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

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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 ? 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 ? - Condell Park High School - Kerri Lacey ? - Elderslie High School - Peita Mages and Kate Rogan ? Orange High - School - Kurri Kurri High School - Jenny Perry ? Campbelltown Performing - Sir Joseph Banks High School Arts High School - Thomas Reddall High School - Renee Pettit ? - Julie Swain ? - Jacqueline Thompson ? Dubbo College ? Secretary?s School Achievement Award Delroy Campus - Aurora College - Scott Trenman ? - 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 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. If this happens, our students will automatically gain access in stage 4 and 5. The Web Filtering team is justifiably concerned about Child Protection issues and YouTube advertising, however Bandwidth usage features high on my list of concerns. They are trying to get some specific data based on current usage to inform any YouTube releases. If favourable data is found, then they are considering a pilot as the next step. I have suggested that the end of term 4 would be the least disruptive. Too soon to tell the when and if the next step will occur. Mobile Phone Policy Though this is an ongoing gem for the media, this has been brought back to centre stage as a policy development area. Dr Carr-Gregg has been ask to oversee research of the impact and usage of mobile devices and, the SPC has been asked to be involved. Too soon to share outcomes however there is some data being collected in the forms of surveys and feedback? In case you missed it and I encourage you to express your point of view, here is the link to the data gathering tools.

Greg Wilson SPC Execut ive Report SALM Data quality issues will delay the release of the version of ebs that will allow the automatic uploading of attendance data from Third party solutions. Until that version of ebs is release we will need to continue to manual upload attendance. Building a culture of leadership, learning and feedback School Edge Timetabling package will no longer be part of the Enterprise solution for LMBR. Schools using School Edge or were planning to in 2019 have been contacted and provided with options. These include remaining with School Edge or moving to another timetabling solution. Those schools that choose another timetabling will receive subscription costs for the school?s preferred timetabling package, financial support for professional learning for that preferred package, along with other support. SAP HR SAP HR Release 1 and 3 schools had issues working with the product. The HR payroll team has undertaken to address issues we raise. If your school is having issues you can contact me and I will raise the issue with the team. It helps if you can provide details such as the EdConnect incident number and employee name.

6 SPC Professional Learning Update

Geoff Hast ings (SPC Direct or of Professional Learning) Fiona Walsh (Professional Learning Reference Group Leader)

SPC Professional Learning Day The Term 3 SPC PL day was held Friday 31 August at UTS. It has been an excellent collaboration between the Technology Reference Group through Warren Parkes, the PLRG and ITD. Feedback from the day was positive. The PLRG sub-committee is currently working towards developing the agenda for the Term 4 PL day and events throughout 2019. The sub-committee is utilising qualitative data collected from Reference Groups and Regional SPC Presidents to drive the agenda. Partnership Work - update 1. Partnership with Michael Anderson and Miranda Jefferson ? we have agreed to a partnership with the two Sydney Uni academics to develop a course on ?Supervision in the School Context? for school leaders. Greg Smith, Executive Principal at Northern Rivers has agreed to be the SPC representative in the writing of the course. The course will be up to 6 days in length or equivalent thereof and we are dabbling in online delivery for the equivalent time period of two days. People will be able to take a whole course or individual units. We are also looking at the course being credit for a Masters. 2. Partnership with Deirdre Bliss and Anita Sherwin, two principals who work as consultants for Ontario Principals Council and Ontario Ministry for Education. Developing a course that will focus on the ?Teacher Leader?. This will be for the leader who does not want to leave the classroom. This is now in the final stages of approval through the finance reference group. This will also have input from SPC Principal representatives to ensure a local context part of the course. 3. Principal wellbeing PL - Data originated from Principal wellbeing survey indicated a PL need in the area of Principal wellbeing. Teachers Mutual Bank interested in supporting Principal wellbeing. Geoff Hastings, Sharon Parkes and Tom Coll will be following up recommendations from the PLRG on how this PL can be structured to ensure a partnership. There was a preference to engage someone like Michael Cavanagh to co-design a program which is owned by the SPC.

