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Title	Presenter	Description
Deputy Principals Are the Key	Judy-Ann Abdini	Creating Connecting School Infrastructure for Improved Learning Outcomes
The Talk Around the Town	Ros Bastian	This workshop will raise awareness of the importance of school image
What future for public education in the stupid country?	Chris Bonnor Retired Principal	How we are not maximising our opportunities with our Students in the 21st Century
Diagnosing and enhancing school “connectivity”: a workshop simulation;	Frank Crowther	Workshop A The workshop will make use of the IDEAS project’s framework for school Alignment and associated diagnostic tools.
Developing a Plan for your school	Frank Crowther	Workshop B A practical workshop planning school improvement and enhancing the role of the Deputy Principal.
Understanding Expectations and Motivations and the Implications of these for Teacher Retention and Satisfaction	Dr. Jackie Manuel University of Sydney	Enhanced understanding of the motivations and expectations of new teachers entering the profession, and the implications of this for the school leadership team and for new teacher retention and satisfaction.
Management in an Emergency	Lyndall Milenkovic DET	How to manage a school emergency fro planning and event management to after the event
Making the invisible visible… Video analysis software and the millennial student.	Glen Murdoch	Glen will present an exciting session on the use of video analysis software as a tool for assessing and improving your staff, developing the use of IT in PDHPE, performing arts and giving world class innovation to your sports program.
Suspension and Expulsion - Key aspects and considerations	Paul Lennox DET	Policies and Procedures in dealing with student discipline. What do without disconnecting the students
How Now I've the job, what do I do	Wayne Duncombe Principal	Understanding the range of emotional, physical and intellectual challenges of becoming a principal Insight into CV writing
Legal Ramifications of organising a formal event	Elliot Kleiner PROMS	What you don’t know about organising a student event; the frightening stuff. (and the stuff you thought you knew but really didn’t)
Navigating the new staffing procedures	Peter Johnson	New structures and policies to help staff all schools
Engaging this 21st century students in ICT	Karen White Centre for Learning Innovation	Engaging students in the curriculum using the latest technology. Connecting staff and students on the same page.
Planning for Retirement; connecting with us	Phil Campbell EDPLAN	How to have your cake and eat it too. Retirement Planning
Building a Culture of Personal Best	Susan Vasileska Deputy Principal	This workshop outlines strategies to support a whole school culture of students, teachers and community acknowledging and affirming personal best so that our tall poppies may blossom.
Meditation and Mental silence / Wellbeing and better learning	Dr. Ramesh Manocha Royal Hospital for women	This workshop is a look into the historical and cultural forces that shape the way we think about ourselves and the challenges that face us at home, work and play.
Project designed to embed aboriginal content into the teaching of the K-12 Science Syllabus	Bob Bruce Deputy Principal	The project aims to view the science syllabus from the Aboriginal perspective. Asking questions ; what knowledge and whose knowledge, validating Aboriginal knowledge from within the community.
Curriculum connections – current and future initiatives	Robert Randall	This workshop will consider current and future curriculum developments and issues that will influence how secondary schools organise and deliver their curriculum, providing opportunities for participants to make connections with the developments and other participants.
Update on the HSC and School Certificate	Carole Taylor BOS	Requirements that teachers and students need to be aware of in relation to the HSC examinations and assessment and the School Certificate.
What do teachers and leaders do that ha the greatest effect on student learning?	Anne McIntyre	Connecting with the teaching, leaning resources and leadership from the DET website. How it will help you.
Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents	Vijaya Maniaarasagar	Student welfare and mental health. Connecting students with outside services such as Black dog.
Generation Y what’s next, connecting with our students	Michael McQueen NEXGEN	If you have ever wondered why today's youth seem so weird, disrespectful, disloyal and impatient, this session is for you!
The Doughnut Principle	Dale Palmer Deputy Principal	This workshop is about unpacking “quality teaching” and exposing the journey of a typical Sydney High School in using student data to improve student outcomes.
Lifting Student Achievement through Higher Order Thinking	Miriam Wride Retired Deputy Principal	This workshop combines theory and practice. It is interactive and humorous. It unpacks the “intellectual quality” domain from the “Quality Teaching in NSW public schools” document and explains how this is crucial to lifting academic achievement of our students.
Providing equity for disadvantaged students	Rani Lewis-Jones DET Priority Schools and Equity Coordination	The workshop deals with the planning and implementation of strategies within school plans that support the learning, and social needs of young people who may be disadvantaged in schooling.
Teaching, Learning and ICT	Pam Kelly DET	The latest issues dealing with technology rollouts and new computers. The next thing.
Developing a Middle Years Approach	Brian Ralph DET	This workshop provides a broad introduction to the possibilities for action in the Middle Years at the individual school level.
Legal issues for Deputy Principals	Wayne Freakly DET	The latest legal issues and policies
Getting the job and adjusting to new school	Robert Mulas	Gaining the Principal's job
The Rite Journey: Helping Develop Healthy Young People	Andrew Lines	‘The Rite Journey’ guides schools to create a program that allows each year 9 student to share in a year long partnership with their teacher-guide as they explore what it means to be a respectful and responsible adult in their society.
Now and into the future. Literacy/Numeracy and the technology in assessment	David Wasson	Connecting student achievement and school improvement

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