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The AIS Leadership Centre Flagship Program 2017 – 2018 a rigorous, holistic program for experienced senior leaders in schools
The AIS Leadership Centre Flagship Program is a rigorous, holistic program for
experienced senior leaders in schools. A year-long program, it begins in December
each year. Applications are encouraged from eligible candidates in schools across
all sectors within Australia and beyond.
Tim Hildebrandt, St Peter’s Catholic College, NSW
What do participants say? The Flagship Program was undoubtedly the most
valuable professional learning experience I have
ever been engaged in. There was a solid academic
Elizabeth Brooks, St Vincents base evidenced through a selection of well curated
College, NSW academic readings and an expectation of rigour
The Flagship Program has in the written tasks. The learning experiences
enabled depth and breadth of were varied and each very powerful. I interacted with international
learning through the experience experts in educational leadership. I spent quality time with my Professional
of sharing the journey with Companion. I visited schools and engaged in shadowing experiences and
colleagues from varying most significantly, had the opportunity to learn with a strong team of
educative contexts within an absolute climate of trust. dedicated educational professionals who were passionate about their own
The professional rigour of the program enabled me journey through leadership. My learnings from the Flagship Program have
to seek refinement through dialogue with the high served me well so far and will continue to do so for many years to come. I
quality academic research and current practice of highly recommend this program to any aspirational school leader.
expert voices. The opportunity to facilitate a project
Fiona Johnston, Australian International
in my own school context challenged me to transfer
School, Singapore
theory into practice, requiring a willingness to take
risks to improve core purpose. I feel confident that my The Flagship Program has provided a wonderful
continued growth as a leader will build the capacity of opportunity to meet and learn alongside fellow
myself and colleagues to influence learning success for aspiring educational leaders. Involvement in the
our students and their future. program enabled me to take time for reflection,
ask myself some of the challenging questions that
Belinda Vertriest, Billanook leaders need to ask and combine my practical experience with theoretical
College, VIC knowledge. The opportunity to shadow an experienced Principal, to develop
the confidence to lead a school through change and to learn new skills has
Involvement in the Flagship been invaluable. It has been an enriching and rewarding leadership journey.
Program has been a gift in my
professional leadership journey. Sean Corcoran, Redlands, NSW
Contemporary research on
The Flagship Program was the best professional
leadership profiles and practices
learning in which I have participated over the
was explored through rigorous academic reading,
course of my career. Underpinned by extensive
writing and the exceptional quality of speakers
theoretical research and practical experience,
throughout the program. Of most value to me has
it allowed me to broaden and deepen my
been the opportunity to share and learn collegially
understanding of educational leadership, while
with others in similar roles.
also further develop my own personal values and vision as an educator.
Our leadership challenges, fears, joys and dreams
We were able to learn from leading academics in the educational leadership
were discussed in a collaborative relational context.
field and to shadow current leaders. In addition, the opportunity to be
The Flagship Program has reinvigorated my passion
supported by a Professional Companion was priceless. Working and
for leading the learning in my school and has unlocked
reflecting collaboratively with the other participants was enriching and
self-knowledge that will undoubtedly remain with me.
has allowed me to develop a strong network which will be a valuable
support for me in the future. Rigorous, reflective and enriching, the Flagship
Alan Jones, Christ Church Program is a must for anyone who wants to further explore educational
Grammar School, WA leadership opportunities.
The AIS Flagship Program is
Dr Nicole Archard, Loreto College, SA
the best professional learning
opportunity I have had the The AIS Flagship Program is a wonderful
privilege of participating in. opportunity to make new connections and learn
Challenging and engaging, yet from other people’s experiences, as well as reflect
highly collaborative and supportive, the Program ticks on theoretical understandings of leadership.
all the boxes for high-end educational leadership. In particular, the school visits and Principal
shadowing experiences have been enlightening
with regard to understanding different models of Principal leadership
and school structures. This program has enabled me to reflect on my own
practice in many positive as well as challenging ways.
“The most valuable personal and professional
development I have ever undertaken.”
Terrie Jones, St Michael’s Grammar School, VIC
WHY ENROL?
