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- President’s Report:
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- Welcome to the Principalship:
- Parent Forum – Our students Our Teachers presented by NSWTF | NSWPPA | NSWSPC | NSWP&C:
- Parenting in a Pandemic:
- NSWPPA Annual Conference:
- NSWPPA Professional Learning- Semester 2 | PLO Margaret Charlton:
- Key Updates from the NSWPPA Executive:
- Sentral’s Support Enhancements | Executive Officer Mark Pritchard
Well this is a first! I am trying something a little different by presenting my report in a different format. Please open through your DoE Portal. Feedback welcome.
Robyn
Robyn Evans
NSWPPA President
0429 547 619
An element in the School Success Model is recognising schools performing at or above the level of similar schools across a range of measures. Three schools have recently been recognised – Bonnyrigg Heights PS, Huntingdon PS and Macarthur Girls High School. We acknowledge and congratulate Daryl McKay, Peta Harris and Gail Cluff and their incredible staff for their highly effective practices they are using in their contexts.
We warmly welcome these colleagues to the Principalship - a noble and rewarding profession – such a privilege to lead a school through the successes and celebrations as well as through periods such as these. Together with our staff, students and communities we lean on our colleagues and share in our next steps. Please know there is much support available to our early career principals including your mentor, Principal School Leadership, Primary Principal Council Executive and colleagues as well as the NSWPPA Executive and Professional Support Officers – Wendy Buckley 0403 560 814, Geoff Scott 0427 451 359 and Phil Seymour0412 673 378. I am also available at the end of the phone anytime, email or text 0429 547 619.
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome – your communities are very fortunate to have you. Remember to update your details on the NSWPPA website so your contact details are accurate and you are contactable.
Marian | Denner | Yanderra Public School |
Dale |
Edwards |
Blue Haven Public School |
Scott |
Fisk |
Rooty Hill Public School |
Melissa |
Gillon |
Charlestown Public School |
Trisha |
Grace |
Frank Partridge VC Public School |
Rebecca |
Harris |
Gundaroo Public School |
Wendy |
Kayello |
Toongabbie West Public School |
Melissa | O'Meara | Bega Valley Public School |
Jennifer |
Phegan |
Hornsby South Public School |
Jennifer |
Samuels |
Blackalls Park Public School |
Parent Forum – Our students Our Teachers presented by NSWTF | NSWPPA | NSWSPC | NSWP&C:
On Tuesday 7 September at 7pm Presidents from the abovementioned Associations will be hosting a parent forum. Tracy Spicer will be facilitating the discussion about how the Associations are working together to focus on the COVID pandemic and plans for the recovery period ahead of us, current staffing strategies and action forward as well as having conversations about partnerships in learning.
Can you please encourage your P&C Presidents to distribute this information to your schools’ parent community. Parents and carers need to register for the event.
A webinar with Maggie Dent, Wednesday 1st September, 4.00-5.15pm
$120 per school
School communities are currently focused on supporting the learning and wellbeing of their students and families in this pandemic. The NSWPPA is partnering with Maggie Dent to provide a webinar to support families within our school communities.
In this webinar Maggie explores the layers of stress, anxiety and grief for families that have been created by the pandemic. She then dives into the issue of students learning from home. Maggie will explore the reality of parents working from home with kids or teens underfoot, with some doing digital learning while in social isolation. This is an exciting opportunity for school communities to access to provide support in this difficult time.
Registration
Schools can access the webinar by registering on CVENT with a single payment. Once schools register for the event, they will be provided with a link be distributed to parents enabling them to access Maggie’s webinar. (See attached flyer for links to registration)
Resources
This webinar includes free resources, a comprehensive handout and will be available as a recording for a month after the event for schools to access.
PPA Virtual Annual Conference registration is now open.
Dates: 20, 21 October
Just like last year, we will be live streaming our fabulous speakers directly to you.
