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1 New South Wales Secondary Deputy Principals Association Inc. Website: Newsletter: Term 3/2014 Issued: 21 st July 2014 THE NSW SECONDARY DEPUTY PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: PRESIDENT S REPORT In the month before our State Conference, there are many developments occurring in our association. In terms of advocacy, our executive has had meetings with the Minister, who has sought our opinion on management of behaviour. This has been a welcome development for our association, and I hope that this continues. I also have been in closer contact with the SPC, which has led to more involvement in advocating for Deputy Principals through this body. The fact that the conference is closed due to the enormous response in registration shows what an excellent product has been developed by conference teams over the years. I thank these teams for the provision of outstanding professional learning as well as a memorable experience for our association members as a close and proactive network. The development of our two new awards add opportunity for individuals to further their work in schools. In addition to the Academy Fellowship, the Evelyn Hazzard Foundation awards and grants will be advertised this evening. These are incredible opportunities to learn and grow. Contributions from our corporate partner and the family of Evelyn Hazzard need to be honored. I look forward to reading submitted applications from individual members who will further their learning with the financial support on offer. I have extended the date to August 1 in order for applications to be considered and submitted. (NB: application forms are attached to this ). At State Conference there will be a new corporate partner announced with the Teachers Mutual Bank coming on board to support Deputy Principals when in crisis, to support rural and remote Deputy Principals, and to assist our Welfare Officer in his work. This is a really exciting opportunity for our association, and I look forward to making this relationship official at Wollongong. Also, there have been strong developments in our Website, which should be announced at Conference so one to watch for us all.

2 I look forward to seeing familiar faces at Conference. Every time I attend conference I am reminded of how worthwhile and supportive our Deputy Principal colleagues are. It really is an association of tremendous collegiality and professionalism, and I am absolutely proud to be a part of it. Jenny Parrett President VICE PRESIDENT S REPORT - DP Welfare The end of second term is perhaps the most difficult few weeks of the year given the nature of the reporting season. I hope that all of you had a great break and that you are looking forward to the 2014 State Conference in 6 weeks time. The Illawarra South East organising committee are excited about the conference they have put together. One keynote and a number of workshops specifically target well-being issues identified in the most recent DP Welfare Survey and, of course, the networking and socialising opportunities afforded by the conference provide that annual recharge of the batteries so valued by all of us. Of particular interest for many is likely to be the financial management workshop to be presented by Steve Barnett as this area was identified as the one causing most concern to DP s, while the keynote by Jono Nicholas (CEO of the Inspire Foundation) and workshop by Sarah Jackson (who manages Reachout.com for the Inspire Foundation) directly address student well-being issues. Paul Hurley, presenter of the mindfulness workshop mentioned in the newsletter, has significantly revised and updated his presentation to focus specifically on staff and DP welfare. While the workshop retains an overview of the proactive student program enacted at his school, Paul is passionate and excited about his new workshop and the benefits mindfulness practice can bring for teaching and executive staff. Most of the other workshops provide at least some practical information and strategies that will assist DP s in their day-to-day work and, therefore, enhance their overall well-being. It is particularly pleasing that a significant number of the workshops will be presented by current and former DP s from the ISER region. The upcoming state conference will be the last for Barry Lovegrove, our highly respected Welfare Officer, as he is retiring from the position he has filled so admirably. Many of our members have benefitted from his wise counsel, empathetic support and advocacy on their behalf. Steve Barnett, who is retiring from teaching at the end of the year, will take over from Barry. They are big shoes to fill. If you get a chance at Conference say thanks to Barry. Thanks Barry. Ian Walker Vice President (Welfare)

3 WELFARE OFFICER S REPORT Welcome back for the winter term of Here s hoping the holidays enabled you to demonstrate to yourself that you still possess all the sporting and cultural skills you developed in your younger years. On the 24 th June, Scott Leavers and I attended a very moving memorial service for the late Anthony Fazzolari, former Deputy Principal at Davidson High School. It was conducted in the School Auditorium and the high esteem in which Anthony was held was obvious by the tributes and the large number of colleagues and students in attendance. A sad loss indeed. During the last week of Term 2, St Clare High School in Western Sydney was largely destroyed by a devastating fire in the early hours of the morning. I have been in touch with Sally Smithard, Deputy Principal, whom with the Principal and many members of the executive and staff have spent much of their holidays overseeing the locating of more than 30 demountables, in order to be ready for the commencement of Term 3.Spare a thought for them as they manage a very difficult task for the start of week 1. I will be taking leave from August 1st 25 th as my wife and I spend time visiting our son and his family overseas. Stephen Barnett will be taking my place during this period and his contact details are: School: Mobile: Stephen.j.barnett@det.nsw.edu.au I will be available at all other times for contact on any issue at all. My contact details are: Phone: Mobile: barry.lovegrove1@det.nsw.edu.au OR bjlove@zeta.org.au Barry Lovegrove Welfare Officer

