Term 1 Forum - School culture as a critical lever for improved equity (with Associate Professor Lisa McKay-Brown)

A strong, positive and inclusive school culture is critical to improving equity across low-SES school communities. 

This Forum will explore structures that enable strong school culture and will provide the opportunity to workshop what enables culture in your own context. 

This Forum is for Principal-Class and Middle Leaders across Victorian low-SES schools.  

Forum Agenda

• Guest Speaker: ‘A focus on Tier 1 to improve engagement of all students’ with Associate Professor Lisa McKay-Brown
• Case studies on shifting school culture in practice
• Workshop on working systemically to strengthen school culture
  

Guest Speaker: Associate Professor Lisa McKay-Brown
Associate Professor Lisa McKay-Brown is the Associate Dean Diversity and Inclusion at the Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne. Lisa has over 25 years of teaching and leadership experience in a wide range of education settings with a specific focus on the inclusion of students with disability. Internationally recognised for her research in the field of school attendance, she also serves on the Executive Board of the International Network for School Attendance.

About the Education Equity Alliance's School Network
The Education Equity Alliance (EEA) is a not-for-profit led by educators. EEA’s School Network brings together school leaders in low-SES communities across Victoria to focus on what matters most to drive change in their communities at both the school and system level. It provides support to school leaders to pursue these priorities both individually and collectively.