Gee Week 6 already !!

We certainly hope everything has settled down, enrolments are healthy , all classes staffed as you’d like and there are no school community issues to worry you.
With a State election looming, there certainly has been a swathe of promises left, right & centre, and we have to be wary of politicians and their interest in visiting your school [see Murat’s email on Conventions especially during this time of “care taker government”].

Associate Professor Phil Riley’s report on his survey on Principal Health & Well-being was a major event last week. The longitudinal study over the last 9 years has shown little improvement in the lot of our primary principals and leaders across the nation. See a section later in this Newsletter.

The long awaited release of the Disabilities Strategy also occurred last week. In light of the absolute “drubbing” our schools & system received during the Upper House Inquiry, it was great to receive this “high level” statement, with more details to follow.

Our first State Council of the year is getting closer, March 13-14. We will have all Presidents and delegates to this Council as well as our chairpersons, observers & Executive. The occasion will be great if the Presidents have completed & returned the details of their 2019 executive, the 10 principals for the selection panel and their dates & venues for their PPC meetings. Everyone can tell if they have been updated if they scroll to their PPC executive list & if meeting dates are on the calendar.