Handbook

CHARLES FADEL
Charles Fadel is founder and Chairman of the Center for Curriculum Redesign at Harvard. He is a global education thought leader and expert,
author and inventor. He is a Visiting Fellow at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and Chair of the Education Committee of the Business
and Industry Advisory Committee of the OECD. He is co-author of the best selling book, 21st Century Skills – Learning for Life in our time.
UENUKU FAIRHALL
Uenuku Fairhall has close to 30 years of teaching experience in both Māori-medium and English-medium settings and is currently Principal of
Te Kura o Te Koutu. Uenuku is a graduate of West Vancouver High School and alum of The University of British Columbia and Auckland
University. His school motto is Hei takawaenga toi iwi, hei takawaenga reo ā tātou tamariki mō āmuri – Our children will be cultural and
linguistic brokers of the future.
DAVE FAULKNER
Dave Faulkner is CEO and Co-founder of Education Changemakers. He has led education change at the school, region and national level. His
education leadership journey began at 24 as a school principal. Dave has built a powerful reputation as a leader who achieves strong outcomes
across a range of education contexts including leadership of the Barkly Region, Australia’s largest education jurisdiction. He was named Young
Australian of the Year (Western Australia) and Young Leader of the Year (Western Australia.) Dave works with thousands of educators and
advises senior government leaders and leading philanthropists in Australia.
MARGOT FOSTER
Margot Foster has worked in South Australian public education for 35 years in leadership positions at school, district and state levels. She
designed and led the Learning to Learn program, an initiative that gained an international reputation as a leading edge innovation focused on
21C teaching and learning. This program resulted in the SA pedagogy policy, Teaching for Effective Learning (TfEL) Framework, 2010.
Currently, as Director in the Learning Improvement Division, she leads the TfEL PILOT innovation exploring the acceleration of school
improvement through partnerships with students.
THOMAS GILLIFORD
As part of the Creative Learning and Development team, Tom Gilliford works to accelerate the ideas of The Royal Society of the Arts into
action. Tom engages with RSA’s 27,000 Fellows and other stakeholders to gather new ideas, catalyse projects and build movements.
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