Financial Literacy Workshop
Cost:
$400.00 per person (AHISA General and AHISA Aspirant Members)
$600.00 per person (All other delegates)
This full day program is designed to introduce participants to the knowledge required to oversee financial responsibility of an independent school. John Somerset (Somerset Education) will lead participants through financial papers and the ‘need to know’ imperatives for school management. AHISA National Chair, Rev Chris Ivey will share his experience of that theory in practice, discuss the relationship between a Head and Business Manager (or equivalent) and be available for general questions. Certification is approved for the accrual of 4 hours of mandatory NESA professional learning credits. Participants from states other than NSW may seek to use this certificate to meet requirements within their own jurisdictions.
| 8:00am |
Registration opens |
| 8:30am |
Welcome and introduction |
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Beth Blackwood, CEO, AHISA |
| 9:00am |
Session 1: Understanding financial responsibilities and accounting |
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John Somerset, Somerset Education |
| 10:30am |
Morning Tea |
| 11:00am |
Session 2: Applying accounting and analysis techniques in your school |
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John Somerset, Somerset Education |
| 12:30pm |
Lunch |
| 1:30pm |
Session 3: Theory versus practice in financial management of a school |
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Chris Ivey, Principal, St Andrew's Anglican College and AHISA National Chair |
| 3:30pm |
Afternoon tea |
| 4:00pm |
Session 4: Current and future risk assessment and practical policies |
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John Somerset, Somerset Education |
| 5:00pm |
Workshop concludes |
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Governance 101 Masterclass
Cost:
Free of charge for AHISA Aspirant Members
Aspirant members are invited to register for this highly interactive Governance masterclass free of charge. Facilitated by Elizabeth Jameson (Former Chair, Brisbane Girls Grammar and Executive Chair, Board Matters), this half day workshop is ideal for Aspirant Members looking for professional development in the area of governance, enabling a move into the role of Principal.
| 12:30pm |
Registration opens |
| 12:55pm |
The Why, What and How of School Boards |
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Drawing on contemporary practice, we discuss the fundamental legal and governance expectations of school boards and the legal duties of board members to explore why school
boards do and act as they do, what they do and how they do it. This will incorporate activity-based case study scenario discussions. |
| 2:25pm |
Afternoon tea |
| 2:45pm |
Essential Principal toolkit |
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A brief overview of the financial and other reporting skills required for working within a board and the key tools that support the relationship, in relation to delegation of authority and clarity of roles. |
| 3:45pm |
The Board and the Principal: a critical relationship |
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In this interactive panel session, we dig more deeply into how this critical relationship works, drawing on real life case studies of good and bad Board/Principal relationships and incorporating short Q&A from existing school Chairs and Principals. |
| 5:00pm |
Masterclass concludes |