Alliance Biennial Staff Conference 2012

The Biennial Staff Conference will be held at Melbourne Girls Grammar, 25-27 May. The theme is 'Images of a Girl: Diversity, Dilemmas and Future Possibilities'.

The program has nearly been finalised and a list of speakers will be on our website soon. Registration details will be sent out shortly.

Conference details

Leonard Sax - Post Conference Workshop

On Monday 28 May 2012, Leonard Sax, author of Girls on the Edge will run a post conference workshop at Lauriston Girls' School. This is a whole day conference and will cover many topics, including: fostering community in a girls' school, social media and new ideas in girls' education.

Registration is open now.

Click here to register or find out more.

Student Leadership Conference 2012

SLC2012 was an amazing success! Led by the capable team from Rising Generations, our student leaders had an inspiring and amazing five day conference.
Here are just a few comments from our girls:
'I have learnt so much about the different ways to lead and influence people and I can't wait to share this new knowledge with all the girls at school' - Annabel.
'It was wonderful to meet and work with girls from schools all over Australia and internationally' - Philippa.
'I feel like I have come back a new person, someone who is confident and absolutely secure about myself and how I can positively influence people' - Sophie 

The Eighth International Conference on Single-Gender Education

The National Association for Single Sex Public Education (NASSPE)  in the USA will hold their Eighth International Conference.
20 & 21 October, 2012
Houston, Texas
They are currently calling for submissions.

Click here for more information

Women of Achievement

There are now 50 Women of Achievement in our photo gallery! New women are being added each month and there will eventually be a notable woman from every Alliance member school.

This month's Woman of Achievement is Tan Le who attended Mac Robertson Girls' High School. Tan is a technology entrepreneur and was named Young Australian of the Year in 1998. Read her full biography in our Notable Women pages.

Click here to view all Women of Achievement

Latest research

The latest abstract summarises research from the Growing Up in Ireland Study. Data comparing primary children from single sex schools and coeducational schools is analysed.

To read this abstract and other studies, please explore the research pages on our website.

We welcome your comments on this and other research studies. Have you noticed similar results in your classrooms? Scroll down and add to the conversation.

What's new in research

Best wishes to all for 2012!

We hope you are returning from your holidays refreshed and renewed and ready for another successful year.

If you don't yet have an Alliance contact person for your school, please send name and email address to agsa@agsa.org.au. If your school's page in the Schools Directory doesn't have an image, please send one to agsa@agsa.org.au.

We look forward to supporting you during the year as you work with the next generation of young women.