4 EXECUTIVE OFFICER S REPORT Newly Appointed Deputy Principals since last Newsletter Executive Director Principal Network Region School Code School Name Position Level Surname First Name Date Commenced Previous School Name Tamworth & Coffs harbour Lake Macquarie West Hunter/Central Coast 8411 West Wallsend High DPH Keevill Anthony 28/04/2014 George Anderson Walpole SSP PP5 Tamworth & Coffs harbour Hunter Hunter/Central Coast 8108 Cessnock High DPH Macdonald Hayley 07/04/2014 Glendale Technology High HED Tamworth & Coffs harbour Lake Macquarie East Hunter/Central Coast 8203 Belmont High DPH Spinks Michele 28/04/2014 Wadalba Community HED Tamworth & Coffs harbour Newcastle Hunter/Central Coast 8509 Newcastle High H Towney Nathan 14/07/2014 Wadalba Community DPH Tamworth & Coffs harbour Hunter Hunter/Central Coast 8202 Singleton High H Yates Glenn 14/07/2014 Northlakes High DPH Dubbo & Wagga Wagga Wollongong Illawarra and South East 8586 Albion Park High DPH Ridgway Paul 07/04/2014 Albion Park High HED Tamworth & Coffs harbour Tamworth New England 7305 Manilla Central DPH Ferguson Rachael 05/05/2014 Manilla Central HED Tamworth & Coffs harbour Mid North Coast North Coast 1336 Bowraville Central DPH Argent Kerri 28/04/2014 Bowraville Central HED Tamworth & Coffs harbour Tweed North Coast 8579 Kingscliff High H Cowell Barry 20/06/2014 Kingscliff High HED Tamworth & Coffs harbour Lismore North Coast 1886 Evans River Community DPH Hart Jennifer 28/04/2014 Evans River Community HED Macquarie Park Hornsby Northern Sydney 8211 Normanhurst Boys High H Abas Frank 11/08/2014 Granville Boys High HED Macquarie Park North Sydney Northern Sydney 8326 Mosman High DPH Longley Colette 9/05/2014 Dubbo & Wagga Wagga Griffith Riverina 8470 Wade High DPH Brain Johanna 28/04/2014 Wade High HED Ultimo Fairfield South Western Sydney 8550 Fairfield High DPH Conray Amanda 28/04/2014 Fairfield High HED Ultimo Fairfield South Western Sydney 8393 Canley Vale High DPH Dohnal Bamato 28/04/2014 Picton High HED Ultimo Campbelltown South Western Sydney 8493 Airds High H Fuller Julie 14/07/2014 Airds High HED Ultimo Macarthur South Western Sydney 8286 Mount Annan High DPH Harris Kristie 28/04/2014 Mount Annan High HED Ultimo Bankstown South Western Sydney 8269 Chester Hill High DPH Mateus Christina 28/04/2014 Chester Hill High HED Ultimo Fairfield South Western Sydney 8531 St Johns Park High DPH Moisidis Steven 28/04/2014 St Johns Park High HED Ultimo Fairfield South Western Sydney 8456 Fairvale High DPH Newby Victor 28/04/2014 Moorebank High HED Ultimo Glenfield South Western Sydney 8553 Macquarie Fields High DPH Perrett Justin 28/04/2014 Macquarie Fields High HED Ultimo Marrickville Sydney 8504 Fort Street High DPH Di Stefano Karen 01/05/2014 Asquith Girls High DPH Ultimo Port Jackson Sydney 8138 Sydney Girls High DPH Harrison Gregg 28/04/2014 Sydney Girls High HED Dubbo & Wagga Wagga Bathurst Western NSW 8125 Lithgow High H Adams William 27/01/2015 Orange High DPH Dubbo & Wagga Wagga Orange Western NSW 8518 Canowindra High DPH Ball Darryl 28/04/2014 Queanbeyan High HED Macquarie Park Parramatta Western Sydney 8500 Girraween High DPH Burgess Eloise 05/05/2014 St Marys Senior High HED Macquarie Park Hawkesbury Western Sydney 8178 Richmond High DPH Gordon Philip 28/04/2014 Plumpton High HED Macquarie Park Blue Mountains Western Sydney 8383 Nepean CPA High DPH Knowles Matthew 28/04/2014 Gilgandra High DPH Macquarie Park Holroyd Western Sydney 8385 Greystanes High H Panagiotakis Thomas 06/10/2014 Macquarie Fields High HED Macquarie Park Parramatta Western Sydney 8892 Arthur Phillip High H Pinzin Serena 06/06/2014 Arthur Phillip High HED Macquarie Park The Hills Western Sydney 8499 Model Farms High DPH Pledger Jennifer 28/04/2014 Model Farms High HED Previous Position Level Regional Convenors/Delegates

