A Gold Coast high school principal who successfully sued parents for defamation after they called her an “evil, nasty, horrible woman” in social media posts has taken leave amid speculation about her future. Long-serving Tamborine Mountain State High principal Tracey ...
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NSW public school enrolments have dropped by more than 24,000 since the Covid-19 pandemic, as families opt to send their kids to non-government schools. New figures released last Tuesday show a year-on-year fall in government school enrolments for the fourth consecutive year in NSW. ...
More »Deputy and assistant principals to return to teaching
More than 4000 NSW teachers who left the classroom to take administrative roles such as assistant and deputy principal will have to return to the classroom. In one of the Minns government’s most significant school overhauls, the Coalition's Local Schools, ...
More »Qld principals oppose reforms giving students right to appeal suspensions
Hundreds of teachers and school principals have hit out against proposed Queensland laws that would grant parents and students the right to appeal against short-term suspensions in public schools, warning changes would dramatically increase workloads of burnt-out school leaders. Education reforms ...
More »One in two principals plan to quit, survey finds
Lack of time to focus on teaching and the the "sheer quantity of work" are among the top stressors driving one in two principals to seriously consider quitting their jobs, a damning survey has revealed. The Australian Catholic University’s Principal Occupational Health, ...
More »All high school principal’s associations unite
All state and territory secondary school principal associations are now affiliated with one peak body for the first time in a decade. The New South Wales Secondary Principals’ Council (NSWSPC) and the Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals (VASSP) will ...
More »Rural principal big on sustainability
A tiny school of three students in NSW has taken sustainability to the next level thanks to a young principal and a supportive community who came together after a statewide drought. "I wasn't always big on sustainability," Belltrees school principal ...
More »‘Frightening’: principals at risk of mental ill-health
School violence, heavy workloads, teacher shortages, stress and demanding parents have pushed principal wellbeing to the limit, with one in two school leaders at risk of severe mental health issues. According to ACU Australian principals' wellbeing 2022 survey released on ...
More »Further guidance needed to support new emerging school leaders
Some months ago, the NSW Premier announced a new targeted strategy for improving the education sector in NSW. The overarching goal is set to improve student outcomes by successfully transitioning more young people from education to the workforce. Unlike the ...
More »What school principals can learn from CEOs: Podcast
EducationReview · What principals can learn from CEOs: Podcast School principals are often characterised by their leadership abilities, educational excellence and ability to meet government requirements through reporting of a range of data. But, according to Eduinfluencers founder and managing ...
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