The Dare to Lead conference titled '2025: Building Strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students for their future' was held on Friday 11th May 2012 at the Rydges Lakeside Hotel in Canberra. A total of 160 participants attended the conference.
The conference report and presentations will be posted shortly.
The second Dare to Lead conference will be held on Friday 7 September in Brisbane, further details regarding this conference will be posted at a later date.
National Events for 2011
"Getting it Right - Bringing it all together"
The third Dare to Lead National Conference "Getting it Right - Bringing it all together" was held on Friday 14th October 2011 in Sydney.
AGENDA To download a copy of the agenda please click here To download a copy of the presenter bios and abstracts please click here
PRESENTATIONS Presentations from the conference will be posted here shortly
"Student and Teacher Engagement"
The second Dare to Lead National Conference "Student and Teacher Engagement: What makes the difference in improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students?" was held on Wednesday 31st August 2011 in Melbourne.
AGENDA To download a copy of the agenda please click here. To download the biographies and abstracts please click here.
PRESENTATIONS To download a copy of the keynote presentation by Brian Giles-Browne please click here
"Levelling the Playing Field"
The first Dare to Lead National Conference "Levelling the Playing Field: Successful Practice in the Transition Points for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students" was held on Friday the 1st of April 2011 in Canberra.
AGENDA To download a copy of the agenda please click here
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS To download a copy of Professor Jeannie Herbert's keynote address, please click here
National Events for 2010
"Leading Indigneous Perspectives in the National Curriculum"
The second 2010 Dare to Lead National Conference was held in Sydney on 12 November. To read the full report on the event, click here.
Presenters Presentations
Please find below links to presentations and documents from the conference:
Over 100 educators from every corner of
Australia converged on Brisbane in early June 2010 for an update on the Dare to Lead project and an insight into
some of the outstanding work occurring on the ground. For details of the event including presentations click here.
"Successful
Classrooms for Indigenous Students" Curriculum, Pedagogy, Ways of
Learning, Relationships, Culture, Identity and Community - What is the
right mix?".
The first 2010 Dare to Lead National Conference was held in Brisbane on 3 June. More than 250 delegates were treated to a wide range of practical strategies, challenging presentations and thoughtful reflections around the theme. To read the full report, click here.
Presenters Presentations
Please find below links to the presentations from the conference
National Action Area Conference - Partnership Builds Success Official Launch
The new phase of Dare to Lead was officially launched in Adelaide on 14 June 2009. Educators and Indigenous leaders from across Australia converged for the event which began with Welcome to Country given by Kaurna Elder Uncle Lewis O'Brien. For details of the event including presentations, click here.
Action Areas
There were 112 Action Areas established across Australia by November 30 2007 and this table includes the Action Areas in remote locations, but does not include the Tri-State Remotes Action Area (approximately 60 schools in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory)
To download a copy of broad representation of the Dare to Lead Action Areas click here
