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December President's Report Chris Presland NSW Secondary Principals' Council Week 10 | Term 4 | 2017 www.nswspc.org.au SPC Bulletin December President's Report Chris Presland Wow, it?s hard to believe that we are near the end of a leading role in the Principal Workload Study, the another year. I?m sure it?s more than just my getting a Educational Services Review and the multi-phased bit older, but the year seems to have flashed past! School Leadership Support Strategy. All of these will There are so many things in which the SPC has been have a significant impact on our leadership of involved, provided advice, support and initiated, that schools in the year ahead. the only way to cover it all is to go back and look We have continued to build very productive through this year?s collection of Bulletins, State partnerships with NSWTF, PPA, P&C, AECG and Assembly & Executive reports and / or other SASSPA. Our relationship with the Minister and his documents. team is as strong as it has ever been and their Above all else though, from our own organisation?s support for the work Principals do in leading their perspective, it has been a year of ?getting it done?. school community has been unfailing. The same can From a financial, governance, employment, be said for the very close relationships we continue communication and organisational perspective we to have with a range of senior DoE staff. When we?re have made many, many changes to ensure that the all on the same page it is so powerful! SPC is an efficient and effective organisation in its As was the case last year we will hold over some of own right. From a support perspective we have the reports etc for February so that we can dedicate expanded our provision of support to members in as much of this Bulletin as possible to celebrate the need and this expansion will continue in the year work that so many people have done throughout the ahead. From a learning perspective we have year. I hope you enjoy the various photo collages and employed our own Director of Professional Learning reflect upon the many wonderful things that happen and we have already delivered multiple additional PL in our schools along the way. events, as well as expanded our partnerships with other educational organisations, within and beyond The SPC has continued to make a major contribution Australia. on so many fronts and that is the direct result of the work of our members. Beyond the myriad of daily requests we receive from senior DoE officers for advice and feedback, the big As the year draws to a close, I would like to extend ticket items have seen both the SPC and the PPA play my best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a 1 relaxing vacation to all SPC members and in particular to; - all of those Principals who attend and Congratulations to the following newly contribute to our local SPC meetings, appointed Principals - our Regional SPC Delegates for their efforts at the local level and their contribution to School Nam e State Assembly and project teams, - our Reference Group and Interest Group Southern Cross K-12 Nadene Harvey leaders and members, Whitebridge High School Alan Orchard - all of my colleagues on the SPC Executive, - our SPC support officers and administration Yass High School Linda Langton team, - our many critical friends within and beyond the SPC, - and finally my SPC Senior Executive colleagues for their guidance, support, friendship and encouragement and the superhuman effort they put into our organisation on a daily basis. I hope you enjoy our latest SPC Bulletin and wish you all the best for Christmas and a relaxing Dow nload t he SPC phone app now ! vacation. The SPC phone app is available for both android and Best wishes, iphone and is a great way to ensure you have the latest SPC news and events at your fingertips. The app is free Chris P. and can be downloaded from the app store. IN THIS ISSUE (Click on the page numbers to go straight to each section) Page 3: SPC Senior Executive Reports Page 6: SPC Executive Updates Page 8: SPC Reference Group Reports Page 16: SPC Professional Learning Page 18: Out and About Page 23: Program Updates Page 26: Opportunities, resources and upcoming events Page 27: SPC Contacts 2 Reports from the SPC Senior Executive Christ ine Del Gallo NSW Business Cham ber Deputy President This organisation has a lobbying message that includes that schools are not preparing students NESA matters for the workforce and the curriculum needs a total Critical Thinking Test for Year revamp. This message is really about there not 11 being enough students wanting to take up an You will be surprised to know apprenticeship in the trades. We have had that the Critical Thinking Test was discussions with the Minister and NESA about this primarily about testing the test items, a negative message about our schools and they are psychometric exercise, rather than testing the aware of the message not matching the intent of students. Hence at this time, NESA does not have the message. concrete plans for publishing the test, providing External Validation and School Excellence feedback to teachers for future programming or CESE will publish case studies of a sample of any more information to students or teachers. This schools that were Externally Validated in 2016 and is very disappointing for the schools who had their had 10 plus elements that were deemed as students sit this test in good faith. Excelling. This will provide a showcase to all NAPLAN online schools of some of the organisation, strategies and There has been a concerted conviction from all programs that are working extremely well in some sectors, the Teachers Federation and SPC that schools. there is no support for NAPLAN to proceed at this New Principals Induction time as an on-line testing program. There are too There will be an extended principal induction in many problems with it for many schools, which 2018. A 3 day conference in February will be have not been adequately addressed yet. To have followed with video conferences and adobe some schools do the tests on-line and others not connect sessions as they are appropriate during would make any comparison of results invalid. the year. This leadership induction will strengthen Principal Accreditation the support for our new principals. NESA does not intend to develop a separate As we are all exhausted at the end of the year and accreditation for principals. There will be the have probably given more of our selves to our voluntary AITSL principal accreditation scheme schools than we reasonably should, may I wish you available. all the very best for the Christmas holiday. Do have Curriculum Development a good rest, resist the urge to do work most days The HSC Curriculum Consultation is to be revised, and give you and your families the time you and in part, to make the process more streamlined and they deserve. We do great things in our schools, not so lengthy. NESA is asking for consultation and and now is time for a break. comment on the future process now. 3 Craig Petersen Meredith Fawcett also officially handed over her Deputy President role as SPC contact to Denise Lofts (see photo). 2017 has been an incredible year. It (almost) seems impossible that the end of term is nigh. I would like to thank Chris, Andrew and Christine, along with all members of the SPC Executive and the Reference Group leaders for a fantastic year. It really is a privilege to be able to work with such a wonderful team. Thanks, too, to Amy and Tanya for their outstanding support ? they work so hard to make our jobs easier to manage. We would be lost Meredith has done an outstanding job of without them. organising us to get to these dinners and has been Harding Miller Scholarships a strong supporter of the program. An absolute highlight of the term has been Rural Education working with the Public Education Foundation The recent announcement of the Rural & Remote again as part of the panel reviewing applications Human Resources Strategy is particularly welcome for the Harding Miller Scholarships. These given that it captured many of the scholarships support promising Year 8 girls from recommendations of the consultation that I led in disadvantaged backgrounds with access to 2013 when developing the original Rural & Remote: technology, tutoring and funding to ensure that Blueprint for Action. More needs to be done, they have access to the opportunities to support however. To this end, I have been able to establish their academic success. It is inspiring to hear their an advisory group which will meet with senior stories and simply amazing how resilient some of departmental personnel on a regular basis to these young women are.I commend these provide targeted feedback on specific projects. scholarshipsBuilding a cultureto you. of Here leadership, are a couplelearning of and links feedback you This group will complement the work done by the might like to check out for more larger SPC Rural Education Reference Group. information:https://publiceducationfoundation.org.au/ The Aurora State Reference Group is currently scholarships/ reviewing the Principles for Enrolment and http://www.hardingmillereducationfoundation.org.au/ welcomes your feedback. Members would have Korean Dinner received an invitation from Chris Robertson As usual, the dinner hosted by the Korea Tourism (Principal, Aurora College) earlier this term to Organisation and the Korean Education Centre complete a survey on this. The return rate was was a wonderful success.
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