President's Message
Dear Colleagues
Welcome to the emerging roles of schools post the COVID-19 Lockdown strategies in most States and Territories. I trust your students, staff and families are thriving well in this new environment as the restrictions are being eased around Australia. While the world is in various stages of response to COVID-19, we hope and pray that the easing of restrictions will work well and there will be no second wave of infections.
On behalf of the CaSPA Board, I want to congratulate you, your staff and community for your dedciated and committed work for the welfare and wellbeing of others. The shifting sands of change over the last three months has provided many challenges not normally experienced at schools but all of our schools have responded professionally and in a very caring manner.
COVID-19 has challenged traditional education models and forced us to redesign the how, where and when of teaching and learning. From online learning opportunities and revitalised relationships with parents to flexible working arrangements. Teaching and learning has indeed been transformed.
I would like to invite you to share your recent professional experiences:
- What was learnt as a result of adapting to the COVID-19 restrictions?
- What might be implemented as permanent changes in the future?
- What were there unexpected outcomes and / or innovations that emerged?
- Anything else?
Please send your responses for our website and newsletter to: admin@caspa.edu.au.
On another matter, I hope you will be able to find some time to read CaSPA's response to the 2019 Australian Principals Occupational Health Survey. The response was sent to the NCEC and all Catholic Education Directors.
May God continue to bless you in your leadership at this time.
Loretta Wholley
CaSPA President