PPA Priorities 2021-2022

The Executive have been working on our future priorities following significant input from all PPC Delegates and Chairpersons at our Term 4 State Council Meeting.
Whilst our association will continue to cover the whole field of issues in public education, the top seven issues identified in State Council were:

• Principal Wellbeing
• Student Wellbeing (Mental Health)
• Principal Classification

• Curriculum
• Staffing Entitlemet
• Disability Support
• Leadership

We will continue to pull our priorities together whilst continuing to have a positive impact on each and every area of education through our vision of SUPPORT, EMPOWER, ADVOCATE and LEAD.

Curriculum Review

The Parliamentary Inquiry into the curriculum review has concluded with the NSWPPA providing written advice, giving evidence in Parliamentary hearings, and answering supplementary questions.

Many thanks to Norma Petrocco for her outstanding work throughout this process.
We will continue to work with NESA and the Department on the curriculum reform at every possible opportunity.

The full transcripts of the parliamentary inquiry hearings are found in the link below:
NSWPPA and NSWDoE hearings were on the 4th November 2020.

Professor Geoff Masters hearing was on 30th November 2020.

Principal Wellbeing

We all deserve badge “I survived 2020”.

Congratulations to everyone for leading your school communities and teams through the most extraordinary year.

Your passion, courage, commitment, dedication, support, empathy and overarching leadership and management skills have held public education, and to a large degree the social fabric of our communities together.

Life Saving 101 – Put up your hand and ask for help early

Our Principal Support Officers, Wendy Buckley, Geoff Scott and Phil Seymour have provided outstanding support for our colleagues facing the most challenging situations in their schools.

As we move into 2021 their strongest advice is to seek support and advice from colleagues early.

The most effective Principals are the ones who have strong collegial networks in their PPCs and are leveraging them to the full extent and seek support early when it all hits the fan.

“Principals don’t have a resilience problem, they have a RECOVERY” problem” (Dr Adam Fraser – Flourish Research)

We ALL must practice self-care in order to be able to lead our schools effectively for long term.

The NSWPPA sessions on self-care and recovery strategies have PROVEN to be highly effective for those who make it a priority, a “Big Rock”.

We ALL must take a significant break over the Christmas holidays to relax, recharge and recover physically, mentally and emotionally. Please take the time to do whatever you need to do for yourself to make that happen.