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I am very excited to present StaffExpo 2016. Over the next three days we will explore the theme of What if? Why not? This builds on our previous theme of Listening to our voice: rethinking our community and provides us with an opportunity to consider what the future could look like for teaching and learning in a local and global context.

StaffExpo 2016 will explore the meanings, contexts and purposes of community by focussing on the questions What if? and Why not?

What if we were to seek the best in each other?

Why not reshape our practices?

StaffExpo 2016 brings together a range of speakers who will assist us in looking at innovative ways by which we can “grow” people with a clear sense of meaning and purpose who have the skills needed to navigate a rapidly changing world.

Join with me as we journey through StaffExpo 2016!

MRS DONELLA BEARE ACTING PRINCIPAL

ST STEPHEN’S INSTITUTE TOGETHER WITH KNOWLEDGE SERVICES AND PEOPLE AND CULTURE PRESENTS STAFFEXPO 2016

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WELCOME

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SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS

PROFESSOR TREVOR COOLING

MR TROY ROBERTS

MR DOUG FITCH

DR KERRY HOWELLS

MR JUSTIN LANGER

MR BUDRISH (BUD) KAPOORAs the APJ Sales Manager for Smart+Connected Communities, Bud is responsible for enabling cities and councils to transform themselves through smart services and new ways to engage citizens.

Bud has been with Cisco for nearly 11 years and has over 33 years of senior management experience across the US & Asia-Pacific region in building and leading multi-disciplined teams to meet and exceed company and customer objectives through all stages of product development, manufacturing, sales, implementation and product support.

Prior to Cisco, Bud was with Lucent Technologies in New Zealand. Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Program Manager for Harris Corporation and a Captain in the United States Air Force.

Bud holds a Master in Business Administration – Financial Management and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

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MR BUDRISH KAPOOR

MR DEREK GERRARD

PROFESSOR FIONA WOOD

PROFESSOR CARMEN LAWRENCE

MR DOUG FITCHDoug Fitch is a co-founder and CEO of Agworld Pty Ltd which began its commercial operation in December 2009. He has been involved in the agricultural industry for 33 years. Passionate about both building things and farming from a young age he began building a practical skill set for farming.

Doug holds a Diploma of Business Leadership from Monash University and coaches various people in the field of leadership. Owning his own farming property, he remains passionate about the agricultural industry and has a strong desire to contribute positively to the challenges farmers and their families face in the space of information management, decision making and community.

PROFESSOR FIONA WOODProfessor Wood is Director of the Burns Service of W.A, Consultant Surgeon at Fiona Stanley Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, co-founder of the first skin cell laboratory in WA, Professor in the School of Surgery at U.WA. and co-founder of the Fiona Wood Foundation. She has been a burns surgeon and researcher for the past 20 years.

Professor Wood’s greatest contribution and enduring legacy is her work pioneering the innovative spray-on skin technique (Recell). Professor Wood was named a Member of the Order of Australia in 2003. In 2005 she was both the W.A. Citizen of the Year and Australian of the Year. Professor Wood is married to fellow surgeon Tony Kierath and is a mother of four boys and two girls.

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DR KERRY HOWELLSDr Kerry Howells is a teacher educator in the University of Tasmania (UTAS) Faculty of Education, teaching in the areas of gratitude in education, professional studies, practitioner research, and teacher leadership. Over the past two decades Kerry has been researching the role of gratitude in enhancing teaching and learning processes at all levels of education. She has been the recipient of many national and institutional awards for her teaching and research. Kerry has published many academic papers that report on the findings of her research on the role of gratitude in the areas of school leadership, pre-service teacher education, and school education.

Her book, Gratitude in Education: A Radical View is the first full text to be written on this topic, and has been hailed by reviewers around the world as “ground-breaking”. Many in the field of Positive Psychology have been using this text in their practice and teaching courses. In her most recent work, Kerry has been exploring the implications for education of cultural differences in expressions of gratitude. She has conducted her investigation amongst Australian Aboriginal, Maori cultures and in indigenous African cultures. In June 2015 Kerry was invited to speak at the United Nations on the relationship between gratitude and human dignity.

MR DEREK GERRARDThe Bible tells us to not just pretend to love people… but really love them - so as a church how do we this as we engage in a positive way with our community. Derek planted Be The Church (C3 Church Scarborough) with his wife 5 years ago, which is now a thriving church having a significant impact in the community they have been called to. Derek has a Master in Theology and has authored two books: Love Love and Christian Stuff.

Derek has also successfully founded and sold his own technology company Greensense and is now an active investor, working to accelerate the growth of other companies through his corporate advisory firm Go Capital. He is the Head of Innovation Bay Perth - a networking series that brings technology entrepreneurs and investors together. Derek is also passionate about social innovation and is the Chairman of Meridian Global - a foundation that supports professionals in charitable works, He also runs social impact trips to India and the Kimberley region of WA.

PROFESSOR TREVOR COOLINGTrevor Cooling is Professor of Christian Education and Director of the National Institute for Christian Education Research at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK as well as Chair of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales and Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Christianity & Education.

Trevor has been active in education for over 30 years as a classroom teacher, Head of Religious Education in a secondary school, Chief Executive of The Stapleford Centre, curriculum developer, author, government adviser, university lecturer and Schools Adviser for the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester. He has a PhD in Religious Education from the University of Birmingham, although

his first degree is in Biology. He has written widely on education in both books and journals. His publication Doing God in Education, a defence of the Christian contribution to publicly- funded education, led to robust debates with the British Humanist Association.

