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In this episode, we chat with Rob French. Rob is the new Principal at Kilvington Grammar School and former Deputy Head of Camberwell Grammar School. In this episode, we cover his journey into Principalship, the background, the application and interview process, his process to get ready for the new role, and what he hopes to achieve in his first year in the role.... We hope you enjoy! To connect with Rob - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-french-74b0bb59 Edleaders is available on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts or on the link below. #leadership #education #schooleaders #edtech #innovation As always if you have questions, feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia a https://www.linkedin.com/company/edleadersaus where you can keep up to date with the latest. Please remember if you have a spare minute, please leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast play

In this episode, we chat with Wil Masara. Wil is the 19 year old founder of Youth Leadership Academy Australia. After starting his first business at 11, Wil is a Social Entrepreneur & Changemaker, who is committed to providing all young people access to skills that empower them to lead themselves, their schools and our communities.  To connect with Edleaders is available on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts or on the link below. #leadership #education #schooleaders #edtech #innovation  As always if you have questions, feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia a https://www.linkedin.com/company/edleadersaus where you can keep up to date with the latest.  Please remember if you have a spare minute, please leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player which will help us be discovered by more like-minded school leaders.  Yo

In this episode, we chat with Baden U'Ren. Baden has a long history with Bond University and currently the Entrepreneur in Residence at Somerset College. To connect with Edleaders is available on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts or on the link below. #leadership #education #schooleaders #edtech #innovation As always if you have questions, feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia a https://www.linkedin.com/company/edleadersaus where you can keep up to date with the latest. Please remember if you have a spare minute, please leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player which will help us be discovered by more like-minded school leaders. You can also connect with us personally at LinkedIn: **Luke Callier - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ljcallier/** **Mathew Irving - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathew-irving-b6b91430/** --- Send in a voice message:

In this Episode we chat with Cameron Fox - Founding Head of VERSO International School in Bangkok.  We talk about VERSO's origin story, their work with IDEO - one of the worlds leading design companies and the impact this had on everything else that's followed. Cameron and VERSO are on a mission to inspire other international schools to take the opportunity to dig deep into the needs of their communities and look for ways to ask big important questions about what they do and how they do it - in essence, to adopt a designer's mindset. Lots of schools have already embraced design-thinking in a variety of ways - but at VERSO it's simply part of their DNA - so there is an obligation to remain progressive in their thinking about the educational experience they offer and we discuss how this impacts everyday life, from marketing the school, to recruitment and their school structure. We hope you enjoy! To connect with Cameron - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-fox-a4034815/ and if you like this episode tag or

In this episode, we chat with Andrew Oberthur. Andrew is in his 20th year as a Principal and in 2022 will be leading St Columba' School in Brisbane. He's the author of the book 'Are you ready for primary school this year?' and is now an executive coach and speaker.  In this episode with Andrew we cover his great framework for interacting with parents, the importance of trust and the hidden emotional toll of managing difficult conversations in the work place and much much more... We hope you enjoy! To connect with Andrew - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-p-oberthur-7686b040 Edleaders is available on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts or on the link below. #leadership #education #schooleaders #edtech #innovation As always if you have questions, feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia a https://www.linkedin.com/company/edleadersaus where you can keep up to

In this episode, we chat with Lauren Sayer. Lauren is the current Executive Director Research and Innovation at Melbourne Girls Grammar and in this episode we cover tech in schools and its value without training, the value of experience outside of schools, innovation as an executive role, what there is to learn as a new executive member, the metaverse, micro-credentials and much much more... We hope you enjoy! To connect with Lauren - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-sayer-34637919/ Edleaders is available on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts or on the link below. #leadership #education #schooleaders #edtech #innovation As always if you have questions, feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia a https://www.linkedin.com/company/edleadersaus where you can keep up to date with the latest. Please remember if you have a spare minute, please leave us a review on iTun

In this episode, we chat with Dr. Gihan Jayaweera - GP and Founder of Atomic Wellness. We discuss why Dr. Gihan is so interested in teacher and school leader wellbeing, the difference between the plastic and glass balls you may be juggling in the air, the MAM - the Minimum Absolute Must, Habit Loops, and the multiplying factor of small habits, how when multiplied out over weeks, months and years little things can go a long way to shaping your health profile.  You can email Dr Gihan on gihan@atomicwellbeing.com using the subject line Lets Dance Edleaders or connect with him on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-gihan-jayaweera-dr-g-17b028176/ As always if you have questions, feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup or follow us on LinkedIn at Edleaeders Australia a https://www.linkedin.com/company/edleadersaus where you can keep up to date with the latest. Please remember if you have a spare minute, please leave

