August 2022 Newsletter

Dear Colleagues

I hope you were all able to enjoy some personal relaxing time with your friends and family over the term break and I hope Term 3 has begun well for you.

I hope you will enjoy this Conference edition of the CaSPA Newsletter. Included this month are three keynote presentations from Fr Frank Brennan (University of Melbourne), Paul Kidson & HeeRa Ko (ACU) and Sally Egan (NCEC). In addition there is a gallery of photos from the Conference.

My sincere thanks to Michael Lee and the Catholic Principals in Canberra for agreeing to host the conference when we had to shift it from Perth at fairly short notice earlier this year. A big thank you to all the people involved in the organising of the Conference. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

I would also like to acknowledge all of our keynote speakers and thank them for the amazing work they had done to prepare their talks and I appreciated their willingness to allow us to publish their presentation. Similarly, a huge thank you to all the Catholic Leaders who prepared a Workshop for the conference.

Prior to the Conference it was wonderful for the caSPA Board to hold its annual meeting with the 8 State and Territory Associations. There were many topics discussed and a great sense of unity at the meeting. Many thanks to those Chairs and executive Officers who were able to attend.

The next CaSPA conference will be in Perth in 2024 and I am sure we all look forward with excitement at the opportunity to gather together once again to celebrate our work as Principals.

Blessings to all

Ann Rebgetz - President

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A JOYFUL, HOPE FILLED & SERVANT COMMUNITY

More photos will be available on the CaSPA website shortly.

Profiles of all the CaSPA Board are available on the CaSPA Website: https://caspa.schoolzineplus.com/current-and-past-board-members

Excellence in Leadership Nominations & Winners

Congratulations to the five Excellence in Leadership Nominees. Thank you also to the people who prepared the nominations.

In 2022 the CASPA Board decided, due 4 year gap due to the Pandemic, to present two national Excellence in Leadership Awards this year.

The two winners have displayed innovative and outstanding leadership. Along with this Award each recipient will a $2000 fund to use at their discretion. 

EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP NATIONAL WINNERS

Our first recipient of the Excellence in Leadership is Rita Grima from St Columba College, Essendon, Victoria.

Rita Grima has been a Principal for 16 years and has displayed a great commitment to the Catholic Identity and Ethos of Marian and St Columba Colleges. Rita has also introduced several initiatives in teaching and learning to improve the outcomes for students and the professional learning of teachers. Rita is a Principal who values the student and staff voice in decision making. Rita’s use of data to lead these initiatives has been outstanding and she has been a wonderful and compassionate leader of her College’s communities.

Please join me in congratulating Rita as one of the CaSPA National Excellence in Leadership winners for 2022.

CaSPA is delighted to announce a partnership with ACPPA to launch the Principal Well-being App - ACPConnect. You will have received an invitation to login to the App. Please check your Inbox and Junk Box for the invitation.

With the concerning statistics that have come to light since the Principal Occupational Health and Wellbeing Survey began 11 years ago, it is vital that we work together to provide action and practical tools about principal well-being.

This free health and wellbeing portal is for all Catholic Primary and Secondary Principals across Australia.

Every Principal should have received a personal login to begin accessing resources relevant to them.

Check out the ACPConnect homepage: https://acpconnect.com.au/