as a Framework and method of transforming the way we listen to each other.

2.The capacities needed to cultivate the Inner and Outer awareness of how systems transformation can take place.

3.The barriers that exist as we try to create the changes of the current reality we seek to transform.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, cultivating capabilities for living and learning, enabling social-emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society

Location: Homestead 3.1

Chair: Andy Khoza

10. Nurturing Classroom Ecology Through Compassionate Systems: A Kindergarten Perspective

Taryn Berghuis

This workshop will explore how the Compassionate Systems Approach can contribute to a nurturing classroom ecology. Participants will explore how we grow emotional literacy and cultivate the development of healthy relationships for individuals and communities. Examples of how this approach has been used with kindergarten children will be offered, along with suggestions of it could be cultivated in a variety of school contexts. Practical application of systems thinking and sensing tools will form a large part of this workshop.

Workshop

Themes: Cultivating capabilities for living and learning; fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity; enabling social-emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society

Location: Homestead 3.2

Chair: Lisa Coxon

11. Activating Critical Hope: Developing 4C capabilities for Positive Action and Agency

Jamie Gerlach and Prof Michael Anderson

This playful and experiential workshop will explore practical ways to explicitly articulate, ritualise and develop metacognition around the 4C capabilities - Creativity, Critical Reflection, Collaboration & Communication for deep learning. We will provide an introduction to our praxis approach, which integrates the scholarly research of our founders, Dr Miranda Jefferson and Prof Michael Anderson with the practical work we do supporting schools navigating capability approaches to transformation.

We will introduce the workshop participants to some of our coherence-making schemas, with a particular focus on the Communication Crystal, which provides an explicit frame for communication that generate positive action and human agency. The participants will also have the opportunity to practically experience some of our pedagogical communication strategies that they can use, adapt and reimagine in their classroom and leadership contexts.

The nature of the collaborative workshop will also provide rich opportunities for the participants to connect with each other, co-construct together and share their stories.

Overarching the workshop will be the provocation that schools not only can be places of critical hope, but that they are our communities most vital institution for developing equity, justice and wisdom in ever more complex times.

Workshop

Location: Homestead 6.3

Chair: Miffy Farquharson

4. Learning Impact Mapping as Evaluation and Recognition of Learning

Michael Bunce

Participants will have the opportunity to explore learning impact mapping collaboratively, characterising different patterns of learning through exploratory play using Lego. Following this, we will discuss and evaluate complementary processes of teaching, leadership and skills development, and the holistic nature of resulting learning impact. The session will also provide participants with the opportunity to collaboratively design their own learning maps, and to explore 2D and 3D immersive maps developed in a games engine by schools involved in this research project.

We will reflect on learning impact mapping as a process for evaluating and recognising learning at multiple levels, examining emergent profiles of the complementary patterns of learning, teaching and learning impact, and consider its ecosystemic value as a multi-perspective teaching, learning and leadership tool, and as an alternative to conventional assessment methodologies and practices.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for the transformation of education, Breaking down the walls between school and the real world, Cultivating capabilities for living and learning, Fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity, Enabling social-emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society, Nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Homestead 1.1

Chair: tbc

Provocation

5.20pm

Provocation

Hayley McQuire

Location: Hall

Small group check-in

6.00pm

Connection

Small group check-ins provide an opportunity to share and extend your learning, while building community and leveraging the collective creativity of the conference participants.

Location: Hall

Provocation

6.10pm

Designing Regenerative Education

Dr Richard Owens, with Daniel Christian Wahl and Kim Shore

Around the world, communities are wondering how they might effectively respond to the multiple, interconnected crises they are facing in areas like climate change, inequity, and violent conflict. While there is increasing global recognition of the existential threat being faced, this insight is accompanied by a growing realisation that the current, dominant ways of seeing and responding to these challenges are not working. This provocation will explore the role that education can play in creating a more sustainable and regenerative human presence on earth.

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, breaking down walls between school and the real world, cultivating capabilities for living and learning, nurturing student agency and identity in an age of complexity, fostering social, emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society.

Location: Hall

Small group check-in

6.50pm

Connection

Small group check-ins provide an opportunity to share and extend your learning, while building community and leveraging the collective creativity of the conference participants.