5 NB: These are current at time of printing. Please make contact with these Deputies within your region for: Regional and local Association Meeting dates and agendas. Professional support on a local level. Involvement in the Deputy Principals Professional Association both at State and Local levels. Western Sydney Elena Marinis at Mitchell High School, Warren Groth at Crestwood High School, David Calleja (Convenor) at The Hills Sports High School and Kylie Adams at Riverstone High School. South Western Sydney Belinda Guidice (Co-Convenor) at Merrylands High School, Melinda Sussman at Picton High School, Catherine Duncan at Liverpool Girls High School, Julie Grimshaw at Beverley Hills High School, Jason Conroy at Prariewood High School and Donna McLaren (Co-Convenor) at Camden High School. Sydney Catherine Pearse at Heathcote High School, Kathie Power ( Convenor) at Cleveland Street High School, Chantelle Phair at Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus and Karyn O Brien at Burwood Girls High School. Northern Sydney Margaret Paczkowski at Marsden High School, Jane Dean at The Forest High School and Jeanmaree Sexton at Hornsby Girls High School and Scott Leavers (Convenor) at Willoughby Girls High School. Hunter/Central Coast Peter Conroy at Mount view High School, Mark Dehn (Co-Convenor) at Lake Munmorah High School, Neil Best (Co-Convenor) at Warners Bay High School, Tracey Breese at Cooks Hill Campus and Leah Watts at Lake Munmorah High School. Riverina Fiona-Jane Jackson at Tumbarumba High School, Richard Schell (Convenor) at Murray High School and Travis Payne of Wade High School. Western NSW Jenny Stirling (Convenor) at Denison College Bathurst High Campus, Mick McLeod at Coolah Central School and Shane Carter at Cobar High School. New England Dale Rands (Convenor) at Tamworth High School, Wayne Fowke at Inverell High School and Peter Willis at Tenterfield High School. North Coast Nicole Gough at Wauchope High School, John Douglas at Ballina High School, Brad Germon at Great Lakes College Forster Campus Donna Pearson at Byron Bay High School, and Robert Perl (Convenor) at South Grafton High School.

6 Illawarra/South East Jenni Raison at Warilla High School, Doug Hearne (Co-Convenor) at Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Ian Walker (Co-Convenor) at Smith Hill High School, Kim O Sullivan at Kanahooka High School, and David Deitz at Figtree High School. NB: If you wish to have any of our fellow colleagues achievements recognised in our next newsletters please send details to colekert@hotmail.com or phone or My Contact details are: Home: or Mobile: colekert@hotmail.com or colin.ekert@det.nsw.edu.au Colin Ekert Executive Officer NSW Secondary Deputy Principal s Association - Annual Conference Novotel Northbeach - August 27-29, 2014 Organisation for this year s conference continues with the pace picking up. A very committed team of Deputy Principals from the Illawarra and South Coast network are working to deliver a relevant and enjoyable conference to those who attend in August. Program: the conference program is taking shape. The four keynote speakers have been confirmed. It is an exciting and highly relevant keynote team who will speak on contemporary issues impacting on the work of Deputy Principals across the state.

