Thriving Matters Podcast

Don't Get Down - Get Ready!

Our conversation with Kingsley is refreshing and insightful - we talk human centred relationship in the advent of a pandemic and disruption where we are relying on technology to connect us when it has the potential to isolate us even more.

We discuss some personal wellbeing habits and the way he had to 'pivot' when all his business was whipped out and how a new way of networking and delivering workshops came about. Kingsley has worked all around the world and even married here in Australia in Kangaroo Valley. Many gems of wisdom are shared from a lifetime of continual learning fueled by curiosity and a good sense of humour. We talked resiliency and future focused skills for 'what if' scenarios that all our educators and school students will need to navigate cultural difference and the diversity of humanness.

The Year That 2020 Was - Learning to Adapt!

This is our final Thriving Conversations through an Education lens episode for 2020. And we finished with a great shoutout to educators across Australia.

 

Listen in as Rob Randall, a globally recognised educational leader, shares his insights and observations for beyond 2020. Rob is joined by some of our previous educators and the conversation is all about 'thinking outside the box' and 'big picture' for 2021...

 

Such a great way to acknowledge a year of swift adapationand change with the care and wellbeing of our students , teachers, staff and parents kept squarely in focus.

 

Our conversation acknowledged student voice; wellbeing fitness of students and teachers; curriculum review and change; decision making autonomy at local level; sustainability of current delivery methods; teacher capacity; hybrid learning, etc...

And...what really made their heart sing or challenged over 2020 and what they are looking forward to in 2021.

"From little things, big things grow!"

 

Intergenerational Learning - Is This New Thinking?

In this Thriving Conversation through an education lens, our guests, Adriano Di Prato and Yasmin Poole share their insights and experience in how we can create an intergenerational understanding of learning, where generations can draw from each other's strengths.

Both guests are educators who are focused on creativity and innovation for learning alongside advocacy for self direction and autonomy. Our conversation highlights an educational 'ecosystem' that is based in empathy, adaptability and voice. You will enjoy the sense of hope bith Adriano and Yasmin have for future focused education that will inspire and prepare our youth fand our teachers for a future that is unknown and exciting at the same time.

Global Competencies for Our Future Citizen Leaders

This Thriving Conversation with Phil and Simon, two of Australia's experienced educators discusses proactive educating communities for the best possible student learning outcomes. Our discussion spans the global competencies needed to be prepared to be part of a VUCA world, initiatives that are currently in progress in Japan and Lithuania. Our guests share the 12 Fusion Skills or FLUENCIES and Portfolios that students are already developing and accumulating to assess their learning. Join us to hear what micro-credentialing and badging competencies look like for deep learning and how students at Medowie Christian School Port Stephens, Australia are autonomous and self-directed learner leaders.

What Capabilities Might Children REALLY Need Over The Next Decade?

What capabilities might children REALLY need over the next decade?

Q What are the biggest challenges facing parents? (Rosina data)

Q What are the challenges facing children (Oxford research data)

Q Is it time to look beyond the focus on academics to life skills education to resource children for the short-term and in the future.

Q. How can we reimagine the future of the education profession?

Q. How can we best support teachers in that future?

Q. What can we expect with the future of work?

 

Dr Rosina McAlpine

Rosina's mission and passion is to support working parents. Highly regarded researcher, presenter, facilitator and speaker.

Today, as part of corporate social responsibility, employee wellbeing programs, Win Win Parenting partners with companies to empower their employees to succeed at home so they can succeed at work.

Parenting education in the workplace is good for kids, good for parents and good for business.

Dr Rosina McAlpine believes confident and effective parents have happier families are focused and productive employees.

www.WinWinParenting.com

 

Tony Ryan

Supports education (and some business) organisations around the world to prepare for the future of learning, with emphasis on the applications of Artificial Intelligence and robotics into everyday learning environments.

Tony has worked with over 1000 schools and 15 universities in 10 countries, written 8 books and manuals on innovative thinking and lifelong learning (including The Ripple Effect and the Thinkers Keys), and is strongly involved in social justice causes.

Tony's special joy is working with educators who know that the world can be even more astonishing up ahead..... and that they can contribute to the development of that world.

Tony’s latest book ‘The Next Generation’ has now been released. More info at http://www.tonyryan.com.au/home/ 

Diverse Needs of Large Colleges Particularly Students, Staff and Families .

Double education lockdown in Victoria - what has it meant to students, parents, teachers, and leaders?

A case study not to miss!

This conversation shares insights into strategic manoeuvring of two large educating communities and how the diverse learning needs of stakeholders were considered.

