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Professor (Emeritus) Sally Walker at the MGGI launch.
Professor (Emeritus) Sally Walker at the MGGI launch.
Creating Learning Opportunities and Partnerships
The Melbourne Girls Grammar Strategic Plan: 2020-25 outlines a bold agenda. Through a focus on “learning, research and innovation”, the School aims to be “recognised by our own community, the national and international community as a leading school in girls’ education”. The recently established Melbourne Girls Grammar Institute has been created to help the School achieve this goal.
The Institute is dedicated to innovation and leadership in education. Its aim is to provide opportunities for Melbourne Girls Grammar staff to learn with, and from, each other and with and from those in other leading educational institutions nationally and internationally. It aims to bring educators together to share ideas and research, to innovate and collaborate on emerging ideas for the future of education generally, and girls’ education, in particular.
While the Institute will develop an educational network and engage in global research and educational partnerships, its focus is very much be on outcomes that benefit our own community of learners. It seeks to advance education practices to enrich the expertise of our staff and the experience of our Grammarians.
I recently accepted an invitation to join the inaugural Advisory Board of the Melbourne Girls Grammar Institute. One of the things that struck me, as we worked to map out the future of the Institute, was that it will engage the wider School community. The Co-Directors of the Institute, Ashley Pratt and Lauren Sayer, want the Institute to be a vehicle for the School community to debate, learn and collaborate; in this way the Institute will foster a true community of learners.
Members of the Advisory Board include:
Professor Sally Walker, AM – Emeritus Vice Chancellor Deakin University and OG (1973)
Dr Toni Meath – Principal
Bruce Armstrong PSM
Helen Baker
Dr Jared Cooney Horvath
Dr Julie Faulkner (1969)
Dr Sally Godinho (1967)
Jamie Lowe
Adjunct Professor Erica McWilliam AO
David Simpson
Ashley Pratt, Co-Director
Lauren Sayer, Co-Director
The Institute is dedicated to innovation and leadership in education. Its aim is to provide opportunities for Melbourne Girls Grammar staff to learn with, and from, each other and with and from those in other leading educational institutions nationally and internationally. It aims to bring educators together to share ideas and research, to innovate and collaborate on emerging ideas for the future of education generally, and girls’ education, in particular.
While the Institute will develop an educational network and engage in global research and educational partnerships, its focus is very much be on outcomes that benefit our own community of learners. It seeks to advance education practices to enrich the expertise of our staff and the experience of our Grammarians.
I recently accepted an invitation to join the inaugural Advisory Board of the Melbourne Girls Grammar Institute. One of the things that struck me, as we worked to map out the future of the Institute, was that it will engage the wider School community. The Co-Directors of the Institute, Ashley Pratt and Lauren Sayer, want the Institute to be a vehicle for the School community to debate, learn and collaborate; in this way the Institute will foster a true community of learners.
Members of the Advisory Board include:
Professor Sally Walker, AM – Emeritus Vice Chancellor Deakin University and OG (1973)
Dr Toni Meath – Principal
Bruce Armstrong PSM
Helen Baker
Dr Jared Cooney Horvath
Dr Julie Faulkner (1969)
Dr Sally Godinho (1967)
Jamie Lowe
Adjunct Professor Erica McWilliam AO
David Simpson
Ashley Pratt, Co-Director
Lauren Sayer, Co-Director
The Institute is dedicated to innovation and leadership in education. Its aim is to provide opportunities for Melbourne Girls Grammar staff to learn with, and from, each other and with and from those in other leading educational institutions nationally and internationally. It aims to bring educators together to share ideas and research, to innovate and collaborate on emerging ideas for the future of education generally, and girls’ education, in particular.
While the Institute will develop an educational network and engage in global research and educational partnerships, its focus is very much be on outcomes that benefit our own community of learners. It seeks to advance education practices to enrich the expertise of our staff and the experience of our Grammarians.
I recently accepted an invitation to join the inaugural Advisory Board of the Melbourne Girls Grammar Institute. One of the things that struck me, as we worked to map out the future of the Institute, was that it will engage the wider School community. The Co-Directors of the Institute, Ashley Pratt and Lauren Sayer, want the Institute to be a vehicle for the School community to debate, learn and collaborate; in this way the Institute will foster a true community of learners.
Members of the Advisory Board include:
Professor Sally Walker, AM – Emeritus Vice Chancellor Deakin University and OG (1973)
Dr Toni Meath – Principal
Bruce Armstrong PSM
Helen Baker
Dr Jared Cooney Horvath
Dr Julie Faulkner (1969)
Dr Sally Godinho (1967)
Jamie Lowe
Adjunct Professor Erica McWilliam AO
David Simpson
Ashley Pratt, Co-Director
Lauren Sayer, Co-Director
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Members of the MGGI Advisory Board with Mark Burgess, Chair of Council, MGGS.
Members of the MGGI Advisory Board with Mark Burgess, Chair of Council, MGGS.
The establishment of the Institute and the commitment of resources to it, is tangible evidence of the School’s focus on learning, research and innovation.
While we often think of research regarding teaching and learning as being the remit of faculties of education in universities, in a very real sense, every teacher is engaged in research as they are constantly evaluating and experimenting with models of teaching and learning. The Institute is set to take this to a new level by promoting and supporting exemplary pedagogy through research and innovation. Through the Institute, Melbourne Girls Grammar will encourage and facilitate educational research, curriculum innovation and educational excellence.
The establishment of the Melbourne Girls Grammar Institute is an exciting development in the life of the School; more information can be found on the MGGI website. I commend the School for establishing and resourcing the Institute so that, drawing on, and contributing to, expertise and experience globally, Melbourne Girls Grammar can continue to provide an exceptional education for girls and to be at the forefront of girls’ education.
The first MGGI Professional Learning opportunity will be for staff at their Staff Day on 27 January when Jason Kimberley will provide the keynote address.
The establishment of the Institute and the commitment of resources to it, is tangible evidence of the School’s focus on learning, research and innovation.
While we often think of research regarding teaching and learning as being the remit of faculties of education in universities, in a very real sense, every teacher is engaged in research as they are constantly evaluating and experimenting with models of teaching and learning. The Institute is set to take this to a new level by promoting and supporting exemplary pedagogy through research and innovation. Through the Institute, Melbourne Girls Grammar will encourage and facilitate educational research, curriculum innovation and educational excellence.
The establishment of the Melbourne Girls Grammar Institute is an exciting development in the life of the School; more information can be found on the MGGI website. I commend the School for establishing and resourcing the Institute so that, drawing on, and contributing to, expertise and experience globally, Melbourne Girls Grammar can continue to provide an exceptional education for girls and to be at the forefront of girls’ education.
The first MGGI Professional Learning opportunity will be for staff at their Staff Day on 27 January when Jason Kimberley will provide the keynote address.