Location: Hall

Performance

7.00pm

Performance

Akasa

Location: Hall

Conference Reception

7.40pm

Social session

The reception will take place after the first day of the conference. It is a chance to catch-up with old friends and colleagues, meet new people, make connections, reflect on the day, and have fun.

Location: Tipi

ReimaginED Melbourne Program

Saturday 9 October

Arrival

8.30am

Gathering

Participants are invited to gather at the conference lounge in the morning. Tea and coffee will be available, along with the opportunity to connect with old friends and new colleagues. The IT Help Desk will be open in the lounge area to support participants and speakers.

Location: Conference Lounge

Housekeeping

8.50am

Welcome

David Baker

This session will provide an overview of the day ahead, including any changes to the schedule or emerging opportunities for collaboration and learning.

Location: Hall

Provocation

9.00am

Provocation

Emeritus Professor Michael Fullan

Location: Hall

Dialogue Walk

9.45am

Connection and conversation

Location: School grounds

Morning Tea

10.00am

Social session

The morning break at the conference offers an opportunity to refuel and reset before the breakout sessions, along with the chance to socialise and relax in the beautiful bushland environment.

Location: Tipi

Breakout Sessions

10.30am

1. Cultivating Creativity: Transforming Education through New Perspectives and Dynamic Ecosystems

Christina Luzi and David Drumond

Join us in reimagining education through the lens of dynamic ecosystem development. This workshop empowers educationalists to shift their thinking, actions, and perspectives collaboratively. Facilitators will help participants to unveil the hidden rules shaping educational systems, illuminating pathways for change. Participants will learn to craft Beautiful Questions, prompting innovative insights and problem-solving. Through a reframing exercise, we'll redefine challenges using metaphors and alternative contexts, fostering fresh perspectives. By nurturing a systemic approach to innovation, experimentation, and adaptation, participants will be equipped to cultivate dynamic ecosystems for educational transformation. This session offers practical tools and strategies to spearhead the evolution of education, empowering participants to lead change in today's society. Join us on this transformative journey towards a more future-focused educational landscape.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation

Location: Homestead 1.1

Chair: tbc

3. Regenerative Hope

Dr Lydia Cao, Isabella Capeci and Hamish Curry

Young people are vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, which impacts their mental health, physical wellbeing, and future prospects. As our world continues to evolve in ways that change the way we live, education must adapt and instil the need for hope and action around our environment. This special session shares leading research from Harvard Graduate School of Education on the role of hope and understanding the dispositions that help create impact. Along with the Cool.org Hope and Act Frameworks, participants will be given clear scaffolds that support clearer teaching and learning.

Building on recent research around what has been termed ‘Regenerative Hope’, this session highlights how our perception and practices of hope can be focused and developed in key ways. ‘Regenerative hope’ takes a dispositional approach to enable individuals and communities to continuously generate and regenerate hope in the face of adversity. We will unpack the three components of regenerative hope, which involves an inclination toward a positive outlook, sensitivity to sources and opportunities for hope, and the ability to engage in personally meaningful activities that are aligned with one's values and circumstances. Research shows that a disposition to hope supports positive environmental behaviour and improves the effectiveness of climate education.

Participants will engage in sharing existing approaches and their benefits and challenges, as well as being supported with clear and constructive frameworks from Harvard Graduate School of Education and Cool.org to refine the next steps in teaching and learning across contexts.

Spotlight

Themes: Cultivating capabilities for living and learning, nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Hall

Chair: David Baker

6. Compassionate Systems Leadership

Mignon Weckert and Dr Richard Owens

Compassionate Systems Leadership (CSL) is an approach to leading positive change that draws upon research and practice from the fields of systems thinking, social-emotional learning, mindfulness, organisational development, and social justice. Since 2016, Lutheran Education South Australia, Northern Territory, and Western Australia (LESNW) have been engaged in a pioneering system reform project that has nurtured CSL to transform the school region into a thriving, supportive, and compassionate community of learning communities.

In this session, we will explore the experiences of system leaders, school administrators, and teachers as they have learnt about CSL and incorporated the approach into their practice. We will also share how the reform project has transformed the school region over time to better support localised innovation and improvement in schools and the implementation of systemic approaches to wellbeing. Of particular interest will be an examination of how a focus in CSL on transformative learning, collective action, and the cultivation of generative social fields has supported capacity building and community building for compassionate systems change.

A highlight of the session will be the opportunity for participants to explore tools, practices, and approaches for CSL, and how they might be adapted and applied in their context.

