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NZAIMS National Conference 2012

30 May - 01 June 2012
9.00am - 3.30pm

Waipuna Hotel & Conference Centre, 58 Waipuna Road, Mt. Wellington

Price Price $750.00
Multiple booking discount: $650.00 for 3 or more orders placed by the same school at the same time

Activate the learning - Inspire the team!

Great team work is about compelling purpose, engaging tasks and great relationships.

The South Auckland Intermediate and Middle Schooling Association is privileged to host the NZAIMS Annual Conference 2012, where we will:

Learn together through a range of engaging activities, including world-class speakers (see below) and school visits.
Address what sets intermediate and middle schools apart, and explore these differences in order to improve our practice.
Look at how we can create active and engaging learning environments for both students and teachers.

Bring your leadership team for three inspiring days in New Zealand’s Super City - multiple booking discount applies.

Workshops do not need to be chosen in advance - but do read the descriptions here and consider which you'd like to attend before you come.

Programme:

WEDNESDAY 30 MAY
7.30 Registration / Tea and coffee / Sponsor time
8.30 Powhiri
8.45 Welcome / Introductions / Housekeeping
9.00 Minister of Education, Hon Hekia Parata
9.30 Plenary session (Part 1) - Jennifer Garvey-Berger:
Changing on the job: Developing leaders for a complex world
10.30 Morning tea
11.00 Plenary session (Part 2) - Jennifer Garvey-Berger:
Changing on the job: Developing leaders for a complex world
12.00 Lunch / Sponsor time
1.00 Workshops:

A: Jennifer Garvey-Berger - Transformational learning for us all: Schools as developmental spaces for people of all ages.
In this session Jennifer offers a definition of transformational learning that will work for all people in a school—young or old—and together we’ll explore the ways schools can be places of learning and transformation for everyone.

B: Dr. Lesieli Tongati’o, Pule Ma’ata Pasifika, Senior Manager Pasifika at the Ministry of Education.
Dr. Tongati’o will outline the Pasfika Education Plan 2013 - 2017.

C: Summer Charlesworth - Risky Business; Why Adolescence is not a Problem, but an Opportunity.
Play and risk are essential components of growth and learning. This session will explore the very notions of why our Middle Schoolers have much to teach us about how to navigate and change the world! We will enter into discussion around how we can work with our students to leverage social media for social justice, and incorporate play and creativity into learning outcomes. The core focus is on how we can promote optimistic, positive and productive learning environments in the Middle School.

2.15 Afternoon tea / Sponsor time
2.45 Workshops:

A: Angela White - Managing and sustaining change in a school environment
This workshop documents the implementation of change in a school environment, through the use of Art Costa’s Habits of Mind. It demonstrates and give examples of the specific steps taken to implement, integrate and sustain whole school change.

B: Summer Charlesworth - People and Pedagogy over Places and Spaces
This workshop will outline some of the most recent findings in the study of learning in contemporary learning spaces; The impact offlexible learning spaces on student learning and achievement. Much of the research is still in a anecdotal phase, so we will explore a snapshot of the discourse around this emerging trend in schools; open and flexible learning spaces. My research gets to the core of what really matters; sound pedagogies and successful learning situations. We will explore the question of how do you know? when it comes to learning and success for students.

C: Carolyn Stuart - Collaborating, connecting & communicating: building digital competency in our schools
In these times of great technological change, school communities grow together when they have shared vision, agreed ways of working together, high levels of relational trust and an understanding of how digital technologies can be used to engage, grow and inspire their learners. Leaders need to develop new strategies for building digital competency in their learning organisations, and new ways of collaborating, connecting, and communicating.

4.00 - 5.30 Drinks, nibbles and ‘Royal Ascot Races’ - a chance to mix and mingle
Evening Free - suggestions for dinner will be provided.
Watering hole: Garrison’s Pub

THURSDAY 31 MAY
7.30 AGM with complimentary breakfast
8.00 Tea and coffee / Sponsor time for those not attending the AGM
9.00 Plenary session - John Shackleton:
Inspire your team - Coaching for success
10.15 Morning tea / Sponsor time
10.45 Workshops:

A: Ann Milne - Colouring in the white spaces
“Great team work is about compelling purpose, engaging tasks and great relationships.” So is great leadership! In a school system predominantly driven by Pakeha norms, what sort of school leadership is required to foster the conditions that empower young people to retain their cultural identity and to have this validated and valued throughout their school day? What personal and professional journeys effectively equip educators to understand how a whole system can advantage some students and disadvantage others, and to personally reflect on our own part in this process?

