pai principals academy partner NIE-NTU

Leading the Development of Teaching Expertise

In this full-day workshop we will build the capabilities of the Senior/Lead Teachers, Key Personnel and School Leaders to design and implement evidence-based approaches to developing teaching expertise. The program will draw on key research and practices to build a school culture of professional learning. The program is based on the best selling book Developing Teaching Expertise: A guide to adaptive professional learning design authored by Dr Ryan Dunn and Professor John Hattie.

Core outcomes:

  • Understand the emerging science of teaching expertise development
  • Explore the essential elements of effective teacher professional learning
  • Establishing practices to support complex problem solving and formative evaluation of key improvement initiatives

Target Audience: Senor/Lead Teachers, Key Personnel and School Leaders

About the Presenter: 

Dr Ryan Dunn

Dr Ryan Dunn has considerable experience in education and has advised and collaborated with schools and districts across Australia, the USA and Canada. He has worked extensively with school leaders in Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Alberta to support system, network and school leadership development.

As a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne, he focuses on teacher professional learning, educational leadership, practitioner research and design thinking.

Ryan has recently delivered keynotes for the Victorian Department of Education (Principal Forums in 2018 & 2019), the Alberta Teacher Association, and the Queensland Educational Leadership Institute. His keynotes reflect his research interests and have focused on Leading Improvement, Developing Teaching Expertise, Professional Learning Communities, Networked Learning and Mathematical Reasoning.

Ryan completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor John Hattie. His PhD focused on the effectiveness of educational design research as a form of teacher professional learning.

Registration Details

Course Code: RD09924

Topic: Leading the Development of Teaching Expertise

Presenter(s): Dr Ryan Dunn

Date(s): 2 June 2025, Monday

Time: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

Venue: Orchard Hotel

Closing Date: 28 March 2025, Friday

Workshop Fee: S$550.00 per participant and fee is subject to GST.

Please get in touch with Joseph Loy by email at joseph@pai.sg or tel: 6363 0330 if you require further information.