Spotlight

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, cultivating capabilities for living and learning, fostering identity and agency in an age of complexity, nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Homestead 1.2

Chair: Rod Davies

8. Exploring a Compassionate Approach to the Climate Crisis in Education

Gustav Boell

The session will explore the work of the Youth Leadership Team and Compassionate Climate Program at the Center for Systems Awareness. The Youth Leadership Team has spent the last decade designing meaningful learning experiences for young people in which the pursuit of knowledge, social and emotional literacy, self-agency, collaborative skills, and personal growth may be discovered and embodied using the Compassionate Systems Framework. In a complimentary way, the Compassionate Climate Program seeks to create a space for an international, multi-generational group of like-minded individuals seeking to improve their knowledge and capacities to mitigate climate change. The overarching goals of this program are to bring these vital capacities into school sites and foster an international community of change-makers.

Workshop

Location: Homestead 2.3

Chair: Michelle Pitcher

11. Enhancing Personal and Professional Wellbeing through High Quality Conversations

Aimee Presnall

Both personal and professional wellbeing are fundamental for educators to excel in their roles, build strong relationships with colleagues and cultivate nurturing learning environments for students. This session delves into the pivotal role of high quality conversations in fostering self-awareness, self-compassion and emotional literacy among educators. Participants will gain actionable strategies for integrating these techniques into their practice, empowering them to deepen their self-understanding. By prioritising their own wellbeing, educators have the power to initiate a ripple effect of positive change within themselves, their colleagues and society at large.

Workshop

Themes: Enabling social-emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society

Location: Homestead 6.2

Chair: Andy Khoza

2. Compassion Fatigue: An occupational hazard for educators

Mariel Lombard

Compassion fatigue is a psychological syndrome, described as a ‘cost of caring’ and as a natural by-product of working with or wanting to help a traumatised or suffering person. Recent studies have shown that compassion fatigue is a significant occupational hazard for educators working with young people in emotional distress. It can impact both the educators themselves, as well as the students in their care. This session will explore the impact of compassion fatigue on educators who support young people in emotional and psychological distress. It will also discuss risk and protective factors, and how schools can build their psychological capital.

Spotlight

Themes: Enabling social-emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society

Location: Homestead 3.1

Chair: tbc

4. Recognising student growth and capabilities: The Multicredential

Matthew Esterman

OLMC Parramatta has developed the Multicredential approach in order to recognise student growth and capabilities across the whole school experiences. Students are able to draw evidence from across curriculum, cocurricular activities, and other elements of school life and have it converted into a nationally recognised credential. We are keen to hear feedback and stories from other schools who are interested in recognising student achievement beyond a narrow academic focus.

Workshop

Location: Homestead 2.1

Chair: tbc

7. Shifting the Conversation: Growth and Self-regulated Learning

Dr Shyam Barr and Dipesh Vadher

Dr Shyam Barr and Dipesh Vadher delve into a shifting educational dialogue that prioritises growth and Self-Regulated Learning (SRL). This session presents a robust justification for why educators and schools should concentrate on fostering growth and SRL, highlighting its critical role in educational transformation. Leveraging contemporary research and their extensive professional experiences, the speakers advocate for changes at the classroom, school, and systemic levels that benefit both educators and learners. Key questions addressed include: How can we effectively assess and provide feedback on growth and SRL? How can a school, as a complex adaptive system, adapt and evolve with a focus on growth and SRL? This session aims to stimulate educational dialogue and generate potential solutions to these pivotal questions.

Spotlight

Themes: Developing ecosystems for the transformation of education, Cultivating capabilities for living and learning, Fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity

Location: Homestead 3.2

Chair: Karen Chaur

9. Transforming Lives - A Spotlight on Education in Papua New Guinea

Jodie Kirchner and Martha Bentley

The Kokoda Track Foundation believes that education is the key to Papua New Guinea’s future and that everyone in the country has a right to inclusive, equitable, and quality education. In this session, two leaders from the foundation will provide insight into their work and the projects underway in Papua New Guinea.

