Provisional Programme

*The organising committee reserves the right to make changes to the 2025 programme.

Workshop sign up note: We will send all registered delegates an email to sign up for workshops in the first half of July. Keep an eye out for this email... while there will be plenty of great offerings some workshops have limited capacity. Late sign-up at the conference will still be possible but limited to available spaces.

Date & Time:

• Date: 30 July 2025
• Time: 3.00-5.00pm
• Location: Tākina Wellington Convention Centre
• Cost: No extra cost to conference registration

Why Attend?

• Prepare for the main conference with a focused leadership session.
• Connect with peers who are also new to the role.
• How to transition from Head of Department/Faculty or Dean to Assistant/Deputy Principal.
• Facing the challenge of leading those who are older and more experienced than you.
  
• Q & A.
  

This workshop will be held just before the informal meet & greet at Shed22, offering a supported segway into that evening’s networking.

Registration Details:
Spaces for this offering are limited. Sign up during registration to secure your spot.

Facilitated By: Geoff Childs
Geoff Childs has worked as an educator for most of his life – in primary, secondary, alternative education and tertiary education. In the last decade or so. He has focused on in-service teacher and school leader development, working mainly with middle leaders, Aspiring Principals and new Principals. Now mostly retired (a terrible cleaner, and a keen golfer) he works with small groups supporting reflective practice helping teachers and leaders to tackle the hard questions. He is a strong believer in translating theory into practice and ensuring effective practice informs theory.

The interesting stuff – loves his family, lives in Porirua, has two grandkids, plays guitar badly, helps eradicate possums and other pest life in Rārangi and Papakōwhai.