so I want to start with what is the standard now when you see the standard
the standard is a public statement about what all principals in Australia
actually know understand and do here we decided we wanted a standard we wanted a
public statement and we wanted a standard which might appear like a meta
standard i.e. something above the 57 other standards something that sat above
acknowledged the fact that those 57 standards were critically important this
is no way replacing them because they're very detailed a lot of them they talk
about all the individual capabilities you need so it was a standard now if you
take that image of a standard like flag bearing standard in the ground the
standard of excellence to which all principals work is where we were is what
we wanted to have so it had to have in it excellence it had to be inspirational
and aspirational it had to be as future-focused as we could make it
whilst actually being relevant for today so we ended up with this standard which
is an integrated model so when you read it don't pick it off as separate tikki
box statements it's integrated as one standard another point which was really
critical for people was that the statement was written in as common
language as we could get it so what does it capture then as a standard it
captures these things that you can see here on this slide first of all the role
is about raising achievement it's about the student it's a
student learning there is a huge body of research evidence now that links not
only the teacher to the quality that a student gets at the end of their course
are their outcomes but also the role of the principle as the role of the
principal is critical in enabling the teachers to do their role effectively
another real driver about making a difference is the driver about equity
and excellence I think as we live in this world that we all inhabit there are
more and more things which are unequal and in our own communities we have
children from less privileged backgrounds with whom we work and this
is about how do you get the best for every child creating the school where
quality teaching and learning can thrive if that's not the role of the principal
I don't know what is really that's really at the focus for making a
difference so how do we create that culture by you talked about
relationships how do we work with people to create that culture to make that
difference meeting the needs of the community I think this is absolutely
critical and you know communities change constantly don't they increasingly in
the literature we talk about system leadership what's the role of the
principal in helping to shape the wider education community how is it you know
you're all guardians of the welfare of these young people within the
communities in which you work and I would say to you that isn't just your
own school community that's the community in which you work both locally
regionally and even nationally and globally leadership is about creating
new realities you do that every day for the children in your care it's about
creating those new realities so I guess some of the stuff I'm talking about is
what people would encompass in that world or those words moral purpose