In this session, the speakers will:

Share stories about the development of education in remote PNG

Discuss the transformative nature of quality education in communities with limited access to resources
Provide the opportunity to discuss and reflect on the impact of a past colonial model of education

Spotlight

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation

Location: Homestead 6.1

Chair: Mignon Weckert

10. Compassionate Systems Thinking in the Language and Literature Classroom - Where to from here?

Kate Hadley

What if students in the Language and Literature classroom engaged with texts as systems?
Can we map the rise and fall of Animal Farm in George Orwell’s classic allegory using the Iceberg Model?
What are the broader implications for teaching students to think in this way?

By using contemporary real-world examples to engage students in literary texts, educators are able to take learners on epic adventures. Learning experiences such as these can be academically, ethically and emotionally challenging.

Could Compassionate Systems be the fuel that powers and sustains the learning and life journey of our students?

How might young people use Compassionate Systems tools beyond the classroom to help them make sense of the multitude of complex challenges they experience in their own ever-changing worlds?

Join us as we experiment with using the Iceberg Model to help Language and Literature students unpack the complexity of George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

Innovate with us as we ask; where to from here?

Workshop

Location: Homestead 6.3

Chair: Daniel Lukies

5. Pedagogy of Encounter

Adriano Di Prato

Join us for an inspirational journey of LCI Melbourne's Different By Design thematic learning approach born from their groundbreaking Student Success Strategy framework. Discover how this innovative model can revolutionise your school's learning and wellbeing pedagogical approach, putting student voice, agency, and advocacy at the forefront. Learn how to create an environment where students can reveal their identity, explore their passions and unearth their possibility, and craft success stories for self, place and the other. Be a part of the transformation!

Spotlight

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, breaking down the walls between school and the real world, fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity, enabling social-emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society

Location: Homestead 2.3

Chair: tbc

Circular Economy

11.40am

Plenary

Hamish Curry and Tara Merks

In this plenary session, two organisations, Cool.org and Serve Learn share the outcomes of their extended workshop held earlier in the conference focused upon helping people, places and the planet through education.

The circular economy is a contemporary model for understanding production and consumption. It encompasses every part of the school community including all learning areas of the curriculum and many physical resources and energy use.

Session participants will share how they identified areas of action and improvement on the circular economy through the curriculum and the community.

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, breaking down the walls between school and the real world, cultivating capabilities for living and learning, fostering identity and agency in an age of complexity, nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Hall

Performance

12.00pm

Performance

Makepisi

Performance

Location: Hall

Lunch

12.45pm

Social session

The lunch break at the conference offers an opportunity to refuel and reset before the afternoon breakout sessions, along with the chance to socialise and relax in the beautiful bushland environment.

Location: Tipi

Breakout Sessions

1.45pm

1. From EdTech to PedTech - changing how we think about digital technology in education

Professor Peter Twining

The session will start with a brief input explaining why the traditional EdTech approach has failed to have an impact that is proportional to the level of investment, and an introduction to the new PedTech approach. This will highlight the importance of alignment - not just of our educational vision with policy, practice and assessment, but of our values and beliefs with our pedagogical practice (where pedagogy is used in the broad sense). Participants will then be asked to write a description of a typical 'lesson' that they teach (or if they are not a classroom teacher of what they think a 'good' 'lesson' would look like). They will then each complete an activity that will enable them to identify their pedagogical stance (in effect their beliefs about how people learn). We will then explore/discuss the extent to which their practice (as described earlier) aligns with their pedagogical stance. Examples of how different software might be used in different ways by folk with different pedagogical stances will be shared to illustrate how different pedagogical stances could be enacted in practice.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, cultivating capabilities for living and learning, fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity

Location: Homestead 1.1

Chair: Craig Radley

3. The Power of the Birds

Heidi Wiebke and Fiona Zinn

Heidi and Fiona will share a year-long project that emerged from the minds and hearts of the 4 year old children in response to the death of a silvereye bird in the Friends' School Kindergarten environment. The unfolding journey of how the children rose to meet this challenge, and drew on their 'hundred languages' (Reggio Emilia), tells a compelling tale. This project creates a space for dialogue about the transformative power of an education that becomes possible when we choose to listen to, and respond to, children. Seeing children as active citizens in this way, situates them as agentic participants of an ecosystem. This spotlight session invites delegates to consider ways to honour children's agency as they listen to and engage with the natural world.

Spotlight

Location: Homestead 2.1

Chair: Lisa Coxon

5. Wugubank - an authentic two way learning opportunity

Andy Khoza and Viv Wearne

This presentation and workshop explores how our collective efforts aim to educate, inspire, empower and create a future where every child is given the chance to thrive, irrespective of their background or location.

