Keynote Sessions

(All keynote sessions will be presented in the Ballroom.)

Monday, January 5

9:30 – 10:30 am

Kieran Egan
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Imagination and Engagement in Shifting Thinking about Schooling

Kieran will show that the imagination is one of the main workhorses of learning and how teachers can engage students’ imaginations in everyday classrooms.

Mark Fettes
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Imagination and Engagement in Culturally Inclusive Schools

Debbie Leighton-Stephens
SD 52 – PRINCE RUPERT

Imagination and Engagement in Helping All Learners Reach Their Goals

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Lorna Williams
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA

Cultural Intelligence, Equality and Quality Learning from an Indigenous Perspective

4:15 – 5:30 pm

Alma Harris
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

Kenneth Leithwood
OISE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Viviane Robinson
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

Conceptions of Leadership and Impact on Learning

In this panel, three leading international researchers on educational leadership will debate the policy and practical implications of current thinking and research on school leadership. Among the issues, themes and controversies they will debate are:

1. How relevant is current leadership research to policy makers and practitioners? What contribution has it made in the following areas:

• Identifying leadership practices that make a difference to student learning outcomes?
• Providing guidance about how to prepare educational leaders to be most effective?
• Offering insights into the design and delivery of university based programmes that make school leaders most effective?

2. Has the public and political focus on leadership produced unreasonable and unsustainable expectations? How robust is the evidential base on school leadership?

3. Does the current emphasis on distributed leadership balance an unhealthy focus on the single heroic leader or does it just blur responsibility and produce a conceptual and practical muddle? What evidence is there that distributed leadership makes a difference to organisational and individual outcomes? How can we best utilise the evidence we have to inform policy and practice?

4.. How much do school leaders need to know about teaching and learning to get the job done well? Are good relationships with staff and community enough, or do school leaders also need some in depth knowledge of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment? How important is it that school leaders are instructional leaders?

Tuesday, January 6

8:45 – 9:45 am

Dr. Deborah Butler
Professor, Associate Dean, Graduate Programs and Research
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Self-Regulated Learning and Transformation

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Professor Daniel Muijs
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Networking and Collaboration – What is the Evidence

In this presentation Daniel will take an empirical look at networking and collaboration in education – What does it look like, what is it for, and most importantly, how does it contribute to school effectiveness and improvement?

Wednesday, January 7

8:45 – 9:30 am

Valerie Hannon
THE INNOVATION UNIT

Only Connect: Social Innovation and the Transformation of Education

This presentation explores inter-connectedness of problems facing educators with more being addressed by social innovators around the world. It argues that success in transforming education systems to achieve more ambitious inclusive goals will depend on innovative approaches, and that insights, methods and ethos of social innovation have much to offer.

9:45 – 10:30 am

Rahimah Haji Ahmad
Director, Institute of Leadership Studies
UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

Quality, Equality and Leadership – An International Perspective

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Louise Stoll
Visiting Professor, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Quality, Equality and Creative Leadership

Since its establishment 22 years ago, ICSEI members have been leaders of international school effectiveness and school improvement research, policy and practice. But creative leadership will be needed by ICSEI and its members to address the continuing challenges of the quality and equality in a fast changing world where students in many different contexts need to be prepared both for today and their future. In this presentation, Louise will explore these challenges and the responses necessary for ICSEI to continue to be an effective and inclusive champion of quality and equality.