• Posion yourself for principalship
• Gain hands-on experience in leading school-wide change
• Enhance your ability to lead confidently and with autonomy
• Be stretched by a rigorous program that blends theory and pracce
• Develop the knowledge and skills needed for successful senior
leadership
• Bring new energy and insight to your role and career
• Gain 25 per cent of a Master of Educaonal Leadership degree
or possible arculaon towards a higher research degree
AIS Leadership Centre
Flagship Program
WHY INVEST? WHO ENROLS?
• Your school will gain new insights from key • Experienced senior leaders who want to deepen
research and praconer wisdom that can be their knowledge and re-energise their pracce
shared with the school community • Deputy Principals
• The capacity of senior leaders and the school • Heads of Campus
will be enhanced and sustained • Heads of Junior School
• A priority area of school life can be addressed • Heads of Middle School
through the professional project component
• Heads of Senior School
• Those considering principalship within
a year or two of being credible
applicants
“Contemporary school administrators play a daunting array of roles. They must be educational
visionaries and change agents, instructional leaders, curriculum and assessment experts, budget
analysts, facility managers, special program administrators and community builders ... Principals also
need a sophisticated understanding of organisations and organisational change. Further, as approaches
to funding schools change, Principals are expected to make sound resource allocations that are likely
to improve achievement for students.” Darling-Hammond, LaPointe, Meyerson & Orr, 2007
What is The Flagship Program all about?
About the AIS Leadership Centre The time frame
Our purpose is to develop confident, The 2017 – 2018 Flagship Program begins on Sunday, 10th December
competent and visionary educational 2017 and ends in mid-October 2018.
leaders who will improve the learning and Full attendance at all program days is required.
personal growth of students, staff and school
communities. Our programs, processes and
services to schools are soundly underpinned Features of The Flagship Program
by contemporary theory, delivered by top-level
• Built on a commitment to clearly articulated values and vision, and
presenters, and focus equally on practitioner
an understanding of leadership as an inner and outer journey
and academic perspectives.
• Critiqued and endorsed by key stakeholders and our Academic
David Smith, Calrossy Anglican Reference Group of leading international scholars
School, NSW • Leading practitioners and scholars as presenters and facilitators
The Flagship Program is the • University credit towards a Master of Educational Leadership
most significant and valuable degree, or possible contribution towards a higher research degree
experience I have undertaken as • Addresses both the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
an educator and school leader. and the Australian Professional Standard for Principals. This
The combination of contemporary leadership theory, Standard applies to current and emerging Principals and executive
best practice and practical experience in the year- team members
long program was formative and inspiring. I greatly
• Rigorous evaluation – formative, summative and longitudinal
benefited from access to world leaders in education,
the opportunities to reflect, feedback from peers and
undertaking a professional project in my school context. The format
Most valuable were the experiences in shadowing a
• Ten face-to-face course days and three days of focused school visits
Principal, undertaking a 360 evaluation of my own
practice and working with a Professional Companion • Online meetings
for the year. Participation in The Flagship Program • Ongoing journalling
equipped me with the confidence and awareness • Pre-reading tasks
required to take on the role of school leadership.
• Ten hours of Professional Companioning
Deb Magill, Roseville College, • Regular feedback on the progress of the Professional Project
NSW • Summative presentation of the outcomes of the
Professional Project
The AIS Flagship Program is a
leadership course like no other. • Final reflective paper
It is a program built on a sound
research base and with a clear The venues
expectation of rigour. It offers solid content as well as
guided reflection on current practice and the challenge The Flagship Program face-to-face days will be held at either the AIS
of personal reflection of one self. Two distinguishable Conference Centre or at the The SHORE School.
factors I truly appreciated were the personalised (see detailed program on page 6).
learning through a 360 Degree review process and the
AIS Conference Centre SHORE
privileged opportunity for Professional Companionship;
Level 12, 99 York Street Blue Street
the learning from both of these experiences was
SYDNEY NSW NORTH SYDNEY NSW
then contextualised through the professional
project. I am encouraged by the ongoing nature of
(easily accessible from (easily accessible from
trusted connections made through the program with
Town Hall or Wynyard stations) North Sydney station)
peers, experienced school leaders and Professional
Companions. If those in senior leadership positions are
Accommodation for the residential component is at the
thinking about Principalship, I highly recommend The
North Sydney Harbourview Hotel, 17 Blue Street, North Sydney.
AIS Flagship Program.
