CaSPA Annual Meeting - September 25

CaSPA holds an annual meeting where the Chairs and Executive Officers of the State and Territory Associations are invited to come in person to a daylong meeting with the CaSPA Directors, this year held at Melbourne Airport and included:

  • CaSPA activity, updates from key agencies and reports from jurisdictions to shape our efforts in the coming year. Highlights of CaSPA Activity included the Perth Conference last July and the new AI Seminar this June in Canberra, the seminar was well received, and we hope to run others on a variety of topics going forward.
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  • This Year our meeting included the launch of a new Strategic Plan 2026-28: Shaping our Future. It renews our commitment to Unity, Advocacy and Service.
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  • Reports from the different Jurisdictions raised a number of common themes the two most noteworthy being the common experience of "red flag" issues being identified in Principal wellbeing and the downward trends that continue to worsen and secondly the alarming upward trend in the numbers being employed in central offices in the wake of corporatisation. Contrary to what one should expect, increases in numbers of central office employees is sadly increasing workload on Principals rather than reducing it.
  • Jacinta Collins from the NCEC joined us for an update on NCEC activity and a conversation around Principal Wellbeing, premised with our position paper and focussing on possible next steps.
  • During a working lunch our CaSPA National Business Partners also joined us to be thanked for their ongoing support so vital to funding our work and to brief us on how their businesses can support our schools and Principals.
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  • A CaSPA Data project presentation allowed us to compare data on Principal tenure and gender balance trends, and trends in enrolment and school type.
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