2024 Beginning Principals Profiles

Name: Elizabeth Illingworth

Current School: St Patrick’s College Launceston

Previous Position: Acting Principal St Patrick’s College Launceston (2023); Principal St Finn Barr’s Catholic Primary School (2017-2022)

First Year as a Principal: 2017

My big picture for my current school is: While maintaining enrolments, continue to attract and maintain accomplished and agile staff who feel valued in their roles. Continue to provide excellent learning and teaching catering for all students while ensuring all students feel known and valued in a large College.

The Joy of becoming a Principal is:  The opportunity to work collaboratively with so many staff to ensure the impact of what is being done is beneficial to all.

Favourite Book: The Happiest Man on Earth - Eddie Jaku

Favourite Food: Chocolate

Interests / Hobbies: Gardening, Walking, Being with family.

My Favourite Well-Being Strategy: Going for a walk with somebody who I don’t work with

Advice for an Aspiring Leader: Strive for growth and excellence whilst always maintaining a balanced lifestyle and remember family comes first.  Work to ensure all staff feel known, heard and valued.

Favourite Leadership Quote: Service is black and white; hospitality is colour.  Service is just doing the thing that you do with precision, accuracy and efficiency. Hospitality is how you make the person that you are doing that for feel. (Simon Sinek - Unreasonable hospitality)