About Megan...

Megan Gallagher is a mum, teacher, coach, PLD facilitator, and consultant. She weaves her teaching experience, intense interest and curiosity about the brain, and coaching skills together as she helps others ignite their spark. Megan specialises in teacher well-being, curriculum design, and impactful teaching and learning.

Find out more at www.meggallagher.nz

Megan Gallagher

 Teacher & Coach

Student-centered learning

This Live session will cover:

* Learn what is student centred learning

* Learn about tools to help create student centred learning in a regular classroom

* Learn about strategies to support students to develop autonomy and responsibility for their learning 

About Eduardo...

Eduardo Briceño is a global keynote speaker and facilitator who helps organizations cultivate growth mindset cultures. His TED and TEDx talks have been viewed more than nine million times. His book, The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset into Action, will be published by PRH on September 5th.

For more information visit: https://briceno.com/the-performance-paradox/

Eduardo Briceño

Author and Speaker

The Performance Paradox

In this session you will learn...

* how to gain clarity on what a growth mindset is and why it matters

* be able to distinguish effort and strategies to perform from effort and strategies to improve

* gain a greater appreciation for helping students become more effective learners and gain inspiration on ways they can continue to drive their own growth.

About William...

William A. Sommers, PhD, of Austin, Texas, continues to be a learner, principal, author, leadership coach, and consultant. Bill has come out of retirement multiple times to put theory into practice as a principal.
Bill has authored and coauthored over ten books. His latest are:
• Compliance Cop to Culture Coach: Why, How, What
• Creating Talent Diversity: Accelerating Adult Learning
• Responding to Resistance: 30 Ways to Manage Conflict in Schools
• 9 Professional Conversations to Change Schools: A Dashboard of Options

Find out more at www.learningomnivores.com

William Sommers

Learning Omnivores

Compliance Cop to Culture Coach

In this session you will learn...

* Understand the power of creating a culture for learning
* Learn specific strategies to create and sustain a learning culture
* Adding repertoire to embrace all learners

About Olive...

Olive Hickmott is a forensic health and learning coach, who has explored why our very talented and creative young visual thinkers, find learning so hard. After 23 years of giving students an understanding of their visual strengths, she has now re-engineered the process to stop Dyslexia and many ADHD symptoms happening.

Find out more at www.empoweringlearning.co.uk and her learning platform www.visualkids.co.uk

Olive Hickmott

Empowering Learning - Forensic Learning Coach

The Lost Art and Neuroscience of Visual Learning

In this session you will learn...

* The importance of visual thinking and learning
* An understanding of how to teach visual thinkers
* Exploring the student's mental imagery

About Susannah...

Susannah is an author and executive function coach who partners with students to explore systems, habits and mindsets that facilitate learning HOW to learn. As a Flexible Mindsets speaker and consultant, Susannah supports educators to explore how to reframe teaching as the pathway toward agency, resilience and adaptability.

Find out more at www.flexiblemindsets.com

Susannah Cole

Executive Function Coach, Author & Speaker

3 Types of Questions Every Teacher Needs to Transform their Classroom

In this session you will...

* Discover how coaching in a classroom context sets students up to be engaged, motivated, life-long learners.
* Learn the 3 types of questions that serve as a catalyst for self-discovery, deeper learning and empowerment.
* Understand how coaching skills can be seamlessly integrated into everyday teaching practices to promote growth and engagement.

About Steve...

Steve Francis is an expert in simplifying the complexities of leading effective schools and is passionate about staff well-being. Steve created the Happy School program to improve staff well-being. For the past five years Steve has been recognised by Educator magazine as one of the top 50 most influential educators in Australia.

For more information visit:

 www.HappySchool.com.au

Steve Francis

Creator Happy School

We All Agree Improving Well-being Is Important But Who and How

In this session you will gain...

* Clarity on what leaders and staff are responsible for in improving staff well-being in schools.

* Ways to personally identified your own top two drivers (of the seven) motivators.

* Simple, practical strategies that they can immediately implement to improve their well-being.

About Jess...

International speaker, coach and author of six personal development books specialising in mindset, performance and women in leadership. With a background in Senior Human Resources roles and a decade working in leadership development.

A brush with burnout in her corporate career lead Jess across the world to train with Buddhist monks and Nuns. A decade later, after coming out, writing six books and running her own successful business she shares what she knows about mind-set, resilience and self-belief to empower people to unlock their potential.

For more information visit: www.jessstuart.co.nz

Jess Stuart

Author and Speaker

Burnout to Brilliance

In this session you will learn to...

* Understand the difference between busy and productive

* Work smarter not harder and master the habits of high performance

* Understand the neuroscience behind thinking patterns and how to access a flow state

* Learn strategies to cultivate a more focused, clear mind

* Be your best without burning out in the process

* Overcome overwhelm, re-energise and build resilience

* Improve productivity and effectiveness

About Caelan...

