TARGET AUDIENCES
EDUCATION LEADERS FORUMS ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING:
•Education leaders and aspiring leaders, from across the learning spectrum from early childhood to post-tertiary, who are interested in how different parts of the learning system can better collaborate and be more responsive to rapidly changing needs.
•Education stakeholders, including teachers, careers advisers, counsellors, students, parents, business leaders, school and tertiary board members, representatives of professional education associations and community and business representatives.
•People engaged in social welfare, health and justice who are interested in cross sector collaboration with educators in order to improve life and work outcomes for young people.
•Representatives from the Ministry of Education, the Tertiary Education Commission, the Industry Training Federation of New Zealand, Careers New Zealand, ITOs, other education training organisations and employers and workers organisations involved in upskilling learners at all levels.
•Professional development facilitators and learning organisation development consultants working with individual learning communities.
•Service, product and system suppliers to the education sector.
Who in your learning community would most benefit by participating in Education Leaders Forum? They will bring back highly relevant information and digital resources for sharing with colleagues, including presentation Slideshares.
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Tomorrow’s Skills, Yesterday’s Bureaucracy
Lyall Lukey, Convener of Education Leaders Forum 2019 Digital Divides, Dividends & Dangers, argues that while there are undoubtedly big system and funding issues to address in the vocational education and training sector, the centralisation concept announced on 13 February is not the most effective way forward. Read more at: Tomorrow’s Skils, Yesterdays Bureaucracy
Job Currency: By Degrees? Without Qualifications? With Micro-credentials?
Speaking at the recent 12th annual Education Leaders Forum in Rotorua, Phil Ker, CEO Otago Polytechnic generated interest with his presentation “Micro-credentials: an old dog with some new tricks!” ELF Convener Lyall Lukey explains why. Read the article on Education Central.
Addressing social challenges in education remains our biggest priority
Addressing the social and cultural challenges confronting our education system is still top of the list before any real traction can be made with other issues begging for educators’ attention. That was one of the main messages to emerge from the Education Leaders Forum in Rotorua. Read the article from Judith Barback on Education Central
