Twenty First Annual Conference

Kristin School takes pleasure in inviting colleagues to attend this year’s AAIBS Conference, to be held 25-27 September. Located on Auckland’s North Shore, Kristin is New Zealand’s largest co-educational, K – 13 school and its most established IB school. Auckland is at its finest in the spring and the conference will provide an opportunity for colleagues to network and learn whilst also enjoying all that the City of Sails has to offer. 

This year’s conference theme, ‘Coming of Age’, will allow the opportunity to explore how current trends and pressing issues in Australasia and around the globe are making the core principles of the IB more relevant and essential than ever in the education of our young people.

The conference opens with a cocktail function on Saturday evening, September 25, preceding two full days of conference sessions. A number of IBAP PYP and DP workshops, as well as the University Recognition Forum, are scheduled at Kristin immediately after the conference.

Heather Roy entered Parliament as an ACT List MP in July 2002 and is currently ACT’s Deputy Leader and Party Whip. Heather is Minister of Consumer Affairs, Associate Minister of Defence and Associate Minister of Education with portfolio responsibility for independent schools. 

George Walker’s career divides into three parts: science education, comprehensive education and international education. After two headships in the UK he spent the final 15 years of his career in Geneva as director general of the International School of Geneva, then of the International Baccalaureate. During this time he was also visiting professor in the University of Bath in the UK. George has written several books including An A to Z of School Leadership. Although now ‘retired’ he is still busy writing, speaking and consulting. He is currently editing a new book for the IB about the changing face of international education.

Graeme Aitken is Dean of the Faculty of Education at The University of Auckland. He has 14 years experience as a secondary school teacher and a further 12 years as a teacher educator. Graeme’s main professional and research interests are in curriculum development and design, and teaching effectiveness. While acknowledging the difficulties and challenges of teaching, Graeme is essentially an optimist who believes that the teacher can make a difference to the well-being and achievement of young people. His work as a teacher, teacher educator, researcher and now Dean is guided by this belief.

Dr Siva Kumari is the new chief operating officer of the IB schools division, formed to provide consistency in cost-effective, dependable and quality services to IB World Schools across the world. Siva joined the IB as Regional Director of the Asia Pacific office in April 2009 bringing substantial leadership experience and academic credentials. She will continue to serve concurrently as regional director over a transition period during 2010 as the search begins for her replacement. Siva’s last position was as Associate Provost for K-12 Initiatives at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA. Her doctorate is in Instructional Technology and her doctoral study focused on the use of the web in higher education learning.

Lee Crockett is a national award winning designer, marketing consultant, entrepreneur, artist, author and international keynote speaker. He is the Director of Media for the InfoSavvy Group and the managing partner of the 21st Century Fluency Project. Lee is the chief architect of the extensive network of websites, web-based applications and presentations of which the infoSavvy group is comprised. He is co-author of Understanding the Digital Generation and the upcoming books The Digital Diet, Living on the Future Edge, and Literacy is not Enough.

Dr Tony Fernando is a Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Auckland. He is a practicing psychiatrist and coordinates the education of medical students in psychiatry. He is one of the authors of www.calm.auckland.ac.nz, a self-care website that teaches positive psychology principles to young people. He has won many teaching awards including the Butland Award for Sustained Teaching Excellence at the medical school in 2007.

With over 20 quality presentations from which delegates can select, breakout sessions will provide ‘something for everyone’. We hope you will return to your schools not only inspired and challenged but with many useful, practical ideas to share with colleagues. 

Job-alike sessions for coordinators and principals in each of the three programmes as well as information sessions specifically for candidate and interested schools are also scheduled.

 

Date: Saturday September 25

Time: 6-8pm 

Venue: Spencer on Byron Hotel, Takapuna

Date: Sunday September 26

Time: 6.45pm 

Venue: Maritime Room, Maritime Museum, Viaduct Harbour

Cost: $115

Please complete the registration form online to register for the conference or alternatively mail your completed form to the address provided.

Registration covers welcome cocktails and attendance at all conference sessions on September 26 and 27, as well as morning teas, lunches and transport between Kristin School and the listed accommodation on both days. Please note that accommodation arrangements are your own responsibility.

The Conference Dinner is additional to the registration fee. Dinner tickets for partners may be purchased with your registration.

A discounted registration fee applies to up to three delegates from each AAIBS member school. A list of current AAIBS members is available on the conference website.Please register early – a late fee applies to registrations made after 31 July.

AAIBS member special rate $480 

Non-member / standard registration $620 

Late fee $140 

Conference Dinner $115

We have negotiated special conference rates for accommodation at the following hotels and motels: 

Room rate per night (1-2 persons) $159

Breakfast per person $25

Website: www.spencerbyron.co.nz

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 64 9 916 6111 

Room rate per night (1-2 persons) from $150, family units available

Breakfast per person $10/$15 + GST

Website: www.emerald-inn.co.nz 

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 64 9 488 3500 

Room rate per night (1-2 persons) $110

Continental breakfast per person $12.50

Website: www.poenamohotel.co.nz

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 64 9 914 3373 

Transport will be provided daily between these hotels/motels only and the conference venue and to and from the Maritime Museum for the conference dinner.

Please book your accommodation directly with the hotel or motel of your choice by email or telephone, stating that you are attending the AAIBS Conference.

There are many activities to enjoy if you are able to take advantage of the school holidays to extend your stay in Auckland or to travel to other parts of New Zealand. The websites below detail much of what is on offer.

http://www.aucklandnz.com/index.php

http://www.newzealand.com/travel/International/

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