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Andrea is an Employee Learning and Development professional with two years of experience who is passionate about using her skills to implement innovative and pioneering HR initiatives to drive a culture of professional development. Her strengths lay in people and relationship management, critical thinking and delivering behaviour change projects with an innovative twist. She has been responsible for introducing compliance learning tailored to our significantly diverse employee base of over 12,000 and using her skills to create engagement for and roll out of 'Altogether Autism & Neurodiversity awareness programme at The Warehouse Group. She has shifted the way our team engages with learning, cultivating a continuous learning and development culture specific to their journey.
Andrea is an Employee Learning and Development professional with two years of experience who is passionate about using her skills to implement innovative and pioneering HR initiatives to drive a culture of professional development. Her strengths lay in people and relationship management, critical thinking and delivering behaviour change projects with an innovative twist. She has been responsible for introducing compliance learning tailored to our significantly diverse employee base of over 12,000 and using her skills to create engagement for and roll out of 'Altogether Autism & Neurodiversity awareness programme at The Warehouse Group. She has shifted the way our team engages with learning, cultivating a continuous learning and development culture specific to their journey.
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excellence awardee:
Best Professional
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Dr Jake Madden
Principal
Always passionate about teaching, after earning a Diploma in Primary Teaching in 1985 from the Armidale College of Advanced Education, Jake went on to complete a BA in Education for the Gifted and Talented. In 1995 he completed a Graduate Diploma of Arts and Leadership, and earned a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Leadership in 2001.
He completed his Doctorate in Education in 2006. Incorporating his doctoral studies on building teacher capacity, Jake has been an instrument of change in helping schools undergo pedagogical restructuring. Emphatic in the importance of teachers continuing
to conduct their own research and continually seeking
to improve their work environments, Jake’s voracious aptitude for knowledge has led him to continually evolve and develop both his knowledge of curricula and policy.
Jake has enjoyed a successful teaching and leadership career across three states and four educational systems throughout Australia and internationally. He has been a principal of seven schools over the last twenty years building and leading learning communities. He is passionate about leadership and the positive difference that it can make to teacher and student learning outcomes. Over many years, Jake has led and facilitated the professional learning of principals and staff at school, national and international level in the area of leadership, school improvement and curriculum development.
Principal
Dr Jake Madden
In schools across Australia, new and challenging facets of teachers’ professional development are emerging.
As the pandemic persists, curriculum changes loom, and concerns about student wellbeing and the rapid digitisation of schools grow, it’s forgivable for some staff to feel as if they’re playing a constant game of catch-up, and this can be overwhelming to many.
At St Edward’s Primary School in Tamworth, professional development is much more than just keeping staff ahead of the learning curve.
Mindful of the increasingly complex and multifaceted role of modern educators, the school has developed a framework that allows teachers to pause and take stock of what they’re doing, analyse what they do and then access the professional development support they need.
The St Edward’s Teacher as Researcher Initiative (SETARI) is also personalised to the teachers’ own context and interest, tying the improvement needs of the individual teacher as it relates to the performance data of their students.
A personal approach to teacher improvement
On Friday 12 August, this work was recognised when the school won an Excellence Award for Best Professional Learning Program at the Australian Education Awards 2022.
The success of SETARI lies in its personal approach to teacher improvement and how it helps teachers meet and measure specific goals.
The SETARI process is described as “identifying a specific problem; collecting evidence on actions; inferring generalisations from the evidence regarding the degree to which the goal had been achieved; and the continuous retesting of the generalisations.”
“SETARI is our school’s form of action research which is job embedded and seeks to find practical solutions to teacher improvement,” the school’s principal, Dr Jake Madden, told The Educator.
“It is an intentional and systematic inquiry undertaken by teachers with the goal of gaining insight into their own teaching and learning. In doing so they are becoming a more reflective practitioner to enable them to effect changes in the classroom.”
Madden said teacher action research allows St Edward’s to lead evidence-based school practices and change.
“We found that teachers who actively engage in research in the classroom are able to better understand the challenges they face and why things are the way they are,” he said.
“By gathering ‘learning’ data systematically and reviewing it with peers, makes their teaching and learning decision making more student focused.”
Madden said conducting action research projects has had a positive professional impact on teachers and an even greater influence on their teaching prowess.
“Sharing their learning with peers enabled them to continue to implement and promote their teaching strategies from their action research projects across the school.”
Dr Jake Madden
Principal
Leadership
Always passionate about teaching, after earning a Diploma in Primary Teaching in 1985 from the Armidale College of Advanced Education, Jake went on to complete a BA in Education for the Gifted and Talented. In 1995 he completed a Graduate Diploma of Arts and Leadership, and earned a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Leadership in 2001. He completed his Doctorate in Education in 2006. Incorporating his doctoral studies on building teacher capacity, Jake has been an instrument of change in helping schools undergo pedagogical restructuring. Emphatic in the importance of teachers continuing to conduct their own research and continually seeking to improve their work environments, Jake’s voracious aptitude for knowledge has led him to continually evolve and develop both his knowledge of curricula and policy.
