Building leadership effectiveness in 2022

The NSWPPA  will continue to offer a range of professional learning programs for Principals and school leaders throughout 2022. The leadership programs offered by the NSWPPA have been outstanding in their ability to enhance the capacity of school leaders across our schools. We continue to offer a mix of face to face and online programs.

The following programs are now open for registrations and course information flyers and links are included below.

What’s new

Measuring what we value

A Masterclass with Professor Jim Tognolini

Audience: Principals, school executive

Delivery: This program is delivered over 5 x 2 hour sessions

(2.00-4.00pm) across Semester 1, enabling you to link this learning to your school’s assessment and reporting cycle.

Session Dates: Thursday 3 March, Thursday 24 March, Thursday 5 May, Thursday 2 June, Thursday 23 June

School improvement requires evidence of impact on factors that schools think are important in terms of their school plan. The right data, in the right format, used the right way, empowers everyone with the information they need to make decisions and take actions that lead to improved student outcomes, a requirement for school improvement.

This program is designed to support school leaders to:

•  build knowledge and skills in assessment and data literacy;
•  foster confidence to measure what we value, beyond external assessment protocols; and
•  enhance school leader capacity to develop and apply assessment strategies that reflect research and enable effective evidence informed decision making.

Founded on the Australian Professional Standard for Principals and focused on learning excellence for students, teachers and school leaders.

Audience: Principals, experienced APs and DPs, school leadership teams

Expressions of interest are currently being taken for this key leadership development program. In its ninth year this program has contributed significantly to building key leadership competencies for Principals and experienced executive.

The Principal Credential provides a substantial pathway of learning for school leadership. This program enables leaders to focus their influence and their learning on the core business of teaching and learning to have the greatest influence on student learning outcomes. Within the program, formal learning is provided through a series of seminars that enable access to international best practice, educational research and thinking. The program also includes facilitated collegial learning and focused individual learning with an experienced principal coach. Successful participants will receive a pathway for 50% of a Masters of Educational Leadership at Wollongong University.

Information and an expression of interest for the next program for 2022 is available through the information flyer.

Lone Leaders: 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 Leaders 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 2: High-impact school leadership in rural and remote schools
(Associate Professor Scott Eacott, University of NSW)

Date: February 25, 10.30am (ADST) / February 24, 7.30pm (Canada)

The sessions will take place in October 2021, February 2022 and April 2022 for individuals who lead in rural and remote schools. During each session, you will hear from an expert on leadership in rural and 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. An information flyer with program registration details is attached.

If you have already registered and participated in Session 1 there is no need to register again. New participants wanting to join the remaining sessions simply follow the registration links in the flyer.

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Audience: Principals, school executive

Delivered online and face to face.
No matter how competent a person is, he or she will not have sustained and lasting success unless they are able to effectively lead themselves, influence, engage and collaborate with others, and continually improve and renew their capabilities. These elements are at the heart of personal, team, and organisational effectiveness. The 7 Habits will enable you to intentionally align values, behaviours, norms and systems toward a central strategy where culture becomes a force to drive results. You will learn how to grasp the 7 Habits as a powerful tool for creating a great culture and model and reinforce the 7 Habits to create an operating system for effectiveness in your teams and school.

Leading at the Speed of Trust

Audience: Principals, school executive

Delivered online and face to face.
When trust is low, suspicion is high, and communication is guarded. With high trust, communication, creativity, and engagement improve. Trust is one of the most important aspects in today’s school environment and like any other discipline, creating trust is a learnable skill. With increased trust our attention is redirected towards improving student learning outcomes. Leading at the Speed of Trust will provide the mindset, skillset, and toolset that will measurably increase a participant’s ability to deliver results in a way that inspires trust.

Art of Leadership

Audience: Principals, school executive

Places available only in the Wollongong program.

The Art of Leadership Masterclass

This program is fully subscribed for 2022.

Please Note: Program invoices

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For more information please contact:

Margaret Charlton

Professional Learning Officer
Mob: 0408 905 051
mcharlton@nswppa.org.au