Short Courses
- Powerful sessions to rapidly build teacher and school leader capacity -
2016
From the CEO
Something powerful has been happening over the last few years. What had been a collection of programs run by EC across Australia and the globe, turned into
a movement. Teacher led innovation is now firmly established as one of the leading ideas in the
education sector, and we are thrilled.
As hundreds gathered in Melbourne for our EC15 conference, thousands went through our award
winning Changemaker Journey curriculum, and as tens of thousands engaged on our online
platforms and with our new book Edupreneur, we were blown away by the many incredible teacher
led innovations we saw changing the lives of children across the world. The collective genius of
teachers and school leaders driving powerful changes in their schools and systems is now certainly
well beyond us, and we are thrilled to be making a contribution to it.
What we continue to hear from educators is that for years they have been told WHAT needs to
change and WHY it needs to change. At EC we focus on the HOW of creating change.
Our SHORT COURSES are great one day injections of professional learning for educators and allow
school and organisation leaders to enjoy rapid improvements in the skill, confidence and passion of
their team. If you would like to unleash teacher led innovation in your school or region with our short
course offerings, then please reach out to me, I would love to chat.
Together, for a better education for all of our kids.
Dave Faulkner
Chief Executive Officer
WWW.EDUCATIONCHANGEMAKERS.COM
Our Clients and Partners
Workshop Choices
Our short course workshop options include:
BUILDING BETTER SCHOOLS: Design thinking for educators
We exist to unleash teacher led innovation in schools and the key to the rapid growth of the EC
movement has been our team’s ability to effectively merge the concepts of entrepreneurship and
design thinking with the unique demands of education. In this short course our facilitators challenge
the audience with disruptive education ideas from around the world, before teaching our powerful
innovation techniques. By the end of this workshop the tables will be covered with post-it notes,
there will be smiles on every face and participants will leave with both powerful skills and real ideas
that will help them to consistently solve the challenges they are facing in their unique education
contexts. This workshop is an inspiring and practical injection of learning, that will bring powerful
improvements to your school.
MBA IN A DAY: Helping educators lead themselves, others and the school more effectively
In any week, teachers and education leaders are expected to lead teams, manage budgets, strategise,
thrill their students and parents and keep their own mojo meters high. The MBA in a day short course
equips educators with a wide range of relevant and practical skills that help them thrive in their roles,
rather than merely survive. Participants will engage with a range of skills that they would expect to
cover in a regular Masters of Business Administration, but enjoy the way in which the EC team makes
these concepts highly relevant for educators. A great course to re-inspire an established leader, or
prepare an emerging leader, the MBA in a Day is an intense and fun day, high on take home points.
STEP UP: Communication skills for educators
Educators are always speaking in front of crowds, they just usually happen to be crowds of young
people! What is interesting, is that if you ask an educator to stand up at a conference, or in a room
of their peers, many of them will break into a cold sweat! In this course, in a safe and supportive
environment, our team helps to dramatically improve the communication skills of all participants
(no matter how scared they intially are of speaking in public). Educators will learn how to hold clear
meetings, pitch their ideas to gain strong support, create and deliver inspired speeches and ground
this with strong design and messaging principles. After this workshop, participants will have a new
confidence in communicating meaningfully and effectively.
‘What I loved about the workshop was how practical it was. These short
courses teach us so much in such a short time. I wish all PD was like this!’
2015 Participant
‘Thank you for another relevant and fun workshop. The energy in the room was
awesome and my staff are so happy with how it went.’
Principal
Lead Facilitators
Dave Faulkner - Chief Executive Officer
Dave is the CEO and co-founder of Education Changemakers, and as one of Australia’s most awarded
educators has vast experience leading change at the school, regional and national level. An expert
in the development of education leaders, with a proven track record at the highest levels, Dave
matches a powerful grasp on grassroots realities with strong insights at system level. Dave’s education
leadership journey began as a principal of an Australian school when he was only 24, and throughout
his twenties he built a powerful reputation as a leader who could achieve strong outcomes across a
range of education contexts. During this period he was named as the Young Australian of the Year
(WA) and Young Leader of the Year (WA), and was also widely profiled for his leadership of the highly
challenging Halls Creek District High School. Following this role, he was appointed as the Director of
the Barkly region, Australia’s (and probably the world’s) largest education jurisdiction. Dave speaks
and works with thousands of educators each year and advises senior government leaders and
leading philanthropists in Australia. Dave speaks globally to audiences including Microsoft, AITSL,
TED, ACEL, EduTech, BETT, GELP and PWC.
Lead Facilitators
Aaron Tait - Director of Innovation
Aaron is the co-founder and Director of Innovation of Education Changemakers, and brings the
radical thinking element to EC that helps us to stand out from other players in the global professional
learning landscape. His ability to draw upon out of the box ideas and challenge education audiences
to trial new concepts is globally recognised and is well illustrated in EC’s recently published book
‘Edupreneur: Unleashing teacher led innovation in schools’ of which Aaron was the lead author.
Aaron draws upon lessons from a diverse career that has seen him serve for seven years as a
decorated Australian military officer, run a secondary school for street-children in a Tanzanian slum,
run an orphanage in Kenya, and graduate from three Masters degrees in strategy, international
relations and development, with the third, from Cambridge University. Aaron is the co-founder and
former CEO of Spark* International, and now the CIO of YGAP, an organisation that has accelerated
hundreds of high impact entrepreneurs across six countries who have dramatically changed the lives
of hundreds of thousands of people living in poverty in Africa and the Asia Pacific. Aaron has spoken
with audiences including TED, Do Lectures, AITSL, Microsoft, ACEL, HSBC, AFL PWC and Sankalp.
