Breakout Sessions
Appreciative mentoring and coaching as a pathway to strengths-based leadership
Beyond the Clock: AI as a Cognitive Teammate for Pedagogical Leadership in Aotearoa
Beyond the Hype: Leading a Theory of Change for AI in Primary Schools
| Presenter/s: | Mr. Ben Witheford |
| School/Institution: | Shotover School |
| Type: | Leadership Story |
| Keywords: | GenerativeAI, Change, Leadership |
| Session: | - |
Move beyond the hype. Discover how to intentionally weave AI into your school’s unique story to amplify authentic learning.
Crisis Management and School Leadership: When You Become the News Story
| Presenter/s: | Dr Peggy Burrows |
| School/Institution: | Haeata Community Campus |
| Type: | Workshop / facilitated discussion |
| Keywords: | Leadership, Manaakitanga, Crisis |
| Session: | - |
When tragedy touched her school, Peggy led with compassion, guiding students, staff, and community through grief, recovery, and intense media scrutiny.
Equipping school leaders to leverage research in improving teaching and learnin
| Presenter/s: | Janet Okoko |
| School/Institution: | University of Saskatchewan |
| Type: | Research Paper |
| Keywords: | Leadership preparation and development, action research |
| Session: | - |
The practical and cyclic nature of action research enables practitioners to carry out relevant professional development and improve school leadership.
Exploring personal experiences as leadership development pedagogy
| Presenter/s: | Andrea Driver |
| Type: | Research Presentation |
| Keywords: | Leadership development, past experiences, attributes and characteristics, effective leadership |
| Session: | - |
Leadership development pedagogy – a unique view
Influences on leadership – look back to look forward
From the end of my run: Emergence of the next chapter of leadership
| Presenter/s: | Jay Kedian |
| Type: | Research Paper |
| Keywords: | Phenomenology, leadership questions, futures orientation |
| Session: | - |
Linking past perspectives in order to question and drive innovation. Sharing 10 questions to help leaders clarify their future journeys.
He Kaupapa Mana Wāhine: Re-imagining Leadership Pathways for Wāhine Māori Leaders in Mainstream Primary Schools
| Presenter/s: | Trace May |
| School/Institution: | Hamilton East |
| Type: | Workshop / facilitated discussion |
| Keywords: | Relational, Collective, Empowerment, Mana Wāhine |
| Session: | - |
Explore how mana wāhine—a culturally grounded way of leading—re-imagines leadership pathways for wāhine Māori in mainstream primary schools.
Ka Mua, Ka Muri: Leadership Lessons from Whakarongo Pīkari (Listening)
| Presenter/s: | Naketa Ikihele |
| Type: | Workshop / facilitated discussion |
| Keywords: | Listening, School leadership, Coaching conversations, Feedback, Relational leadership |
| Session: | - |
Practical listening hacks for leaders to strengthen trust, feedback conversations and everyday leadership impact.