Speakers:
Prof. Stan Grant (emcee)
Sam Bloom
Dan Haesler
Dr Catherine Ball
Samantha Gash
Mark Wales
Hugh McKay
Peter Bol
Jennifer Robinson
Cost: $500
The first 600 registrations will receive a NSWPPA laptop bag and a NSWPPA journal/notebook, sent to your PPC President for distribution.
Receipts will be updated for those who have already registered and will include the NSWPPA's ABN. If you have already acquitted this charge from your PCard, there is no further action needed.
Kylie Donovan
Conference Convener
NSWPPA Professional Learning- Semester 2 | PLO Margaret Charlton:
Empowering school leaders through quality professional learning.
Online learning programs for Semester 2
Build effectiveness in your school leadership team
These quality professional learning opportunities enable leaders to effectively lead themselves, influence, engage and collaborate with others, and continually improve and renew their leadership capabilities. They enable leaders to create a great team culture based on trust and build effectiveness in their teams and schools. Both programs will support leadership success into 2022.
These two highly successful programs will continue to be provided online for Terms 3 and 4.
See attached flyer for Leading at the Speed of Trust and 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for program dates and registration.
7_Habits_Online_Programs_Semester_2_2021.pdf
Speed_of_Trust_Online_Programs_Semester_2_2021.pdf
Coming in Term 4 – Save the date
Leading Alone: Rural and Remote School Leaders
How do rural and remote Principals build and maintain resilience, forge lasting networks and continue their learning journeys?
Join the Global Network of Professional Learning Leads for a series of three webinars designed to offer ideas, support and inspiration. Participants will hear from experts in rural and remote schools and will have the opportunity to connect with colleagues from Australia and Canada.
The Global Network is organising a series of three 90-minute learning sessions. Its purpose is to connect school leaders across the globe through shared learning and networking opportunities.
Session 1: Maximizing educational outcomes for students in rural and remote schools
Date: October 17, 9.00am (AEST) / October 16, 7.00pm (Canada)
The sessions will take place in October 2021, February 2022 and April 2022 for individuals who lead in rural and geographically remote schools. During each session, you will hear from an expert on leadership in geographically remote schools and you will have the opportunity to network with colleagues from Australia and Canada. Through these sessions, participants will gain a perspective beyond their own context, have an opportunity to share strategies and to add to their professional network. Registration details will be distributed in the coming weeks.
The Global Network is made up of professional learning leaders from the New South Wales Primary Principals' Association (NSWPPA), the Ontario Principals’ Council (OPC), the British Columbia Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association (BCPVPA), the Queensland Association of State School Principals (QASSP) and the Western Australian Primary Principals' Association (WAPPA).
For more information please contact:
Margaret Charlton l Professional Learning Officer
Mob: 0408 905 051
mcharlton@nswppa.org.au
Key Updates from the NSWPPA Executive:
The Australian Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey | Deputy President Bob Willetts
The Australian Principal Health & Wellbeing Survey has formed the basis of much of the NSWPPA advocacy support for Principal Health and Wellbeing.
We encourage everyone to participate in this survey as it provides vital data for our association and more importantly vital data for individual principals. All participants receive an instant, individualised report on their personal health and wellbeing status and can compare this to others. This project will map policy interventions to changes in principals’ motivation and wellbeing and share information about the most productive and cost-effective interventions with key stakeholders across Australia.
The Survey is a confidential survey, independent of all employer groups, professional associations and unions.
Firstly, you will be able to track your job-related personal health and wellbeing over time, with an individualised report returned automatically upon completion each year.
Secondly, global results will build a longitudinal picture of the state of health and wellbeing for school principals nationally.
These trends will be provided to policy makers in a “State of the Nation” report about the real, but often hidden, costs and benefits of initiatives such as the introduction of a national curriculum and changes to national testing and accountability requirements.
Nanga Mai Awards | Vice President Jude Hayman
The 16th Annual Nanga Mai Awards ceremony will be held by the NSW Department of Education on December 1 at the Sydney Opera House. Celebrating the outstanding achievement of Aboriginal students, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal staff, Aboriginal community members and public schools demonstrating excellence across a diversity of areas.