Caelan Huntress is an American digital nomad living in New Zealand, and started his career as an acrobat in the circus. He wrote the book on Marketing Yourself, and is on a mission to help one million people get more done in good cheer through Playful Productivity.

For more information visit: https://caelanhuntress.com/

Caelan Huntress

Author, Speaker, and Retired Clown

Playful Productivity: Turn hard work into easy play

In this session you will learn...

* how to think harder about the difference between a TEST and a GAME
* ways to assign rewards and penalties to gamify your own work
* how to take play breaks to power-up

About Colleen...

Think chemistry is boring? Think again! Dr. Colleen Kelley has created a chemistry comic book series filled with colourful characters and exciting storylines that translate complex chemistry into animated mysteries. Her comics and unique imagination have turned the Periodic Table into a playground of chemical adventure.

For more information visit:

 kidschemicalsolutions.com

Colleen Kelley

Kid's Chemical Solution

Teaching Chemistry with Comics

In this session you will learn...

*  to incorporate chemistry comic books into their science lessons as a fun, playful, and robust way for kids to become literate in chemical symbols.

* make the connections between learning music and learning chemistry and that both are the same.

* Have a toolbox of games and activities to help kids learn to be fluent in the language of chemistry. 

About Tony...

Tony is an education futurist. He has worked with over 1000 schools,
colleges and universities in 12 countries on developing their future
pathways.
He is the author of the Thinkers Keys, The Ripple Effect, Mindlinks and a
series of manuals and workbooks that stimulate innovative thinking in
classrooms.
His latest book ‘The Next Generation’ has been published through Wiley
and Sons publishers. As part of the promotion for this book, he has
appeared on national TV, and in numerous radio and newspaper
interviews.

Find out more at www.tonyryan.com.au

Tony Ryan

Educational Futurist

The Future of Education

In this session, you will learn...

* What might this 2030s education look and feel like? * What capabilities will our students really need for the 2040s and beyond?

* Will we see an eventual hybridization between robots and human teachers?

* Will AI ever become sentient?

*How will we ensure that this powerful tech remains
focused on human-centred learning?

This provocative, practical and entertaining session will explore some
possible scenarios for tomorrow’s learning environments, and then
clarify a series of supportive and future-preparing actions we can take
today.

About Rich...

Menlo Innovations CEO Rich Sheridan became disillusioned in the middle of his career in the chaotic technology industry. He had an all-consuming thought…things can be better. Much better. He had to find a way. Why couldn't a workplace be filled with camaraderie, human energy, creativity, and productivity?
Ultimately, Rich co-founded Menlo Innovations in 2001 to end human suffering in the workplace. His unique approach to custom software creation is so surprisingly different, that 3,000 people a year travel from around the world just to see how they do it.
His passion for creating joyful work environments and cultures led to his bestselling and widely celebrated books, Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love and Chief Joy Officer – How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear.

Find out more at richardsheridan.com

Rich Sheridan

CEO, Chief Storyteller

Lead with Joy and Watch Your Team Fly! 

The hardest place to start a joyful leadership journey is the easiest place to find ... inside yourself. You don't have to change THE world, start by changing YOUR world. Start where you are.

We will be chatting about...

* How to Fight fear, Embrace Change - Run the Experiment
* Ways to take action over take a meeting.

About Tabitha...

Tabitha Leonard is the creator and founder of coaching intelligence NZ. She is a certified communication coach with vast expertise in coaching and education.
She brings a fusion of neuroscience and mindfulness to teach ways of communicating that nurture exceptional educators and creates genuinely exceptional schools.

Find out more at www.tabithaleonard.com

Tabitha Leonard

Communication Coach

Clarify Your Approach - three steps to set your conversations up for success

In this session you will learn...

*  that there are different types of conversations that require different types of approach.
* how to identify the right conversation to have.
*  the language to set conversations up for success.

About Kathryn...

Kathryn Price brings more than three decades of her own personal development journey to her work. In her book, Flourish, she teaches you how to listen to the whispers of your soul to gain clarity and do the personal work required to find the courage to go after what you truly want.

For more information visit:

 https://www.kathrynprice.co

Kathryn  Price

Author, speaker, and mentor

Trust Your Gut & Live Life On Your Own Terms

In this session you will learn to...

* Better understand the benefits of getting quiet and going within.

* Know how to include personal reflection in your day.

* Begin to see possibilities you've not seen before.

* Feel inspired to take action in the direction of a dream.

About Tash...

Tash is an internationally certified leadership & mindset coach and mother. She works with courageous professionals to empower them to become the best version of themselves, so they can confidently lead their lives and careers with success. She holds a bachelor's degree in HR and Strategic Management and a Diploma in Positive Psychology.

