Effective governance and management

I am committed to providing a consultancy service that offers opportunities for governing authorities and management to achieve their vision, particularly in improving the quality and standards of education and care they provide within the vision and underpinning ethos of each school.

Effective governance and management are fundamental elements of any approach to achieving organizational change and on-going improvement in the quality of education and care.

Building the capacity of each school requires a comprehensive approach to overall school improvement and organizational change.

My key role will be to assist school leaders (governing authorities and management) to face new challenges, seek new solutions and generate new insights.

Education institutions operate in a highly regulated environment. I can assist leaders to comply with these requirements and also advise on various approaches to planning and implementing change to ensure it is consistent with the strategic directions determined by the school community

For further informtion please contact me on 0419 806 419 or email me at  garry.leduff@bigpond.com 

Strategic Governance Experience

Professional Recognition

Fellow of Australian College of Educators: June 2013
Australian Centre of Educational Leadership
Honorary Member of the Leaders Institute of South Australia
Awarded SA Institute for Educational Administration Medal 1985
Awarded ACEL (SA branch) Leadership Medal 2013
Awarded Fellow of Australian College of Educational Leadership
Adjunct Senior Lecturere (Academic) Flinders University. 

Relevant Expertise, Knowledge and Experience

National and state education policy analysis
Approaches to regulation of schools (Australia and international)
Approaches to board governance
Curriculum design, development and review
Organizational change and school improvement
Application of communication strategies-including media
Preparation of submissions to government parliamentary inquiries
Advocacy and representation on behalf of Independent schools to politicians, government agencies and the wider community.

Recent Employment

Current: Consultant: Strategic Governance & Management
1995-Feb 2013: Chief Executive of the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (AISSA). Leadership of AISSA in support of Independent schools across SA.
Management of AISSA services, including educational, human resource management (including industrial relations), legislation and regulation, public relations, governance and legal. Representation and advocacy on behalf of the Independent school sector.

Employment History

Extensive experience in post-compulsory education and training as a secondary teacher and lecturer
Project Manager Applied Educational Research (TAFE), including program evaluation and data collection and analysis
Senior management in curriculum review and development and national education and training projects
Director Joint Centre for Education and Work (University of SA/TAFE).

Representation: Recent

Nominated national representative of the Independent school sector on the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)
Non-Government Superannuation Board
Education, Early Childhood Services Standards and Registration Board of South Australia
National Partnership Advisory Council-Schooling
New SACE Implementation Steering Committee
Advisory Committee on Non-Government Schools (SA).

Representation: Past

MCEETYA Taskforces on Transition from School and Student Learning Support Services
AESOC Working Party on Senior Secondary Reporting and National Curricula
Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia (SSABSA)
SA Teachers Registration Board
Several Industry Training Advisory Boards
Public representations to Commonwealth government inquiries including into the Education of Gifted and Talented Students, the Education of Students with Disabilities, the Commonwealth Funding of Schools, and the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into the Disability Act, the House of Representatives Inquiry into Vocational Education in Schools and the Gonski Panel that conducted the review of school funding.

Led delegations to State Parliament inquiries on a number of key policy areas such as international student enrolments, review of teachers’ registration, the New SACE, equal opportunities.

Strategic Governance Services

• Evaluation of the effectiveness of approaches to board governance;
• Facilitate strategic thinking across governing authorities and school management to assist with identification of future directions and strategic planning;
• Work with boards to improve their approaches to governance and the relationship between a board and management;
• Development of policies and procedures: governance and management;
• High level analysis of government policies and evaluation of the context within which schools and related authorities operate;
• Preparation of submissions to government;
• Facilitate the development of approaches to on-going improvement;
• Applied research and evaluation of programs and projects;
• Advise on approaches to managing the profile reputation of the school in the wider community,
• Facilitate communications between school leadership and the school board;
• Assist in the development of strategies to manage significant issues that are impacting on the effectiveness of the governance and management of schools.

I would be pleased to discuss how I can work with your school leaders. Please contact on 0419 806 419 or email me at garry.leduff@bigpond.com