Conference 2011

The 2011 joint VPA & VASSP Conference was held at Crown Conference Centre in Melbourne on 1st August, 2011. The theme of the conference was"Building Educational Capacity - Enhancing Leadership Potential".

The conference provided opportunities to reflect on our current practice and open our minds to new ways of thinking and behaving as leaders.

Material from the conference will be placed on this web site as it becomes available.

The opening address from the Minister for Education, the welcome from the VPA and VASSP Presidents and the APPA and ASPA reports are available below. Other video files can be accessed by clicking on the links in the table.

Richard Teese - Liberating the Strong to Help The Weak?
Wendy McCarthy - Everyone Needs a Mentor
Saul Eslake - Education and Its Relation to Productivity
Barry McGaw - International Trends in Student Outcomes and Testing
Brian Caldwell, Peter Corkill, Anne-Maree Kliman, Wendy McCarthy, Barry McGaw Leadership in Education

1. The Hon Martin Dixon, Minister for Education

2. Gabrielle Leigh (VPA) and Frank Sal (VASSP)

3. Norm Hart (APPA) and Jim Davies (ASPA)