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The Leadership Challenge- Improving learning in schools

12-14 August, Sebel Albert Park, Melbourne

This conference addressed key issues related to building leadership in schools that makes a difference to student learning outcomes. It provided news about the latest research on leadership practices that enable conditions for quality teaching and student learning. It also stimulated discussion about the resources and conditions that need to be in place if effective forms of leadership are to flower and be sustained in our schools.

Conference Proceedings

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OPENING ADDRESS

The PowerPoint slides used by Professor Geoff Masters, chief executive of ACER, in his opening address to the conference can be downloaded by clicking on the link below.
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ACER Book Stand at Research Conference 2007KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Presenter: Professor Philip Hallinger, Mahidol University, Bangkok
Presentation title: Research on the practice of instructional and transformational leadership: Retrospect and prospect
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Presenter: Professor Elizabeth Leo, University of Dundee, Scotland
Presentation title: Take me to your leader: Leadership and the future
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Presenter: Professor Viviane Robinson, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Presentation title: The impact of leadership on student outcomes: Making sense of the evidence
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Presenter: Dr Chris Sarra, Indigenous Education Leadership Institute, Queensland
Presentation title: Embracing the challenge of leadership in Indigenous education
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Food at Research Conference 2007CONCURRENT PAPERS

Monday 13 August


  • Presenter: Professor Sheryl Boris-Schacter, Principal, Hunnewell School, Massachusetts, USA
    Presentation title: Got a minute? Can instructional leadership exist despite the reactive nature of principalship?
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  • Presenter: Dr Louise Watson, University of Canberra
    Presentation title: Why would anyone want this job? The challenge of attracting and sustaining effective leaders for Austrlaian schools
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  • Presenter: Professor Paul Hughes, UniSA, Ms Susan Matthews and Mr Gavin Khan, National Aboriginal Principals Association (NAPA)
    Presentation title: Leaders acting to improve outcomes for Indigenous students
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Tuesday 14 August

  • Presenter: Dr Phillip McKenzie, ACER; Professor Bill Mulford, University of Tasmania; and Ms Michelle Anderson, ACER
    Presentation title: School leadership and learning: An Australian overview
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  • Presenter: Professor Brian Caldwell, Educational Transformations, Victoria
    Presentation title: Leadership for racial transformation in school education
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  • Presenter: Associate Professor Michael Bezzina, Australian Catholic University, NSW
    Presentation title: Moral purpose and shared leadership: The leaders transforming learning and learners pilot study
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