Wugubank is a partnership between the Penbank Campus, Woodleigh School and Wugularr School, a remote Aboriginal school in the Nitmiluk/Katherine Region, Northern Territory that extends 15 years. A cultural relationship that unites the two schools and their communities through educational experiences and community engagement, Wugubank provides opportunities that enable young people to learn and grow through a meaningful two-way experience. Built upon long-lasting relationships, this unique partnership opens doors creating possibilities, dreams and opportunities. Connecting first and foremost through children, then teachers, families, community, and other organisations, Wugubank’s commitment is to strengthen relationships, create pathways, promote understanding, and work towards making our country a better place for all peoples, especially Australia’s Aboriginal People.

Workshop

Location: Homestead 2.2

Chair: Rod Davies

7. The Biomimicry Design Lab: Building Regenerative Ideation

Dr Kevin House, Frank Burridge, Benjamin Freud, and Charlotte Hankin

The session will describe our Biomimicry Design Lab project, which aims to synergize learning design and the spatial learner experience in both a physical and virtual sense. The project combines architectural biomimicry and regenerative construction materials with the new Biomimicry Design Spiral and an innovative model for evidencing learning.

Workshop

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation; breaking down the walls between school and the real world; cultivating capabilities for living and learning; fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity; nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Homestead 1.3

Chair: Kim Shore

9. Empowering the Now

Liana Gooch, Birgit Vergagen and Darragh Sheehan

Join us for an interactive session where we unveil the innovative approach taken by The Knox School to integrate project-based learning seamlessly into curriculum and professional development. Discover how our parallel frameworks empower both educators and students to tackle real-world challenges, leveraging shared skills and design thinking processes. Learn how this synergy fosters the creation of impactful solutions for real clients, driving positive change within our community within and beyond the School. Don't miss this opportunity to explore how our approach can revolutionize your educational practices!

Spotlight

Themes: Developing ecosystems for the transformation of education

Location: Homestead 3.3

Chair: Kate Croft

11. The Many Forms of Agency in the Middle Years

Ellen Moffat, Cameron Paterson and Alex Maunder

In this workshop, Alex Maunder, Ellen Moffatt and Cameron Paterson will explore, through different lenses, the concept of developing agency among Middle Years learners, emphasising its critical role in preparing students to meet contemporary and future challenges. Drawing on research, leading global educational frameworks and practical insights from Middle Years programs, this session will examine innovative practices, theoretical perspectives and agentic learning experiences that enhance student wellbeing, foster empowerment and develop key attributes in Middle Years learners. Anchored in the developmental needs of young adolescents, and focusing on dynamic, student-centred pedagogies, the session seeks to offer actionable strategies for educators to cultivate learners who are not only academically proficient, but also equipped to act as proactive, change-oriented individuals in a rapidly evolving world.

Spotlight

Location: Homestead 6.2

Chair: Michelle Pitcher

6. The Power of Recognising More

Pam Tham, Linh Dang and Mietta Symonns-Joyce

In the 21st Century, it is possible to recognise achievement in far more sophisticated ways than exams, tests and scores alone. The Power of Recognising More, a collaborative action-research study focused on building a robust evidence base on the impact and value of broader recognition of learning. We want to share what we've collected and learnt so far from many partners here and across Australia and invite your contributions to this collective action-research study as we build a movement around We Are More and the potential of a learning system that recognises the whole student.

Spotlight

Themes: Developing ecosystems for improvement and innovation, fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity

Location: Homestead 3.2

Chair: Jonathan Walter

2.50pm

2. Power to Kids: Lessons from Care in the Classroom

Smeeta Singh and Chris Higgins

In response to a critical need for supporting professionals working with young people regarding sexual safety, MacKillop Family Services developed a unique, leading-edge program to upskill professionals working with some of our most vulnerable youth to better support and empower them.   

"Power to Kids," was created by MacKillop practitioners within our over 100 residential care homes to support and empower carers working directly with young people. Power to Kids aimed to equip residential child carers with knowledge, understanding, and practical strategies to boost their confidence in addressing conversations with young people about relationships, wellbeing, and sexuality. But crucially, and most importantly, it focused on preventing, early intervention and appropriately responding to incidents of harmful sexual behaviours, dating violence, and sexual exploitation.