Nominations Close On 30 August 2021
Updates from the Aboriginal Reference Group | Vice President Jude Hayman
The team from the Aboriginal Outcomes and Partnership Directorate shared some strategies to support Aboriginal students and families during COVID learning from home that the Aboriginal Reference Group wanted to share widely with our PPA members.
Generic supports
- DoE learning from home hub
- Provision of technology including Laptops, Dongles
- Provision of work booklets as well as online work
- Strong social media presence (Briar Rd PS good example)
- Personalised support from staff calling home each week to check on wellbeing
- Provision of hampers for families (some schools have community partners supporting in this area)
- Engaging local Aboriginal community support services e.g., Bungree- Central Coast
- Regular Zoom, phone call and text check ins with parents and students
Pirru Thangkuray examples from the Central Coast and Mt Druitt
- Engage students via Zoom meetings, some within rural areas have been brief face to face check-ins when permitted by Principals. Some of our schools within the Macquarie Network have recently permitted face to face engagement.
- Zoom or face to face to deliver wellbeing sessions, providing students the opportunity to voice issues, concerns and basically a space to chat with their peers and PT coaches and teachers.
- Developing a ‘Wellbeing Boomerang’ - positive wellbeing messages are recorded from students from across sites and shared to encourage students with positive messages from the other schools.
- Developing a zoom lesson and host a cook up
- Aboriginal wellbeing google classroom posts everyday
- Phone calls twice weekly to all Aboriginal students from the Aboriginal Team
Corrimal High School examples
- Phone contact with every family via a roster touching base with families every few days.
- Opened a zoom room for scheduled meetings 3 times a day (beginning of the day, lunch break, after last school) for students and parents to ask questions, flag technology or access issues, wellbeing check ins. We sometimes play games - this morning for example we did tongue twisters to lighten the mood and start the day with a smile.
- A zoom room open all day that students can jump in to if they get stuck with something in a subject or can't access the work etc.
- SLSOs continue with their timetable and log on to lessons with students allowing extra levels of support immediately as required.
- With approval from our DEL to continue providing grocery hampers with our Oz Harvest deliveries. We deliver hampers to 16-20 families every Tuesday morning on the school bus in a COVID safe contactless drop. It is a great opportunity to for the families to see our faces and have a quick catch up from the street.
- Attendance tracking liaised with the executive to request all concerns come through Aboriginal Team so that families are not being overwhelmed with multiple phone calls from different teachers.
NESA K-2 Draft English & Mathematics Syllabuses Consultation - Round 2| Vice President Norma Petrocco
NESA has released the second drafts of the K-2 English and Mathematics syllabuses for consultation. Attached are the drafts and survey.
This is a great opportunity to further develop your understanding of the draft syllabuses and for teachers to engage professionally, individually or as a group, to familiarise themselves with the drafts and complete the survey providing feedback and a strong voice from the public education sector.
Engaging with these drafts and completing the survey can also count towards NESA maintenance hours.
The survey can be completed online at the NESA website individually or as a group via the link below.
The NSWPPA will also be providing a response.
The consultation period closes on Monday 23 August.
Legal Obligations | Reportable Conduct Scheme | Secretary Greg McLaren
The Office of the Children’s Guardian is providing information to assist organisations in understanding their legal obligations under the reportable conduct scheme. The three hour session for the School sector is scheduled for 14 September 2021.
Interested participants are asked to register for the webinar through Eventbrite. Following registration, you will receive a TEAMS link for the webinar. The Eventbrite link for Schools is as follows.
Dance Fever MultiSport- extension of free trial | Executive Officer Mark Pritchard
Due to demand our Corporate Partners Dance fever have extended their Multisport program free trial date. Please see the attached PDF for this generous offer
Sentral’s Support Enhancements | Executive Officer Mark Pritchard
Sentral have recently sent an email to all schools regarding the new enhancements to their support system. You can also view the podcast here.