Louka Parry

Louka Parry

Louka is an educator, speaker and entrepreneur and is one of Australia’s most exciting emerging education thinkers and doers. He represents the new generation of education leaders as an individual who has traveled to every continent on the globe, learned five languages fluently (including the Indigenous Australian languages Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara), graduated with two Masters degrees in applied linguistics and education, (studying one of them under John Hattie at Melbourne University) and has studied at Harvard University.

As a school teacher, he was promoted to Principal at only 27 years old and in 2012 he was named South Australian Inspirational Public Secondary Teacher of the Year for his work in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands. He sees education as the key lever for change and works to catalyse positive impact for children and young people, having acquired expert knowledge in leadership, communication, wellbeing and organisational culture.
  
Louka is currently the Director of Programs at Education Changemakers where he works globally (in English, Spanish and Pitjantjatjara) to drive innovation and change in schools and organisations. He has worked with diverse audiences across the globe including the AFL, Australian Federal Treasury, Social Ventures Australia, BETT APAC and LatAm, Leading Educators Across the Planet, PWC, Microsoft, Apple, Inicia Educacíon, and TED. In this age of rapid change, he believes we need to transform structures, systems and societies that empower individuals to find and build their purpose, ultimately making our world a better place for all.

Date: Wednesday 1 August 2018

Venue: Memorial Hall, St Peter's College

Time: 7pm (Please be seated by 6.50 pm)

Entry is by gold coin donation