Jake has enjoyed a successful teaching and leadership career across three states and four educational systems throughout Australia and internationally. He has been a principal of seven schools over the last twenty years building and leading learning communities. He is passionate about leadership and the positive difference that it can make to teacher and student learning outcomes. Over many years, Jake has led and facilitated the professional learning of principals and staff at school, national and international level in the area of leadership, school improvement and curriculum development.
Principal
Dr Jake Madden
Local Government in New Zealand consists of 78 local, regional and unitary councils. The Far North District Council is the most northern territorial authority and serves the residents of Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Kawakawa, Kerikeri, Paihia and Russell, as well as several smaller settlements and rural and Māori communities. We are a growing district of 71,000 people spread over 7,324km². The Far North district stretches from Cape Rēinga at the northern tip of New Zealand down to the Bay of Islands and Hokianga.
Local Government in New Zealand consists of 78 local, regional and unitary councils. The Far North District Council is the most northern territorial authority and serves the residents of Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Kawakawa, Kerikeri, Paihia and Russell, as well as several smaller settlements and rural and Māori communities. We are a growing district of 71,000 people spread over 7,324km². The Far North district stretches from Cape Rēinga at the northern tip of New Zealand down to the Bay of Islands and Hokianga.
Local Government in New Zealand consists of 78 local, regional and unitary councils. The Far North District Council is the most northern territorial authority and serves the residents of Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Kawakawa, Kerikeri, Paihia and Russell, as well as several smaller settlements and rural and Māori communities. We are a growing district of 71,000 people spread over 7,324km². The Far North district stretches from Cape Rēinga at the northern tip of New Zealand down to the Bay of Islands and Hokianga.
We are responsible for a large range of services including roads, water reticulation, sewerage and refuse collection, libraries, parks, recreation services, local regulations, community and economic development, and town planning.
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excellence awardee:
Best Professional
Learning Program
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St Edward's Primary School
Best Professional Learning Program
excellence awardee:
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St Edward's
Primary School
Always passionate about teaching, after earning a Diploma in Primary Teaching
in 1985 from the Armidale College
of Advanced Education, Jake went on
to complete a BA in Education for the Gifted and Talented. In 1995 he
completed a Graduate Diploma of Arts
and Leadership, and earned a Master
of Arts in Education with a concentration
in Leadership in 2001. He completed his Doctorate in Education in 2006. Incorporating his doctoral studies on building teacher capacity, Jake has been
an instrument of change in helping schools undergo pedagogical restructuring. Emphatic in the importance of teachers continuing to conduct their own research and continually seeking to improve their work environments, Jake’s voracious aptitude for knowledge has led him to continually evolve and develop both his knowledge of curricula and policy.
Jake has enjoyed a successful teaching
and leadership career across three states and four educational systems throughout Australia and internationally. He has been
a principal of seven schools over the last twenty years building and leading learning communities.He is passionate about leadership and the positive difference that it can make to teacher and student learning outcomes. Over many years, Jake has led and facilitated the professional learning of principals and staff at school, national and international level in the area of leadership, school improvement and curriculum development.
Guiding his leadership practices is the key focus on improving student learning.
This highlights his educational interests
in building teacher capacity through the development of learning in the contemporary world, the promotion
of flexible learning spaces to meet the needs of the 21st century learner and curriculum for global mindedness.
This is highlighted in his online presence. Additionally Jake is recognised for his passion in supporting the training and development of beginning teachers.
Jake sees teachers as leaders in his schools with his doctoral research being focused on the relationship between teachers as leaders and school principals. Flowing from his research and experience in schools, Jake has provided blueprints
for schools wishing to engage in school improvement initiatives. He is the autho
of six books and numerous articles. Incorporating his doctoral work on building teacher capacity Jake’s expertise has assisted schools in undertaking pedagogical change.
Jake is a leader in the notion of teacher-as-researcher and through his leadership in schools engages teachers to collaborate in revising curriculum, improving their work environment, professionalizing teaching, and developing effective school policy. Jake is called upon nationally
and internationally to offer insights into building teacher capacity in de-privatizing teaching and learning.
Supporting education worldwide, Jake presides as a Governor for ImprovED (https://improve-ed.com), an international organisation focused on school improvement. Jake was awarded a Fellowship with the Australian Council of Educational Leaders in recognition for his contribution in this area and to fostering teacher professional learning. In December 2019 the Global Forum for Education and Learning conferred him in the top 100 leaders in education and in 2020 he received the outstanding contribution to education from GESS, Dubai. Currently, Jake is the editor of the Journal of Applied Research and Innovation (https://www.jicr.net) and he sits on the editorial board for the International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change (https://www.ijicc.net). Jake is the inaugural Dean of the Australian College of Researchers (https://www.acr.college).
Under Jake’s leadership, St Edward's has been chosen as one of the top 10 shortlisted schools for the T4 World's Best School Prize in the category of Overcoming Adversity, out of thousands of submissions from across the world! This award comes on the back of being a finalist in the Australian Education Awards for Best Primary School (2021), finalist for Best Professional Learning program (2022) and Mrs Cecily Hankin, a finalist for Teacher of the Year (2022). Additionally his school was also a finalist in the Tamworth Quality Business Awards (2022) for Excellence in Innovation and Excellence in Customer service: Education and Training.