VALUES
and
VISION
“The Flagship Program has been the most amazing opportunity to learn about current theory of
leadership in school and reflect and focus on oneself. The course has been delivered with such care and
intent that it has been a very safe place to explore personal strengths and challenges. It really has been
an honour to have been a participant of this course. I highly recommend this to anyone in leadership
positions in a school.” Garry Case, Emanuel School, NSW
The four content areas The four core elements
Contextual leadership • An emphasis on the person of the leader, ‘understanding
The program supports participants to connect not only self’, including completion and debriefing of The
with their local context, but also with national, global and Leadership Circle Profile, an internationally recognised
educational contexts 360° survey
Instructional leadership • Professional Companioning – a paired process, conducted
How to lead learning in all the diversity necessary for by former Principals who have been trained as coaches. It
holistic student achievement and enhanced quality of addresses both the ‘self’ of the leader and the context of
teaching their work
• Peer learning – the group learns with, through and from
Relational leadership
each member of the cohort
This is a pivotal area of contemporary leadership which
includes communication skills, building effective professional • A professional project – leadership of a school-wide
relationships, working in teams and with a board change initiative which each participant identifies,
implements and evaluates within their own school,
Organisational leadership
supported by an in-school mentor
Included in this area are strategy and direction;
understanding culture; leading change and innovation; legal
and accountability matters; and resource management “Knowing others is intelligence; Knowing yourself
is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.”
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Dates Mode Program Event
Term 4, 2017
Sunday – Monday Program Days 1 and 2
10th – 11th December SHORE, Blue Street, North Sydney
Please note: RESIDENTIAL
on the evening of 10th December
at North Sydney Harbourview Hotel
Term 1, 2018
Early February Completion of The Leadership Circle™ 360O profile
360o
One day to be completed School visit day 1
by Friday 9th March
Tuesday 13th March Online meeting 1
The Flagship Program 2017 – 2018
9:00am – 10:30am
Term 1, non-term time
Tuesday – Thursday Program Days 3, 4 and 5
17th – 19th April AIS Conference Centre
(includes one-to-one Professional Companioning)
Term 2, 2018
One-to-one Professional Companioning
One day during Term 2 School visit day 2
One-to-one Professional Companioning
Monday 4th June Online meeting 2
11:00am – 12:30pm
Term 2, non-term time
Wednesday – Friday Program Days 6, 7 and 8
18th – 20th July AIS Conference Centre
One-to-one Professional Companioning (face to face)
Term 3, 2018
One day during Term 3 School visit day 3
One-to-one Professional Companioning
Tuesday 14th August Online meeting 3
9:00am – 10:30am
Thursday and Friday Program Days 9 and 10
30th August – 31st August AIS Conference Centre
One-to-one Professional Companioning (face to face)
Second week of One-to-one Professional Companioning
October 2018
Monday 15th October Completion of final paper
Application process What do Principals say?
The Flagship Program is open to experienced senior leaders from Phillip Heath, Head of Barker
College, Sydney, NSW
across and beyond Australia, and from all education sectors. Places
are limited and competition for these places is keen, so potential The AIS Flagship Program combines
deep scholarship and research with
participants are encouraged to apply early. Applicants need the outstanding practical experiences of
endorsement of their Principal and, in consultation with their reflective leadership in real settings.
Principal, will identify a senior leader within their school who will Participants in the Program bring
their extensive personal attributes
act as an in-school mentor for the duration of the program. to learn collaboratively and respectfully from others.
(The in-school mentor may be the Principal.) The professional shadowing experiences offer insights
into the layers of leadership that are required to
The Flagship Program is a rigorous and high-quality course, inspire the culture of a thriving school. The calibre
appropriate to the calibre of those who gain a place. The application of participants in the Flagship Program fills me with
form is available from the AIS Leadership Centre website: hope for the future of leadership in independent
schools.
www.aisnsw.edu.au/flagshipapplication Megan Krimmer, Headmistress,
Abbotsleigh, NSW
For more information please contact Anita Tam
at adminLC@aisnsw.edu.au The AIS Flagship Program is
impressive in its research based
Applications close on Friday, 1st September 2017. and scholarly approach to leading a
school in the 21st century Australian
context. The readings, thinking and
The AIS Leadership Centre resulting discussions are rich and lead
to quite profound insight. The program is equally
Academic Reference Group impressive in the practical arena. Those undertaking
the Flagship Program have opportunities to learn
from a variety of Principals and to shadow an
This is an advisory body of renowned national and international experienced Principal. I have found that participants
scholars, from educational leadership and related fields, who act as have developed a deep knowledge of strategic,
critical friends to the AIS Leadership Centre Flagship Program. macro and micro thinking and have understood as
much about what the role of headship truly entails.