SPC Professional Learning ?Developing a Designated Instructional Leader Model for High Schools?. A very successful PL event was held on 17 August and 14 September at UTS by Kurt Wawskowicsz. Our professional learning infrastructure was able to swing into action to support this principal initiative

7 "Managing School Leadership ? An Induction" This is a NESA registered SPC PL event designed for newly appointed and emerging school leaders in rural and regional settings. It has been written by Peter Morgan, a highly respected and experienced principal. The PL event is running for the first time on 14 and 15 November in Dubbo. Register for this event here Professional Learning Reference Group This highly motivated and collaborative team met on 7 September. Agenda items included collaboration on the PLRG position paper, PLRG strategic plan, SPC PL partnership possibilities and future PL days. There were presentations from Sandra Robinson (Leadership and High Performance), Lila Mularczyk and Lorraine Rowles (Leadership and High Performance) and Michael Anderson (Sydney University partner) which were extremely beneficial in bringing the team up to date.

SPC Reference Group Reports

Assets and Maintenance Tony Fahey There have been a number of things happening in the Assets and Maintenance area over the past months, apart from the name change to Schools? Infrastructure NSW (SINSW). One of the major happenings though has been the review of Assets and Maintenance services to schools. A full scale review involving consultation of all key stake holders was undertaken by Advisian, with a number of our colleagues taking part in the process through completing the survey and participating in structured interviews. The consultation process through Advisian has now concluded, but it is still possible for Principals to have input directly to the process through SINSW itself. We have all seen the changes that have begun with the introduction of risk-based scopes of work that can be carried out by Principals and P&C Associations that don?t involve the funds coming from outside these and are our Tier 1 Projects, which have been identified as ?low? risk projects. These have been supported by a series of checklists and associated risk management proformas. There is a pilot of Tier 2 projects underway to review the proposed checklists etc. that will accompany these, with Tire 3 information being developed. With each of these tiers the level of risk increases. It is important to note that even though we technically do not need approval to carry out these projects, there is still a requirement to not ify your ASO that the works are being undertaken and to ensure you keep completed copies of all checklists and required paperwork. There are a number of other improvement strategies that SINSW is considering and are in the pipeline which are around funding, forward planning (i.e. developing 3 year asset Improvement plans that align to 3 year education plans), better support and engagement with principals, reducing costs, improving cost transparency and improving project delivery timelines. Watch this space to see what evolves.

8 Recently there was a notice in SchoolBiz around tree management and Cert 5 Arborists that has created a few ripples, but basically the situation is that Assets have responded to requests from Principals for a need to be able to engage these arborists, and has put together a list of suitable people. As per the guidelines, when engaging an arborist they need to be a Cert 5, have a minimum of 5 years? experience. Schools can still engage arborists not on the list as long as they are meeting guidelines, which were developed following the Coroner?s report in relation to the Pitt Town incident. If an arborist is not on the list they can apply to be added as it is not a closed list. Remember that our annual tree audit is necessary to have completed, just as is our FSS, but your ASO should complete them for you on request. I would like to acknowledge the efforts of our small, yet brave group of Principals who form our RG. Wishing you all clean drains, dunnies and safe trees!

Distance Education Hilary Hughes The Distance Education Leaders Meeting was held on 23-25 September. Discussion included: - Finigan School of Distance Education will open in Queanbeyan in January 2019 - Southern Cross School of Distance Education is now K-12 - Trial of 100 hours language delivery for Stage 4 - Updated DE Procedures - Assessment practices - Attendance and discipline policies - Enrolment procedures and requirements - The writing of new online courses using Canvas - The DE Choir project at Sydney Distance Education HS - Single course fees - The rising numbers of students being referred to DE - Inclusion of Aurora College in the Distance Education Leaders group.

EPAC Susan Wyatt Improvement Programs The EPAC Directorate is reworking the Improvement Program so that it is more user friendly. The overview outlining the process will be moved to the front of the booklet and the language will be simplified with links to easier to use Attachments. They are also thinking about changing the process from 5 weeks of support and guidance and then 5 weeks of support, guidance and assessment to 10 weeks of support, guidance and assessment. This is based on the belief that assessment is really occurring from the first week anyway. Approval is still required from other parties involved.

