Specialist Workshops
Wayne Craig and Professor David Hopkins
Wayne Craig and Professor David Hopkins; Powerful Learning in Northern Metropolitan Region
This highly interactive work shop, presented by regional director Wayne Craig and Professor David Hopkins, detailed the underpinnings and strategies that have led to significant improvement in outcomes in the Northern Metropolitan Region (NMR).
Core components of the NMR frameworks include system leadership, literacy, numeracy, classroom management and data and assessment as well as discussion on a secondary strategy currently being implemented/developed in conjunction with Loddon Mallee and Grampians regions.
These strategies are all focussed specifically on the work of teachers and principals
Wayne Craig was appointed as regional director of the Northern Metropolitan Region in 2005. Prior to this appointment Wayne was principal at Box Hill Senior Secondary College. Under Wayne’s leadership Box Hill Senior SC developed a significant reputation as an innovative school providing diverse programs and pathways. The college played a leading role in the integration of vocational education in senior schooling and established unique sporting programs in basketball, football and tennis. In 2005, Box Hill SC established the Middle Years Tennis School to cater for 150 students seeking to combine middle years education with a strong sporting program. Box Hill SC also developed innovative approaches to the use of ICT as both a teaching and management tool. Wayne commenced his working life as a research officer for a major retail company and later taught mathematics and science at a number of technical schools in Melbourne’s east and south east.
David Hopkins is professor emeritus at the Institute of Education, University of London. He is a trustee of outward bound, holds visiting professorships at the Catholic University of Santiago, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Universities of Edinburgh, Melbourne and Wales and consults internationally on school reform. Between 2002 and 2005 he served three Secretary of States as the Chief Adviser on School Standards at the Department for Education and Skills. He is also an International Mountain Guide who still climbs regularly in the Alps and Himalayas.