BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:humanrights.gov.au X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1W BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:AEDT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 DTSTART:20221001T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:AEDT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 DTSTART:20230930T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 DTSTART:20230401T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 DTSTART:20240406T160000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4bfe328fcaebc9ffd4cabb87dab49130 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230510T093000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE URL:https://events.humanitix.com/webinar-reinventing-schools SUMMARY:Webinar: Reinventing schools to support learning &\; wellbeing f or all CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:If we want children to flourish\, we must ask ourselves if the Ìýschool\nsystem is doing the right thing by them. The COVID-19 pandemic\n highlighted the fault lines that emerge when health and learning\naren’t considered holistically. Declining mental health\,\ndisengagement from le arning\, disruption among social connections and\nvastly reduced physical activity were some of the impacts on children.\nCan we learn the lessons o f the pandemic\, armed with the evidence that\noutcomes for many Australia n children were declining well before\nCOVID-19? Can we shake up the limit ing notion that the primary task of\nschools is academic achievement?ÌýÌý\ n\nThis webinar argues that now is the time to reimagine schools\, to\nbec ome places that focus on the whole child’s health\, wellbeing and\nlearn ing. How can we make schools places that amplify children’s\nphysical an d mental wellbeing\, give children the opportunity to thrive\nand make the m lifelong learners?ÌýÌý\n\nProfessor Pasi Sahlberg and Professor Sharon G oldfeld will be\nlaunching their paperÌý'Foundations for a Flourishing Fut ure:\nUplifting wellbeing and learning in Australian schools' at this\nweb inar.ÌýJoin us in conversation and become part of a movement for\nchange. Ìý\n\nSPEAKERS\n\nPROFESSOR SHARON GOLDFELDÌýis a paediatrician\, research er and policy\nadvisor focussing on child development and health equity. S he is\nDirector of the Centre for Community Child Health at the Royal\nChi ldren’s Hospital’s\, and Theme Director for Population Health at\nthe Murdoch ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s Research Institute. With a decade of\nexperience in s tate government as a senior policymaker in health and\neducation\, includi ng holding the role of Principal Medical Advisor in\nthe Victorian Departm ent of Education and Training\, Sharon is uniquely\npositioned to seamless ly straddle research\, policy and practice. Her\nexpertise is highly sough t after with appointments to government\nExpert Advisory Groups in health\ , education and social services\ndepartments including her recent appoint to the National Early Years\nStrategy Advisory Group.\n\nPROFESSOR PASI SA HLBERGÌýis a Finnish teacher\, academic\, and global\nthought-leader. He h as worked as a schoolteacher\, teacher-educator\,\nacademic\, and policyma ker in Finland\, and he has advised schools and\neducation system leaders around the world. He is a recipient of\nseveral awards for his lifelong se rvice in education\, including the\n2012 Education Award (Finland)\, the 2 014 Robert Owen Award (Scotland)\,\nthe 2016 Lego Prize (Denmark)\, andÌý2 021 Dr Paul Brock Memorial Medal\nin Australia. His most recent books are Ìý\"Let the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Play: How\nmore play will save our schools and help c hildren thrive\"Ìý(2019\, with\nWilliam Doyle) andÌý\"In Teachers We Trust : The Finnish way to\nworld-class schools\" (2021\, with Tim Walker). His forthcoming book\n(with Bill Doyle) is The Post-Digital Child:ÌýThe Coming Golden Age of\nLow-Tech Childhood.ÌýPasi is Professor of Educational Lead ership at\nthe University of Melbourne in Australia\, and he lives in Melb ourne\nwith his wife and two sons.\n\nMODERATORÌý\n\nANNE HOLLONDSÌýis Aus tralia’s National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s Commissioner.\nFormerly Director of the A ustralian Institute of Family Studies\, for\n23 years Anne was Chief Execu tive of government and non-government\norganisations focussed on research\ , policy and practice in child and\nfamily wellbeing. As a psychologist\, Anne worked extensively in\nfrontline practice\, including child protectio n\, domestic and family\nviolence\, mental health\, child and family couns elling\, parenting\neducation\, and family law counselling. Anne currently contributes to\nseveral expert advisory groups\, including the Family Law Council\,\nAustralian Child Maltreatment Study\, NSW Domestic and Family Violence\nand Sexual Assault Council\, National Plan Advisory Group (NPAG) \, and\nEarly Years Strategy Advisory Panel.Ìý\n\nPARTICIPATION\n\nThe web inarÌýlive stream will have Auslan interpretation and live\ncaptioning.Ìý\ n\nPRESENTED BY\n\nThis event is presented by the Australian HumanÌýRights Commission.Ìý\n\nTechnical production of this event is proudly managed by ÌýThe Social\nDeck [https://www.thesocialdeck.com.au/]\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

