July InBrief: Leadership snippets from around the country

By EducationHQ News Team
Published July 8, 2015

Know of an excellent example of Leadership in your community? We'd love to hear from you. Email your brief 60 word story to classroom@educationhq.com.au

New principal website

ADELAIDE - Principals Australia Institute has been working in recent months to deliver their new PAI website. According ...

This story appeared in the July 2015 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

Teacher Mathematics - Box Hill Temporary High School

NSW Department of Education Sydney NSW

Teaching - Secondary / Oct 28, 2026

Teacher Mathematics - Leeton High School ($5k Relocation Support Payment)

Leeton High School Leeton

Teaching - Secondary / Oct 28, 2026

Head Teacher English - Fort Street High School

Fort Street High School Petersham

School Management / Oct 28, 2026

School news / ‘Disgraceful’: Union slams move by Vic Govt to cut funding for students with disability

Just a month out from Victoria’s state election, its Labor Government has come under a withering attack by the Australian Education Union for its decision to cut millions of dollars offunding for students with disability attending public schools.

School news / ‘A marker of privilege’: UK Govt’s oracy plans for schools face fierce scrutiny

Britain’s Labour Government appear determined to steer the country’s internationally revered education system in a different direction, announcing one policy – among others – that has prompted one expert to sound the alarm.

Opinion / There are risks when children use AI chatbots. Does Australia’s new ‘digital duty of care’ address them?

We know many children and teens are turning to AI chatbots to answer tricky questions, seek help and even find companionship. An eSafety survey of 1950 Australian children aged 10 to 17 found 78 per cent had used an AI chatbot and, of those, 54 pe...

School news / Calls for bolstered national standards as AI threat looms amid final exams

Tens of thousands of Victorian high school students have put pen to paper in the first of more than 160 final year exams, as a report raises the alarm over education discrepancies across the nation.

School news / ‘Cricket saved me’: how the game is changing children’s lives in Cape Town’s poorest township

As Australia and South Africa battle for world Test cricket supremacy this week at Newlands in Cape Town, around 25 kilometres down the road from arguably the world’s most picturesque cricket ground lies the other side of Nelson Mandela’s homeland.

Community / Universal Design for Learning: a win for inclusion or time waster for teachers?

The most recent version of the Universal Design for Learning framework was released by the Centre for Applied Special Technology in 2024 and it brought with it a raft of new questions, ideas and challenges for teachers.

School news / ‘Not OpenAI’: evidence-backed chatbot offers 24/7 mental health support for young people

The eSafety Commissioner’s August report on children and AI revealed that 78 per cent of Australian children and teens aged 10 to 17 use AI assistants and companion tools, with more than half turning to them for personal advice, emotional support,...

Opinion / Our classrooms need poetry more than ever. Here’s why

Poems are like trees. You notice them only when they're gone.

School news / Call for politician ban from schools after ‘grubby’ Christmas post by premier

Politicians have been told to stay away from public schools after a premier made “grubby and ill-informed” comments over the renaming of a Christmas event.

School news / Teen wellbeing dependent on more than good sleep, diet and exercise: new research

When it comes to young people’s good mental health, the ‘big three’ healthy habits of sleep, nutrition and physical activity have long been considered key, however new research suggests it should perhaps be the ‘big five’ instead.

July InBrief: Leadership snippets from around the country

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