In this episode, we chat with Kathy McLean - Partner at Fish and Nankivell. Kathy is one of Australia's leading executive recruiters in education and in this interview she share's her wisdom from recruiting Principals for some of Australia's best Schools over the last 17 years. In a wide ranging discussion, we cover what Kathy looks at to discover the type of leader a school requires, how she determines which candidates might be good "fits" and how schools should consider candidates that might currently be a 6/10, but have the potential to be a 10/10 Vs candidates who will only ever be an 8/10. As she says in the interview, the best way to connect with Kathy is by a phone call and you can find her number on the F&N website at https://www.fnow.com.au/kathy-mclean-1 Available on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts or on the link below. #leadership #education #schooleaders #edfinance Links to the episode: https://edleaders.com.au/ As always if you have questions, feedback or have a suggestion fr

In this episode, we chat with Dr Bek Duyckers - Thought Leader in Residence from Oxley College in NSW. We discuss shaping, influencing, blue sky thinking and the massive impact we can have in leading from the side and growing our young people into great human beings.  We also discuss the importance of the value there is in joining professional groups like ACEL, TedX Youth and the Future Schools Alliance. You can connect with Bek on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-bek-duyckers-1683776b/ As always if you have questions, feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia a https://www.linkedin.com/company/edleadersaus where you can keep up to date with the latest. Please remember if you have a spare minute, please leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player which will help us be discovered by more like-minded school leaders. You can also connect with us pe

In this episode, we chat with Mathilda Joubert about Creativity, how we can foster in our students, our teachers, and our organisations. Mathilda is currently the Director of Innovation and Excellence at the Sheridan Institute - a startup higher education provider and prior to this was the Principal of Teaching at Learning with the Swan Christian Education Association. Mathilda is also the acting president of the ACEL WA Branch. You can connect with Mathilda on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathilda-joubert-8299705/ As always if you have questions, feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia at https://www.linkedin.com/company/edleadersaus where you can keep up to date with the latest.  Please remember if you have a spare minute, please leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player which will help us be discovered by more like-minded school leaders.  We'd love to connect with you personally on LinkedIn

In this episode, we chat all things that relate to school financials with Sam Kronja - former Director of Finance at PLC Perth. You can connect with Sam on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-kronja-80a9036b/ As always if you have questions, feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia at https://www.linkedin.com/company/edleadersaus where you can keep up to date with the latest. Please remember if you have a spare minute, please leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player which will help us be discovered by more like-minded school leaders. We'd love to connect with you personally on LinkedIn: Luke Callier - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ljcallier/ Mathew Irving - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathew-irving-b6b91430/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edleaders/message

In this episode, we chat with the Director of HaileyburyX - Peter Thomas.  Peter has led the HaileyburyX program since 2019 and in addition to this, he's a founding partner of Theorica and QV systems and previously has lectured at a number of universities including the University of Melbourne. This was a wide-ranging chat covering R&D in schools, meeting students where they are and the future of learning experiences.  You can connect with Peter on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaspj/ As always if you have questions, feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia at https://www.linkedin.com/company/edleadersaus where you can keep up to date with the latest. Please remember if you have a spare minute, please leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player which will help us be discovered by more like-minded school leaders. You can also connect

In this episode, we chat with School Leadership Consultant - David Mulford. David was the former Headmaster at Newington College in Sydney. Prior to this David was also Principal at Radford College and Blue Mountains Grammar School, brining over 27 years of school leadership experience to the Interview. You can connect with David on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mulford-5455761a7 As always if you have questions, or feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia at https://www.linkedin.com/company/edleadersaus where you can keep up to date with the latest. Please remember if you have a spare minute, please leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player which will help us be discovered by more like-minded school leaders. You can also connect with us personally at LinkedIn: Luke Callier - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ljcallier/ Mathew Irving - https://www.

