Teachers who are aspiring to or considering senior leadership should attend this conference. It is expected that participants will currently hold middle management positions in schools including HODs, Year Co-ordinators and Heads of House. This conference will focus on assisting these leaders to consider their next promotional step to Deputy Principal or Dean of Studies/Students level.
Please note: Registrations must be received no later than
3 February, 2017. However, to avoid disappointment,
it
is advisable to register early. Registration will be limited to a small number of participants only.
All participants are expected to commit fully to all sessions in the conference over the two days. Once registration
is finalised, participants will receive a survey on aspects of leadership and some suggested readings.
The all inclusive conference cost is $594 (including GST).
The conference in 2017 will be hosted at St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School, Corinda, Brisbane, with the conference Dinner on Saturday night at the Gambaro Hotel Brisbane.
Research into factors that impact on the leadership aspirations of women in teaching suggests that women are reluctant to put themselves forward for leadership positions unless identified and sponsored by others and encouraged to take part in leadership preparation programmes.
This conference aims to provide relevant training and preparatory experiences in leadership and to demystify the application and interview
process for female aspirant leaders.
As Principals and other senior leaders are often the most effective mentors and facilitators of leadership learning, this conference draws upon the experiences of practising leaders in schools. Its interactive workshop sessions focus on sharing experienced-based wisdom about effective leadership practice and, through stories, encourage reflection on leadership learning and preparation.
This conference programme is specifically designed to support women aspirant leaders and is aimed at women who wish to make the next step from Head of Department or Co-ordinator to Assistant Principal, Dean or Deputy Principal.
Look, you can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you?
- Peasant to King Arthur-Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Relevant leadership theory determined by the participants’ responses to a pre-conference survey (sent on registration) will be the focus of this session. Specifically, characteristics of effective leadership and the implications for female
leaders will be addressed.
Presenters:
Mrs Karen Spiller
Principal, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School and
Ms Ros Curtis
Principal, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
My grandfather once told me there were two kinds of people; those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to be in the first group. There is much less competition.
- Indira Gandhi
2a. Senior Leadership in Schools - Are you ready?
Principals will provide you with their views about what they
look for in the application for a senior leadership position.
They will offer insights into how to ensure success in
the interview process.
Panel members:
Mrs Catherine O'Kane
Principal, All Hallows School
Rev Chris Ivey
Principal, St Andrew's Anglican College
2b. Characteristics of my - Leadership Journey.
A panel of current Senior Leaders will provide a personal account of the nature of their leadership journey, sharing their wisdom and providing insight into the issues concerned with moving from middle management into senior management
Panel members:
Ms Karen Gorrie
Deputy Principal, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
Ms Cate Begbie
Dean of Students and Academic Welfare (7-9), St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School
It’s not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised; the mosquito is swatted.
- Marie O'Conner
A number of propositions about career ownership and management will be offered to participants in this session. Activities and attitudes which will assist in career management will be addressed.
Presenter:
Ms Janine Walker
Immediate Past Director of the Office of HRM and Adjunct Professor of
Management - Griffith University Business School.
Clothes can suggest, persuade, connote, insinuate, or indeed lie, and apply subtle pressure while their wearer is speaking frankly and straightforwardly of other matters.
- Anne Hollander
Dressing for success may appear to be a frivolous topic, but dressing now for the role you aspire to be in is like donning a costume - helping you to fulfil the requirements of the role and meet an expectation for the position. Dressing for the part often makes people feel more confident and, if it is true that perception is reality, like it or not, more credible.
Although this confidence may appear to be coming from an external source, that is, your appearance or clothing, it is really about drawing on your own confidence in your abilities and presenting those strengths and skills to the world.
Presenter:
Elizabeth Clarke
Fashion Sylist
Venue: Gambaro Hotel, Brisbane. 33 Caxton Street
Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without strategy.
- Gen. H Norman Schwarzkoff
Guest Speaker:
Mrs Leisa Harper
Principal, Fraser Coast Anglican College
Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
- Vincent Lombardi
The purpose of this session is to set the scene for taking
the next step. Possible strategies and the challenge
ahead will be discussed. An outline of the day will follow
where the group will be divided into two for participation
in concurrent sessions. In these sessions, all participants
will critically analyse their curriculum vitae, participate in
a mock interview and learn about the issues for transition
into leadership.
Presenters:
Mrs Karen Spiller
Principal, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School and
Ms Ros Curtis
Principal, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
A leader takes people where they want to go.
A great leader takes people where they don’t
necessarily want to go, but ought to be.’
- Rosalyn Carter
The focus of this session is on the issues of
• Governance, Financial Management
• Risk Management and Compliance
• Staff Management
• Industrial Relations Issues
• Marketing and Competitive Difference
Having knowledge and experience in these areas is
an important preparatory step for a senior leadership
position. In this session, participants will be provided with
an overview of these topics as well as some advice about
how to learn more about them.
Facilitators:
Mrs Karen Spiller
Principal, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School and
Ms Ros Curtis
Principal, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.
- Rosalyn Carter
Participants will be provided with the opportunity to consider their own experiences so far and how well they have prepared to meet their leadership aspirations. In this session, participants will have the opportunity to review actual role descriptions and key criteria for applications against their own Curriculum Vitae and to participate in mock interviews. As a result of the activities in this session, participants will be able to develop an Action Plan to assist them in fulfilling their leadership aspirations and to develop a plan for plugging the gaps in their curriculum vitae.
Facilitators:
Ms Samantha Bolton
Dean of Academics, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
Ms Nicole Devlin
Dean of Studies, St Margaret's Anglican Girls School
Mrs Angela Drysdale
Head of Primary, St Margaret's Anglican Girls School
Mrs Trudi Edwards
Assistant Head of Primary, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
Ms Karen Gorrie
Deputy Principal, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
Mrs Karen Madden
Dean of Innovation and Engagement, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School
Ms Wendy Lauman
Deputy Principal, St Hilda’s Anglican Girls’ School
Mrs Louise McGuire
Head of Junior School, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School
Mrs Toni Riordan
Deputy Principal, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School
Ms Nikki Townsend
Dean of Students, St Margaret's Anglican Girls School
Ms Janine Walker
Past Director of the Office of HRM and Adjunct Professor of
Management - Griffith University Business School and past
School Council Chair - All Hallows’ School and current
School Council Member - St Margaret's Anglican Girls School
Mrs Kim Wickham
Dean of Studies, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School
Leadership is not magnetic personality - that can just as well be a
glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people’ -
that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights,
the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard,
the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
- Peter Drucker
Participants will engage in a reflection process on their
professional and personal goals which will assist in the
pursuit of their leadership aspirations.
Facilitator:
Mrs Karen Spiller
Principal, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School