9 Complaints Handling The revised Complaints Handling Policy was released early in 2017. The new whole of government approach to complaints has seen the installation of Feedback Assist which allows complaints to be triaged through a small group in EPAC. Complaints regarding the principal or the school may be sent to the Director Educational Leadership. Many complaints will be directed to the principal. Principals were reporting inconsistency in how Directors Educational Leadership are managing complaints where some DELs are not advising principals of complaints received. This issue may be resolved by the recent Complaint Handlers Certification Training for Directors. EPAC are looking at making this training available to principals and other executive. A new PowerPoint regarding complaints handling will be made available to principals for the start of 2019. Also a 2 to 3-minute video is being created to be delivered to parents for example at Orientation Day showing parents how to make a complaint or a compliment. Principals make up a relatively small number of matters managed by EPAC. The most common reason for EPAC investigation of principals is due to failure to notify. EPAC relies on DELs to support principals subject to allegation. Concerns have been raised with EPAC regarding the standard of care provided to principals who are under investigation as well as concerns related to interactions with EPAC staff. Jane Thorpe says if you have a concern please let her know or Mark Anderson. The April one-day workshop was very well received and there will be another in term 3 on Wednesday 12 September. EPAC are making a concerted effort to close old matters, while many are resolved within 12 weeks they can take up to 40 weeks. The two centres at Ultimo and Tamworth are working well. There has been concern in some quarters that the number of TIPs is however not high enough. EPAC are looking at creating a decision tree however not as complex as the Mandatory Reporting Guide. They are also looking at producing EPAC bulletins similar to Legal Services bulletins for principals and staff. Concern was raised that principals are still employing relatives and this continues to be a reason for EPAC to investigate. Finally, the Directorate is fully staffed. And the numbers of cases to be resolved have come down. The aim is to close 100 matters per month.

10 Learning, now for the future Shayne Player and Mike Saxon We held our first face-to-face meeting in August and it was a great experience for all. With almost all reference group members present we were able to progress the group to its next stage of development where the diversity of the group was celebrated to support colleagues and add to the debate around what is meaningful to this generation of learners, the next and the next. At our first meeting we were fortunate to be joined by our critical friend, Professor John Fischetti who poked and prodded our thinking and challenged us to really move beyond the ideas being put forward in many conservative settings. Don't worry this is about evolution not revolution! The group have determined our vision and operations (see below)

11 We have also established teams from the group who are developing areas for action including - Gathering information about innovation that is occurring across the sate in our secondary schools - Provision of a contact list of people involved in those innovation - Social Media presence with the support of SPC - Provision of information to bust the myths that are trotted out to erode what is achieved in our schools - Professional Readings for use - starting with the Urban Village Schools from Tracey Breese at Kurri Kurri HS - Support for principals seeking to innovate and needing a case for change package to support their actions - Methods to unleash ideas of innovation/s We need help from you! Every regional SPC group will be approached to provide information about innovations that are occurring. To use an innovation is something new that is in direct response to context. It does not have to be wholesale change. So don't be shy - step up and share. It will take 15 minutes out of a regional meeting before the end of this year. This group will have overlap with other reference groups including the Professional Learning RG and the Curriculum RG. We are currently negotiating how and where we fit with the Literacy and Numeracy agenda and are quietly confident that the might of intellect in the SPC will be harnessed to make this a great space for all. Thank you to Amy and Tracey for your support in getting us together and organising the work space. Thank you to Kim Chapman, our SPC Executive link for her time in joining us and thank you to Chris Presland for your unswerving support and encouragement. We look forward to the next part of our learning journey as a reference group.

Legal Services Jann Pattinson As foreshadowed in the last bulletin, during the course of Term 3 Legal Services have progressively released a suite of eight 15 minute online learning modules for principals on key legal issues affecting schools. The full suite is now available via MyPL and can be accessed via the new Legal education hub: 1. enrolment 2. duty of care to students 3. bullying 4. unlawful discrimination 5. receiving and providing student information 6. working with other agencies and within the school to ensure every student is known, valued and cared for 7. misusing technologies 8. inquiries, inquests, investigations & other legal processes Completion of the full suite provides two hours of professional learning credit.