If we want children to flourish\, we must a sk ourselves if theÌýschool system is doing the right thing by them. The C OVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fault lines that emerge when health and l earning aren’t considered holistically. Declining mental health\, diseng agement from learning\, disruption among social connections and vastly red uced physical activity were some of the impacts on children. Can we learn the lessons of the pandemic\, armed with the evidence that outcomes for ma ny Australian children were declining well before COVID-19? Can we shake u p the limiting notion that the primary task of schools is academic achieve ment?ÌýÌý

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This webinar argues that now is the time to reimagine sc hools\, to become places that focus on the whole child’s health\, wellbe ing and learning. How can we make schools places that amplify children’s physical and mental wellbeing\, give children the opportunity to thrive a nd make them lifelong learners?ÌýÌý

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Professor Pasi Sahlberg and Pr ofessor Sharon Goldfeld will be launching their paperÌý'Foundations for a Flourishing Future: Uplifting wellbeing and learning in Australian schools ' at this webinar.ÌýJoin us in conversation and become part of a movement for change.Ìý

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Speakers

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Professo r Sharon GoldfeldÌýis a paediatrician\, researcher and policy adv isor focussing on child development and health equity. She is Director of the Centre for Community Child Health at the Royal ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s Hospital ’s\, and Theme Director for Population Health at the Murdoch ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’ s Research Institute. With a decade of experience in state government as a senior policymaker in health and education\, including holding the role o f Principal Medical Advisor in the Victorian Department of Education and T raining\, Sharon is uniquely positioned to seamlessly straddle research\, policy and practice. Her expertise is highly sought after with appointment s to government Expert Advisory Groups in health\, education and social se rvices departments including her recent appoint to the National Early Year s Strategy Advisory Group.

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Professor Pasi SahlbergÌýis a Finnish teacher\, academic\, and global thought-leader. He has wor ked as a schoolteacher\, teacher-educator\, academic\, and policymaker in Finland\, and he has advised schools and education system leaders around t he world. He is a recipient of several awards for his lifelong service in education\, including the 2012 Education Award (Finland)\, the 2014 Robert Owen Award (Scotland)\, the 2016 Lego Prize (Denmark)\, andÌý2021 Dr Paul Brock Memorial Medal in Australia. His most recent books areÌý\"Let the C hildren Play: How more play will save our schools and help children thrive \"Ìý(2019\, with William Doyle) andÌý\"In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish w ay to world-class schools\" (2021\, with Tim Walker). His forthcoming book (with Bill Doyle) is The Post-Digital Child:ÌýThe Coming Golden Age of Lo w-Tech Childhood.ÌýPasi is Professor of Educational Leadership at the Univ ersity of Melbourne in Australia\, and he lives in Melbourne with his wife and two sons.

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ModeratorÌý

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Anne HollondsÌýis Australia’s National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s Commissioner. F ormerly Director of the Australian Institute of Family Studies\, for 23 ye ars Anne was Chief Executive of government and non-government organisation s focussed on research\, policy and practice in child and family wellbeing . As a psychologist\, Anne worked extensively in frontline practice\, incl uding child protection\, domestic and family violence\, mental health\, ch ild and family counselling\, parenting education\, and family law counsell ing. Anne currently contributes to several expert advisory groups\, includ ing the Family Law Council\, Australian Child Maltreatment Study\, NSW Dom estic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault Council\, National Plan Advis ory Group (NPAG)\, and Early Years Strategy Advisory Panel.Ìý

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Par ticipation

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The webinarÌýlive stream will have Auslan interpretati on and live captioning.Ìý

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Presented by

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This event is pre sented by the Australian HumanÌýRights Commission.Ìý

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Technical pro duction of this event is proudly managed byÌýThe Social Deck

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