The Flagship Program certainly provides an excellent
preparation for an aspiring Principal.
Tim Bowden, Principal, Inaburra
School, NSW
Two of our senior staff have
participated in the AIS Flagship
Program. Both have shared with
me that the experience broadened
and deepened their understanding
Professor Louise Stoll Professor Andy Hargreaves Professor James Spillane of themselves, of educational
(UK) (USA) (USA) leadership in general and of independent school
leadership in particular. My observation is that
their capacity and their confidence has increased
through their experiences in the program. I
think that the scope and rigour of the course are
pitched appropriately, being both demanding and
accessible for staff in senior positions.
“Whatever one’s style, every leader, to
be effective, must have and work on
Professor Brian Caldwell Professor Karen Seashore
(Australia) Louis (USA) improving his or her moral purpose.
Moral purpose is about both ends and
“The AIS Leadership Centre has demonstrated that it offers means. Authentic leaders, in other
world-class programs for the support of school leaders. It sets a words, display character, and character
high benchmark for other organisations that seek to do this well.” is the defining characteristic of authentic
Professor Brian Caldwell leadership.” Fullan 2001
Message Cost
from the Dean Experienced senior leaders from any education sector within and
beyond Australia are invited to apply. AISNSW recognises AIS
membership of schools in other states and territories. The AIS
member discounted rate applies to these schools.
Cost for participants from: GST inclusive
In these times of ambiguity, complexity
AIS Member Schools (in any state/territory) $9,350
and increasing velocity of change,
Applications from any other school will be
senior leaders and emerging Principals considered. Please contact Jennifer Davies
need more support than ever. In at jdavies@aisnsw.edu.au to discuss.
the education and the corporate
The program fee is inclusive of all course materials, one night’s
sectors, leadership is now seen as
accommodation for the residential component, and the program
both an inner journey of change dinner on 10th December 2017. Participants will be responsible
and growing self-awareness and an for bookings and costs associated with flights, ground travel and
outer journey of acquiring knowledge additional accommodation if required.
and skills. The Flagship Program Participants and their schools might consider sharing the cost of
incorporates extensive material for the program.
the outer journey – sound research,
practical strategies, knowledge and
Scholarships
skill development – and also multiple Partial scholarships are available thanks to the generosity of
opportunities to equip oneself for the sponsors for which the AIS Leadership Centre is grateful.
inner journey of reflection, resilience, A scholarship application form is available at:
www.aisnsw.edu.au/flagshipscholarship
creativity and wisdom.
NGS Super – five $3,000 scholarships for
Jennifer Davies participants who are members, or eligible for
Dean, AIS Leadership Centre
membership, of NGS Super.
The Association of Independent Schools of NSW
NGS Super Steiner Education Australia – two
$3,000 scholarships for participants from Steiner
Successful completion of The Flagship Schools across Australia.
Program converts to approximately two
NAB Education – five $3,000 scholarships.
units of university credit towards a Master of
Successful applicants will demonstrate awareness
Educational Leadership degree, or possible
of NAB educational initiatives.
articulation towards a higher research degree,
at a number of leading Australian universities. Aon – three $3,000 scholarships for participants
from schools who are clients of Aon Insurance.
The AIS Leadership Centre is proudly sponsored by:
QBE – two $3,000 scholarships for participants
from schools who are clients of QBE Insurance.
Integroe Partners – two $3,000 scholarships for
participants from rural or regional schools.
Nexia – two $3,000 scholarships for participants
from schools in rural locations.
Independent Schools Tasmania – one $5,000
scholarship for a participant from Tasmanian
independent schools.
Karen Seashore Louis – one $5,000 scholarship
Completing The AIS Leadership Centre
to a participant from a school in South East Asia,
Flagship Program will contribute 65 hours Papua New Guinea or Western Australia
of NESA registered professional learning
addressing 6.1.4, 6.3.4, 7.2.4 and 7.4.4 AIS ACT – two $3,000 scholarships for participants
from the Australian Professional Standards
from ACT independent schools.
for Teachers towards maintaining Lead
Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
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