Find out more at www.tashpieterse.com

Tash Pieterse

Leadership & Mindset Coach

A Strong Mindset to Thrive in Life

In this session you will...

* understand how your mindset works and how it was created

* learn how to reframe to help and empower you

* gain tools and strategies to support your mindset during challenging times

About Lili-Ann

Lili-Ann Kriegler is a Melbourne-based education consultant and award-winning author. Lili-Ann writes to share the wisdom she has acquired through her training and 30 years of experience in education. She is a child, parent and family advocate who believes that education is a transformative force for humanity.

Find out more at www.kriegler-education.com

Lili-Ann Kriegler

Education Consultant and Author

Conceptual Connections: Unleashing Children's Thinking Potential

In this session you will learn...

* Gain deeper insights and research-based knowledge on early language development and conceptual understanding.
* Acquire actionable ideas, tools, and activities to support language development and enhance conceptual understanding in the classroom.
* Feel inspired and motivated to foster critical thinking and creativity in students, with a renewed sense of purpose and enthusiasm for shaping young minds.

About Rhea...

 Rhea  is a thinker, writer, and educator. She has been teaching in NZ schools for over two decades and enjoys instilling the love of learning in her ākonga (students). Rhea is passionate about literacy in general and writing in particular. She writes on the online platform Medium and runs extension writing groups at her school. Educational technology is one of her interests, and currently, she is busy running her ChatGPT and other AI Facebook group for NZ teachers. Rhea believes in increasing the well-being and productivity of teachers by reducing their workload through smart use of technology. She lives in Auckland with her husband, daughter, and their two cats.

Rhea Anglesey

Writer & Educator

ChatGPT

Rhea will be a featured speaker on the ChatGPT Panel to answer your questions!

About Seth...

Seth is a former teacher with a MEd in Special Ed/Gifted Ed who became an Executive Function Coach to help struggling, outside-the-box, atypical, neurodiverse learners navigate a baffling system so they can launch a successful future.

Find out more at www.sethperler.com

Seth Perler

Teacher

Executive Function

At the end of this session you will know…

* What executive functions are and why they are important

* Ways to support students to develop their Executive Functions

* Strategies to get students started

* Ways to teach and encourage self-monitoring

About Vanessa... 

Vanessa is a global expert in Trauma Informed Practice,Vanessa is a leading Integrative Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist with 20 years experience. Her speciality is bringing Life Skills for Mental Health and Wellbeing Programmes to school communities. She has returned to New Zealand after 30 years in the UK and has a wealth of experience delivering these services. Vanessa works globally delivering online to Europe, America, Hong Kong and Australasia.

For more information please go to www.lighteducationtraining.com 

Vanessa McHardy

Light Education Training

ACEs Adverse Childhood Events understanding the impact on learning and how to create protective factors that help children learn

In this session, you will learn...

* Understand the criteria of ACEs
* Creating a safe learning space through quality relationship
* Practical steps to supporting children who have experienced or are experiencing adversity
* Alarm system de-escalation and calm system activation
* Recognise reactions and the triggers then know how to respond
* Will have key strategies on how to support students to stay engaged in learning
* Know their way around the key brain areas involved in effective learning

About Carolyn...

Carolyn Stuart equips leaders to set themselves, the people they lead, and their organisations up for success. Using a strengths-based approach she turns today’s leaders into tomorrow’s positive deviants.
Carolyn is the author of the book The Leader’s Suitcase and has a weekly blog Thursday Thinking.

For more information visit: www.weavingfutures.nz

Carolyn Stuart

Weaving Futures

Setting Yourself Up For Success

In this session you will...

* Understand why being happy is important to our wellbeing
* Know the difference between Eudaemonic and Hedonic happiness
* Know how to grow your positive emotions

About Cathrin...

Cathrin Blickling is a writer and director in both theatre and film. Her acting training gave her the solid foundation of teaching acting, which later transferred into developing SEL and communication skills for children and adults.
Cathrin has over 15 years of experience working with schools teaching both children inside the classroom but also working with teachers externally. Her expertise is developing SEL and communication through story and play. She focuses on active learning rather than passive. Wonderland Interactive Storytelling reveals exactly this.

Find out more at

 https://www.wonderlandinteractive.com

Cathrin Blickling

Wonderland Interactive Storytelling

The Teacher's Tricks and Guide to SEL and Wellbeing in a classroom

In this session you will learn...

* The power of an open structure - giving you a process that can be implemented straight away.
* Understanding Emotions – learning strategies on how to calm emotions down, shifting where one's attention is and discovering tools.
* Story & Active Engagement - Solving problems through Story & Active Engagement.

About Misha...

