The 2007 APPA/ASPA conference was held in Hobart on 30 September to 3 October. It was organised by the Tasmanian Principals  Association and was held  as a combined ASPA and APPA conference - the first time that this has occurred for a number of years. About 700 delegates attended the conference.

• Click here to download the mp3 file of the opening of the conference (26.1Mb mp3 file).

Please note:

1. The audio recordings below (the mp3 files) can be downloaded to your hard drive for listening offline later. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) on the linked text and select "save target as" to save these documents to your computer. They are very large files. You will be able to listen to them online as soon as the links are added to the material below.

2. The list of sessions and the links to the associated presentation files and audio recordings is not yet complete. Please check back here from time to time during the next couple of weeks. 

3. A photo gallery from the conference is now available - click on the Photo Gallery menu item to the left.

The program consisted of several types of sessions.

Addresses:

• David Bartlett, Minister for Education.

• Bill Mulford & Steven Jacobson - Successful Principalship of High-Performance Schools in High Poverty Communities - presentation (10.2 Mb pdf file), audio recording (37.7Mb mp3 file)
• ... more to come soon.

Workshop Sessions:

• Successful School Principalship in Late-Career - Bill Edmunds & Bill Mulford - presentation
• Building a Professional Learning Inquiry Community in the Context of Learner Wellbeing and the Professional Standards for Teachers - Marion Mayes - presentation (1.92Mb pdf file) audio recording (21.2Mb mp3 file).
• Knowledge is Power - Know Your Parliament - Chris Reid - presentation (907Kb pdf file).
• DEEP Thinking: A Framework for Critically Evaluating Pedagogical Practice? - Daniel White - presentation (2.05Mb pdf file).
• School Leader Preparation in Finland - Cathy Pianta, the winner of the 2006 MSP/ASPA Research fellowship. Her paper will be published here soon.
• Leading with Leverage - Greg Morgan & Lucy McCarthy - presentation (2.92Mb ppt file).
• Dare To Lead: 4 years on; what have we learnt? - Brian Giles-Browne - presentation (1.57Mb pdf file).
• Batten down the Hatches: Charting a Successful Transition from Junior to Middle or Senior Schools amidst the Roaring Change of Teens, "Tweens" and Emerging Adolescence - Ian Price - presentation (1.78Mb pdf file).
• The Development of a Personal Leadership Framework through Reflective Practice - Paul Dillon - presentation (2.52Mb pdf file).
• School Improvement: The Lean, Mean and Smart Way - Susan O'Donnell - presentation (1.52Mb pdf file).
• Leaders Learning: A Journey, Not a Destination - Wendy House & Virginia Gill - presentation
• Successful Principalship in Small Schools - John Ewington & Bill Mulford - presentation (111Kb pdf file).
• Innovative Leadership in Developing Strong Teams in the School and Community to Promote Positive Imbedded Change - Jan Matthews - presentation (2.12Mb pdf file), audio recording
• Educational Leadership for Possible, Probable and Preferred Futures - Liz Veel & Maree Bredhauer - presentation (2.77Mb pdf file).
•  Leadership of Learning Communities - Liliana Mularczyk - presentation (3.89Mb pdf file).
• The Principles of Wise Leadership - Melinda Zanetich - presentation (1.46Mb pdf file).
•  Reading Hits a High - Wendy Inman - presentation (394Kb pdf file).
• The Transition of a School to Learning Teams - Dennis Yarrington - presentation (897Kb pdf file).
• Principals: Creating the Climate for Change - Rowena Zwart - presentation (1.43Mb pdf file).
• A Survey: Observational and Experimental Evaluation of Online Curriculum - Peter Freebody - presentation (510Kb pdf file).
• The Perils of Producing a Curriculum that is really suited to the 21st Century - Penny Andersen - presentation (239Kb pdf file).
• Differentiation Instruction: What is it? How do we do it? - Craig Fullerton - presentation (1.77Mb pdf file).
• The Business of Boys and Brains: What's Different about Teaching and Learning in a Boys' Class, and What Difference Does It Make? - Robyn Waller - presentation (6.94Mb PowerPoint file).
• More to come soon...