Speaking & Events
For conference organisers, professional associations, and school leadership teams looking for a speaker or facilitator grounded in real school leadership.
Keynote & Workshop Topics
What it takes to move inclusion from intention into everyday leadership and classroom practice.
How belonging is created, sustained, and sometimes quietly undone in school communities.
Designing learning experiences that build genuine, transferable understanding.
Leading curriculum work that connects documents to classrooms — and actually gets used.
Rethinking assessment so it informs learning, not just measures it.
Practical thinking for leaders navigating change, growth, and uncertainty.
Why so much PD doesn't stick — and what to do differently.
Leading across cultures, systems, and communities in international education.
Formats
Conference and event keynote addresses on leadership, inclusion, and learning.
Interactive, practical sessions for leaders, teachers, and teams.
Online sessions and panel discussions for professional organisations and networks.
Facilitated days for leadership teams working through strategic or cultural priorities.
Upcoming Events
A practical session on turning inclusion commitments into everyday classroom and leadership practice.
A workshop for curriculum leaders exploring inquiry and concept-based approaches that build genuine understanding.
Rethinking assessment practice so it is meaningful, fair, and genuinely aligned to how students learn.
Past Events
Keynote on leading inclusive schools through complexity and change.
Workshop on inquiry and concept-based curriculum design.
Webinar on designing professional learning that changes classroom practice.
Speaker Bio & Headshot
Elani McDonald is a Secondary School Principal and international school leader whose consulting and speaking work is grounded in real school leadership. She works with schools and organisations on leadership development, inclusive practice, curriculum and inquiry, and school improvement, and speaks regularly at conferences on leading thoughtful, inclusive, and sustainable change in schools.
Get in touch with your event details and the topic you'd like covered — I'll follow up within a few days.