Presenters for Awheawhe / Ripples of Knowledge Sessions:
James Battye
Born in Perth, Western Australia, where he eventually found his way to the University of WA and did degrees in first Physics and then Philosophy. He decided he was a Philosopher, and found a lecturing position at Massey University. He still teaches Philosophy of Science, but his interests have slowly drifted in the direction of Ethics, including Applied Ethics.

Mike De'ath
Mike is the Principal Leadership Project Manager for the Ministry of Education.

Geoff Franks
Geoff Franks is a Leading and Managing Advisor for Massey University in Palmerston North. His role used to be known as the Rural Advisor. Geoff has been with Massey for over 2 1/2 years and was previously the principal of two small and rural schools.

Bruce Hammonds
Bruce has a strong point of view about educational change. He believes principals and communities need to take a greater leadership role in developing their schools as quality learning communities based on shared values and teaching beliefs. He is critical of the compliance culture that has been imposed the past decade or so and believes now is the time for principals to add their 'voice' to the educational debate and start a real revolution! He has been an adviser, school principal and presented widely throughout NZ and overseas. An enthusiastic and humorous presenter. Seminars not for the faint hearted!

Dr Stuart Middleton
Dr Stuart Middleton has a background in English teaching specialising in the teaching of English in linguistically diverse communities. He has worked as a consultant in a variety of countries throughout the Pacific and has contributed to policy development in Great Britain. After a period as Principal of Aorere College, he returned to the Auckland College of Education as Director of Secondary Teacher Education. His current position is Executive Director Student Affairs at the Manukau Institute of Technology. He writes regular columns for Education Review in New Zealand and Campus Review in Australia. He speaks and writes on a wide range of educational topics and in 2002 he won a QANTAS Media Award as the Best Social Issues Columnist of 2001. He has recently completed a PhD thesis on the dynamics of transformational change in a tertiary education institution.

Debbie Marshall-Lobb
Debbie is Co-President Te Akatea

Wayne Morris
Born and bred in Taranaki, Wayne originally trained as a teacher and may have been a principal by now but had a nervous breakdown instead. Wayne has taught in all education sectors - primary, secondary and tertiary. His tertiary experience includes the training of teachers and tutors. He has worked as a counsellor and is presently self employed training, coaching and facilitating in some of New Zealand's largest businesses. He also works with individuals with a personal development focus. His underpinning philosophy is 'Insanity is doing the same things over and over hoping the results will be different"

Dr Eileen Piggot-Irvine
Eileen is the Director of the NZ Principal and Leadership Centre and a part-time senior lecturer at Massey University, Auckland. Prior to 1998 she was the Head of Education Management, at UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland, Head of Professional Development, Northland Polytechnic, and a school manager. A lot of her current work is in appraisal, management development, action research, and management review, with a particular focus on helping people to develop productive, non-defensive interactions.

Dr Tracy Riley
Dr Tracy Riley is a Senior Lecturer in gifted and talented education at Massey University. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate papers in gifted education, and publishes and presents nationally and internationally. Tracy is actively involved in the Ministry of Education's ongoing initiatives and developments, and is currently directing a research contract investigating identification and provisions for gifted students in New Zealand.

Chris Rowan
Chris has worked extensively in the Education Sector as a teacher and a lecturer at Wellington College of Education where she also held the position as Head of Special Education. She has a strong interest in the area of teaching and learning and places this within the context of effective environments. Chris has worked on a number of projects based in schools particularly those focused on strengthening classrooms and teacher skills. Her work has her align closely with principals and senior staff to identify needs and collaboratively develop project plans.

Mike Scaddan
Mike is one of eleven certificated Brain Compatible Learning Presenters in the world. Of these, 9 are in the USA and he is the only one in the Southern Hemisphere. He has been a keynote speaker at the Adventures in Learning Conference in Arkansas, many New Zealand conferences and also made presentations in San Diego, San Antonio and at the Brain Learning Expo in Chicago in June of this year. He has been a Principal for 21 years and is still in the job.

Cherie -Shortland-Nuku
Cherie manages the work of the Maori and Mainstream Professional Development Project for the Ministry of Education.

Frances Steinberg
Frances E. Steinberg, Ph.D., psychologist, received her doctorate from The John Hopkins University in 1975. Frances has worked in a variety of settings including the University of New Mexico, special schools for emotionally and learning disabled students, private practice, and paediatric clinics and is renowned as a trainer both within New Zealand and internationally. Frances is the author of numerous books including Working with Difficult Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide for Educators and has produced the ADHD videotape, "Getting it Right".

Mark Sweeney
Mark has had extensive experience as a primary teacher, HOD in a Secondary School, Senior Lecturer at Wellington College of Education and worked at Victoria University on the RTLB training programme. Recently Mark has been involved in whole school programmes linking leadership, school culture and effective classroom practice. He has a published Masters Thesis on Implementation of Cooperative Learning in primary schools.

Sue West
Sue West is the ICT Manager at West Auckland Education Centre. She is the Project Director for two Ministry of Education ICT Lead School Projects and is coordinating the i-Paint ICT Lead School Project, training the teachers of gifted and talented students using ICT. Sue has been involved with setting up her own school network, delivering workshops for the National Library on the internet applications, provided staff development for all levels of expertise, and appeared on Breakfast Television speaking on a variety of ICT issues. Sue has presented at numerous conferences. She recently presented a workshop at the ASCD Conference in San Francisco March 2003, entitled, 'Using Technology to Engage Thinking."
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