Currently his research is in Christian pedagogy, which extends his work developing the approach to teaching and learning called ‘What If Learning’ in the British context. Professor Cooling has pioneered this approach with Prof David Smith from Calvin College. His book called Christian Faith in English Church Schools: Research Conversations with Classroom Teachers was published by Peter Lang Publishers in June 2016.

MR TROY ROBERTSAfter completing degrees in business and law Troy spent one year volunteering in Zimbabwe, Africa, 18 months in Washington USA and has been bringing volunteer teams to Cambodia for 10 years. Troy, together with his wife Nicole and 15 month-old daughter Maya have lived in Phnom

Penh, Cambodia for the last five years. They founded RAW Impact in mid-2013 to raise awareness world-wide and inspire powerful change in Cambodia. In his very limited spare time Troy enjoys riding motorbikes and playing AFL with the Cambodian Eagles.

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PROFESSOR CARMEN LAWRENCEAfter training as a research psychologist at the University of Western Australia and lecturing in a number of Australian universities, Dr Lawrence entered politics in 1986, serving at both State and Federal levels for 21 years. She was at various times W.A Minister for Education and Aboriginal Affairs and was the first woman Premier and Treasurer of a State government.She shifted to Federal politics in 1994 when she was elected as the Member for Fremantle she was appointed Minister for Health and Human Services

and Minister assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women. She has held various portfolios in Opposition, including Indigenous Affairs, Environment, Industry and Innovation and was elected National President of the Labor Party in 2004. Professor Carmen Lawrence retired from politics in 2007. Professor Lawrence is now Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Change in the School of Psychology at the University of Western Australia and Chair of the Australian Heritage Council.

We would like to thank the following key businesses for their valued contribution towards StaffExpo 2016.

MR JUSTIN LANGER Until the announcement of his retirement from test cricket in 2007 Justin was one of Australia’s great top-order batsmen. Originally a number three, he moved to opener in 2001 and played 105 tests scoring 7,696 runs. Few have worn the baggy green with greater pride. Justin formed a hugely successful opening partnership, which ranks as the best in Australian history and featured six double centuries. His highest test score of 250 in a Boxing Day test at the MCG, was one of three double centuries scored during his test career. His tally of 23 tests centuries saw him overtake former cricket icons Ian Chappell, Neil Harvey and Doug Walters.

In 2004 Justin was the highest run maker in world cricket with a total of 1,481 runs. In 2009 whilst

playing county cricket in the UK he surpassed Don Bradman as the most prolific batsman in Australian cricket history with a total of 28,068 first class runs. Justin was named as a Member of the Order of Australia (A.M.) in the 2008 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. 2009 saw him appointed Assistant Coach of the Australian cricket team and in 2012 he achieved a lifelong dream when he was approached to take on the role as Coach of Western Australia (Western Warriors & Perth Scorchers). They have won the last two BBL titles, the 2014 One Day Tournament and have made two Sheffield Shield Finals. 2014 saw him named Western Australian of the Year for Sport.

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TIME SCHEDULE

8.00 – 8.30 AM Conference Registration

8.30 – 8.50 AM Welcome and Conference Introduction Donella Beare and Gerry Simpson

8.50 – 9.35 AM Professor Fiona Wood Striving for excellence

9.40 – 10.10 AM Mr Budrish Kapoor Digital disruption and the impact on cities and communities

10.15 – 10.20 AM Mr Doug Fitch Vignette

10.20 – 10.45 AM Morning Tea

10.50 – 11.35 AM Professor Trevor Cooling Is there a Christian way to teach photosynthesis? What if our Christian faith shaped our practice in the classroom?

11.40 – 12.25 PM Mr Troy Roberts Inspire powerful change

12.30 – 12.35 PM Mr Derek Gerrard Vignette

12.35 – 1.15 PM Lunch

1.20 – 2.20 PM Panel – Conversations and Provocations Trevor Cooling (Chair), Donna Lund, Stephen Meagher, Justin Beckett & Mark Fielding

2.25 – 3.25 PM Dr Kerry Howells Moving toward our best through the practice of gratitude

3.30 PM Close

TIME SCHEDULE

8.45 – 9.00 AM Welcome and Opening Address in Charis HouseReuchlin Teo and Leanne Mizen

9.00 – 10.30 AM Session 1

10.30 – 11.00 AM Morning Tea

11.00 – 12.30 PM Session 2

12.30 – 13.30 PM Lunch

1.30 – 3.00 PM Session 3

3.05 – 3.20 PM Prize Draw and Close in Charis House

TIME SCHEDULE

8.00 – 8.30 AM Conference and Registration

8.30 – 8.45 AM Welcome Gerry Simpson

8.45 – 9.30 AM Professor Trevor CoolingBarriers to developing Christian learning: What if teachers thought differently about Christian faith?

9.30 – 10.20 AM Professor Carmen Lawrence What happens outside the classroom may be just as important as what happens in it

10.20 – 10.30 AM Mr Justin Langer Vignette

10.30 – 11.00 AM Morning Tea

11.05 – 11.50 AM Provocation and Conversations – Our Global FutureGerry Simpson (Chair), Professor Trevor Cooling, Dr Kerry Howells, Paul Hayward, Sarah Stockton-Rice, Catherine McMahon, Jon Cuthbert and Sandra Corcoran

11.50 – 12.30 PM Executive Team

12.30 – 12.45 PM Staff Survey

12.45 – 1.15 PM Worship and closeSt Stephen’s School Staff

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