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Afternoon Breakout Session 3 – Meeting Room 3
Metrics of Wellbeing
Traditionally, education systems use literacy and numeracy tests and attendance rates to assess the
educational performance of students. Child protection systems use rates of notification of adverse events
to assess success, and child health systems use rates of illness. A growing body of evidence suggests that
children’s wellbeing is at least as important as these traditional measures, but how do we measure the
wellbeing of children and young people? How can we to construct a consistent and reliable approach to
measuring the wellbeing of children from early childhood to the end of schooling?
chair: Ben Temperly, Executive Director, Policy Directorate,
Department of Education and Child Development
As Head of Policy and Communications with DECD, Ben works as part of the Executive Leaders Group to
contribute to the provision of high quality education to young South Australians and maintain South Australia’s
position of influence in the development of education policy at a national level.
TuttiEnsemble
Today’s lunchtime performance is by members of the Tutti Ensemble.
The Tutti Ensemble is a recognised leader in community cultural development and disability culture in
South Australia. Tutti offers opportunities to both disabled and non-disabled people of all ages to become
involved in a range of concerts and music-theatre events through its socially inclusive choral program.
In addition Tutti offers talented school leavers and emerging artists with a disability full-time professional
training across a broad range of artistic disciplines.
Visit www.tutti.org.au to find out more.
Panel:
Associate Professor Lea Waters,
University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Lea Waters is an academic and
a registered psychologist (MAPS) who holds a PhD
in Organisational Psychology. She is the Director of
the Masters in School Leadership at the Melbourne
Graduate School of Education (MGSE), University of
Melbourne and was awarded the
Melbourne Graduate School of Education’s Teaching
Excellence Award, 2011. She is a known expert in the
areas of Organisational Change, Organisational
Psychology and Positive Psychology.
David Engelhardt, Project Manager Business
Intelligence, Department of Education and
Child Development
David Engelhardt is responsible for the performance
analysis, reporting, evaluation, performance
reporting, data governance and data linkage
activities of the Department of Education and Child
Development. He is leading the development of a
new reporting and business development capability,
integrating data sources covering both departmental
responsibilities and data relating to the broader
determinants of learning and development within the
context of both state priorities and the COAG Reform
Agenda.
Kristina Birchmore,
Women’s Health Statewide
Kristina Birchmore (BSW) is Senior Social Worker at
Women’s Health Statewide, Mental Health Program
Area. Her current focus is the development and
delivery of training and group work on mental health
and wellbeing work. Kristina has worked extensively
in the field of gendered violence in the areas of
research, provision of lectures, practice and training.
Her current research interest is working towards the
completion of her PhD at the University of South
Australia.
AN INITIATIVE OF
Major residency partners
SA Health
THANK YOU
Thank you to Aesop for their generous contribution to the conference bags and gifts.
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