12 Staffing/HR Jeanne Bathgate The Reference Group has met once a term with generally between 10 ? 15 representatives from across the state. Our Executive contact has been Di Soltau for the last few years and I would like to thank Di for her time and wisdom in this role. We now welcome Narelle Vazquez to the Executive role overseeing our Reference Group. We have had continuing problems making contact with representatives from Staffing although I would like to thank Veronica Willmott for her efforts to keep us informed. Veronica has now retired to Tasmania and her position as head of recruitment is being shared by Leah Anderson and Claudia Ranieri until the position is filled substantively later this year. Many of the topics we have dealt with are repetitious and are not resolved because of issues beyond our control ? industrial awards, PSA, Schools Finance, HR Review to name a few. One major topic has been the situation with former PSFP schools which have had entitlements to additional staff because of their level of disadvantage. Such additional staff is still included in the SBAR as Equity funding but such staff are not included in the Entitlement Report hence they cannot be counted towards the formula for head teachers. It is also unclear whether such staff have transfer rights. Another topic attracting regular concern is the inequity between secondary schools and primary schools when staffing Support Units ? primary schools attract a Support DP when they reach 7 classes but secondary schools do not. The Reference Group was recently consulted about the draft Abandonment of Employment document but made only minimal suggestions. It should address some problems which many of us have experienced. The Reference Group has also proposed that flexible funding be included in SBAR for appointment of a Technical Support Officer to every secondary school. This should be included in our Position Paper. A small group represented the Reference Group at a ?discovery? meeting with HR this week to discuss the parameters of the HR Review which is still in the planning stages. Topics to be covered in the review include - Staffing entitlement ? the formula, process and allocation of staff - Staffing system ? the methods of appointment, including central appointment and local choice - Staffing arrangements ? optimisation of demand and supply across the system. So far we have only discussed the first section so there is still a long way to go and many topics of concern are being held up until the review is completed.

13 Out & About

Regional meetings and Reference Groups It remains one of my absolute priorities to get to every possible Regional meeting, and also great to get to quite a few of the reference group meetings - Chris P.

SPC Stat e Assem bly As always our State Assembly delegates put in a very full, intense day at our most recent meeting. It was a very productive day. We also had the opportunity to present a SPC Life Membership to Christine Mason, who was unable to receive it at our State Conference. Congratulations Christine ? very well deserved!

14 SPC Professional Learning Day Once again, congratulations go to Lindsay, Sharon, Fiona and Geoff on another very valuable day. Special thanks to Warren Parkes and the Technology RG for all their work in putting the day together. As always, the workshops in particular were extremely well received. Thank you to those who not only attended, but also ran the workshops.

15 2018 Minister?s and Secretary?s Awards for Excellence The Public Education Foundation always does a fantastic job coordinating these and it?s great to see so many people recognised for their efforts. I?ve listed most of these earlier in the Bulletin, but here are a few photos to give you a sense of the occasion. - Chris P.

SPC Hills / Parramatta Network awards This was a really nice initiative which recognised the achievements of a range of people and schools in the two networks. Special congratulations to Kim Chapman who was the recipient of the Lynne Goodwin Excellence in Leadership Award.

16 Australian College of Educators Awards It?s been a big few weeks with the various awards from professional associations. The latest of these was the ACE Awards and once again it was great o see so many colleagues recognised for their work. I?ve listed most of these earlier in the Bulletin, but here are a few photos to give you a sense of the occasion. -Chris P.

Wakakirri Dance Challenge ? NSW Awards night This was a terrific evening and a wonderful credit to all the schools involved. I?ve listed the award winners earlier in the bulletin. Well done! - Chris P.

17 UTS Andrew Jakubowicz Annual Lecture As always, I support any invitation we get from our Education Partner, UTS. The lecture was very interesting, focusing upon the voice of minority groups within larger minority groups ? diversity within diversity. The event itself was also to launch National Social Science Week - Chris P.

Coorong Concert ? Sydney Town Hall These kinds of events are always a joy. Yes, another late night, but such a wonderful occasion, and I love anything at the magnificent Sydney Town Hall. This was a part of the Primary Proms concerts and featured hundreds of students involved in a range of choral works as well as string ensembles, concert band and Newtown High School of the Performing Arts Symphony Orchestra. Congratulations to everyone involved. - Chris P.