Lead Facilitators
Summer Howarth - Director of Learning
Summer is the Director of Learning at Education Changemakers, is one of Australia’s most connected
education influencers, and has boldly emerged as a powerful and disruptive new voice in the sector.
Summer brings expert knowledge in design thinking, middle years schooling and environmental
education, grounded in extensive experience teaching in some of Australia’s most forward-thinking
private schools. Known to many on twitter as @edusum, she has a deep passion for unleashing and
spreading teacher led innovations and is highly engaged in Australia’s education startup scene.
Following eight years of senior teaching experience at PLC Sydney, Ravenswood School for Girls,
Knox Grammar School and Anastasis Academy, Summer consulted to the NSW Government and
taught Master of Teaching units at Sydney University before being appointed as a Senior Project
Officer for AITSL, leading on the Learning Frontiers initiative. Summer is also the driving force behind
the EC conference series (www.ec15.org) and was one of the founders of TeachMeet Sydney. She
holds a Masters degree from Macquarie University and was the recipient of the Paul Harris Fellowship
for Service to Girls Education.
Lead Facilitators
Louka Parry - Director of Programs
Louka is the Director of Programs at Education Changemakers and is one of Australia’s most exciting
emerging education thinkers and doers, with a track record of leading dramatic improvements in
challenging school settings. He brings expert knowledge in school leadership, new teacher support
and organisational culture to the EC crew. Louka represents the new generation of education leaders
as an individual who has traveled to every continent on the globe, learned five languages fluently
(including the Indigenous Australian languages Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara), graduated with
two Masters degrees in applied linguistics and education, (studying one of them under John Hattie at
Melbourne University) and studied at Harvard University all before he was thirty. Louka has matched
these achievements with six years of experience as a teacher and leader, being promoted to Principal
at only 27 years old in 2012 for which he was named South Australian Inspirational Public Secondary
Teacher of the Year. Louka has spoken and worked with diverse audiences across Australia and the
globe including AITSL, Federal Treasury, SVA, BETT, NARIS, Leading Educators Across the Planet,
Education We Want and Microsoft.
Lead Facilitators
Maddie Scott-Jones - Director of Communities
Maddie is the Director of Communities at Education Changemakers and brings an exemplary teaching
career to her work with the global EC tribe. An alumna of the Changemaker Program, her change
initiatives focused on helping children to embrace failure and increasing entrepreneurial resilience,
which has seen her become a judge at the National Science Talent Search, speak at conferences across
Australia and support her students to win the National Maths Talent Quest. As a teacher at Avila College,
Maddie taught secondary Science and Mathematics and was the coordinator for Gifted and Talented
Students and Student Leadership. She holds three masters degrees with distinction in Science and
Education from the University of Melbourne and the Australian Catholic University.
The EC Difference
There are some unique characteristics that set EC apart from most other professional development
organisations in the education sector. Some of these include:
WE ARE ALL EDUCATORS:
All of our facilitators are award winning former teachers who have led school teams as principals if not
regions as directors. Our team also ground this experience with post-graduate degrees from some
of the world’s best universities. We always utilise team teaching, bringing at a minimum two diverse
facilitators to every workshop. Our workshops are extremely inspiring, interesting and engaging with
100% percent of alumni recommending that their peers should go through our programs and more
than nine out of ten rate the program as one of the best professional learning experiences they have
ever been a part of.
WE COME TO YOU:
As former educators we know that often the best professional development opportunities take place
in only a few global cities. At EC we are committed to traveling to where our participants are for our
workshops, reducing the time that they are away from their students.
PREPARATION AND LOGISTICS:
We arrange all of the travel and accommodation considerations for our facilitators and include this
in our quoted price, reducing logistics for your team and allowing you to focus your time and efforts
on improving the education outcomes of your students. All you have to do is organise a suitable
room, the travel of your participants (if required) and catering. We bring all of our own equipment
including stationary and supplies.
RESPONSIBLE GLOBAL CITIZENS:
As a certified BCorp organisation we have a passionate belief that businesses are a force for positive
social change. Our for-profit status allows us to find and keep world class facilitators, but we direct a
significant proportion of our profits to supporting education projects that lift people out of poverty
across the globe with our charity partner Spark* (www.sparkinternational.org).
The Investment
A short course for up to fifty participants is:
$5,900*
*
1. 2016 dates are secured upon receipt of a 50% deposit.
2. EC covers the cost of facilitator travel and accommodation as well as all equipment and stationary for
each workshop. EC does not cover teacher release, venue hire, catering or travel and accommodation
for participants.
3. EC maintains its own indemnity and public liability insurances.
4. EC is able to work with a range of stakeholders (such as with regional leadership, school leadership
and philanthropic support to help a program be held in a region).
5. GST is added to this amount at invoice.
How We Can Work Together
We place great importance on thrilling all of our partners and clients, and if you would like to begin
a discussion with us, please send an email directly to our CEO, Dave Faulkner. Dave’s contact details
are below and we have a commitment to responding, within 24 hours of you reaching out. Our major
product offerings are listed on our website, however, if you have a creative idea that you would like
to discuss for your school or organisation, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Global Headquarters:
102 Tope Street, South Melbourne, Melbourne, 3205, Australia
Getting in Touch:
Dave Faulkner - Co-Founder & CEO Email: dave@educationchangemakers.com
Tel: 0418 935 724
Website:
www.educationchangemakers.com
www.ecideas.org (our platform to share teacher led innovations)
www.ec16.org (our global conference)
Twitter:
@EduChangemakers
#EduChange
#iTeach