How can I help?

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    Coach and Mentor

    ·       GROWTH Coach Accredited

    ·       Solution-focused coach

    ·       Instructional Coach

    ·       Individual coaching

    ·       Team coaching

    ·       Mentoring

    ·       Leadership development

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    Consultant

    ·      Culture building

    ·      Leadership planning

    ·      Personal development

    ·      Career planning

    ·      School improvement

    ·      Strategic planning

    ·      Recruitment

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    Facilitator

    ·       Professional learning

    ·       Professional learning teams

    ·       Leadership forums

    ·       Network meetings

    ·       Play-based learning

    ·       Inquiry-based learning

Coaching and mentoring credentials

  • GROWTH Coaching accredited Executive Coach

  • Solution-focused coaching Masterclass

  • 5-day Instructional Coaching Institute with Jim Knight

  • Presented at the Coaching in Education Conference on building a coaching culture and way of being in schools

  • Mentoring Matters – Phil Riley – Deakin University

School Leadership

In my 45 years in education, I have spent 30 years in leadership roles with 25 of those years as a Principal.

  • 10 years as Principal of Tyabb Primary School on the Mornington Peninsula

  • Opened a new school, Lyndhurst Primary School, in the south-eastern growth corridor of Melbourne and spent 14 years there

  • Assistant Principal roles

  • Curriculum Leader

  • Principal in a Public/Private Partnership school.

System Leadership

I have provided extensive system leadership with experience as a Regional Network Leader across two networks, many years serving on Network Executives and as Network Chair across three principal networks.

  • Seconded to the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership as a Principal in Residence in the Leadership Excellence Division

  • Worked mainly in the Middle Leaders Team and also provided advice, support and expertise across the Academy’s professional learning platform.

  • Refreshed, contemporised and reinvigorated the Inspire Local Leader program, for emerging leaders run by local Principal Facilitator.

  • Rewrote the Principal facilitator training program then recruited and trained facilitators.

  • Member of the Victorian Early Years Foundation committee over many years.

  • The VEYF team responsible for the movement of early childhood to the education sector in Victoria.

  • VEYF brought significant leadership to the Victorian early childhood sector

  • Provided advocacy, support and learning for early childhood practitioners

  • Key organiser of annual conferences for early childhood and school practitioners.

  • Involvement in government advisory groups such as the SRP Expert Principals group, the Recruitment Online advisory group, and the Parent Payments Reference Group.

Professional Leadership

I am deeply committed to the principalship as a vocation and to the development and well-being of my principal colleagues. Throughout my career, I have valued my connection with my colleagues in a range of roles.

  • I am Life Member of the Victorian Principals Association

  • VPA Deputy President

  • VPA Board Member and Councillor over a 20-year period

  • Council Member: Australian Government Primary Principals Association (AGPPA)

  • Mentor, coach and professional guide for countless educators and leaders

Community Leadership

  • In 2007, I completed the year-long Williamson Community Leadership Program, becoming a Williamson Fellow.

  • Served on the Council of the Leadership Victoria Alumni Association.

  • Vice President of Menzies Caring for Kids, a community-based philanthropic organisation providing services such as our Paediatric Outreach to Schools program.