18 Program Updates

NSW Curriculum Review We encourage everyone to get as involved as possible in the NSW Curriculum Review. There are multiple ways you can do this as you can see from the overview below. The SPC will of course be putting in a detailed submission, coordinated by Christine Del Gallo, Andrea Connell and our SPC Curriculum Reference Group. The Review Lead, Professor Geoff Masters has stated his intention to have a broad community conversation to inform his draft report. This acknowledges the opportunity provided by the current Review to draw on views and knowledge across the broader community, in addition to the views and expertise of the teaching profession. To meet this brief, planned consultation and engagement activities from September to November 2018 include: - Roadshow meetings: face to face community meetings will be held in metropolitan and regional areas from September - November. Meetings will be open for members of the teaching profession and the broader community, including parents and business and industry. - Targeted stakeholder consultation: meetings with peak stakeholder groups will be held in the early part of the consultation period. This will include school sectors and systems, teacher associations, the teacher unions, principals groups, parent groups, tertiary education providers, and business and industry groups. - Online feedback ? quick: the form will allow members of the public to submit a short online response up to a maximum of 500 words. Demographic data will also be captured. The online form will remain open for the duration of the consultation period. - Online feedback ? submissions: organisations or individuals will be able to contribute a written submission with a 5,000 word limit. Written submissions will be accepted for the duration of the consultation period. Other planned work to inform the Review includes: - Targeted engagement with diverse stakeholder groups: the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and government agencies such as the Advocate for Children and Young People, Multicultural NSW, Regional NSW within the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Industry will be engaged to support targeted engagement with community groups including Aboriginal communities, children and young people, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and business and industry groups. - NESA and school education sector staff engagement: workshops and other individual engagement will be undertaken to draw on existing expertise within NSW education agencies. In support of the Review Lead, the NSW Curriculum Review Taskforce (the Taskforce) will also engage with Commonwealth agencies, as relevant, to ensure that the Review work is informed by work occurring at a national level. A program of supporting research will also be commissioned by the Taskforce, in consultation with the Review Leader.

19 External Validation External validation (EV) is being conducted from Week 5 Term 3 to Week 5 Term 4. In Weeks 1 to 3 of Term 3, 44 Principals, School Leadership (PSL) and 229 Peer Principals were trained in the external validation process. An evaluation of the training was conducted via an online survey and 221 of the 273 participants responded. Feedback shows that overall, 90% of participants either agreed or strongly agreed that the training provided sufficient information and opportunities to achieve the learning intentions; 88% of participants either agreed or strongly agreed that the training allowed them to actively engage in the learning; and 89% of participants either agreed or strongly agreed that the training supported them in meeting their needs in preparing for external validation. In 2018 there will be 444 panels and their breakdown is outlined in the table below:

School Type Num ber

Central/Community School 14

Environmental Education Centre 7

Infants School 5

Primary School 322

Schools for Specific Purposes 19

Secondary School 77

Total 444

As at the end of Week 8 Term 3, there have been 179 EVs conducted, and most panels included a representative from a similar school. It should be noted that external validation is simply one of the many roles and tasks that a PSL undertakes. The external validation period runs for 11 weeks and the maximum number of panels lead by an individual PSL lead is 14. As such PSLs continue to work with principals as a coach or mentor as well as providing support in delivering on the other aspects of their ?Key Accountabilities?.

