Description
These afternoon network meetings are for anyone interested the role of women in educational leadership. The meetings are held at various member schools in the metropolitan area. The meetings allow for networking from 4.30pm to 5.00pm followed by a speaker from 5.00pm to around 5.30pm. The meeting concludes with refreshments and further networking opportunities. Venues for these meetings will be advised closer to the dates of the meetings. Likewise, the speaker for the meeting will be advised prior to the meeting. Communication will be with network members and flyers will be sent to each member school to advise the details of the meeting
Guest Speaker for our next meeting is Dr Suzanne Goodman
‘As many teachers, particularly women, do not consider leadership roles until it is suggested to them by someone else, the identification and development of potential leaders needs to be formalised, rather than just being left to chance.’ Lacey (2005, p4)
‘In addressing this issue, some valuable lessons about women in leadership can be learned from the experience of business and other sectors, However, the unique context in education, of a lack of female principals in a predominantly female workforce, require exploration. This needs to be undertaken urgently, as Australia faces a major challenge in identifying and developing the next generation of school leaders, I believe that a strategic and cohesive national approach is required to meet that challenge and the women in our teacher workforce have a crucial role to play.’ Barbara Watterston (2010, p11)
Presenters
Dr Suzanne Goodman
Dr Suzanne Goodman is founder and director of Goodman Solutions. Goodman Solutions specialises in leadership development, career coaching and conflict resolution services.
Suzanne is a nationally accredited mediator, conflict resolution trainer and coach. She is a certified international professional leadership coach specializing in Intelligent Leadership™, Conversational Leadership™ and Conscious Business coaching. She has a particular passion for women in leadership, middle management and future leaders. Suzanne is a trained administrator in many psychometric profiling tools such as Myers Briggs, DiSC, TKI Conflict Management to name a few.
From 2020, Suzanne’s leadership coaching clients came from a range of industries including government, resource sector, manufacturing, finances, IT etc consisting of many Fortune 500 companies. Most clients are in senior management roles or early career. So, she has a demonstrated breadth and depth understanding of career development. This is further supported by her role as national program coordinator for a specific group from the Royal Australian Navy in which she coordinates and coaches these Defence personnel in transitioning to civilian employment.
Suzanne has had over 35 years professional experience. Nearly 30 years was in education and the remainder as a small business owner. In education, she spent the majority of her time in leadership and management roles such as a school principal, curriculum development manager and state gifted and talented coordinator. She has also worked in tertiary environment where she collaborated with a team to write a new innovative Bachelor of Education. She has a Doctorate from UWA, she was honoured to be awarded a Churchill Fellowship and was trained by Steve Jobs ex-coach in Intelligent Leadership which underpins the philosophy of her impactful boutique business in coaching and training.
Suzanne is also interested in women’s equality and inclusivity. She has presented on a panel for the United Nations in WA and was a policy advisor in Fiji for the Department of Education and AusAid. When she was a school principal, she orchestrated a sister school in Cambodia with her school- all these experiences drive the core of her business, which is about paying forward, and acting with integrity, friendliness and excellence.
Suzanne has a passion for paying it forward and as a Fellow for the Australian Institute of Management (AIM WA) she mentors early and middle managers. She is passionate about helping women in leadership grow to their potential, that is, becoming the person that they are truly capable of being, and ensuring women are the captaincy of their own ship. On that, she currently is a pro bono coach for the West Australian Aboriginal Leadership Institute and is a change maker for the Female Wave of Change offering leadership development training for women.
She considers herself a “work in progress” and is honoured to be supporting AISWA.
Terms & Conditions
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Segments
Event Segment
Date / Time
7 Nov 2017 Starts: 16:30 Finishes: 18:30Delivery Format : In Person
Hale School
PL Hours : 2.00
Learning Area
- Leadership
School Area
- Early Childhood (PK - 2)
- Middle Primary (3-6)
- Secondary (7-10)
- Senior Secondary (11 - 12)
- Other (non-teaching)