Breakout Sessions – 2024 ICGS Conference

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These 50-minute sessions will be delivered in various locations throughout the Conference venue.

Click on the Session Letters below for full descriptions.

*Global Action Research Collaborative on Girls’ Education Research Presentations

Breakout Session A
Monday, June 24
2:20-3:10 p.m.

  • The significance of girls’ education now, more than ever
  • Crisis leadership; Responding to the suicide death of three students in one year
  • How Girls Learn Best: Evidence and Conclusions from our Scoping Review
  • From Me to We: Navigating Success through Collaborative Camaraderie
  • Normalizing Neurodiversity: How One Independent School Builds Metacognition in Girls
  • Raising girls through a Middle School programme
  • Beyond the Brochure: Recruiting at the intersection of Vision, Values and Access
  • Empowering Girls for PostSecondary Readiness
  • Unlocking Student Potential Through Integrated Math Instruction
  • Empowering young women through interdisciplinary collaboration in community health
  • What happens when a high school eliminates cell phones completely?
  • Sitting Alone on the Schoolbus: Using Data to Measure and Strengthen Belonging
  • Being a Bright Light for Girls: Nurturing Personal Development to Enhance Impact

Breakout Session B
Monday, June 24
3:40-4:30 p.m.

  • Building Self-Worth in the Age of AI
  • Teaching Chemistry with 3D & Augmented Reality at an All Girls High School
  • The Power of Purpose: How Meaningful Connection Emerged as a Key Strategy in Raising $75M
  • The journey to becoming the Destination for All Girls Athletics
  • Unlocking Student Success: The Parent-School Connection
  • Radical Retention: A Case Study at The Agnes Irwin School
  • Building Confidence and Leadership through the Wisdom of Accomplished Women
  • Anti-Grooming Approach to Relationship Building
  • 45 minutes
  • Assessing the Impact of Aspects of School Life on Well-Being in Girls’ Schools
  • The Impact of Structured Collaboration on Writing Confidence and Ability*
  • Beyond the Curriculum: Collaboration in Student-led Initiatives*

Breakout Session C
Monday, June 24
4:45-5:35 p.m.

  • Girl Power Isn’t Enough: Get Real With Girls About Leadership with Lean In Girls
  • The Power of Purpose
  • Entrepreneurship Education Tools to Inspire and Empower Your Girls
  • ColLABorate: A workshop on creative partnership with unlikely school colleagues
  • Federal Education Programs for Private School Students and Teachers
  • Wellbeing for Learning: Designing an Evidence-Informed Strategy
  • Summer Experiential Learning Programs: a Team Approach
  • The Human in the Humanities — How the Writing Center is addressing AI
  • Intercultural Thinking: Tools to help our students thrive beyond their comfort zones
  • Building Emotional Engagement and Strengthening Social Bonds: Leveraging Small Habits for Significant Connections in Girls*
  • Together we can do so Much More: Creating a Classroom Culture Where all Girls Have a Seat at the Table*
  • A Storm in a Teacup: Navigating the Choppy Seas of Senior School, Placing Girls at the Helm*

Breakout Session D
Tuesday, June 25
10:20-11:10 a.m.

  • Supporting the Social & Academic Success of Gr.7-12 Neurodivergent Girls
  • Assessment of Learning: A Small Shift To Positively Impacting Student Success
  • Action Learning Teams: Promoting Solutions-Driven Professional Collaborations
  • Girl Ethical Hackers: Global Impact in Cybersecurity via Experiential Learning
  • Best Practices: PBL through Laro, Likha and Linang
  • Safe Spaces, Strong Leaders: Cultivating Consent Awareness in Girls’ Schools
  • Strong and Supportive Boards Ensure Longer Tenure for Heads and More Strategic Accomplishments. How Do We Build Those Boards?
  • OrchKids Interactive Music-Making Experience: Engage, Learn, and Create!
  • ¡Vámonos! Using Collaborative Tasks to Encourage Risk-Taking and to Build Confidence in Intermediate Spanish Students*
  • Girls in Science: From Collaboration to Belonging*
  • Harmonious Hemispheres: Recontextualised Arts-based Creative Activities and Philosophies Sparking Multidimensional Student Collaboration and Innovation*

Breakout Session E
Tuesday, June 25
1:00-1:50 p.m.