20 Review into the non-educational use of mobile devices in NSW schools Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, has been appointed to conduct the review with the support of the NSW Department of Education. Other independent experts may also be commissioned to assist in the review. The review will be informed by public consultation and the views of students, parents, teachers, principals, experts (in the field of child development, cyberbullying, mental health and technology) and other interested community members will be central to it. The terms of reference for the review are as follows: 1. Conduct a review of evidence related to the benefits and risks of mobile digital devices*, primarily smartphones, in schools for children and young people and approaches and practices to support students? use of such devices in safe, responsible, and informed ways. This will include: a. An international literature review on the use and impact of mobile digital devices in all school settings ? primary, secondary, Schools for Specific Purposes (SSPs) and Central Schools. This will include peer-reviewed scholarship from across disciplines and ?grey? literature (such as program evaluations and reports on evidence-based interventions). b. Stakeholder consultation and feedback via focus groups and other mechanisms. The consultation with children and young people will include when, how, and why they use mobile digital devices in order that the review?s recommendations align with and can effectively and meaningfully impact their practices. 1. The review will assess the extent to which having mobile digital devices in schools may contribute to or exacerbate identified risks, including cyber-bullying, image-based abuse, and access to online harm in schools. 2. The review will identify how children and young people can best be prepared to mitigate identified risks. 3. The review will identify best-practice approaches and practices for schools and parents to support students? use of mobile digital devices in safe, responsible, and informed ways to promote learning and respectful relationships. 4. The review will consider whether a restriction or other limits should be placed on smartphone use for children in primary schools or children in certain age brackets. The practices of other jurisdictions will be informative in this regard. * Mobile digital device: a hand-held electronic device that can receive, store, process and send digital information.

21 OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES & UPCOMING EVENTS

2018 SCHOOLS SPECTACULAR ? THE GREATEST PRE-SALE AND TICKET SALE INFORMATION Tickets are on sale through Ticketek for the ?2018 Schools Spectacular, The Greatest?, at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park. There are four shows: - Friday 23 November 2018 (11:00am and 7:30pm) - Saturday 24 November 2018 (1:00pm and 7:00pm) Bookings: - For the Schools? Matinée, the order form sent to all Principals on June 19 should be used. The most efficient method of payment for schools is via the school P/card. This ensures the timely processing and dispatching of tickets by the Ticketek Groups. - For other session times, please use group booking form on the Schools Spectacular website - For orders under 20 tickets, access the Ticketek website www.ticketek.com.au and use the exclusive code-word thegreatest to purchase tickets online. Additional ticket booking forms for the Schools? Matinée performance, for other session times and an order form for promotional materials can also be found on the Schools Spectacular website www.schoolsspectacular.com.au For further ticket information, please contact Richard Spiewak on 8512 1161 email [email protected].

Every Child Campaign As mentioned in previous communications SPC is involved in a cooperative led by the Benevolent Society and a host of other major organisations. Signatories to this Charter work with children and their families to support and ensure the best interests of children. We are committed to working towards strong investment in child wellbeing that ensures families are supported to raise children well and share a determination to work together to ensure greater accountability in the delivery of better outcomes for all children and their families. We are committed to working collaboratively on this sector-led campaign to bring about the systemic change required to drive these outcomes. It is early days, but it is anticipated that this will be a huge initiative playing out at Federal levels as well as all states and territories. You can sign up now to receive updates at https://www.everychild.co/

22 75 NEW Harding Miller Education Foundation scholarships available in 2019 The Harding Miller Education Foundation provides scholarships to Australian girls who have high academic potential experiencing socio-economic hardship. Successful scholarship winners will receive the following scholarship tools in 2019 & 2020: - High quality laptop and help-desk support - 4G mobile broadband including 6GB data per month - $2,000 of Face-to-Face tutoring per year - Subscription to online homework help - $600 gift card for school expenses per year - Mentoring from a personal coach - Attend the Awards Ceremony at the Sydney Town Hall in 2019 APPLICATIONS CLOSE 28TH SEPTEMBER 2018 Go to https://hmef.grantplatform.com/

Australian Principal Health and Well-being Survey Most of you would be aware of this massively important work. The SPC remains as a formal partner in this research. The survey involves Principals in every State & Territory, is cross sectoral and has been running for 8 years. The longitudinal data gains enormous media and political interest. The 2018 survey is now open at https://www.principalhealth.org/surveys/92538/ Please complete it asap.

