– Robyn Evans Deputy President

It is timely to acknowledge the professional and outstanding work the Reference Group, Standing Committee and Working Party Chairpersons do as members of the NSWPPA Executive. At the Term 4 State Council Meeting I worked with the Chairpersons to celebrate the proactive and responsive actions they took with their team members to collaborate, engage, action and deliver high level responses to issues arising.

Chairpersons and their Executive Liaison will be presenting their 2020 plans at the Term 1 State Council Meeting that aligns with not only the NSWPPA Priorities but also the Department of Education State Plan 2018 – 2022. We want to explicitly plan for proactive actions and responding accordingly when ‘things’ land.

Membership of Reference Groups (RG)

Reference Group Chairpersons communicate arising vacancies on their Groups. In turn I contact the PPC Presidents in the Regional Area and they collaborate to decide who the most suitable candidate is from their PPC Contacts. This is done in Term 1 at the State Council Meeting ( during the year I contact PPC Presidents personally ). Presidents of Regional Areas will be informed early Term 1 about the vacancies. Their job is to contact the Contact Person in their PPC and ask if they are prepared to join the Reference Group. If they are, the PPC Presidents meet to discuss interested parties and the strongest candidate is selected. It is not a matter of replacing the current Reference Group member with the current Contact Person from the PPC the substantive member comes.

Membership of Standing Committees (SC) and Working Parties (WP)

This term we advertised for vacancies on Standing Committees via Expressions of Interest. Standing Committee members are appointed on a skill set that compliments and contributes to the membership. This term I was inundated with applications and the successful candidates will commence with the Standing Committee term 1 2020. Chairpersons of Standing Committees and the NSWPPA Executive collaborate, consider and determine the successful candidate when vacancies arise.

Join me in congratulating these colleagues:

Leadership Standing Committee: Peter Flannery, PSL and Jodie Paterson, Hastings PS
Rural Education Standing Committee: Brad Hunt, Rocky River PS and Michael Ostler, Parkes East PS

An eligibility list will been created for all Standing Committees and Working Parties for 2020 as vacancies arise and will be current for 12 months from vacancy filling.

Role of the Contact Person in your Primary Principal Council

This is a critical role in your PPC group. Please consider these roles when this is discussed at your PPC Meeting. The contact people will receive discussion and actions forward from term meetings. These reports are ALSO available on the PPA website for Presidents to take to their PPC meeting each term as well as made available for our member to access on the website. Contact people are also key in co-designing Issues Papers with Delegates and Presidents to raise with NSWPPA Executive about issues pertaining to individual PPC Areas.