Evaluation with the University of Melbourne noted its impact on professionals working with young people in our settings and its potential to impact the whole sector. Thanks to generous support from Westpac, Power to Kids was offered nationally to any residential child care provider and over the last 3 years has provided professional learning to over 1500 practitioners from 47 providers. Further evaluations have highlighted this unique learning program has now evolved to empower our educational audiences.   

A recent pilot with 60 school leaders from across Victoria has demonstrated immense potential to support and uplift the capability of educators to prevent and intervene early in these areas. In this spotlight we will share how we can better enhance the skills of our teachers, enabling them to feel more confident about conversations related to sexual safety with students. We will explore the distinct challenges faced in educational settings and the strategies that empower educators.

Spotlight

Themes: Fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity

Location: Homestead 1.2

Chair: Kate Bird

4. Your Story Matters

Justin Magsino

In today's contemporary world, young people and educators face numerous challenges that contribute to a loss of identity, aspirational mindsets, and a sense of purpose. Factors such as the impact of the ongoing teacher shortage, increased mental health struggles among students and adults, media portrayals of the current and future states of the world, and the prevalence of negativity create a genuine sense of complexity in understanding one's value and identity. This workshop is designed to address these challenges by sharing practical strategies and insights derived from my own journey.

Through engaging storytelling, interactive discussions, and actionable strategies, this session aims to inspire educators to reimagine their roles, cultivate agency and identity, and create inclusive environments that celebrate the uniqueness of every individual.

Storytelling

Themes: Fostering agency and identity in an age of complexity

Location: Homestead 2.3

Chair: tbc

8. Back to the Future: Ancient Knowledge for sustainable 21st Century Citizens

Dorothee Seeto

In this session, we will explore the connections between sustainability and regeneration, Indigenous perspectives and many of the other skills and dispositions we need to nurture and develop in our children to thrive within the limits of our planet in the 21st century - think presence, complexity awareness, connectedness, communication and creativity to name a few. We will explore why we need to embrace circular and regenerative ways of thinking, acting and innovating, what we can learn from ancient wisdom, and how to bring that to the classroom across disciplines.

Spotlight

Themes: Cultivating capabilities for living and learning, Nurturing regenerative approaches to education

Location: Homestead 6.3

Chair: Jodie Kirchner

10. Leading for Creative Thinking

Lamis Sabra

Our professional learning approach is inclusive, exploratory and participatory, ensuring everyone can engage as active and reflective learners. The session will begin by asking attendees to reflect on leaders who adopt and model creativity. This short activity will introduce a framework to ensure everyone starts with a conceptual understanding of creative thinking.

Reflection: next, we will invite participants to consider themselves as change-makers within their school's ecosystem and local community. They will envision a child or young person at the centre, whose creativity is being deliberately and systematically nurtured, exploring who, what, and how this is being made possible.

Tools and the how?

We will end by sharing reflections, good practice, and stories from leaders within our community. We will share what worked well, highlighting the essential actions that leaders could take to begin to establish and embed creativity within their own educational contexts, including their role as facilitators of others’ professional learning.

Workshop

Location: Homestead 6.1

Chair: Emma Hall

12. Systemic Wellbeing

Mette Boell and Andrea Downie

This experiential mash-up session with Mette and Andrea, brings together their unique perspectives on wellbeing as both a systemic and social property. By integrating their work, they explore the complex interplay between individual and collective experiences emphasizing its dynamic and interconnected nature. The session delves into the concept of "being" within wellbeing, examining how it transcends personal wellbeing to become a shared, relational experience also shaped by social, cultural, and systemic factors. Through this collaborative exploration, participants will gain new insights into how wellbeing is cultivated and sustained across different layers of society.

Workshop

Themes: Enabling social-emotional learning for the development of self, others, and society

Location: Homestead 3.3

Chair: David Baker

Provocation

Provocation

Professor Sandra Milligan

The

Location: Hall

Chair: tbc

The Emerging Futures for Education

3.30pm

Provocation

Dr Richard Owens

Location: Hall

Chair: tbc

Closing

4.00pm

Acknowledgements

David Baker

Mr David Baker, the Principal of Woodleigh School, will formally close the conference and thank this year’s speakers and participants. He will also share some exciting news about the next steps in the evolution of ReimaginED.

Location: Hall

Chair: tbc