Description
AISWA's School Leadership and Teacher Quality team are partnering with Jeremy Weinstein from NoTosh to deliver the School Improvement Program.
Who is this project for?
This program is aimed at leadership teams who have an interest in developing, testing, and implementing school improvement strategies.
What content will be addressed?
The program starts with a one-day overview of the Design Thinking process, which provides participants with an understanding of the mindsets and dispositions associated with this consultative and iterative way of approaching school change.
The leadership teams will then collaborate to identify the areas they are passionate about and that require the most improvement in the school, and create a shared vision of the future that is aligned with the school's mission and objectives.
With a cause in mind, the leadership team will start to determine the best way to address the required improvements by coming up with a range of possible solutions. Once the team has settled on one (or more) solutions, the next step is to test and learn what works best, when, why, and how. Gathering data is critical to ensuring that the ideas that get implemented are sustainable in the long term.
What is the commitment from participants and the mode of delivery?
The program will be facilitated over five face-to-face sessions between the months of May - October. An additional two online check-in sessions will be held with each school via Zoom for NoTosh to engage with participants. These online sessions will occur between sessions two and three and again between sessions three and four. Participation in all sessions is essential to maximise learning.
Presenters
Meika Pfeiffer-Gough (AISWA Staff)
Manager | Leadership And Teaching Excellence
Meika Pfeiffer-Gough is the Leadership and Teaching Excellence Manager at AISWA, part of the Curriculum and School Improvement Directorate. With 19 years of experience as a teacher and leader across diverse PK-12 educational settings, Meika is committed to promoting excellence in teaching and leadership. She highlights the importance of emotional intelligence and relational trust in building strong, respectful connections within school communities, recognizing these as essential for creating positive learning environments and inspiring growth. Passionate about leadership development, Meika works to empower confident, reflective leaders who drive collective success.
Dr Nancy Bonfiglio-Pavisich (AISWA Staff)
Teacher Quality And School Leadership Consultant
Dr. Nancy Pavisich is a distinguished Leadership, Management and Communication Consultant. She has dedicated her career to working with leaders, teams, corporate clients, teachers, mentors, and coaches, fostering their personal and professional growth.
Dr Nancy's extensive experience in Education spans across Catholic, Government, and Independent Schools, where she has researched, designed, implemented, and evaluated programs at the system, organisational, team, and individual levels. Her academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Mentoring, a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership, and qualifications in Business Management and Strategy, Neuroleadership, and Training and Assessment.
As a former senior leader in schools, Dr. Nancy has honed her expertise and is a certified facilitator for Lifestyles and Group Styles Inventory, DISC, EQI 2.0, Print, and Educator Impact Tools. Currently, she lectures in Leadership and Education at Edith Cowan University and serves as a Sessional Tutor at the University of Notre Dame. Additionally, Dr Nancy contributes to the Australian Institute of Management MBA program as a facilitator and workshop designer.
Dr. Nancy's commitment to leadership and education is underpinned by evidence-based research, which she has documented in various professional and non-professional journals. Her dedication to excellence has been recognised through numerous awards, including the New Voice Scholarship Award (2020), a Certificate of Excellence in Educational Leadership from ACELWA (2021), a Post Graduate Award from the Western Australian Institute for Educational Research (2022), and the ACEL Fellowship Award (2022). In 2024, she was nominated Leadership Consultant and Leadership Professional of the Year for the Institute for Learning and Performance for the Asia Pacific Region.
Dr Nancy is also the author to two 5-star reviewed books: It's All About It! Evidence-based, practical guide to workplace communications and Show Up and Lead (Unlock the power of self-awareness and be your best self at work).
Jeremy Weinstein
Jeremy is recognised globally as a thought leader and facilitator in helping people think differently about communicating, collaborating and learning. He's collaborated on projects in a range industries, from banking to healthcare to education, and with organisations from Australia’s top 50 ASX listed companies to the local primary school, all of them with communication at the core. He helps communities and organisations find problems worth solving, and helps people work their way through the hurdles of solving them with critical and creative thinking.
He is a trained Engineer, an award winning filmmaker, a Media academic, a UX designer, a healthcare project and relationship manager and a podcaster — showing he can do anything he turns his mind to. Currently, he is focussed on the delivery of improved opportunities for young people, and strategy for Government, schools and commercial organisations.
Terms & Conditions
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Segments
Improvement and Cohesion
Date / Time
19 Jun 2023 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person
PL Hours : 7.00
School Improvement for Schools (under 300)
Date / Time
20 Jun 2023 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person
PL Hours : 7.00
Improvement and Cohesion
Date / Time
31 Jul 2023 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person
PL Hours : 7.00
Moving Forward
Date / Time
3 Oct 2023 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person
PL Hours : 7.00
Learning Area
- Governance
- Leadership
School Area
- Early Childhood (PK - 2)
- Primary (P-6)
- Secondary (7-10)
- Senior Secondary (11 - 12)