STEM Program Tour - Yeronga State High School 

Gold Coast Place and Pedagogy Study Tour

• Hillcrest Christian College (Year 9 Rise Program)

 Leaves from St John's Anglican College AND

Hillcrest Christian College, Reedy Creek

 1:00pm-4:00pm

Masterclasses

• Authentic Student Leadership with Luke McKenna
• The Experience of Learning in the Middle with Dr Phil Cummins
• Meet the Learning Disposition Wheel with Jamie Gerlach
  
  

St John's Anglican College

College Avenue, Forest Lake, QLD 4078

7:45am

Registration desk open

8:30am

Welcome

9:00am

The context for Reimagining Learning and Working in the Middle Years

9:10am

Keynote

Today’s Learning For Tomorrow’s World

Dr Phil Cummins

Phil will present the findings of the CIRCLE Global Educational Research program on the nature of a school for tomorrow. He will examine the external context of the changing game of our society and its expectations for the employability skills and graduate outcomes of schooling. Phil will then lead delegates through what it means to change the game of schooling and its ecosystem to meet the needs of the new social contract for education: today’s learning for tomorrow’s world. The final part of Phil’s presentation will focus on changing your game – how to build the corridors of high-performance learning down which the members of a future-fit and future-ready school community might walk as learners, teachers, leaders and teams. Throughout, he will draw on insights from the guests of the Game Changers Podcast Series (now in its 15th series).

10.10am

Concurrent Session 1     

11:25am

Concurrent Session 2   

1:00pm

Lunch

1:50pm

Keynote

Research and Practice in Partnership: Reimagining Working, Learning and Researching in the Middle Years.

Dr Stephanie MacMahon UQ Learning lab and Partner Schools

How do students in the middle years learn? What factors influence learning during this complex stage of development? What practices best support effective learning? The science of learning – a multi-disciplinary field of research that combines education, psychology and neuroscience –plays an important role in answering these questions. However, there is a well-evidenced gap between research and educational practice, and with increasing expectations globally that educators engage with research to inform their practice, understanding how to bridge this gap is essential. The team at The University of Queensland’s UQ Learning Lab, have developed an evidence-informed model designed to address this challenge. The Partner Schools Program is a unique, partnership approach where researchers and educators ‘meet-in-the-middle’ to explore real-world, school-identified learning and teaching priorities. This collaborative keynote will bring researchers and educators together to share how working, learning AND researching in the middle years can be reimagined, and can help to bridge the research-practice gap.

Partner Schools: St John's Anglican College, QLD; Canterbury College, QLD; Ravenswood School for Girls, NSW and Westbourne Grammar School, Vic.

Student's Empowering Educators: Reimagining Learning

Come and be inspired by the remarkable achievements of our middle years students as they lead engaging workshops and presentations centered around their passions. Then join us for an enlightening panel conversation where we explore what educators need to know in order to create environments where students can thrive through their passions.

Workshop topics include:

• A history lesson with a literacy focus
• A STEM and neuroplasticity innovation - Winner of the Sleek Geek Secondary Award
• A technology innovation created in a library space
• A lesson in art, passion and developing self
• AI in education