In this episode we chat with Catherine Misson, Principal of Havergal College in Toronto, Canada and former Principal of Melbourne Girls Grammar.  You can connect with Catherine on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-misson/ As always if you have questions, or feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup for the newsletter, or follow us on Linked In at Edleaders Australia and also please remember to leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player. You can also connect with us at LinkedIn: Luke Callier - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ljcallier/ Mathew Irving - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathew-irving-b6b91430/

In this episode, we chat with Phillip Heath, the Head of College at Barker College in Sydney about being a leader and advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students, a champion for reconciliation and how we as the next cohort of leaders can help shape the education landscape to address the education gap for first nations peoples.  There's no easy answers or right answers in this space, but this interview challenges us to consider how we can do more.  You can connect with Phillip on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-heath-am-7666a618/ or follow him on Twitter at: @PJjHeath As always if you have questions, or feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup for the newsletter, or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia and also please remember to leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player. You can also connect with us at LinkedIn: Luke Callier - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ljcallier

In this episode, we chat with Dr Paul Browning, Headmaster at St Pauls School in Brisbane You can connect with Dr Paul on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldbrowning/ As always if you have questions, or feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup for the newsletter, or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia and also please remember to leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player. You can also connect with us at LinkedIn: Luke Callier - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ljcallier/ Mathew Irving - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathew-irving-b6b91430/

In this episode, we chat with Rocky Collins, Principal of SEDA College WA. Rocky takes us through his journey into leadership at SEDA, the distributed nature of the College and how that impacts on his leadership style and how he embeds relationships at the centre of their educational model. Student Agency and Student Voice - how they listen to students and how this helps them in being agile and ensuring that they're walking the journey with the students. How the board is open to student centred success, which is derived by defining individual students goals - and measuring success based on these goals and how they help facilitate students towards that success. You can connect with Rocky on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rocky-collins-97909545/ As always if you have questions, or feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup for the newsletter, or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia and also please remember to

In this episode, we chat with Dr. John Collier, Principal of St Andrew's Cathedral School and the Gawura School in Sydney. Dr. John takes us through some of the most challenging aspects of being a school leader and discusses the types of leadership required in the most challenging moments as well as at different points of the journey. He discusses whether the Masters of Educational Leadership, the Doctor of Education or the Masters of Business Administration is the best possible preparation to be a Principal of an Independent School. He speaks candidly about the influence of politics on education and the benefit of dissent, as well as how we can think about indigenous education and be aspirational about reconciliation through education in Australia. A great episode with one of the most experienced Principals in Australia. You can find Dr John at https://www.sacs.nsw.edu.au/about-us/principles-message/ As always if you have questions, or feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - hea

What are the challenges and opportunities facing educational leaders in 2021?  In this episode, we deviate from our traditional chat or interview and instead hit the road with the mic to a panel discussion featuring the three system leaders in WA - exploring what the new normal of education might just look like in 2021. The panel featured Valerie Gould (Executive Director at the Association of Independent Schools of WA), Lisa Rodgers (Director General at the WA Department of Education) and Dr Debra Sayce (Executive Director of Catholic Education WA) and was MC'd by Mathilda Joubert, President of ACEL WA Branch - who was instrumental in getting the approvals required for this podcast to be published on EdLeaders.  This episode was recorded live on Friday 5th March, 2021 at the Parmelia Hilton in Perth and has been published with the consent of ACEL and all  speakers involved. As it was recorded live we do apologize for the clanking of knives as this was a breakfast panel!  To hear more from

In this episode, we chat with Alan Shaw, Principal and CEO of The Knox School in Melbourne. We journey with Allan as he takes us through the highs and lows of his time as a young Founding Principal of Peter Moyes Anglican School in Perth, to the advocacy role as CEO of AHISA and how that impacted his current role as the Principal at The Knox School. He speaks candidly about some of the real challenges that come with being a principal and some of the things he's learned along the way. We hope you enjoy this fascinating chat with Allan. You can find Allan Shaw on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/allanjshaw As always if you have questions, or feedback or have a suggestion from a leader you'd like to hear from - head on over to https://www.edleaders.com.au/ to signup for the newsletter, or follow us on Linked In at Edleaeders Australia and also please remember to leave us a review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player. You can also connect with us at LinkedIn: Luke Callier - https://www.linkedin.com/i