July National Symposium Update "Leading Student to Success"

Thursday 23 June, 2011

Update on Manukau Institute of Technology’s July National Symposium “Developing Pathways: Leading Students to Success”

Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced the Keynote Speakers for the National Symposium, “Developing Pathways: Leading Students to Success” which will take place on July 18 and 19 at MIT’s campus in Otara, Auckland.

Keynote Speakers include:

Director of the Center for Educational Policy Research (CEPR) and Professor, David Conley from the University of Oregon who completed groundbreaking research to identify the knowledge and skills necessary for college readiness, named the Standards of Success. He published, College Knowledge: What It Takes for Students to Succeed; What We Can Do to Get Them Ready and College and Career Ready.

Deputy CEO of Whitireia Community Polytechnic Arthur Graves has been a secondary principal in the past and has recently worked with the Ministry of Education on the Youth Guarantee Policy. He was also a previous Chair of the New Zealand Principals’ Council.

Dr Stuart Middleton, Director MIT Centre for Studies in Multiple Pathways, is well known as an education commentator and is strongly involved in the field of transitions from secondary to post-secondary education. He developed the Tertiary High School at MIT in 2010 and also established the Centre for Studies in Multiple Pathways, which will develop as a centre of excellence supporting initiatives which better link schools to post-secondary education and training.

This symposium will offer an opportunity for educators to get up-to-date information about developments such as trades academies and service academies, other successful programmes such as tertiary high schools and Trades in School, and policies such as Youth Guarantee.

• What is possible within existing frameworks?
• How can secondary schools and tertiary providers work together?
• What will bring more success to increased numbers of young people?
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The symposium will give participants an opportunity to meet and hear from those actually delivering innovative programmes at the interface between secondary and tertiary education, leaders in the fields of engagement and multiple pathways and from those at the leading edge of future development.

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