The WPA Executive committee are excited to announce the annual Rotorua Treat for 2025 will be held at Sudima Lake Rotorua on Wednesday 19th March – Friday 21st March 2025.  This event will be featuring two outstanding guest speakers to keep you motivated and entertained throughout the event, Andy Jones and Cale Birk.

Andrew Jones – Biography

Huddle Learning System Director and Founder, Andrew Jones is an expert in learning design and educator professional development. Andrew has been working in schools in a range of school settings as a teacher, principal and leadership coach for almost 30 years. In 2009 he led the closure and regeneration of four failing schools in the northern suburbs of Melbourne and he has a Masters Research Degree in Learning Leadership. Andrew now consults regularly with practitioners, researchers and policy makers across Australia and New Zealand as well as in the Pacific Islands, Europe, United States and Canada.

Cale Birk – Biography. 

Cale Birk is a former teacher, school leader and District Head of Innovation from Kamloops, BC. As the Imagineer of the Observable Impact Model and author of “Navigating Leadership Drift”, “PLC 2.0 – Collaborating for Impact in Today’s Schools”, “The PLC 2.0 Toolkit” and “Changing Change Using Learner-Centered Design”, Cale helps districts, schools and industry leaders answer the question “What is our observable impact?”, the observable changes in practice that make the difference for all learners.

Registrations are now open, including an Early Bird deal – register before 30th November 2024 for $800.00 single room.  Registrations on or after 1st December 2024 $850.00 per single room.

The cost of this Principal-only retreat includes accommodation, breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and also includes Thursday nights poolside mix ‘n’ mingle drinks and dinner.  

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