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Key Note Presenters
Adam Voigt
CEO of Real Schools
Adam is a real leader who walks the talk.A passionate advocate for teachers and school leaders, he’s an expert on building healthy school cultures, education leadership and restorative practices. Adam’s work as a School Principal in some of Australia’s toughest locations underpins every element of his practice. He reeks credibility and the humour, stories and hope behind his evidence-based approach mean his message rings true with audiences everywhere. Author of the acclaimed book, Restoring Teaching, and creator of the teaching methodology he calls ‘RP2.0,’ Adam has taken to print his mission to transform education in Australia – one school at a time. Adam also takes critical messages about schools, learning, culture and leadership and elevates action in the education system through his groundbreaking education business, Real Schools. Adam speaks widely, both locally and internationally. His presentations are high-impact, engaging, provocative and exude a clear bias for change. He has delivered a TEDx Talk titled ‘The Importance of How’ and is a regular guest on Sunrise, The Project and other programs. Adam has a passion for empowering as many leaders and educators as possible with the tools, skills and attitudes necessary to build meaningful, productive relationships in Australia’s schools… and for those relationships to be leveraged to accelerate student learning and growth. But his strongest motivator is his mission to support educators in the critical role they play in building a brighter future for Australia.
Sarah Richardson
Program Director, Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)
Sarah's experience as a project director at AERO places as one of the most influential educationalists in Australia having led the development of critical resources available to all schools in effective school and classroom management. Sarah and her team published the discussion article in 2023 "Effectively managing classrooms to create safe and supportive learning environments" had many school leaders pause to reflect on the systems and structures in place at their schools to have an IMPACT on learning. Since then, Sarah has continued leading a body of work with AERO in the "Engaged classrooms through effective classroom management" series and a suite of further resources to be published in 2025.
Sean Box
Director of Teaching & Learning Excellence, Department of Education
As Director of Curriculum and Learning for the Department of Education, Sean has worked closely with key figureheads in the implementation of the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0. Through his deep understanding of the Cognitive Load Theory, Sean will explore what the science knows about how we learn and will discuss his insights and experiences of how schools within our system are using this new learning to Maximise IMPACT on every student's learning.
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