When
Tuesday 13 February 2024
1pm - 2.30pm AEDT (ACT, NSW, VIC)
12:30pm – 2:00pm ACDT (SA)
12pm – 1:30pm AEST (QLD)
10am – 11:30am AWST (WA)
Virtual event only
Zoom link to be shared closer to the time.
Aims
- To discuss the Education Funders resource and start to provide a common language and understanding of the education system and philanthropy
- To anchor this year's network goals around the education policy landscape and its impact on philanthropy
Overview
We are thrilled to invite you to the first meeting of the Education Funders Network this year.
In this session, Dr Zid Mancenido will provide an early preview of the Education Funders Resource developed that is due to be published in the first quarter of 2024.
Our co-chairs, John Bush and Megan Enders, would also touch on the policy landscape for 2024 and what the various initiatives mean in philanthropy.
We invite you to engage in the discussion and share your thoughts on what the network's priorities are for this year.
Please note this is a virtual session only.
Audience
This event is for Philanthropy Australia funders at the 'Active', 'Engaged' or 'Impact membership tier only. If you are not yet a Philanthropy Australia member or want to learn more about the philanthropic work in this area, please reach out to programs@philanthropy.org.au.
Presenter
Dr Zid Mancenido – Senior Manager, Research and Evaluation of the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)
Dr Zid Mancenido is the Senior Manager, Research and Evaluation of the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) where he leads a team of practitioners, researchers, and policy analysts to generate high-quality evidence, make high-quality evidence accessible, and enhance the use of evidence in Australian education. Having started his career as a high school social sciences teacher, he has experience across research, policy, and practice in Australia, Singapore, the Philippines, and the USA. He holds a PhD in Education Policy and Programme Evaluation from Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he is also appointed as a Lecturer on Education teaching courses in education policy and teacher education.
Network Co-chairs
Megan Enders – Chief Executive Officer, Fogarty Foundation (WA)
Megan has been CEO of the Foundation since February 2022 after several years on the Board and was also Founding Director of the whole school improvement program Fogarty EDvance, from 2011 to 2015. She is also currently the convenor of a Western Australian group of philanthropies and funders with a shared interest in supporting infants and youths (a subset of the wider Investment Dialogue collaboration nationally).
Megan has expertise in the area of collaboration, organisational leadership and change management, in both the ‘for profit’ and ‘for purpose’ sectors, having held senior executive roles with organisations such as Rio Tinto, Western Power and also in community and aged care. Earlier in her career Megan served as a senior policy advisor in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and to a former Federal Government Minister
John Bush – Head of School Age Learning at Paul Ramsay Foundation (NSW)
John supports a portfolio of grant partners and leads grantmaking and strategy development related to school-age learning.
John has previously been in the leadership teams for two not-for-profit education start-ups, Evidence for Learning and High Resolves. He also led the design and delivery of the SVA Education Dialogue. John spent the first decade of his career as a teacher and school leader. He is on advisory boards for several education partnerships and organisations and has been on selection panels for Australian teaching and social innovation awards.