Pre-Conference Online Event: Equitable Excellence with Professor Scott Eacott
Join our Webinar ‘Equitable Excellence’ for a discussion led by Professor Scott Eacott from University of New South Wales.
Issues of equity and excellence dominate high-level education policy discussions. What they mean for those grappling with the day-to-day challenges of running a school remains somewhat elusive. In this SASPA Webinar we take a dive into what it means to pursue equitable excellence at the school level.
To do this, there will be an initial provocation of what the system looks like from outside and then a series of deep dive discussions focused on four key questions:
- What does equity actually mean?
- How do you know how equitable outcomes are in your school?
- What do you need to know that you currently do not?
- How does this scale across the system?
These discussions will work from the system to the school and back again as we seek to develop contextually sensitive ideas of equity and excellence focused on how to build cultures of sustainable continuous improvement where staff and students thrive.
Event information below:
When: Friday 17th May
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Where: Online participation only
Professor Scott Eacott, University of New South Wales
Scott Eacott PhD, is Deputy Director of the Gonski Institute for Education and Professor of Education in the School of Education at UNSW Sydney and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Saskatchewan. He leads an interdisciplinary research program that seeks to develop tools for educators, schools and systems to better understand the provision of schooling. Current projects are focused on principles of school system design, building data infrastructure linking education and social data, and housing affordability for educators (and other essential workers). His distinctive approach that has led to invitations to run workshops and give talks in Norway, Canada, the USA, Indonesia, South Africa, Mexico, and throughout Australia. Scott has authored >100 publications, led major research projects (funding ̴ $4.25M) and successfully translated his research into policy and practice. Further details of his work can be found at his university profile and you can connect with him on Twitter @ScottEacott.
