Time is fleeting past so quickly – just so hard to believe that we are wrapping up Term 1 already but lots have certainly happened to fill in that time.

Working closely with the SPC, many of our colleagues have been heavily involved in giving robust feedback on some of the activities/initiatives such as the SBAR, HR salary tool, EfPT, Sick & FACS system, and Delivery Unit to name a few. We are being listened to as the DoE tries to improve the systems for us in our schools.

The long awaited “Striving for Excellence” document that has reviewed the operations of our Educational Services Division has just been released and there are no real surprises. Many of the recommendations have already been started on as projects.

We look forward to working closely with the Transformation team in Ed Services to deliver improved services for schools & we realise that it will take some time to deliver.

We should all have noticed in SchoolBiz an EOI for any of us to have a meeting with Assets, as part of the Review of Assets. Many of us have been complaining about some of the timing, the costing, the red tape, maintenance issues etc….so now is your chance to tell your story with recommendations on how we can improve the system. CEO Anthony Manning is genuine in wanting to know what has been happening & how we can improve the processes & procedures.

The School Leadership Institute has met recently and I’ll get our representative, Graeme Ross to make regular updates in this newsletter so we know what has been going on.

After the holidays we move into a brave new world with the re-structure of our Operational Directorates, additional DELs and hopefully a stronger focus on leadership development & support. Several of our colleagues have stepped into the role and we would expect a great deal of understanding of the current plight of our principals & workload issues in their interactions with colleagues.

On the issue of new DoE networks, just a reminder….the PPA will not be changing our organisation & we expect all members to remain in their current PPCs. Please note a paragraph later in this newsletter re changing PPCs.

I’m off to Singapore for the 1st week of the holidays visiting schools with LEAP. For everyone else, please enjoy the break, rest, look after yourselves and “smell the roses”.