23 To celebrate the centenary of the NSW Teachers Federation a number of events and exhibitions are being held from Monday 24 September - Tuesday 16 October. For more information see nswtf.org.au/exhibition

UNITY! STRENGTH! MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER -TUESDAY16 OCTOBER 2018 JUSTICE! 100 YEARS OF THE NSW TEACHERS FEDERATION EVENTS PROGRAM �!�.. m�r� gurung

Neale Dawson Century In Review Judy King

...�§� I State Archives & Records Presented in partnership with NSW State Archives

24 NSW Children?s Week Awards 2018 The theme for Children?s Week this year is Article 12 of The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: 'Children's views and opinions are respected. They have the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child and the right to be heard'. The awards are designed to recognise the achievements and contributions of children and young people as well as the adults who make positive impacts on the lives of children and young people. Both the 2017 NSW Youth Advisory Council (YAC) and the 2018 YAC put forward the categories for this year. There are seven award categories specific to children and young people and two award categories specific to adults. Any children, young people and adults can nominate an inspiring individual, group, service or project that falls within the below award categories.

Children and young people awards (Nominees must be children and young people under the age of 18) - Community Art Award: For those who inspire through art including painting, drawing, digital art, photography, performance, dance and music. - Bravery Award: For those who demonstrate a single act or ongoing acts of courage, strength or determination. - Act of Kindness Award: For those who have or continue to offer acts of kindness by helping and supporting those around them. - Giving Back to the Community Award: For those who give up their time for their community through volunteering, programs and every day behaviours. - Environmental Award: For those who help support the environment through a range of acts, decisions and initiatives. - Newly Arrived Migrant or Refugee Award: For those who have made a positive contribution to their local community, region or state. - Voice Award: For those who use their voice to bring change, inform others, and raise awareness. Adult awards (Nominees must be adults over the age of 18) - Inspiring Mentor Award: A person or group who supports, encourages and guides children and young people. - Foster Parent/Guardian Award: A person who is committed to helping the lives of children and young people in out of home care. Nominations for awards close on Sunday 7 October 2018 For more information and to submit a nomination see https://www.acyp.nsw.gov.au/nsw-youth-advisory-council-2019

25 SPC Contacts: Executive Nam e Portfolio Areas Contact Details Chris Presland President - ambassadorial/representational roles St Clair High School President Political links/relationships Endeavour Avenue Emerging issues St Clair NSW 2759 LSLD T: 9670 6700 LMBR M: 0414 986 514 SPARO E:[email protected] Bump It Up GTIL Steering Committee SPC Media CVE task force National and international partnerships UTS partnership Futures Learning Implementation Advisory Group WSU partnership Sydney University Research Project PAI partnership Corporate Communications Christine Del Gallo Deputy President Northern Beaches Secondary Deputy President NESA (with an Exec member responsible for overseeing College Accreditation and Teacher Standards) Campbell Pde Teaching/Learning Manly Vale NSW 2093 Curriculum - including sport and VET T: 9949 2083 PSL IAG E:[email protected] GTIL: a) Secretary Steering Committee b b) Deputy Secretary Principals Working Group School Excellence Bump It Up Strategy LMBR assessment and reporting Board SERC/Board School Community languages State Assembly Session 1 Chair Craig Petersen Deputy President Denison College of Secondary Deputy President Repositioning Public Secondary Education Education Manager of SPC Business PO Box 494 Health & Safety Bathurst NSW 2795 Rural Education T: 6331 4544 Corporate Communication E:[email protected] Connected Communities Aboriginal Education Assets/Cleaning LMBR HR Staffing/HR The Arts Unit State Assembly Session 2 Chair

26 Andrew Turvey Deputy President & Distance Deputy President LSLD Education Centre Professional Learning Standing Committee (Chair) Donald Road Principal Standards /Credentialling Queanbeyan NSW 2620 Principal Classification T: 6298 4333 DoE Policies Committee E: [email protected] EPAC State Assembly Session 3 Chair Mark McConville Treasurer Toronto High School Treasurer Finance Field Ave Sponsorship Toronto NSW 2283 Employed Officer contracts T: 4959 1788 Annual Conference financial support E:[email protected]

Kim Chapman School Learning & Improvement Rouse Hill High School Student Learning 105 Withers Road Assessment and Reporting Rouse Hill NSW 2155 T:9836 1890

E: [email protected]

Charles Gauci Assets/Maintenance/Cleaning Cowra High School Rural and Remote Education PO Box 72 Aurora SRG Cowra NSW 2794 T:6342 1766 E: [email protected]

