PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS 2026
Powerful Conversations - 17th September 2026 @ Trinity College, Perth, WA
Powerful Conversations - 17th September 2026 @ Trinity College, Perth, WA
Professional conversations about growth and change do not have to be ‘hard’ or ‘difficult’.
Hosted on site at Trinity College in Perth, Western Australia, this full day workshop 9.00am - 3.15pm (AWST) will introduce participants to a range of high impact strategies to reframe potentially challenging conversations with colleagues and parents. This course will provide support to empower school leaders and teachers to stop avoiding having those difficult discussions with others within the school community. The course will focus on the following outcomes:
Developing better professional relationships based on honesty and integrity
The challenges with a top-down advice model for adults
Self Determination Theory and motivation
Linking physiological and cognitive responses to ‘change’
Understanding how underlying beliefs about conversations affect our actions
The 5 Key Ingredients for Powerful Dialogue
Improving school culture by establishing protocols for receiving and providing powerful feedback on performance
Assisting school leaders and teachers to adopt high impact strategies to achieve goals and track progress
Nb. This full day course includes additional content to our short course version.
Register for this course if you are a Principal, Deputy Principal, Administrator, Curriculum/ Pastoral leader or Teacher who is seeking new skills to empower you for more genuine and authentic engagement within your team and across your school community.
Morning tea and lunch provided.
If you would like to request an invoice for your school/ company to pay the registration fee for this course, please email us @ info@prolearning.edu.au
Course info with further details, including venue address and special instructions, will be sent to participants once they have registered.
This course is presented by Glenn McLachlan: an innovative educational thought leader and qualified Coach with proven expertise in designing and implementing successful professional learning programs in schools across the world. He is deeply passionate about supporting educators by inspiring teams in schools to build a culture of collective efficacy for all teachers to have a positive impact on student achievement.
He is a dynamic workshop facilitator and engaging international keynote speaker, with over 20 years of coaching and leadership experience to understand the myriad challenges of teaching. He studied coaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and trained under Dr Jim Knight from the International Coaching Group. Outside of education, Glenn is also a professional AFL Coach at the Sydney Swans Academy.
““Fantastic P.D opportunity, that was contextualised to the domains of a teacher. I really appreciated the guidance and flexibility of the day to make it meaningful to the group. I have learnt so much and have taken away resources that will allow me to have those difficult conversations in a meaningful, professional manner. ””
“Thanks so much for the valuable and insightful training. The workshop was perfect timing for me as I can apply everything I have gained from it in my interactions with the teams that I lead across a group of schools.”
“I found the pace, information and process of the workshop excellent. I found the discussion sections in the smaller groups great for ensuring a safe and accountable forum to share ideas and discuss the key questions and a subtle and powerful way of building understanding.”
“The presentation was interesting, engaging and thought provoking, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The fastest 3 hour training ever.”
If you would like to request an invoice for your school/ company to pay the registration fee for this course, please email us @ info@prolearning.edu.au
All course prices are exclusive of GST.