Date/Time:

16/03/2026 - 9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Event Categories:

• Futures Thinking
• Leadership and Coaching
• Professional Learning

Description:

For Deputy Principals and Heads of School, the Power of the Network builds leadership skills, strengthens teams, and sparks innovation. Connect with peers, visit schools, and work with expert companions and facilitators, including Tracey Ezard, to shape both culture and strategy and to elevate your leadership impact. 

Your commitment: 18 contact hours plus any required preparation and professional reading. 

In addition, participants may choose to work with a professional companion from education or industry to engage in work shadowing and reflective discussion.  This elective opportunity will involve a 1-hour preparatory conversation, work shadowing for one day (8 hours), a 1-hour reflective conversation with your professional companion, and a 2-hour debrief and reflection with your network colleagues. 

AITSL Professional Standards for Teachers: Focus areas 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1 and 7.4.

Delivery mode: 4 x face-to-face sessions.

Presented by: 
Mary Hudson, Educational Consultant.
Tracey Ezard, Speaker, Author and Educator.

Price: $970.00 per person (GST inclusive).

Key Dates: By registering for this series, you are committing to attend the following sessions:

16 March 2026, 9:00am–1:00pm – for all network members; 1:30pm–3:30pm, reflective debrief for current participants who undertook professional companioning in 2025
16 June 2026, 9:00am-1:00pm – for all network members
27 July 2026, 9:00am-1:00pm – for all network members; 1:30pm–3:30pm, professional companioning reflective debrief for new and current network members
22 September 2026, 9:00am–3:15pm – for all network members

Location: AISSA, 128 Greenhill Road, Unley SA 5061 and Host Schools – details to be announced.

Registration closes: 9 March 2026 at 5:00pm.

Program Overview: Whether you are already part of the AISSA’s vibrant and growing Power of the Network for Deputy Principals and Heads of School, or considering joining for the first time, now is the time to get involved! 

This dynamic network continues to be a space where collaboration, innovation, and leadership development thrive. It is designed for leaders who want to deepen their knowledge, expand executive skills, and strengthen their leadership capacity and capability. 

Gain access to the collective expertise of peers, visit schools, engage with thought leaders, and receive one-on-one leadership support from experienced colleagues. You will also have the opportunity to work with a professional companion, a current school leader or industry expert, who will support your growth and reflection. 

We will work alongside Tracey Ezard, focusing on Leading Teams with Ferocious Warmth, maximising both your leadership impact and your team’s effectiveness. Become an architect of both culture and strategy, build the collective strength of your team and the leadership pipeline of tomorrow. 

Program Lead: please contact Natalie Jonas.

Terms and Conditions: Registration for this event will incur the fee detailed above. This fee will be invoiced after the event and is payable unless written notice of cancellation is received seven or more days prior to the event.  See the AISSA’s Professional Learning Terms and Conditions for the full registration terms and conditions including the cancellation policy.