Seventh Annual Gold Coast Schools Law and Regulatory Conference
- About the Conference
- The Faculty
- Feedback
- CPD Certificate
- Registration Special Offer
- Enquiries/Assistance
Date/Time
Thursday 15 & Friday 16 August 2024
Sofitel Gold Coast, Broadbeach or Online
About the Conference
Schools grapple with a myriad of legal challenges, ranging from navigating complex workplace laws to addressing issues of student discipline and safety. Balancing the educational mission with legal requirements, schools must stay abreast of ever-changing regulations, safeguard student rights, and ensure a safe and inclusive learning and working environment, all while managing potential litigation risks.
TEN The Education Network’s Seventh Annual Gold Coast Schools Law and Regulatory Conference examines these key issues and more, including workplace dispute management, responding to cyber security breaches, as well as navigating a school’s right to discriminate.
We’ve made changes!
With the economy tightening we are keenly aware of the need to balance the cost of attending conferences and still provide the quality continuing professional development you are used to receiving from TEN.
- This year’s conference will have an earlier finish on Day 2 so that those of you travelling from interstate have more options for catching flights home alleviating the need for an extra nights accommodation.
- To more easily fit with this new format we have reduced the sessions from 12 to 10, but provided 10 longer sessions.
- All delegates will receive access to the online recordings of each session – so you won’t need to worry about missing any sessions.
- And – most importantly – we have reduced the registration fee.
Day 1 - Thursday 15 August 2024
Safety, People and Performance
- Happy Campers? Child Safety Risks in Offsite Activities
- A School's Guide to Workplace Reforms: From Chalkboards to Checklists
- Workplace Dispute Management in the Spotlight
Regulatory Risks and Challenges
- A School's Right to Discriminate: Navigating the ABCs (Autonomy, Boundaries and Controversies)
- Testing the Boundaries: Relationship Management between a School and its Associated Organisations
- What Needs to be in the School's Data Breach Response Plan?
Day 2 - Friday 16 August 2024
Student Management and Staff Safety
- When Doing Nothing is not an Option: School Liability for Bullying
- Are Student Behaviour Policies Worth the Paper They Are Written On?
- Disability Discrimination, Reasonable Adjustment and the Impact of the Royal Commission findings on Schools
- The Tip of the Iceberg: Psychosocial Injury in the School Workforce
The Faculty
Ben Tallboys, Principal, Russell Kennedy Lawyers; Legal consultant to the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, Melbourne
Dr Lynne Doneley, International Ambassador, Associated Christian Schools, Brisbane
David Ford, Partner, Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers, Sydney
Adam Foster, Partner, Colin Biggers & Paisley, Melbourne
Fiona Manderson, Director of Compliance and Risk, and Legal Counsel, Hillcrest Christian College, Qld
Alistair Macpherson, Managing Director, Corney & Lind Lawyers, Brisbane
Jennifer Parkes, Partner, Hicksons Lawyers, Newcastle
Leah Mooney, Director, KPMG, Brisbane
Mathisha Panagoda, Partner, Colin Biggers & Paisley, Sydney
Annie Smeaton, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers, Brisbane
Sonya Parsons, Partner - NFPs, Human Rights & Social Impact, Mills Oakley, Sydney
Feedback
Feedback from last year’s Melbourne conference
- Such a valuable and relevant conference - thank you so much to the team who put this together.
- Provided expert opinion and advice on issues that are both real and pertinent and deal with all levels of governance and operation.
- Excellent topics and engaging speakers. The high quality of the papers will be an excellent resource when these issues arise.
- Having expert lawyers is the key. The supplementary papers are the reason I will be coming back along with the exemplary speakers we have heard.
- Topics were relevant to current context of schools and part of what we need to be aware of continually.
CPD Certificate
Lawyers (except WA): 9 CPD units (substantive law).
All delegates attending the conference will receive a CPD Certificate.
Registration Special Offer
If you register and pay by 5 July 2024 you will pay only $1661 – a saving of $275 off the full price conference registration fee of $1936.
Multiple Registrations
Discounts are available for multiple registrations: The more you send, the greater the discount. You can access the discount by contacting our Event Manager, Jenna Pickrell, to organise your registrations – email: [email protected] or phone (03) 8601 7729.
- 3 registrations – 5% discount for each delegate
- If you register 4 people at the same time you are entitled to a 10% discount for each delegate
- If you register 5 people or more people at the same time you are entitled to a 15% discount for each delegate.
One-day only? We do accept bookings for attending one day only. To organise a partial booking, please contact Jenna (details above).
Enquiries/Assistance
If you need assistance or have an enquiry, please do not hesitate to contact our Event Manager, Jenna Pickrell, on (03) 8601 7729 or email: [email protected]