As the founder of the Center for Empathy and Emotional Intelligence, Misha Safran empowers staff development experiences where folks can be brave and land softly. She is also a bestselling author, an award winning speaker, and in 2022, she earned the CEO NIH Award in recognition of successful DEIA training.

Find out more at https://www.ceeq.org

Misha Safran

Author and Staff Development Trainer

Centering Empathy and Emotional Well-Being for Yourself and Your Students

In this session, you will learn...

* The power of pause

* The impact their self-care has on their students and on themselves

* How to enhance their ability to experience joy in teaching. 

About Dave & Steve: 

David and Steve have fifty years of combined Principal experience in New Zealand.
Their aim is to fuel a conversation about how this role works, or should work. Leading a school is a complex job. A growing issue for those doing the work, is that the current model of how it should be done is being systermatically overwhelmed by ever increasing demands - from Government, parents, staff and students.
To do the job effectively, sustainably, and healthily, we need to change things - we need to rewrite some rules"", they say.

Steve Zonnevylle and David Armstrong

The Forty Hour Principal 

Well-being and building a healthy sustainability in a world of constant change

In this session you will learn...

* what you need to do to be sustainable - especially so from a health and well being point of view
* how the role of Principal and Teacher gives us a unique opportunity to role model how a sustainable work life looks, feels and plays out
* some useful tips that put the human back into our roles

About Karen...

Karen is a champion for LifeLong Learning and is on a mission to transform education globally. Described as an educational alchemist, a conscious creator and a playful priestess, she turns research into practical strategies which positively impact teaching and learning.

A multi-award-winning speaker, educator and businesswoman, Karen is an expert in effective teaching, learning, study skills, motivation and positive thinking. She is the CEO of Spectrum Education, Principal of Spectrum Online Academy and the author of 11 books. She loves empowering teachers, parents and students and is the wife to one and the mother of two young adults (who won’t leave home!)

Karen was named the Global Evolutionary Woman of the Year 2022.

Karen Tui Boyes

Educational Alchemist

The 8 Cultures of Thinking and Making Thinking Visible

In this session, you will learn…

* How Thinking Routines can transform your students' depth of thinking

* Why Expectations are a critical key to success

* How Modelling who we are as thinkers benefits students

* Tips for Time allocation and ways to ensure students formulate thoughtful responses

* Using a Language of thinking to promote reflection

* How to display thinking in the Environment

About Madelaine...

Madelaine is a specialist teacher of gifted kids and her work with the New Zealand Center for Gifted Education involves student- and teacher-facing programme development and innovation. Madelaine is a NZ delegate on the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children.

Find out more at www.nzcge.nz

Madelaine Willcocks 

Head of Programmes, New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education

Gifted learners - who are they, how do I know them when I see them, and what do I do with them!

In this session you will learn...

* Be able to define 'gifted' in simple terms
* Be able to spot gifted learners in their classes
* Will have three simple strategies for supporting the gifted learners they teach

About Jessyka...

Jessyka Coulter is the CEO and Founder of Ace Cookie Tutoring and Study with Jessy. Her company offers study skills tutoring and executive functioning skills coaching through her Love to Learn study skills program because she knows schools offer a one size fits all curriculum that doesn't match every student's personal learning needs. When teens don't know how to learn, they don't enjoy School.

Find out more at www.acecookietutoring.com

Jessyka Coulter

CEO and Founder, Ace Cookie Tutoring and Study with Jessy

#1 Reason Teens Don't Love to Learn

In this session you will learn...

* Understand the 3 learning styles
* Understand why it's essential for students to complete homework and projects in a way they learn
* Understand students don't necessarily learn the way a teacher teaches

About Anna... 

Anna lives in Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay. She has been teaching for over 25 years, across all levels of Primary School, and continues to seek out new ways to motivate her learners. She has introduced mandala lunchtime sessions at her school, a place for children (and teachers) to come and find calm.

Anna Oosterkamp

Anna Oosterkamp

Mandalas in the classroom

In this session you will learn...

* Learn how to introduce mandala meditation in a classroom setting.
* Understand how the use of mandalas can encourage a calmer classroom.
increase their self awareness and connection with others and surroundings.
* Learn to 'let go of expectations'

About Elen...

Elen is an occupational therapist who has spent the last 2 decades seeking to understand sensory differences & neurodiversity. Following the early birth of her son, Elen’s lived experience deepened. Drawing from both professional & family life, Elen brings the science to life by translating theory into practice through passionate storytelling.

Find out more at www.theplayfulplace.co.nz

Elen Nathan

Occupational Therapist & Director. The Playful Place

Understanding Sensory Differences in Learners

In this session you will learn...

* Have an understanding of the 8 sensory systems, and how to set up learning environments with these in mind.
* Will be able to answer the question, is it sensory or is it behaviour, and how can Spoons help?
* Be introduced to ways to use sensory strategies in class to support regulation and learning class wide.