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Thursday, June 18
 

1:40pm AEST

Using Student Data to develop Multi-Tiered Support Systems (MTSS) for Global Readiness
Thursday June 18, 2026 1:40pm - 2:40pm AEST
In an increasingly interconnected world, educators are challenged to ensure students are not only progressing, but developing the skills and knowledge needed to compete and thrive globally. This session invites teachers and school leaders to explore how student assessment data aligned to the Australian standards can be transformed into meaningful insights that drive instructional decisions and long-term planning.

During this session, participants will examine patterns in achievement and growth data from over 116 million student responses globally, as well as student data from schools across Australia and New Zealand, to better understand where students are now and how learning progresses over time. Through practical examples, educators will examine  how evidence-based insights inform instructional planning, differentiation, goal setting, and MTSS practices to ensure that students are able to compete globally. 

The facilitator will model these data protocols  using the NWEA-MAP Australian version assessment, but all participants are welcomed to join regardless if you are a MAP Australia partner school or not. 

Speakers
avatar for Shenique L. Mens, Ed.D.

Shenique L. Mens, Ed.D.

Account Executive for Australia, NWEA
Shenique L. Mens is an international education leader with deep expertise in K–12 assessment, educational technology, curriculum and instructional design and global partnership development. She currently serves as an International Account Executive at NWEA, a division of HMH, leading... Read More →
Thursday June 18, 2026 1:40pm - 2:40pm AEST
M01
 
Friday, June 19
 

1:10pm AEST

Beyond Student Data: Unlocking Whole-of-School Intelligence
Friday June 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:10pm AEST
How leading schools are connecting academic, operational and financial data to drive better decisions
Speakers
avatar for Matthew Willie

Matthew Willie

CEO, Education360
This session explores best practice in data and analytics within schools, moving beyond siloed reporting to a whole-of-school approach. It will demonstrate how leading schools connect all school data, across every domain into a single, unified view. This approach ensures that no critical... Read More →
Friday June 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:10pm AEST
M01

2:25pm AEST

You can't turn on a data culture
Friday June 19, 2026 2:25pm - 3:25pm AEST
Most schools invest in data platforms expecting culture change to follow. It doesn't. Tools without cultural groundwork become expensive bookmarks. This workshop unpacks what actually shifts a school from scattered, low confidence data use toward genuine data informed practice, and it isn't technology.
Drawing on 18 months of strategic implementation across a large multi campus Melbourne independent school, this session introduces a three pillar framework; Data Access, Data Systems, and Data Capabilities, that addresses the interconnected conditions required for sustainable data culture. Participants will hear what worked, what didn’t, and what was learned along the way. The session goes deep on practical, replicable strategies including data norms for conversations, diagnostic approaches to staff data literacy, and the critical lesson that access without capability and systems without culture produce very little.
Participants leave with concrete artifacts, a self assessment tool, and clear next steps for their context.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
  1. Articulate how three strategic pillars — Data Access, Data Systems, and Data Capabilities — interact to build sustainable data informed culture, and why addressing only one or two is insufficient.
  2. Identify why technology first approaches to data culture frequently fail, and what cultural groundwork is needed before and alongside tool deployment.
  3. Apply a practical approach to establishing data norms for staff conversations about data, including strategies for building confidence through role play and structured practice.
  4. Assess their own school's current position across the three pillars and identify the highest priority next step for their context.
Interactive Elements:
The workshop includes two structured participant activities. First, a self assessment exercise where participants map their school's current state across the three pillars, identifying strengths and gaps. This is done individually then discussed in table groups to surface common patterns and context specific challenges. Second, participants engage with sample data norms and discuss how they would adapt and introduce them in their own settings, drawing on the role play launch model presented in the session. Both activities are supported by printed handout materials participants take away.
Technology/Resource Requirements:
Projector and screen for presentation. No internet access required for participants. Presenter will provide printed handout packs including the three pillar framework summary, sample data norms, self assessment tool, and further reading list. Seating in table groups preferred to support discussion activities.
Speakers
avatar for Sam Montanaro

Sam Montanaro

Director of Evidence Informed Learning, Ivanhoe Grammar School
My name is Sam Montanaro, I'm Director of Evidence Informed Learning at a large independent school in Melbourne, where I lead the development of data-informed culture across multiple campuses. My work focuses on building coherent, whole-school approaches to data use through designing... Read More →
Friday June 19, 2026 2:25pm - 3:25pm AEST
M01
 
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