The Edu Salon

Deborah Netolicky talks to Tracey Ezard about leadership, collaboration, learning, and developing psychologically-safe organisational cultures. Tracey has a background in teaching and educational leadership in the Victorian state system; business management and HR in fine dining restaurants; and project management in the automotive industry. She has been running her own speaking and consulting practice for sixteen years, and is known for her Ferocious Warmth leadership approach and collaborative framework The Buzz. Tracey has run leadership, cultural and strategic programs throughout Australia, New Zealand and the UK. She is a National Fellow of the Australian Council of Education Leaders, a Certified Speaking Professional, Board Chair of The Corner Store Network, and author of three books: ‘Glue’, ‘The Buzz’, and ‘Ferocious Warmth’. Want to know more? - Tracey’s website: https://www.traceyezard.com/ - Special podcast package: https://www.traceyezard.com/podcast-downloads-page Join the conversation on social media. - Tracey: @traceyezard on Twitter and @traceyezard on Instagram. - Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. - The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram.

Deborah Netolicky talks to Dr Trista Hollweck about mentoring, coaching, teacher agency, wellbeing, play, and community. Trista is a pracademic who integrates the worlds of research, policy, and practice. She is a former teacher, vice-principal, and school district consultant. She is Director of the ARC Education Program that brings together Ministers and professional leaders from seven countries to advance equitable, inclusive and humanitarian goals in education, and co-Principal Investigator of the Canadian Playful Schools Network funded by the LEGO Foundation in the University of Ottawa. Her research has examined teacher induction, mentoring and coaching programs and their systemic change implications at the school board level. She has also researched, published and consulted about restorative justice, professional learning and development, teacher evaluation, and educational change. Trista received her doctorate from the University of Ottawa. She is committed to supporting schools and systems to improve education for all students within and across educational systems globally. Want to know more? - ARC (Atlantic Rim Collaboratory): https://atrico.org/ - Canadian Playful Schools Network: https://www.playjouer.ca/ - Paper: ‘Defining and exploring pracademia: identity, community, and engagement’ https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JPCC-05-2021-0026/full/html - Paper: ‘“I love this stuff!”: a Canadian case study of mentor–coach well-being’ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Trista-Hollweck/publication/335659645_I_love_this_stuff_a_Canadian_case_study_of_mentor-coach_well-being/links/5ebbc8a6458515626ca5b06f/I-love-this-stuff-a-Canadian-case-study-of-mentor-coach-well-being.pdf Join the conversation on social media. - Trista: @tristateach on Twitter. - Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. - The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram.

Deborah Netolicky talks to Dr Paul Campbell about teaching, leading, pracademia, and collaboration. Paul is Vice Principal of ESF Sha Tin Junior School in Hong Kong, with responsibility for learning, teaching, and assessment, professional learning, quality assurance, and child protection and safeguarding. Paul is also on a partial secondment to the ESF Centre for Research where he leads the 'Seeds of Leadership' programme. He is also a Partner Tutor at the University of Dundee working on MEd programmes in Educational Studies, and External Reviewer for MEd programmes at the University of Hong Kong. Paul is Chair of the International Professional Development Association (IPDA), and is co-coordinator of the educational leadership network for the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI). Paul is also on the editorial board of the journal, Management in Education (MiE), and sits on the advisory board for the Leadership for Professional Learning (LfPL) symposium. Paul recently completed his doctorate at the University of Glasgow where he researched the context, governance, and leadership of collaboration for school and system-wide improvement. Want to know more? - Paul’s PhD thesis ‘Collaboration – the ubiquitous panacea for challenges in education': https://theses.gla.ac.uk/82883/ - Paper on pracademia ‘Defining and exploring pracademia: identity, community, and engagement’: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JPCC-05-2021-0026/full/html - Paul’s blog: https:/mrcampbell91.wordpress.com/ Join the conversation on social media. - Paul: @PCampbell91 on Twitter. - Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. - The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram.

Deborah Netolicky talks with Professor Dylan Wiliam about his important work in formative assessment, as well as how classrooms and schools can create cultures of continuous improvement for all. Dylan is Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at University College London. In a varied career, he has taught in inner-city schools, directed a large-scale testing program, served a number of roles in university administration, including Dean of a School of Education, and pursued a research program focused on supporting teachers to develop their use of assessment in support of learning. His books include 'Embedded Formative Assessment', 'Leading Teacher Learning', and 'Creating the Schools our Children Need'. Want to know more? Dylan’s website: dylanwiliam.org Join the conversation on social media. Dylan: @dylanwiliam on Twitter. Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram.

Deborah Netolicky talks with Dr Marnee Shay about flexi schools, yarning, and the education experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. Marnee is an award-winning Aboriginal educator and researcher whose maternal connections are to Wagiman country, and she also has strong connections to Aboriginal communities in South East Queensland where she was born and raised. She is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Education and an affiliate Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Policy Futures at the University of Queensland. Her work spans the fields of Indigenous education and policy, flexible schooling, and youth studies. She is co-Editor of 'Indigenous education in Australia Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures' and serves on numerous government and school boards and committees including the Queensland Department of Education Ministerial Advisory Committee for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education. Want to know more? - Marnee: https://education.uq.edu.au/profile/2069/marnee-shay - Book ‘Indigenous Education in Australia’: https://www.routledge.com/Indigenous-Education-in-Australia-Learning-and-Teaching-for-Deadly-Futures/Shay-Oliver/p/book/9780367207755 - Podcast ‘Indigenous Education in Australia’: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1721882.rss - Journal article ‘Collaborative Yarning Methodology’: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/australian-journal-of-indigenous-education/article/abs/extending-the-yarning-yarn-collaborative-yarning-methodology-for-ethical-indigenist-education-research/B331F0D79C69C08724F9E9BBCBFE522B Join the conversation on social media. - Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. - The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram.

