In this session, Anthony Semann will engage participants in a lively and provocative session on engaging parents and the community about professional practice and what high quality pedagogy and practices mean for the children.

Links to APST    Knowledge 1.2    Practice 3.7     Engagement 7.3, 7.4

Links to NQS    QA1  QA6  QA7

Pedagogical quality is a highly contested area with lots of different ideas about what is quality and how do the ideas trickle down into practice. And here is where the lovely challenge begins. Parents hold tightly a definition, educators hold tightly a definition, management hold tightly a definition, and regulatory agencies hold tightly a definition. So how do we begin to fuss, weave and bring together divergent ideas? More importantly, how do we defend those ideas which are close to our heart whilst bringing others along on this journey?

Presenter: Anthony Semann

ABOUT OUR PRESENTER

Anthony Semann is one of the Directors and founders at Semann & Slattery. For the past 15 years he has worked as a researcher, consultant and manager with a range of government and private organisations across Australia and overseas. He is a sought after facilitator and has delivered over 100 opening addresses at conferences, 150 conference papers and 4,000 professional development programs. Anthony challenges organisations and people to reflect on how their approaches to communication, leadership, diversity, values, relationships and workplace culture affect their services, businesses and ultimately the community. Anthony is currently completing a PhD at Macquarie University exploring the nexus between leadership and courage.