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Professional Learning Workshop

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About the event

Purpose:
Embedding Collaborative Challenges in Social & Emotional Learning.

Classrooms are more than places for academics—they're communities where students learn to be resilient, compassionate, and capable. This workshop gives you practical strategies to embed collaborative challenges into everyday teaching, seamlessly aligning with the new NSW PDHPE & Curriculum and HPGE strategy. No "add-on" programs—just powerful, ready-to-use approaches that build character and meet curriculum outcomes.

Dates: Friday 7th November, 2025
Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm
Venue: Gregory Hills Public School, 28 Wallarah Circuit (Cnr Of Long Reff Circuit)
Gregory Hills NSW 2557 (View map)
Cost: $150 + GST per participant (max 60 spaces)

About the course - 1 day:
This is designed to support all school leaders (Principals and Executive) and includes:

Practical: Walk away with ready-to-use collaborative challenges for any grade
Research-Based: Grounded in neuroscience, psychology & pedagogy
Collaborative: Experience challenges with colleagues
Sustainable: Embed into daily teaching, not add extra work
Curriculum Links: Investigate the alignment of collaborative challenges with the new PDHPE Curriculum and HPGE strategy

Why join us?
Classrooms are more than places for academics—they’re communities where students learn to build character competencies like resilience, compassion, regulation and agency.
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This workshop content is not an ‘add on’ program—just powerful, ready-to-use practical strategies that embed collaborative challenges into everyday teaching, seamlessly aligning with the new NSW PDHPE Curriculum and HPGE Policy.
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About the trainers

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Duncan Davison

Duncan is a senior education leader with in-depth experience developing and implementing educational and sports programs for public and independent schools in Australia and the US. He has had significant achievements spearheading and implementing innovative initiatives and processes to deliver quality educational outcomes and transformative school improvement reforms over his 30-year career. Duncan has a proven ability to build and leadlarge cross-functional teams and chair committees to high-performance levels while developing trusting relationships with boards and key stakeholders.

With a dynamic blend of agility and purpose, Duncan empowers students and educators alike through teaching, training, and curriculum design that embeds social and emotional learning at the heart of education. Grounded in the Salutogenic Schools Alliance philosophy and aligned with current curriculum priorities his work champions wellbeing, resilience, and the cultivation of key life character competencies that help every learner thrive. Duncan is a co-Director of the Salutogenic Schools Alliance.

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Jodie Paterson

Jodie has over 20 years of leadership experience, including working with the NSW Department of Education in the position of Principal, School Leadership, supporting the initiatives of Primary and Secondary Principals. She has been a principal in two Primary schools on the Mid North Coast of NSW. Jodie works with School leaders and whole school teams with a vision to support holistic leadership learning that contributes to personal growth, development of positive relationships and whole school improvement. She delivers professional learning, strategic planning support and coaching that aims to integrate and embed leadership practices that support organisational wellness and high levels of social support.

Jodie’s expertise in simplifying and streamlining whole school practices supports a relentless focuson achieving outcomes whilst also creating and sustaining whole school culturethat is a foundation for the success and wellness of educators, students andthe community. Jodie is a co-Director of the Salutogenic Schools Alliance.

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Sarah Rudling

Sarah has been a teacher, leader and learner ineducation for 30+ years with extensive experiences as a classroom teacher, Assistant Principal (AP), Highly Accomplished Teacher (HAT) and Principal withthe NSW Department of Education. Sarah has a passion for advocating forvulnerable children and believes that all children can be truly known, valued and cared for. Sarah’s vision is to create Australia’s first holistic Trauma Recovery Centre for children and young people. A place where children and their families can access many and varied healing modalities and practices - learning, teaching and working together as a connected community of caregivers.

She delivers contextual professional learning in brain development, human behaviour and trauma aware practice. She has a real gift for speaking to people of all ages and making complex ideas easy to understand. Sarah’s curiosity and commitment to “be the change you want to see” initiated the inception of the Salutogenic Schools Alliance, of which she is a co-Director.

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