Data Wise: Educators Collaborating So Each Student Thrives

“Now, more so than ever, educators are integral to standing in the gap between ‘the lottery of birth’, and a young person’s life chances.” - Penny Jayne (Co-Chair)

Data Wise Institute and Coaching Program - 2026 Melbourne

Study mode: In person

Fees: AU$4596 (Early bird offer and part payments available).

Program details:

During this intensive week, your school or system-level team will interact face-to-face with the Data Wise teaching team and peers from diverse settings. Through case studies, large group presentations, and small group discussions, participants will analyse the challenges and successes experienced by a diverse group of school leaders engaged in this work.

Tuition also includes enrolment into the Data Wise in Action Coaching program. Where you will receive continued support from a dedicated Data Wise coach, over six coaching sessions, as you implement the inquiry process in your own school or system.

Learning Goals:

  • Articulate how and why equity is central to the work of school improvement.

  • Build skills to take an equity lens at each step of the Data Wise Improvement Process.

  • Demonstrate a relentless focus on evidence when collaboratively analysing a wide range of data sources.

  • Engage in intentional collaboration by using a Meeting Wise “rolling agenda” and practicing wise meeting facilitation and participation.

  • Create a plan for integrating the Data Wise Improvement Process and ACE Habits of Mind into the core work of a school or system.

Fees: Early Bird Discount: AU$3996: full payment upon registration (before 3rd October 2025)

Regular tuition: AU$4596

Partial payments

50% due by November 3, 2025

Balance due by February 28, 2026

Data Wise Institute & Coaching Program – Melbourne 2026

The Data Wise Improvement Process was created at the Harvard Graduate School of Education to help schools and systems to best use data for improvement. Now in its 20th year, the Data Wise Project remains committed to delivering and equity for schools and systems, to ensure that all students thrive.

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