Principal Induction Program

Supports new Principals to navigate their school community through a dynamic, diverse, and complex context. You will be supported to meet the significant opportunities and challenges encountered in your first three years while sustaining yourself in the role. This is a 10-day blended learning program.

Program: 
Days 1 & 2: 9 and 10 March
Day 3 & 4 (online, 9am-1pm): 28 and 29 March
Days 5 & 6: 4 and 5 May
Day 7 & 8 (online, 9am-1pm): 24 and 25 May
Days 9 & 10: 16 and 17 June

Location: AISNSW Level 12, 99 York Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

Closing Date: One week prior to program commencement

Participants from: 
AIS Member Schools (from any state / territory) $4,500
Applications from Principals in any other schools will be considered.

Member Application Non-Member Application

What's Involved?

At a glance:

  • Ten days spaced across six months
  • The Clifton Strengths Finder Survey and debrief session
  • Allocation of a leadership coach who is a current and experienced Principal
  • Aligned to the Australian Professional Standard for Principals

Principals Topics:

  • Your role as Principal, your leadership purpose and vision
  • Current and emerging issues for independent schools
  • Developing self and building the leadership capacity of others
  • Leading the management of your school - governance, financial, risk and legal issues.
  • Leading learning through identifying and planning high quality teaching and learning
  • Leading improvement, innovation and change - culture and context
  • Investigating the adaptive leadership framework
  • Engaging and working with the community - media and reputation management

What do participants say?

Fiona Johnston

Principal
St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls, WA

The opportunities to learn and grow, both professionally and personally, through the AIS Principal Induction Program have been exceptional and overwhelmingly rewarding.

Having completed both the AIS Flagship Program and most recently the Principal Induction Program, I feel empowered, supported and ready to embrace new adventures in my new role as Principal of St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls in Perth.

Simon Herd

Principal
Medowie Christian School, NSW

The AIS Leadership Centre provides new Principals with world class learning in the Principal Induction Program. The opportunity to learn with a diverse range of new Principals fosters friendship, rich discussion, and the opportunity to share practical school based scenarios.

Having completed an MBA and two other Masters degrees, I found the quality of the presenters outstanding in challenging us to think beyond the immediate and to develop a growth mindset. To position new principals to lead with conviction into the future, I highly recommend this program.

Ian Hewitt

Principal
Trinity Christian School, ACT

The Principal Induction Program was about the rich content and the journey with others in this new and often lonely role for the first time. Principals come with a range of professional backgrounds and experience. To be able to gain further knowledge and insight across such a diverse range of topics over the course of the year was invaluable in filling in some of those gaps, as well as sharing experiences with others.

The coaching was affirming and assisted me to work through the range of challenges which new principals face with the reassurance that we do have the capacity and expertise to lead our schools. 

Craig Randazzo

Principal
Skillset Senior College, NSW

The program was conveniently scheduled to suit our very full diaries, and provided essential information, support and networking opportunities that I know will have a lasting and significant positive impact.

I also appreciated the informal culture that developed over time that allowed individuals to build trust within the group, which allowed highly authentic exchanges and rich learning from the field. In my view the PIP is a must for all new school Principals to ensure they are across all the essential elements of such a high stakes role.

NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)
Elective PD





Completing The AIS Leadership Centre Principal Induction Program will contribute 50 hours of Elective PD addressing 6.1.4 and 6.3.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Lead Teacher Accreditation in NSW.