Outside of education Jake is an accredited rugby coach and is a golfing enthusiast. Today, Dr. Jake resides in Tamworth, Australia. More details can be found at www.jake-madden.com
Guiding his leadership practices is the key focus on improving student learning. This highlights his educational interests in building teacher capacity through the development of learning in the contemporary world, the promotion of flexible learning spaces to meet the needs of the 21st century learner and curriculum for global mindedness. This is highlighted in his online presence. Additionally Jake is recognised for his passion in supporting the training and development of beginning teachers.
Jake sees teachers as leaders in his schools with his doctoral research being focused on the relationship between teachers as leaders and school principals. Flowing from his research and experience in schools, Jake has provided blueprints for schools wishing to engage in school improvement initiatives. He is the author of six books and numerous articles. Incorporating his doctoral work on building teacher capacity Jake’s expertise has assisted schools in undertaking pedagogical change.
Jake is a leader in the notion of teacher-as-researcher and through his leadership in schools engages teachers to collaborate in revising curriculum, improving their work environment, professionalizing teaching, and developing effective school policy. Jake is called upon nationally
and internationally to offer insights into building teacher capacity in de-privatizing teaching and learning.
Supporting education worldwide, Jake presides as a Governor for ImprovED (https://improve-ed.com), an international organisation focused on school improvement. Jake was awarded a Fellowship with the Australian Council of Educational Leaders in recognition for his contribution in this area and to fostering teacher professional learning. In December 2019 the Global Forum for Education and Learning conferred him in the top 100 leaders in education and in 2020 he received the outstanding contribution to education from GESS, Dubai. Currently, Jake is the editor of the Journal of Applied Research and Innovation (https://www.jicr.net) and he sits on the editorial board for the International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change (https://www.ijicc.net). Jake is the inaugural Dean of the Australian College of Researchers (https://www.acr.college).
Under Jake’s leadership, St Edward's has been chosen as one of the top 10 shortlisted schools for the T4 World's Best School Prize in the category of Overcoming Adversity, out of thousands of submissions from across the world! This award comes on the back of being a finalist in the Australian Education Awards for Best Primary School (2021), finalist for Best Professional Learning program (2022) and Mrs Cecily Hankin, a finalist for Teacher of the Year (2022). Additionally his school was also a finalist in the Tamworth Quality Business Awards (2022) for Excellence in Innovation and Excellence in Customer service: Education and Training.
Outside of education Jake is an accredited rugby coach and is a golfing enthusiast. Today, Dr. Jake resides in Tamworth, Australia. More details can be found at www.jake-madden.com
Guiding his leadership practices is the key focus on improving student learning. This highlights his educational interests in building teacher capacity through the development of learning in the contemporary world, the promotion of flexible learning spaces to meet the needs of the 21st century learner and curriculum for global mindedness. This is highlighted in his online presence. Additionally Jake is recognised for his passion in supporting the training and development of beginning teachers.
Jake sees teachers as leaders in his schools with his doctoral research being focused on the relationship between teachers as leaders and school principals. Flowing from his research and experience in schools, Jake has provided blueprints for schools wishing to engage in school improvement initiatives. He is the author of six books and numerous articles. Incorporating his doctoral work on building teacher capacity Jake’s expertise has assisted schools in undertaking pedagogical change.
Jake is a leader in the notion of teacher-as-researcher and through his leadership in schools engages teachers to collaborate in revising curriculum, improving their work environment, professionalizing teaching, and developing effective school policy. Jake is called upon nationally and internationally to offer insights into building teacher capacity in de-privatizing teaching and learning.
Supporting education worldwide, Jake presides as a Governor for ImprovED (https://improve-ed.com), an international organisation focused on school improvement. Jake was awarded a Fellowship with the Australian Council of Educational Leaders in recognition for his contribution in this area and to fostering teacher professional learning. In December 2019 the Global Forum for Education and Learning conferred him in the top 100 leaders in education and in 2020 he received the outstanding contribution to education from GESS, Dubai. Currently, Jake is the editor of the Journal of Applied Research and Innovation (https://www.jicr.net) and he sits on the editorial board for the International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change (https://www.ijicc.net). Jake is the inaugural Dean of the Australian College of Researchers (https://www.acr.college).
Under Jake’s leadership, St Edward's has been chosen as one of the top 10 shortlisted schools for the T4 World's Best School Prize in the category of Overcoming Adversity, out of thousands of submissions from across the world! This award comes on the back of being a finalist in the Australian Education Awards for Best Primary School (2021), finalist for Best Professional Learning program (2022) and Mrs Cecily Hankin, a finalist for Teacher of the Year (2022). Additionally his school was also a finalist in the Tamworth Quality Business Awards (2022) for Excellence in Innovation and Excellence in Customer service: Education and Training.
Outside of education Jake is an accredited rugby coach and is a golfing enthusiast. Today, Dr. Jake resides in Tamworth, Australia. More details can be found at www.jake-madden.com