Guidance counsellor Marcelle Nader-Turner has been invited to sit on an international panel to discuss the effects of pornography on young people, and how the sexual objectification of women is shaping the self-image of girls.
She said the panel was part of the Alliance of Girls’ Schools Australasia Conference, to be held in Adelaide in May.
The biennial conference is the "premier gathering" of girls’ school educators in Australia and New Zealand, and includes keynote speakers from academic, business and community leaders, session presentations, and interactive discussions and debates on critical issues affecting educators and girls.
Assistant principal Judy Maw will present at the National Coalition of Girls Schools Conference, in Washington, in June.
The prestigious and influential global conference is for educators of girls, and Mrs Maw said she would be speaking about the work St Hilda’s Collegiate was doing to ensure it was creating "future-ready" young women who were "prepared and able to contribute to a global and dynamic society".
Dance teacher Rachel McMillan has been invited to present at an international dance conference — the second joint congress of Dance and the Child International, and World Dance Alliance Global Education and Training Network — in Adelaide, in July.
She said she would give a 90-minute dance workshop that utilised the Maori health philosophy of hauora (health and wellbeing) to explore themes of identity and home.
She said the conference would be one of the world’s largest gatherings of dancers, dance educators, and artists of all ages, generating new thoughts and ideas for dance learning and teaching in the 21st century.
Principal Jackie Barron said the trio were working hard on their presentations and she was proud of her staff for taking on the challenge.
"We are very excited for them, and very proud, that their expertise and knowledge is being valued by an international community of educators, and that what we are doing at St Hilda’s is of interest to other schools, and our staff are seen as leaders in their fields of expertise."