Deborah Netolicky talks with Professor Dennis Shirley about educational change, wellbeing, student engagement, and teaching. During the episode, Dennis shares an impromptu poetry recitation, mindful moments, and deep reflections on his own practice. He is Gabelli Faculty Fellow and Professor of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College, and also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London, and a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow of the Bosch Foundation in Berlin. Dennis has conducted research and led professional development for teachers, principals, and affiliated staff in 30 nations in 6 continents. His prolific work has been translated into numerous languages. His books include 'The New Imperatives of Educational Change', 'The Mindful Teacher', 'The Fourth Way', ‘Five Paths of Student Engagement’, and ‘Well-being Schools'. Join the conversation on social media. Dennis: @dennisshirley on Twitter and @dennis_shirley on Instagram. Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram. Want to know more? - Dennis’s publications: https://dennisshirley.com/publications/

Deborah Netolicky talks with Dr Victoria Showunmi about identity, racism, classism, gender equity and intersectionality in education, especially in terms of the experiences of black girls and black women. Victoria is Associate Professor in Education at University College London’s Institute of Education and has led educational equity and leadership projects all over the world. Her research and projects focus on gender and educational leadership, and black young women and their wellbeing through an intersectional lens. Join the conversation on social media. Victoria: @ShowunmiV on Twitter. Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram. Want to know more? - Book: ‘Understanding and Managing Sophisticated and Everyday Racism’ https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498567091/Understanding-and-Managing-Sophisticated-and-Everyday-Racism-Implications-for-Education-and-Work - Book: ‘The Bloomsbury Handbook of Gender and Educational Leadership and Management’ https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/bloomsbury-handbook-of-gender-and-educational-leadership-and-management-9781350173156/ - The Black Girls’ Club http://www.genderandeducation.com/6462-2/gels-in-action-black-girls-club/

Deborah Netolicky talks with Dr Santiago Rincón-Gallardo about what it means to liberate learning from schooling, including global examples of learning communities embracing learning as a practice of freedom and humanity. Santiago is an education consultant, founder and director of Liberating Learning, and Chief Research Officer at Michael Fullan’s consulting team. He conducts research and advises leaders and educators to liberate learning in school networks and across educational systems in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Australia. As an educator and organiser, Santiago worked for over a decade to promote grassroots pedagogical change initiatives in Mexican public schools serving historically marginalized communities. He was the director of a small NGO that catalysed a movement to turn conventional classrooms into tutorial networks, a movement that later on spread to over nine thousand schools across the country. Santiago's academic work explores how effective pedagogies for deep learning can spread at scale. His most recent book is 'Liberating Learning: Educational Change as Social Movement'. Santiago holds a doctorate on Education Policy, Leadership and Instructional Practice from Harvard. He completed postdoctoral studies and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto. Join the conversation on social media. Santiago: @SRinconGallardo on Twitter. Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram. Want to know more? - Chapter: ‘Leading to Liberate Learning’ https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003131496-18/leading-liberate-learning-santiago-rinc%C3%B3n-gallardo - Book: ‘Liberating Learning’ https://www.routledge.com/Liberating-Learning-Educational-Change-as-Social-Movement/Rincon-Gallardo/p/book/9781138491762 - Interview article https://internationalednews.com/an-interview-with-dr-santiago-rincon-gallardo/

Deborah Netolicky talks with Dr Amanda McKay (formerly Heffernan) about principals’ identities, work, wellbeing, and wardrobes. Amanda, a former public school principal, is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership at Monash University whose work focuses on principals’ work and lives, and on how we can better attract, support, and keep school leaders within the profession. She has a particular interest in leadership in complex school settings, including those in rural and remote areas, and the skills and knowledge that are needed to successfully lead those schools. She is author of numerous publications, including the award-winning book 'The Principal and School Improvement', and co-Editor of the 'Journal of Educational Administration and History'. Join the conversation on social media. - Amanda: @chalkhands on Twitter and Instagram. - Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. - The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram. Want to know more? - Book: ‘The Principal and School Improvement: Theorising Discourse, Policy, and Practice’ - Report: ‘Autonomy, Accountability, and Principals’ Work: An Australian Study’ https://researchmgt.monash.edu/ws/portalfiles/portal/324416419/314450604_oa.pdf - Article: Women leaders judged by wardrobe choices: https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/hanger-management-women-leaders-judged-by-wardrobe-choices - Article (paywalled): The Punk Rock principal https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220620.2019.1582476?journalCode=cjeh20 - Editorial: Educational Leadership and Policy: Precarity and Precariousness https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220620.2021.2006880

Deborah Netolicky talks with Adam Voigt about restorative practices, principalship, and trusting the teaching profession. Adam was a teacher and primary principal before founding the company Real Schools, a business that partners with schools to develop tools, skills, and attitudes to build meaningful relationships and positive school cultures. He an author, speaker, and prominent commentator on education in the Australian media, including news and current affairs show ‘The Project’, work through which he advocates for students and those working in schools. Join the conversation on social media. - Adam: @adam_voigt on Twitter and @voigty72 on Instagram. - Deb: @debsnet on Twitter and @theeeduflaneuse on Instagram. - The Edu Salon: @theedusalon on Twitter and Instagram. Want to know more? - Real Schools: https://realschools.com.au/ - Book: Restoring Teaching https://adamvoigt.com.au/books/restoring-teaching/ - Videos: Adam in the Australian media https://adamvoigt.com.au/media/