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5th biennial Working With Boys, Building Fine Men conference: Stories of Success

The Working with Boys, Building Fine Men conference took place in Newcastle on 4-6 July 2007. Keynote speakers were Melvyn Davs (UK) from the boys2Men project, Michael Gurian (USA) of the Gurian Institute and Andrew Fuller (Australia). It's still possible to download a PDF copy of the 12-page preconference program, which lists all of the presenters and keynote speakers.

Click here to see photos from the conference!

This page now includes electronic copies of many of the papers and PowerPoint presentations delivered at the conference. Please note the following important points:

• These papers are unedited, and are as presented to the Family Action Centre. They vary from finely honed documents to simple sketch notes used as prompts by the speakers.

• The copyright to all works is retained by the presenters. Any reproduction of any of the presentations must be correctly attributed.

We've also added two MS Word documents containing the feedback from the Graffiti Boards and the Big Orange Balls (those of you who were there will know!).

Presentations: Day 1

AF: Suzan Hirsch, Diocese of Broken Bay/St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Asquith, NSW
"Successfully implementing a boys' education project in primary schools"
Conference paper (MS Word)
Conference presentation (PowerPoint)
Conference film (video)
Eagles Interview (video)

A2: Douglas Lunt, Greg Lambert, Chris Batterham & John Briggs, Darebin Schools Network Boys' Education Group, Vic
"Boys's education: a cluster approach"
Conference paper (MS Word)

A5: Tom Mitchell & Michael Geary, Iona College, Brisbane, Qld
"Pastoral care changes enriching 'shared concern' efficacy"
Conference paper (PowerPoint)

BF: Mark Unthank & Bronwyn Tubner, Hunter Sports High School, NSW
"Hunter Sports High School: our boys two years on!"
Conference presentation (PowerPoint)
Conference movie (video)

B1: Jane West & Andrew Smith, Toukley Public School, NSW
"Mucking around with clay"
Conference paper (MS Word)

B3: Andrew Kohane, Castlemaine Secondary College, Qld
"Castlemaine Sustainable Classroom Project"
Conference paper (MS Word)

B5: Simon Herd, St Philip's Christian College, Port Stephens, NSW
"SpiderMAN: providing structures and programs to connect boys with school in a web-like manner"
Conference paper (MS Word)
Conference presentation (PowerPoint)

Presentations: Day 2

CF: Vanessa Fox, with comments from Bill Jennings, Parade College, Bundoora, Vic
"RAP & Rock as part of a whole-school approach to boys"
Conference paper (MS Word)
Conference presentation (PowerPoint)

C3: Robynne Halliday & Liz Crowley, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Alice Springs, NT
"Engaging boys: pathways for young men in Central Australia"
Conference paper (MS Word)

C4: John Andriunas & Dave Turnidge, Fathers in Communities Project, Family Action Centre, University of Newcastle, NSW
"Bringing fathers into the classroom: strategies to help increase father involvement in schools"
To come.

C5: Suzan Hirsch, St Patrick's Primary School, Asquith, NSW
"Successfully implementing a boys' education program in primary schools"
Conference paper (MS Word)
Conference presentation (PowerPoint)
Conference film (video)
Eagles Interview (video)

DF: Paul Stevenson & James Price, Brooks High School, Tas
"Robust and personalised learning at Brooks"
Conference paper (MS Word)
Confernece presentation (video)

D1: Jeff Ward, Glenn Cullen & Darren Hocking, Broulee Primary School, NSW
"Project-oriented school mentoring (POSM)"
Conference paper (MS Word)

Presentations: Day 3

EF: Car l Leonard, Wirreanda Public School, Medowie, NSW
"Enabling boys through quality teaching"
To come.

E1: Heat her Evans & Di McDonald, Trinity Grammar School, Melbourne, Vic
"Giving boys a love of learning"
Conference paper (MS Word)

E3: Bron wyn Masterman & Lisa Strudwick, John Paul College, Qld
"Successful students: putting boys on the agenda"
Conference presentation 1 (PowerPoint)
Conference presentation 2 (PowerPoint)