7 Dame Pat Collarbone (UK) Dame Pat is an internationally recognised educational leader from the United Kingdom. Recently she has been involved in the design and development of the National Standard for School Principals in Australia. Pat is the author of several books including Understanding Systems Leadership: Securing Excellence and Equity in Education, co-authored with John West-Burnham and Creating Tomorrow: Planning, Developing and Sustaining Change in Education and Other Public Services. Professor Jenny Gore (University of Newcastle) Professor Jenny Gore's research interests have consistently focused on the quality of teaching and learning, teacher socialisation, alternative pedagogy, power relations in teaching, reform in teacher education and pedagogical reform. Jenny was a member of the research team that generated the concept of Productive Pedagogy and, with Associate Professor James Ladwig, was co-author of the NSW model of pedagogy known as Quality Teaching. Jono Nicholas (CEO ReachOut.com by Inspire Foundation) Jane Caro (Media Personality and Social Commentator) A relevant workshop program is also being finalised. It is planned for as many workshops as possible to be repeated to maximise attendance at workshops of choice. Topics will include: Continuing the conversation with Pat Collarbone Continuing the conversation with Jenny Gore Higher levels of accreditation Leading BYOD school case study Three phases of the principalship AITSL update Things I have Learnt along the Way (as a DP) Promoting Mindfulness Inspire Foundation is the organisation behind the youth mental health service ReachOut.com. Jonathan has been CEO of Inspire Australia since 2010 having worked for the organisation since it was founded in He has an Honours degree in psychology and a Masters of Public Health. Much of his career has focused on understanding how technology can be used to improve the well-being of children and young people. Jonathan was the Founding CEO of Inspire Ireland Foundation and part of the development team that launched Inspire in the US. Jane Caro wears many hats; including author, novelist, lecturer, mentor, social commentator, columnist, workshop facilitator, speaker, broadcaster and award winning advertising writer. She has published four books including The Stupid Country: How Australia is Dismantling Public Education co-authored with Chris Bonnor (New South 2007) and What Makes a Good School? coauthored with Chris Bonnor (New South, 2012). She is also a regular panelist on the ABC s top-rating show on advertising The Gruen Transfer.

8 The mental health of young people - Reachout.com Safety and Security directorate update Legal Branch update Financial management BOSTES update Social Events: a fun and enjoyable social program is well advanced in its planning to maximise the networking of delegates. The Wednesday evening Welcome Reception will be held on the outdoor deck at the Novotel. It will have a pink theme in memory of Evelyn Hazzard. Entertainment will be provided by a two piece band. On Thursday evening the Conference Dinner will be held at the University of Wollongong. Shuttle buses will be provided from both the Novotel Northbeach and Chifley Hotels to transport delegates to and from the dinner. A seven piece band has been booked to get feet moving on the dance floor along with a performance by a local circus troupe Circus Monoxide. Trade Display: A full range of trade exhibitors is being contracted to be in attendance to promote their products. As always there will be much interest in the products on offer. The Sponsors Reception will be held on Wednesday evening immediately prior to the Welcome Reception. This will provide an opportunity for delegates to make initial contact with trade exhibitors attending the conference. Doug Hearne Wollongong HS of the Performing Arts (for the organising committee) REGIONAL ASSOCIATION REPORTS Hunter/Central Coast Report DELEGATE INFORMATION MEETING DETAILS Acknowledgements completed at each meeting, currently have a number of Relieving DPs. LOCATION: Warners Bay DATE: Thursday 22 nd May SESSIONS: 1) Navigating An A-Z Directory 2) Working with the new School Planning approach, including samples and advice from trial schools, Moss Vale HS and Kellyville HS. Discussion included a Guskie style thinking strategy on what data we could / would collect and when this would be done. This very important in completing the bi termly milestones. The plan must be owned by everyone, it should only have 3 / 5 strategic directions. 3) General discussion points: Mentor training in Term 3 Having a DP level to match the Principals Standards Cooks Hill Campus Update Legality of a 17-y-o, not living at home, signing out, changing subjects, OK Student accessing the whole school network, don t recycle passwords, ipads in class do not hide text, be careful.

