Today the Australian Catholic University’s (ACU) latest national report, which surveys thousands of school leaders across the country, confirms that principal wellbeing is at crisis levels, with unrelenting workloads, mental health challenges, and increasing instances of aggressive parent and community behaviour making the role unsustainable.
For the first time in 14 years I am not delivering my end of year oration. Here is my 2023 Presentation Night Speech for my school. Revisiting this speech brings wonderful reflections. I share this with you.
As the content of the HSC exams fade. What remains in you are the skills, the knowing, the way you approach learning, the way you are with people and your attitude to life. This will be your future…
I just wanted to work with the kids in my classes to help them ‘Imagine a better future view of themselves’, I believed that my job was to bring to them a confidence in their ability as learners, and self-belief in their future best-selves!
People don’t talk about the soul very much anymore. It’s so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit.
Today, students see every day how hard teachers work, it is a challenging, complex and demanding role, not for the faint hearted. They look into the eyes of their teachers.
Cool, clear and ‘collaborative’ we take the journey through Roma Ruins… the monarchy, republica!, early empire and the empire state…
My final day at the office as Deputy Principal.ouch!
Last day of school, cancelled Evacuation Drill and that was no Joke. Edmodo, micro-blogging platform taking shape for collaboration.
Back to work, student engagement and student/parent interviews, back to the core business of learning.
Ocean_Principal-Leading Beyond the Swell