September President's Report Chris Presland in an Era When We Are All Bombarded by People Who I Think This Is a Huge Step Forward
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NSW Secondary Principals' Council Week 10 | Term 3 | 2018 www.nswspc.org.au SPC Bulletin September President's Report Chris Presland In an era when we are all bombarded by people who I think this is a huge step forward. I think the rubric is think they know better about what we should be also of great use to schools as you try to sift through doing in schools, especially professional learning the enormous amount of PL material that crosses providers talking up over-priced ?rock star? experts, our desk. I just applied the rubric to one or two many of whom have never led a school, it?s worth events currently being highly promoted and it was noting a recent initiative coming out of our interesting to see how far short of the mark they fall. Educational Services team. Before you spend a lot of time and money sending teams off to some of these I certainly recommend They have looked at what research says is best you spend some time looking at this material via the practice in teacher professional learning and have links above. developed a Quality assurance rubric which defines a new standard for professional learning from the Later in our Bulletin I?ve included some material division. The rubric will ensure that their professional about the upcoming Curriculum Review. This is an learning is evidence-based, incorporates adult incredibly important activity and one in which I hope learning principles, collaboration and sharing of every one of you will engage. The SPC as an expertise and leverages peer networks to sustain organisation will of course be heavily involved, but practice. individual responses will be important as well. Similarly, the terms of reference have been Professor Helen Timperley, an academic expert in announced for the ?Review into the non-educational teacher professional learning, has been engaged to use of mobile devices in NSW schools? (see later in independently review the rubric. Professor the Bulletin for details). We will also be involved in Timperley?s report, Teacher professional learning rubric the submission process and stakeholder validation has initiated much conversation about consultation. what teacher professional learning should look like moving forward. As a matter of interest, we are at a very important stage with our colleagues in the Primary Principals? Educational Services is working across the division to Association. They are in the midst of their elections, ensure the rubric is applied to all professional and as was the case with the SPC, it is great to see learning, including existing professional learning and that they have plenty of people prepared to put up support for new syllabuses, literacy and numeracy their hands to stand for the various executive and resources from School Services as they provide positions. The last two years have seen strong tailored support for schools. advocacy and very positive results. The relationship 1 between our two organisations is stronger than ever, and our combined strategic advocacy has been powerful. Phil Seymour has done an outstanding job as President, along with his team. Regardless of who Congratulations to the is elected to the various positions I am confident that following newly appointed our two organisations will continue to be very Principals effective in working together on behalf of our members. Best wishes to all those who nominated. School Name As we move towards the end of Term 3 I hope you manage to have some down time during the Ashford Central Ben Delanty vacation and have a chance to charge up your School batteries for what I always find is a fast paced, enjoyable Term 4. The Rivers Secondary Christopher Williams College, Lismore High Best wishes, Campus Chris P. Warialda High School Shelly Way IN THIS ISSUE (Click on the page numbers to go straight to each section) Page 5: SPC Executive Reports Page 7: SPC Professional Learning Update Page 8: SPC Reference Group Reports Page 14: Out and About Page 19: Program Updates Page 22: Opportunities, resources and upcoming events Page 26: SPC Contacts 2 Special Congratulations Well done to all of those people who were recognized at the recent 2018 Minister?s and Secretary?s Awards for Excellence. I won?t list all of the student winners, but congratulations to all of them. Those relating to our SPC colleagues and / or their schools are worthy of special mention - Chris P. Minister?s Award for Excellence in Teaching Secretary?s Award for Outstanding School - Zoe Crossingham ? Elderslie High School Init iat ive - Brydie-Kate Cullen ? Strathfield Girls High - Campbelltown Performing Arts High School School - Canterbury Boys? High School - Julian Floriano ? The Forest High School - Chifley College Shalvey Campus - Katrina Joss ? James Fallon High School - Condell Park High School - Kerri Lacey ? Kirrawee High School - Elderslie High School - Peita Mages and Kate Rogan ? Orange High - Holroyd High School School - Kurri Kurri High School - Jenny Perry ? Campbelltown Performing - Sir Joseph Banks High School Arts High School - Thomas Reddall High School - Renee Pettit ? Warilla High School - Julie Swain ? Bulli High School - Jacqueline Thompson ? Dubbo College ? Secretary?s School Achievement Award Delroy Campus - Aurora College - Scott Trenman ? Wagga Wagga High School - Sir Joseph Banks High School - Alice Walters ? Rutherford Technology High School Secretary?s Award for Excellent Service Public School Parent of the Year - John Hambly ? Warilla High School - Donalee Gregory ? Wagga Wagga High - Stephen Lidbetter ? Thomas Reddall High School School - Michael Hovey ? Elderslie High School - Russell Lieshke ? Mulwaree High School - Michael Strugnell ? The Forest High School - Matthew Little ? Forbes High School 3 Australian College of Educators Awards It was great to see a lot of people recognised at the recent ACE Awards. Those relating to our SPC colleagues and / or their schools include; Excellence in Education Award Winners - Craig Petersen ? Denison College - Murray Kitteringham ? Sir Joseph Banks High School - Nerida Walker ? Matraville Sports High School Outstanding Service Awards - Retired SPC members ? Kim Jackson and Kathryn Brennan - Special mention also to PPA President Phil Seymour, who also received an Excellence in Education Award 2018 Wakakirri Story Dance Challenge The Sydney Finals of Wakakirri was an amazing evening of high-quality student performances. Congratulations to the following schools, their Principals and teachers: Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College - Tumbi Umbi Campus - Story of the Year Nominee / Sydney Region Winner / Best Australian History Story Award Katoomba High School - Story of the Year Nominee / Sydney Region Winner / Best Adapted Story Award Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School - Best Drama Story Award Cranebrook High School ? Best Cultural Celebration Story Award Kingswood High School ? Best Raising Awareness Story Award Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College - Tumbi Umbi Campus and Katoomba High School were both named as regional winners for their impressive original productions 4 SPC Executive Reports Warren Parkes Executive Report SPaRO Leadership and High Performance has been working with the SPC on improving functionality of the package. They have been very responsive to our suggestions. We are looking at, layouts that are connected and make sense, easier editing, printing and storage, pop out notices to explain buttons and tabs that take you where you want to go. These are just a few ideas. Sentral have been asked to develop the product and I have seen it in production but it still has a way to go. If all goes to plan (and it may not), I have schools on standby to trial it before mid-term 4, 2018 and possibly with a rollout to all schools shortly after. More in the next Bulleting. School Websit e Services (SWS) This term there have been some posts on ?Share? indicating displeasure with the new Adobe Experience SWS platform. After taking these messages to the team responsible it seems that due to a security issue with the original SWS system, it was decided to roll out the new ?experience? prematurely and unfortunately, for many, it was not a positive experience. It is being reported there are system issues (crashes, timeouts, lack of access), data missing upon migration, incorrect links ? and the list goes on. On top of that, the SWS administrative portal we now use does not leave administrators feeling a warm glow. The SWS team acknowledge and take responsibility for the problem and have put in place some procedure for term 4 to assist schools. There is no guarantee of funding in 2019 so, if you can, get your staff to take advantage of them before the end of the year. Here is a list of support you can try? 1. Training and support has been extended for the rest of the year. Lead trainer Leon Anderson will be running a variety of training opportunities during Term 4. They include workshops, virtual classrooms and site visits. In addition, the SWS support team will continue to apply their AEM expertise during one to two hour phone support sessions, guiding authors through specific aspects of the website. 2. Search on your portal for School Website Service. On that page you will find a link to SWS Next Gen. Click it and on that page you will find a link to the newsletters which provide relevant and contextual information. 3. Contact [email protected] for SWS technical support 4. Contact [email protected] for customer service, editorial support and training questions 5. We encourage authors to join the Yam m er group and share their expertise Despite this ?support? the SWS admin portal is still clunky. I will continue to voice our requirements to the SWS team but I do not see a quick fix coming. 5 YouTube for Secondary schools In the last few Bulletins, I have mentioned that Primary schools are asking for YouTube access for students.