  • School Leaders Deserve Competitive Compensation And Personal and Professional Renewal. What Does That Really Mean?
  • Building Support and Enthusiasm for Programs Our Girls Need: A Case Study
  • Sorry Not Sorry: Unapologetically Push Boundaries
  • Building Confidence in Math through Joy and Storytelling
  • Affinity Groups in the Middle School
  • SISTER SCHOOL – The 1st girls’ school musical
  • Passing the Torch: Developing Tomorrow’s Diversity Leaders
  • Talkin’ ‘Bout Their Generation: Understanding Gen Z Girls and Young Women
  • Girls Unplugged: A Student-Designed Action Research Project on the Impact of Social Media.
  • Game On for Engagement and Joyful Learning: Transforming Year 7 Collaboration with SEL and Gamification*
  • Every Girl has a Part to Play: Enhancing Learning Through Structured Collaboration*
  • A Collaboration Toolkit for Educators: Building Collaborative Problem-solving Capacity in Science*

Breakout Session F
Tuesday, June 25
2:00-2:50 p.m.

  • Designing for Success – Maintaining Momentum during a multi-year Capital Campaign
  • Learning to Lead: The power of student agency and voice
  • Supporting students in a new school community: Teaching the skills for success
  • Play Like a Girl: Increasing female participation and retention in STEM through sports
  • Creating a Sustainable Faculty Evaluation and Professional Development System
  • Teaching Spanish Through Women’s Stories
  • Coaching: A Key to Success
  • male staff negotiating identity and showing up to serve their best at an all girls school.
  • Refreshing a Heritage School’s Marketing and Communications
  • The 7 Principles of Practice. A school guide to encourage joyful and impactful learning
  • At the Intersection of Science and Tikanga: Unpacking Complex Concepts Through Values-based Learning*
  • Centering Our Seniors: Elevating Student Perspectives Through Collaborative Strategies*

Breakout Session G
Wednesday, June 26
9:40-10:30 a.m.

  • Challenge Success: Understanding Student Well-Being, Engagement, and Belonging
  • What it Takes to Develop Healthy Resistance in Girls: Continuing the Conversation Begun by Carol Gilligan at ICGS 2023
  • Nurturing Growth: Designing and Structuring A Holistic Advisory Program for Young Women
  • Supported Teachers Support Students – And Stay in the Profession!
  • Elmwood’s Brand Evolution: Creating a breakthrough brand foundation.
  • Increasing Uptake of Coding for Girls – Make It a Language of Love
  • Studio Art Teaching Practices to Support Courage, Community, and Creativity
  • No Head is an island
  • Cultural Humility and Special Education
  • Mission in Practice: Designing Frameworks to Guide and Inspire

Breakout Session H
Wednesday, June 26
10:40-11:30 a.m.

  • Heads Panel on Institutional Sustainability
  • Finish strong, finish fun: end-of-term interdisciplinary projects in Years 7-9
  • InnovateHER: Fostering Wellness through Innovative Social Media Education
  • Mapping the Family Journey: A full cycle tune-up of your admissions process
  • “Girl Math” Refigured: Challenging Stereotypes and Inspiring Critical Thinking
  • How St Hilda’s built one of the world’s largest entrepreneurial school programs
  • “Good is good enough”!: Dealing with perfectionism in high-achieving girls
  • Using Evaluations to Impact Teacher Growth, Retention and Student Outcomes
  • Reflections on 10 Years of Humanities Curriculum: Developing Global Leaders
  • Creating a Collaborative Learning Environment in STEM: Active/Flipped Learning