What was different the second time around?

Join Anna Masters and Katherine Hoekman, two exceptional Australian educators.

A thoughtful human-centred conversation about the future of teaching learning leadership.

Awareness of how it was second time around...

 

 

Delivery of Education via Online Platforms - Learning Gain or Loss?

Our conversation discussed insights and observations as well as some examples of what Zeina and Steven have observed and led during Australia's educational response to a global health issue.

How learning via virtual delivery impacted on student learning?

What did they notice about the learners and fellow teachers during covid?

Underpinning the relationship between teachers and students’ - day to day interactions, supporting others to find the ‘joy’ in their learning and

particular strategies that worked well for teachers and leaders were shared.

 

Optimising Life & Work Skills For The Future

For most people #covid 19 hasn't just been one change in their life. Picture a stack of wobbling cards rising higher and higher!

Coming up this week #education #matters live panel conversation is all about optimising life work skills for the future whatever the abrupt changes.

Why would we focus on boosting our self management and attitude when under stress?

Do your stakeholders have a 'voice' in their wellbeing?

Two of Australia's 'optimising' educators Helen van der Werff and Maurizio Vespa talk about:

Optimism is the belief that the future is positive. We will get through this together.

Shift from optimism to optimising outcomes; managing circumstances and attitude with options; relational skills when under stress, and effectiveness of restorative practices.

Social And Emotional Learning And Social Justice Education Through The #COVID19 Lens.

Joanne McEachen is CEO/Founder of The Learner First (USA/Australia/New Zealand), a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar (Austria), on the Executive Committee for Karanga The Global Alliance for Social Emotional Learning and Life Skills (Global) and a Board Member for Partners for Youth Empowerment (PYE) Global.

 

A social entrepreneur and a leading voice in the global education community, Joanne brings years of whole system leadership experience, working with and within all levels of education to offer insights and strategies that support communities to discover their strengths and bring them to the surface. The perspective she works from is that people and communities hold the answers and not the experts.

 

Her experience as a teacher, principal, superintendent, and whole-country school-system leader and working with over 10 plus countries has enabled Joanne to focus on what matters, on humanities development of SEL and deeper learning outcomes––self-understanding, knowledge, competency, and connection––that lead to meaning, fulfillment, and lifelong success. She has co-authored multiple books and these can be found in schools and homes around the world.

 

Joanne insights are illuminated by continued, hands-on experience, partnering with people- diverse groups around the world.

 

She was co-founder of NPDL (Global). 

 

Louka Parry is the CEO + Founder of The Learning Future, an organisation that supports schools, systems and companies to thrive in tomorrow’s world. A former teacher, he became a school principal at only 27 years old and was named Inspirational Public Secondary Teacher of the Year for South Australia. Louka works globally (in English and Spanish) and has supported tens of thousands of educators and leaders globally to increase their positive impact.

 

A rapid learner, he speaks five languages, has visited over 80 countries, and holds two Masters degrees, one in Instructional Leadership from the University of Melbourne and another in Applied Linguistics, and has also completed executive studies at Harvard University. Through his work, he has acquired expert knowledge in leadership, communication, wellbeing, future learning models and organisational change. He is a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar and of the Stanford d.school, working at the forefront of the future of education, innovation and social emotional learning to empower children, educators and communities all across the globe.

 

Louka brings a range of deep strategic insights as a learning architect and as a sought-after speaker and facilitator. He has worked across all Australian Education Departments and sectors, across international systems from the Dominican Republic to Romania, with corporates like PWC, Microsoft and Apple, and with not-for-profits such as Social Ventures Australia, CASEL and TED. In this age of rapid change, he is driven to transform structures, systems and societies to empower individuals to do their best work and maximise wellbeing, ultimately making our world a better place for all.

 

 

The Remote Learning 'Road Trip' Around Rural School Communities

Post pandemic lockdown, three School Performance Leaders started out on

 

a 'Remote Learning Road Trip' around north western NSW. My panel for this School Performance Leaders, Rod Whelan, Jason Hanrahan and Justin Matthews visted every school in the Diocese of Armidale, listening and observing 'lockdown' learnings and insights from students, teachers, school leadership teams and parents

 

Listen on as our conversation covered the insights and observations of these rural learning communities as they shared 'action research' on leadership, wellbeing, school support for learning and voice during the 'lockdown.

 

Connectedness to each other, for each other and onbehalf of each other is a strong theme coming from this enlightening experience.

 

Listen on as we hear more from Rod, Jason and Justin as they share the care, social contracts and autonomy of decision making at local level that they acknowledge openly.

 

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