No matter how many initiatives, strategic plans or testing regimes we introduce, schooling will not become more equitable for Maori and Pasifika youth until paradigm shifts happen in the way we think about and define ‘achievement’ and ‘success.’ How can we change our current approach to ensure equitable outcomes for Maori learners and consider alternative approaches to the managerial, technical, and limited academic focus now rampant in our schools?

This workshop leads into the school visit to Kia Aroha College where delegates will see the programme in action and hear from a group of students who have recently presented their own research on structuring the school as a whanau to the American Education Research Association Conference in Vancouver.

B: John Shackleton - Inspire your team: Coaching for Success
Join John to explore coaching for success in further depth, including six essential practical coaching tips, and how to apply the coaching model immediately for outstanding results.

C: Kerry Scannell and Ruth McFadyen (MOE)
Progress and Consistency Tool.

12.00 Lunch / Sponsor time
12.30 School visit (Kia Aroha College)
OR Team time: schools can stay at hotel to plan and debrief; Ministry representatives may be available for coaching.
OR
1.00 - 3.00 Ray Webb (MoE) - PLD and SAFs.
3.00 Return to hotel from school visit.
3.00 Special meeting
6.30 Buses depart for The Floating Pavilion in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour
7.00 – 7.30 The Furnware Shout at The Floating Pavilion
7.30 - 12.00 Conference Dinner - ‘The Royal Rumble’ with entertainment
(Band and DJ until 12am) - extra cost - see below.

FRIDAY 1 MAY
8.00 Tea and coffee / Sponsor time
8.45 Student performance - Kedgley Intermediate
9.00 Plenary session (Part 1) - Gavin Grift:
Building a culture of collaboration: developing professional learning communities
10.00 Morning tea / sponsor time
10.30 Plenary session (Part 2) - Gavin Grift:
Building a culture of collaboration: developing professional learning communities
12.00 Conference closing / prizes
12.15 Lunch
1.00 Delegates depart

The conference dinner isat the stunning Floating Pavilion at Auckland's waterfront ($100 +gst). If you register online, this item is for the conference only; to add the Conference Dinner to your order please note 'Conference Dinner' in the 'Your comments' box on the checkout page.

Australian delegates: our website won't allow you to choose a country other than NZ - sorry! We'll know from the rest of your address.

Book now to secure your place!

Accommodation

A special conference room rate of $148+gst per room per night (up to two people - a third can usually be accommodated on a roll-out bed for a small additional charge) is available. Breakfast is extra. Rooms are being held for conference delegates until 30 April so book before then to secure yours.

To book online:
1. Go to www.waipunahotel.co.nz
2. Enter this Booking Code: LEARN2905 in the box on the right side of Home Page and click BOOK NOW
3. Follow the instructions on screen to make your reservation with instant confirmation.

For assistance contact the Waipuna Hotel reservations team on 09 526 3000 or by email.

Sponsors

The committee would like to acknowledge the generous support of these sponsors, without whom this conference would not be possible.

Gold Sponsors:
Furnware
Konica Minolta
Programmed Property Services
Smokefree/Auahi Kore Schools
Toshiba

Silver Sponsors:
Karndean
Sitech Systems NZ Ltd

Bronze Sponsors:
Corporate Express
Edsports @ The School Shop
Education Services Ltd
Educational Travel International Ltd
Equico Funding Technology
Genesis Energy/Schoolgen
Greenstone Group
Kiwi Schools/Learning in the Cloud
Kowhai Programming / SchoolMaster
Learning Network NZ
Life Education Trust
Photolife Studios
Ready Press Print
SuccessMaker NZ

Prices exclude GST

Gavin Grift
Gavin Grift has dedicated himself to working with schools that are facing the challenges of high stakes accountability for high levels of student learning. His success as a teacher,...

Jennifer Garvey-Berger
Jennifer is a partner in the new leadership development consultancy, Cultivating Leadership. With a background as a teacher, writer, researcher, and coach, Jennifer helps individuals...

John Shackleton
"Failure is so important; it will often lead us to our greatest success in life – if we allow it to." In his youth John failed to succeed as a sportsman always missing out...

Summer Charlesworth
Summer Charlesworth is the Middle School Year Coordinator at Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney. She is also a member of the MYSA Management Executive, is active in the MYSA Sydney...

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