Conference Agenda
Breakout Sessions
The Future of Social Mobility: Creating Opportunity in the 21st Century
Graeme Atherton and Professor Sonia Blandford will be joined by other experts to debate what schools can (and can't) do about social mobility.
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Leading the Profession: What Can Leaders Do Differently to Recruit, Develop, and Retain Great Teachers?
Dr Karen Edge will be focusing on solutions and insights to help with the recruitment and retention crisis, and make schools great places to work and build careers for all
Leading Beyond Attainment: Using Your Mission to Transform Your School
Jessica Wodatch, founder of Two Rivers Public Charter School, will being sharing her stories and experiences on creating a school that has been nationally recognized for high quality professional development .
The Evidence Paradox: With all the Evidence on 'What Works', Why Don't We Achieve More
Experts from a range of fields will look at some of the proven strategies to raise attainment in a meaningful way. Participants will be able to reflect on what they can do differently to get evidence into practice.
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Delivering a Whole Education that Allows All Young People to Thrive
Taking insights from Whole Education's Leading and Managing Curriculum Change Programme, this sessions will focus on how schools are successful in avoiding narrowing the curriculum and building staff confidence.
Work in 2030: How Worried Should We Be and What Can Schools Do?
Experts from the CPI and the authors of an influential NESTA report will discuss the future of skills to examine what future work and jobs might look like and what schools need to know in preparing young people for the future.
Intelligent Accountability: a Tool for School Improvement or a Weapon of Mass Destruction
We will examine what the opportunities and pressures within the current systems are, and what still needs to change
Children's Media Lives: How 2017 Children are Living Digitally
Ofcom's Head of Children's Research, Emily Keaney will analyse the children's digital landscape in 2017, focusing on: What do children say about the pressures,risks and benefits of social media?
Wellbeing at School: Engaging the Whole School Community
Robin Banerjee will explore what social and emotional competencies look like, and how we can enact them in our schools in order to create a culture that enables children to truly thrive.
Understanding the Teenage Brain
Dr Iroise Dumontheil will be discussing her research on the way adolescents reason and interact with other- their cognitive behaviour and social cognition. This session will explore what her research suggests about the way we approach schools
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