Denise Lofts Health and Safety Aboriginal Education co-leader PO Box 132 Ulladulla NSW 2539 T: 4455 1799 E: [email protected]

Dianne Marshall Student wellbeing Coffs Harbour Senior College Senior School/Campuses Interest Group 363 Hogbin Drive Coffs Harbour NSW 2450 T: 6659 3054 E:[email protected]

27 Lindsay Paul Finance Committee Macintyre High School VET Swanbrook Road Flori PRG Inverell NSW 2360 T: 6722 1555 E: [email protected]

Sharon Parkes Principal Wellbeing Retired Principals Support 1 Myles Avenue Warners Bay NSW 2282 T: 4594 9488 E: [email protected]

Warren Parkes Technology Robert Townson High School Website development Thunderbolt Drive Business Systems Raby NSW 2566 Legal Services T: 9824 7777 Literacy and Numeracy Strategy E: [email protected]

Michael Rathborne Central Schools Uralla Central School SRE Interest Group Park Street Accreditation and Teacher Standards Uralla NSW 2358 T: 02677 84204 E: [email protected]

Narelle Vazquez Human Resources Northmead Creative and Korean Dinner Performing Arts High School 28 Campbell Steet Northmead NSW 2152 T: 9630 4116 E: [email protected] Fiona Walsh Professional Learning West Wallsend High School Leadership and High Performance 20 Appletree Road West Wallsend NSW 2286 T:4953 2111 E:[email protected]

Greg Wilson LMBR/TPI Woodenbong Central School Learning and DoE Systems Unumgar Street SIG Woodenbong NSW 2476 Aboriginal Education co-leader

T: 6635 1281 E: [email protected]

28 SPC Contacts: Reference Group/ Interest Group Leaders and Employed Officers

Reference Group Leader School

Aboriginal Education Adrian Bell Monaro High School Daryl Irvine Chatham High School Assessment and Reporting Leiza Lewis Erskine Park High School Assets Management/Cleaning Tony Fahey Narooma High School Curriculum Andrea Connell Distance Education Hilary Hughes NSW School of Languages

EPAC Susan Wyatt Finance and Administration Michael Smith Narrara Valley High School

Learning - Now for the Future Mike Saxon Liverpool Boys High School Shayne Player TLSC Tumbi Umbi Campus Legal Services Jann Pattinson Davidson High School Professional Learning Fiona Walsh West Wallsend High School Principal Support Sharon Parkes Warners Bay High School Professional Betty Harper Bankstown Girls High School Standards/Accreditation Anna Tsoutsa Auburn Girls High School

Rural Education Gary Hunt Yanco Agricultural High School School Learning and Kim Chapman Rouse hill High School Improvement Staffing/HR Jeanne Bathgate Baulkham Hills High School Student Wellbeing Melanie Meers Anson Street School Technology Warren Parkes Robert Townson High School VET Andrew FitzSimons (rel.) Dapto High WHS Mark King

29 Interest Group Nam e School Equity Nicole Hunt Nyngan High School

Exchange Student Programs Adelia Fuller Gundagai High School International Students Mia Kumar Burwood Girls High School Adelia Fuller Gundagai High School

Multi Campus Colleges Judy Kelly

Multicultural Education Adelia Fuller Gundagai High School

Selective Schools Megan Connors Jame Ruse Agricultural High School

Senior Schools/Campuses Dianne Marshall Coffs Harbour Senior College

Special Religious Education Michael Rathborne Uralla Central School

Sports High Schools Roger Davis Westfields Sports High School

SSP/ETU Toni Simpson Induna Education & Training Unit

SPC Employed Officers

Tanya Burns Administration Officer E: [email protected] Tom Coll Professional Officer E: [email protected] T: 0459 801 510 Geoff Hastings Director of Professional E: [email protected] Learning T: 0411 138 699

Amy McKeown Executive Officer/SPC E: [email protected] Website Manager T: 9514 9078

Paul Tracey Partnership Manager E: [email protected] T: 0402 220 456

Terry Tunkunas SPC Principal Futures E: [email protected] Website Manager T: 0419 016 316

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