9 PRESENTERS Belinda Giudice and Amika Prasad (DPs at Merrylands HS) Gerry McCloughan (High Performance Unit) FOCUS AREAS FOR THE NETWORK PLANS FOR NEXT MEETINGS LOCATION: TBA DATE: Thursday 7 th August THEME: TBA North Sydney Report CONVENOR: SCOTT LEAVERS STATE DELEGATES: JEANMAREE SEXTON, JANE DEAN, MARGARET PACSZKOWSKI DELEGATE INFORMATION MEETING DETAILS PRESENTERS FOCUS AREAS FOR THE NETWORK PLANS FOR NEXT MEETINGS Newly appointed and Relieving Deputy principals welcomed and introduced. All delegates register, sign on and collect relevant resource materials. LOCATION: North Sydney Boys High School DATE: Friday 30 May THEME: LMBR, BYOD, Student welfare (anxiety, depression and resilience. Various Deputy Principals form across the region, shared resources and led the discussions in the three areas. Surveyed at the Term 4 meeting each year. LOCATION: Cheltenham Girls High School DATE: Friday 15 August THEME: not yet decided Western NSW Report DELEGATE INFORMATION MEETING DETAILS Western NSW DP Meeting WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS, ACKNOWLEDGING RELIEVING MEMBERS AND LEAVING MEMBERS LOCATION Narromine High School DATE 29 th th May - 30 THEME - Wellbeing PRESENTERS Michael Sloan Relieving Principal Narromine tips for new/relieving principals. Shane Carter DP Cobar new school planning model Maryanne Vorreiter Mindmatters A lady who delivered a Zumba class EVALUATION ON PRESENTERS All good

10 FOCUS AREAS FOR THE NETWORK PLANS FOR NEXT MEETINGS LOCATION Coolah Central School DATE Term 4 THEME Yet to be decided ARTICLES AND TIPS FROM OUR COLLEAGUES NSW VET in School Reference Group Report to NSW Secondary Deputy Principal State Congress 13 June 2014 Kirrily Harvey and I represent the NSW Secondary Deputy Principals Association on the NSW VET in Schools reference group We ve met on two occasions: 13 th March 2014 and 22 nd May Agenda Items Terms of Reference established - attached State of VET in Australian schools Assistant Minister for Education stressing greater links with industry and training providers data of VETiS attached. RTO re-registration & ASQA audits Ultimo & Macquarie Park RTOs internal review (request spot checks at any time), Tamworth RTO audits on site (early T4) and Wagga Wagga RTO still to be processed. 415 school delivery sites & 46 qualifications being delivered. Ensuring consistency is a priority. Schools at risk of non-compliance are receiving additional support. VET Curriculum update the status of Construction teacher training discussed & an extension of time given for teachers to update their training. Work Placement update BoSTES undertaking a Work Placement review. Each year around 20,000 NSW employers provide more than 50,000 work placement opportunities for some 2 million hours of structured work placement for students. Difficulty with accessing work placements, especially in rural areas. 100pt check for an onsite accommodation work placement. Work Placement Service providers A model for co-ordination being explored. In 2013, $8,000,000 was allocated to work placement coordination in NSW Rural Skills Project update Rural Skills Australia has developed an online learning platform to support the delivery and assessment of qualifications in the training package AHC10. This webbased learning management system is available to RTOs 20 schools on the pilot. Teacher Training update Construction, IT and Retail Of Note All VET teachers are encouraged to register and use DEC Quality management System (QMS). QMS one source of truth & safe storage. User levels introduced into QMS Principal, VET Coordinator and teacher. Updated Industry Curriculum Information Guides for all VETiS Curriculum Framework Courses are available on QMS. The Hospitality transition document instructions on the new qualifications, units of competency and transition timeframe will be/is on QMS.

11 User guide and QMS FAQs developed. Authority to Run (ATR) will change to Authority to Deliver (ATD) in Planning to build into HSC monitoring. Revision of the Entertainment ICF is in progress. Change in wording from use to operate may need to upgrade equipment. Letter to NSW Teachers Federation attached 2015 funding model for SBATs will be revised with the introduction of Smart & Skilled. Senior Pathways officers have been working with the WorkCover Authority NSW in relation to creating flexibility within the Conditions for RTOs delivering the general construction induction training. Practical / VET class size advice issued attached. Kirrily and I are happy to have further discussions with you on any of the points above or to raise any matters or concerns that you may have in relation to VET deliver. Julie Grimshaw Contact details: Julie Grimshaw Beverly Hills Girls High School. Kirrily Harvey Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy Campus.

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