Big Picture Learning Australia - A Conversation with Viv White

As you will have heard on previous episodes with Sandra Milligan,
Yong Zhao, folks from Mastery Transcript Consortium and
Rethinking Assessment, standardised tests and assessments are
often one of the biggest barriers to change in education as these
credentials and school-leaving certificates often hold the key
that opens up the next door or higher education for many young
people. This week I’m so excited to share an amazing success
story of someone who decided that this compromise was just
unacceptable for their young people. 


Viv White AM is CEO and co-founder (with John Hogan) of Big
Picture Learning Australia (BPLA) -
https://www.bigpicture.org.au/ - a non-profit company
established in Australia in 2006. Building on the work started by
Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor in the US in 1995
(https://www.bigpicture.org/), Big Picture Learning Australia’s
design for personalised, student-driven learning is being
implemented in over 50 schools around Australia. Viv
has also pioneered a new non-ATAR credential known as the
International Big Picture Learning Credential (IBPLC) that is
warranted by the University of Melbourne, and accepted by 17
universities around Australia.


In 2018 Viv was appointed to the Order of Australia for her
services to education and to the reengagement of young
people in learning for life. Prior to leading BPLA, Viv was
CEO of the Victorian Schools Innovation Commission and
CEO of the Australian National Schools Network. She has a
thirty-year history of international work in educational
reform, research, policy and practice. Viv taught primary and
secondary education for 13 years, worked in tertiary
research for five years as a research fellow at Macquarie
University and Victoria University, and served as an adjunct
professor at the University of Western Sydney. Viv is a Fellow of
the Australian Council of Education and was admitted, in
2014, to the Australian Businesswomen's Network Hall of Fame. Viv
was also named one of The Australian Financial Review 100 Women
of Influence in 2019.


Find out more:


LinkedIn: @viv-white -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/viv-white-am-297642142/


Instagram: @bigpicture.edu.au -
https://www.instagram.com/bigpicture.edu.au/ 


@bigpiclearning - https://www.instagram.com/bigpiclearning/ (US)


Website: https://www.bigpicture.org.au/