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8:30 - 8:50

Registration

9:00 - 9:50

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Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre (B101)

Welcome

  • Prof Marek Tesar | Dean, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne

  • Angela Pollock | Director, Research-Practice Partnerships, Melbourne Metrics

  • Tony Mackay AM

Opening Address: The Drivers and the Path Ahead: Transforming Schooling and Transitions

  • Professor Sandra Milligan | Executive Director, Melbourne Metrics

9:50 - 10:05

Transition to Levels 3 & 4

10:05 - 11:00

School Lightning Fair

Meet with a range of schools who will share their work in this space. Stop for 15min at up to 3 school ‘stations’ to learn from leaders in schools and ask questions.

Fitzroy High School & Wurun Senior Campus VIC

​Camberwell Girls Grammar School VIC

All Saints’ College WA

Marlborough Girls College NZ

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Room 453

The Knox School VIC

St Columba Anglican School NSW

St Michael’s Collegiate TAS

 

​Room 454

Methodist Ladies’ College WA

Princes Hill Primary School VIC

Jerrabomberra High School NSW

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Room 455

Emmanuel Anglican College NSW

Scotch College Adelaide SA

Bayside P-12 College VIC

Yule Brook College WA

Woodleigh School VIC

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Room 456

Rossmoyne Senior High School WA Santa Sophia Catholic College NSW

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Room 461

Clonard College VIC

Hunter Sports High School NSW

Glenunga International High School SA

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Room 354

Yeronga SHS QLD

St Michael’s Grammar School VIC

Nangiloc Colignan & District Primary School VIC

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Room 355

Chevalier College NSW

James Fallon High School NSW

Pulteney Grammar School SA

Wesley College VIC

Genazzano FCJ College VIC

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Room 356

John Wollaston Anglican Community School WA

The Friends’ School TAS

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Room 361

11:00- 11:30

Morning tea- Levels 3 & 4

11:30 - 12:30

Block 1- You choose: Hear from other people in the eco-system and have your say

Perspectives from the issuers of next-gen senior secondary certificates

  • Big Picture Schools : Viv White (Co-founder and CEO)

  • SACE Board and their Learner Profile: Virginia Steele (Program Manager)

  • VCAA and the VCE VM: Sue Bell (Executive Director, Senior Secondary Reform)

  • Melbourne Metrics and the Australian Learner Competency Credential: Sandra Milligan

 

Chair: Jayne Johnston

The Forum Theatre (Room 153)

International perspectives on new metrics for learning

  • Council of International Schools: Professor Shanton Chang

  • New England Association of Schools & Colleges: Darlene Fisher

  • International Baccalaureate Organisation: Dr Angela Meikle (Head of IB World Schools)

  • Alternative Learning System in the Philippines: Dr Bruce Beswick

 

Chair: Dr Ellen Heyting

Room 453

Perspectives from the primary and early years: the importance of a K-12 line of sight

  • Scotch College Adelaide SA

  • Spensley Street Primary school VIC

  • Nangiloc Colignan & District Primary School VIC

 

Chair: Lynn Davie

Room 356

Leading the conditions for transformation of learning in schools

  • The Studio School, All Saints' College WA

  • Hunter Sports High School NSW

  • Woodleigh School VIC

 

Chair: Dr Jason Pietzner

Room 456

Are you a young person at this event?

  • Join this session to discuss student advocacy and agency in this space.

 

With Jillian Brown & Dr Narelle English

Room 355

12:30- 12:40

Transition

12:40 - 13:40

Block 2- You choose: Hear from other people in the eco-system and have your say

Perspectives from the tertiary admission centres

A discussion with:

  • UAC

  • VTAC

  • SATAC

 

Chairs: Teresa Tjia and Nerida Bewick

The Forum Theatre (Room 153)

Lessons from Big Picture about establishing a new international credential  

  • A case study of an alternative to the ATAR being used by students for entry to university

 

Chair: Viv White

Room 453

Building Confidence in New Forms of Learning, Recognition, Assessment & Warranting:

Implications for admissions, course selection & student experience

  • A discussion with Professor Simon Ridings (Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor, Swinburne University)

 

Chair: Tony Mackay

Room 356

Honouring learner’s agency, interests and passions in measuring success  

  • A ‘teacherly’ workshop

 

Chair: Dr Ellen Heyting

Room 456

13:40- 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 15:30

Block 3- You choose: Hear from other people in the eco-system and have your say

A case study from New Metrics: Carey Baptist Grammar School’s journey to credentialing and the emergence of ‘ATAR Plus’

Hear from a 'first mover' school implementing new assessment, reporting and credentialing across their five-year journey

 

Chair: Kate Croft

The Forum Theatre (Room 150)

Doing admissions differently: what Universities are doing beyond the ATAR

  • Sonal Singh (Head of Equity Pathways, University of Technology Sydney)

  • Leanne Arnott (Director Tasmania Engagement, University of Tasmania)

  • John Weldon (Associate Professor, Associate Dean Learning and Teaching, Victoria University)

  • Jim Tognolini (Professor, Director Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment, University of Sydney)

 

Chair: Jayne Johnston

Room 453

Developing a stronger Secondary/Tertiary interface to support harmonisation and lifelong learning systems

  • Peter Dawkins AO (Emeritus Professor of Economics, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University)

  • Craig Robertson (Chief Executive, Victorian Skills Authority)

  • Megan Lilly (Deputy Commissioner, Jobs & Skills Australia)

 

Chair: Tony Mackay

Room 356

A new paradigm: Capabilities in senior secondary education in South Australia

  • Hear from the SACE Board and two schools in SA exploring capabilities in senior secondary

 

Chair: Dr Jason Pietzner

Room 456

15:30- 15:40

Transition to Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre (B101)

15:40- 16:30

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Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre (B101)

Closing Session: Summing up

 

Key stakeholder groups reflect on the promise and challenges of crafting anew grammar of schooling and the transformation of senior secondary transitions.

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