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World EduLead Conference - Congress Day - 2025



 Unlocking Potential - Prof Michael Fullen


The 6 Cs - New Pedagogies for Deep Learning

What are the six 6s and why are they important?


How are we intentionally planning for the six Cs and ensuring that there is opportunity for children to apply these within and outside of the school community.


Transcendent Thinking is important:

rational thinking and assists with brain development


Finding Purpose - how learning shapes their purpose and future


The Art of Harmonizing - Prof. Kate Barker


Maintaining excellence by accountability:

Proactivity plan - know the personalities first

Maintain the relationship by still having high expectations

Knowing when to push and when to pull back

Anticipate the reactions and understanding the “why” behind the actions


  • 1  Go in Curious, not furious 

Check our emotions/body, response not react, be logical by being less emotional

Timing is everything, permission to pause and reconvene,, keep goal focused

plan questions - tell me more, what solution are you hoping for, what is your perspective


55% Body Language  38% tone of voice 7% message from words


  • 2  Find the function of behaviour

Know the story behind the actions and person, no assumptions, 

Avoid/gain/obtain/setting event (something going on for the person)

Seek to understand.  What has happened and why is the person acting this way?


  • 3  Assume Positive Intent

Adjust your ears to hear beyond the tone/words  

Ask qns - it sounds like you want ….  am I hearing that you are feeling?


  • 4   Providing Space to Respond

Allow the other person to response, set the pace (slow, soft tone), listen intently, silence is powerful


  • 5  Find Commonalities

Listen for the things you can both land on

Focus on the future


Follow up - always

Check in … 

Be vulnerable and ask for feedback. How are you ?  How could I do better?


**Be a vault - only share info that is necessary with those it directly impacts**


Tap into Emotional Intelligence

  • Preserve the dignity of the other person

  • Be kind

  • A cuppa goes a long way

  • Share a sincere compliment, inquire about a special interest


The Science of School Success - John Hattie


Visible Learning - The Sequel

Labelling has a huge effect -0.6 effect size

Visiblelearningmetax


Tchr/student relationships - why are they important ?  

A means to the end, so that risks in learning are encouraged!

Keep the eye on the ball

High expectations for what teachers can do and what the children can do!

Progress as well as achievement, not cruising schools

Errors are opportunity to learn

Civic Service and Critical Thinking


Visible Learning - Illustrated Guide


The Power of AI in Education - Dr Alberto Carvalho

Adaptive learning platforms as a way to differentiate for students

AI is a tool, not a replacement for humans/teachers/human experiences.


Khan Academy

Ted Talk - AI in Education

https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_how_ai_could_save_not_destroy_education?language=en


https://theeducationhub.org.nz/an-introduction-to-the-role-of-artificial-intelligence-in-classrooms-and-schools/



Resilient Leadership: Maximizing Strengths While Preventing Burnout - Prof Kate Barker


Resilience - being able to bounce forward, not just back.

How do we lead when we are running on empty?  

Compassion fatigue.


Recognise - spot early signs 

(long long days, dropping of routine, restless nights, not emotionally pres at home)

Recalibrate - set boundaries

Recharge - take intentional breaks

Reframe - shift mindset from STRESS to STRATEGY


Work to your strengths and be aware of your deficits.   Build professional learning teams to leverage on each other’s strengths.


Unlocking High-Impact Leadership Strategies - Dr John Hattie


What are the attributes of school leaders who are above average?


Clarity - using well understood models.

Model of implementation transparent?   Does it work?  How do you know?

What is our purpose ?  How do we work?


Middle Leaders:

Building collaborative teams fuels collective efficacy

Diagnosis before action is crucial

Curriculum leadership is a core responsibility

Middle Leaders are the engine room


8 High Impact Leadership 


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Make the place an inviting plan to be for students AND teachers - learning, growth, wellbeing.    Teachers leave because of leaders and stay for kids.  


Viviane Robinson

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Watch to see what your impact is on students, not watch to see how you teach.  Video analysis and student voice.

Conversations


Stop doing things that have little impact - Remove, reduce, re-engineer and replace.


Shaping the Future of Teaching - Prof Michael Fullen


The New Meaning of Educational Change - bk (2025)

Too much hit and miss!

Collaboration between teachers is key!


  • Culture of Accountability

  • Specificity of Practice

  • Culture of Interaction

  • Transparency of ongoing results

  • Voluntarism of new action


  • Connection both vertical and sub-group lateral connection and outside the school

  • Go outside and you get better inside


The 8 Factors - Interaction Effects 

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Co-Intelligence  

Living and Working with AI.


1 Always invite AI to the table

2 Be the human in the loop

3 Treat AI like a person (but tell it what kind of person to be) 

4  Assume that this is the worst AI you will ever see.


Systemness and Spirit work

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It is what happens between meetings that counts!  Culture !


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