The Keys to Leadership - Knowing yourself: Knowing others

A Conference for Assistant Principals and Deputy Principals

Date: Monday 20 September 2010
Time: 8.30am – 4.00pm
Place: Education Development Centre, Milner Street, Hindmarsh

"Effective educational leaders understand the nature of power and change and know that the quality of the relationships they have with others is crucial to their ability to influence and achieve desired outcomes." (DECS Leaders Learning Framework)

This conference will explore a range of personal qualities that shape our ability to lead and influence others.

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A School Leaders Conversation was held at the ‘Crows’ facility on Wednesday 31st March, 2010. The CE, Deputy CEs, Regional Leaders and principals met to discuss a range of current educational issues. The format of the agenda provided participants with extended time to engage in discussion of these issues and to explore them in depth and from a variety of perspectives. Initially, groups were asked to identify five current educational issues in priority order. The top two of these provided the focus for further discussion during an afternoon session.

Three major issues provided the focus for the morning. These were National Curriculum – South Australian implementation strategies, Leadership – retention and attraction of leaders, and School Performance – in addition to NAPLAN data what else could we use as an indicator of School Performance?

The afternoon had groups focusing on Supporting Students with Disabilities, Aboriginal Students – reducing the gap, Staffing – selection, and Managing Complexity.

The day finished with groups answering the question, ‘What they would do if they were the CE for the day?’ Action Statements were written from this activity. This report provides an executive summary. Click here to download the report in pdf format.