8.45 am-9.00 am

Check-in/Registration

9.00 am-10.45 am

Welcome & Introductions (15 mins)

• Welcome by Coomera Anglican Principal Patrick Innes-Hill
• Acknowledgement of Country-Coomera Anglican Student or Staff representative.
• Janelle Anderson (AHISA Aspirant Co-ordinator) -New member introductions

Session 1 – Guest presentations (20 minutes each)

Each presenter will introduce themselves and share aspects of their educational journey through spaces, places and time. They will then follow with responses to the following questions.

Adele and Mark

• What do you feel has been most positive to date in your Principal role?
• A surprise about something in the role
• A significant Challenge you have already faced in the role.
• What might you do differently if you could start again?
• What gave you the best preparation from your previous experiences?

Linda and Geoff

• What do you feel most proud of in your career?
• What were some significant changes that impacted on the nature of work and school management that you had to respond to over your lengthy careers?
• If you had your time again what is one thing you would change about a decision or something you implemented.
• Which structural staffing change made the most impact for you as a leader?
• What have you missed most about Principalship since retiring?
• Which area of leadership was most challenging for you?

Conclude with Questions from Adele and Mark to Linda and Geoff

10.45 am -11.15 am

Morning Tea

11.15 am – 12.45pm

 Session 2: - Panel discussion

1) Questions from Aspirants – these will be collected with registrations and distributed in advance of the event with suggested respondents. Please add your questions during registration.

2) Additional questions will be provided by Janelle or other Guests to each other to use any available time at the end.

12.45pm -1.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 pm-2.30 pm

 Session 3: Challenges led and supported by our Guest presenters.

 Discuss, plan and share. Aspirants are to indicate 2 preferences for this last session of the day. Preference 1 will be your preferred option.

1. Geoff- Who’s in Your Corner as a Future Principal?
   Making Sense of Coaching, Mentoring & Reflective Support
2. Linda- Parent Engagement: Parents in partnership, in conflict, invisible? What does research and practice tell us about the impact of parents positively engaged with their child's learning? What does it feel like to lead a school in partnership with these fundamentally influential stakeholders? Tweaking practice can reap huge rewards for all and particularly for bettering student outcomes.
3. Mark- How do you retain the vision and culture in a growing school, honoring the past, maybe debunking some myths and making the way for the next season of the School?
4. Adele-How do Faith-based Principal’s navigate contemporary social issues (or ‘wicked problems’) in an increasingly secularised world?

2.30 pm-2.45pm

Event Close, feedback and acknowledgements