Date:

Thursday, 4th March 2021

Time:

09.30 AM (Yangon)

10.00 AM (Jakarta / Bangkok / Hanoi / Vientiane / Phnom Penh)

11.00 AM (Kuala Lumpur / Singapore / Manila / Bandar Seri Begawan)

02.00 PM (Melbourne / Sydney / Canberra)

(1.5 hours)

ABOUT THE SESSION

During the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, millions of educators and students saw themselves confined at home as schools around the world closed their doors. No one knew when they could go back to school. Despite this, many school leaders have risen to the challenge and innovated to navigate these uncharted waters.

In this session, leaders from the school sectors in ASEAN and Australia will share how they have led a range of school and system-wide responses to the educational disruptions caused by the pandemic.

They will also explore how you can adapt these strategies for your schools and institutions while sharing best practices and relevant, actionable strategies for helping school leaders and educators in Australia and the ASEAN region.

This session will explore:

• What are the most important leadership and intercultural skills required in schools and how can these skill sets be developed?
• How can school leaders work with parents and the community to create a holistic learning environment in these uncertain times?
• How can school leaders support teachers and students to become creative learning partners rather than just teaching and learning to pass exams?
• What can school leaders do to support, motivate and empower their teachers as they juggle remote teaching with their personal lives?
• How can school leaders mobilise resources and engage with various stakeholders in planning for remote learning?
• How can schools learn to embrace technology to keep track of their students' learning and well-being?
• How can school leaders ensure that essential education services, including mental and social support are made available to all students

OPENING ADDRESS:

Mr Peter Mackey

Peter is the Director for Education at Study NSW, NSW Treasury in Australia. He joined the NSW Government in October 2014 after seven years with Austrade. Peter was posted as Trade Commissioner to Hanoi in 2010 and later to Singapore. During this time, he also held a regional role, as Education Commissioner, ASEAN, leading Austrade’s regional education team across South East Asia.

Over the past 20 years, Peter has worked primarily in the education and training, IT and government sectors. In his current role, Peter oversees the NSW Government’s international education strategy through Study NSW as part of the Trade team based in Sydney.

MODERATOR:

Mr Michael Fay - Convenor, ASEAN-Australia Education Dialogue (AAED)

PANELLISTS:

Vignesh Naidu

Vignesh Naidu is the Director of Operations at The HEAD Foundation (THF). Since joining THF five years ago, he has led THF’s evolution from a research-centric organisation to one that designs and delivers bespoke capacity-building programmes for educators in the region.

In 2020, as a response to the learning crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Vignesh and his team sought to increase the reach of THF’s endeavours to provide educators across the region with actionable tips and suggestions to navigate the crisis. This led to the creation of our practitioner-focused webinar series, the first of which, Educational Leadership in a Crisis, was held in September 2020, with an accompanying handbook published in December. The second webinar series, Positive School Culture in the New Normal, commenced on 21 February 2021.

Dr Juan Robertino "Robbie" Macalde

Dr. Juan Robertino "Robbie" Macalde is the Senior Specialist/Head, Flexible Learning Solutions and Instructional Design and Development Units (FLSU and IDDU) of Learning Management Office at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO INNOTECH).

Prior to his appointment as Senior Specialist, Dr. Macalde is a full-time consultant for the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Central and West Asia Department. He is responsible for the supervision, coordination, and review of course designs and learning materials for the various training programs as well as in monitoring the progress of the participants in the various capacity building activities of the CAREC Institute.

Dr. Macalde has been the Program Manager and Training Coordinator of the Asian Institute of Management's Development Resource Center. The Center is a provider and facilitator of capacity building programs for the development community in the Asia Pacific Region and is a member of the World Bank-initiated Global Development Learning Network.

Ms Elizabeth Webber

Elizabeth Webber is the Chief Education Officer, NSW Department of Education - (DE) International. Elizabeth is responsible for the management and operation of the international students program, the study abroad program, study tours and the temporary residents program in NSW government schools, strategic partnerships with overseas Ministries of Education and the regulation of secondary student exchange programs in all NSW schools.

Elizabeth was Chair, Australian Government Schools International (AGSI) the peak body for international education in government schools across Australia, from 2010 –2020, where she represented the government school sector on a number of national committees.

Elizabeth’s career began as an English teacher and she has more than 20 years’ experience in international education in the schools sector. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Arts & Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Sydney and has completed a number of professional development courses in leadership and global citizenship at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Mr Hamish Curry

As Executive Director of the Asia Education Foundation (AEF) at Asialink (University of Melbourne), Hamish Curry leads an incredible team to develop the intercultural learning of students and educators. AEF co-designs and delivers intercultural professional learning, youth forums, digital services, and uses extensive networks throughout the Asia-Pacific region to involve schools in reciprocal experiences.

Hamish has a rich background in leading education and designing learning. He has worked for design thinking firm NoTosh, the State Library of Victoria as the Education Manager, lead a Year 9 City Campus in Melbourne and started his career as a classroom teacher working in the UK and Japan.

This session is presented to you by the ASEAN-Australia Education Dialogue (AAED) with the support from Study NSW, NSW Treasury, Australia.