Principal speaker
Madonna King
Growing Teachers. Growing Leaders.
We all have one person, from our childhood, that changed the way we thought. In many, many cases that's a teacher who gently opened our mind to a new way of thinking. The value of teachers is extraordinary and we need to celebrate them more. It's not the curriculum they teach, but those nuanced conversations with children on the path to finding who they are. How do we grow the value of our teachers? And how do we recognise how they are growing tomorrow's leaders? Madonna will use her breadth of experience, including thousands of interviews with tweens and teens, to celebrate the extraordinary role a teacher plays in their lives.
About our Presenter:
Madonna King is an award-winning journalist, author and leader of public debate. She has written in depth about politics, education, health, crime and business and has moderated hundreds of panels across Australia
She has built expertise on the issues confronting teenage girls, based on the research for her two best-selling books, Being 14 and Fathers and Daughters and Ten-ager, which will be released nationally January. Her knowledge is sought by governments and corporations wanting the better understand this influential, but vulnerable, part of the population.
Her other books have included biographies of Australia's leading medical scientist, Professor Ian Frazer, and former Treasurer, Joe Hockey.
Her skill is to research and ask the right questions, listen carefully to the answers and help audiences understand what they need. She does this for schools, universities, sporting organisations and professional groups as diverse as the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Local Government Association of Queensland.
This is founded on more than three decades in journalism, including six years as the voice of radio current affairs in Queensland as the host of the ABC Mornings program.
COST:
PDN Member: $71.50 (GST incl) / Non Member: $93.50 (GST incl)
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RSVP
RSVP on or before Friday 13 October 2023 16.37 pm, by email pdn@griffith.edu.au , or by phone 07 37355626 , or via https://www.griffith.edu.au/arts-education-law/school-education-professional-studies/opportunities/professional-development-network/upcoming-events
Event contact details
- Mary-Ellen Feldhagen
- 07 37355626