CaSPA Board Update

The October board meeting has just been held in Adelaide and included the joint meeting with our Primary Principal Colleagues from Australian Catholic Primary Principals Association and working on a joint strategy to advance the principal wellbeing agenda in all jurisdictions.

CaSPA is proud to have sponsored this important research to highlight the barriers women face and suggest strategies to help level the playing field in educational leadership. https://lnkd.in/gnKSJcc9
Female teachers need greater support to become school leaders
Female educators face substantial personal, social, and systemic obstacles that prevent them from rising to senior leadership roles in schools, new Australian Catholic University (ACU) research shows.
The barriers are even higher for female teachers from minority groups who face additional layers of discrimination based on race and ethnicity.
The Empowering Women for Principalship: Strategies for Aspiring Leaders report, led by ACU’s Institute for Positive Psychology and Education and based on an analysis of 55 international peer-reviewed studies, has highlighted the causes behind a significant underrepresentation of female school leaders in Australia, and globally.
In addition to highlighting barriers women face in becoming school leaders, the research, funded by Catholic Secondary Principals Australia, also identified strategies designed to support career advancement including creating strong support networks and environments that foster leadership potential among female educators.
Study Chief Investigator Associate Professor Theresa Dicke said the disproportionate representation of female school leaders was particularly concerning given the highly feminised nature of the teaching profession.

Catholic call to include Snapchat in social media ban for kids under 16 

15 November 2024

https://cathnews.com/2024/11/15/catholic-call-to-include-snapchat-in-social-media-ban-for-kids-under-16/ 

CaSPA Queensland Director and Head of the Queensland Catholic Secondary Principals Association says Snapchat, the popular digital platform mostly used by young Australians, must be one of the apps facing age restrictions. Source: News.com.au.

Snapchat may be able to dodge the Albanese Government’s plan to ban social media for kids under 16.

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland confirmed yesterday that Snapchat could get around the age restrictions if it successfully argued it was a messaging service rather than a social media platform. But Queensland Catholic Secondary Principals Association director Dan McMahon said Snapchat should not be allowed to skirt the ban.

“I’ve gotta say I’m a bit gobsmacked by that, I find that extraordinary,” Mr McMahon told television news program ACA yesterday. “Of all the social media platforms that I deal with … Snapchat is one of the most common ones. “Not everyone on Snapchat is an online bully, but in my experience every online bully uses Snapchat. It’s just such a great tool to weaponise harm.”