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Dear Members,<\/p>\nDear Members,<\/p>\n
Since our last newsletter, so much has happened.\u00a0 Many of us have endured at least one if not three lockdowns. To those members who have had to quarantine \u2013 thank you!<\/p>\n
Welcome to our, new members, hopefully you will be able to join us at one or more of our upcoming functions. We are always looking for new members \u2013 so please spread the word throughout your networks.<\/p>\n
Before the latest COVID outbreaks we were lucky enough to hold a number of PD\u2019s sessions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
March saw Jeff Buchanan facilitate \u201cTurning Volunteers into Champions\u201d joined by Phil Hancock, Jo Nitz and Tamlyn Lambert also shared their insights during a panel discussion.\u00a0 Later in the month Claire Henkey, Susie Hancock and myself visited Mackay for a full day of PD with our members and guests.<\/p>\n
Our fundraising and admissions members enjoyed a special interest group at St John\u2019s Anglican College in April focusing on best practice in Fundraising initiatives and the consequent impact on enrolment outcomes.<\/p>\n
In May members of the committee travelled to Toowoomba for a professional development day.\u00a0 Lara Pickering shared the story of St Margaret\u2019s Going for Gold Campaign. Susie Hancock ran a session on calm or chaos in the marketing office and Kamyra Laurenson shared her learnings from UQ\u2019s \u2018Soils for Science\u2019 campaign. It was great to have local Tracey Kessels from Glennie share the success of their Poppy Project.<\/p>\n
Our latest SIGs were to be held at Churchie, but due to the latest lockdown the admissions SIG was flipped to Zoom. Ben Foley’s shared his knowledge of admissions and law with members joining from across Australia. Thanks, Ben, for a great session. You can view the session HERE<\/a><\/strong>. The marketing SIG will be rescheduled to a time where we can join together on site at schools.<\/p>\n The Educate Plus Board have had to make the difficult decision to once again postpone our International Conference<\/a> to May 30 \u2013 June 2, 2022.\u00a0 Anyone who has already signed up will have their registration transferred to the new dates.\u00a0<\/p>\n So that PD can still be enjoyed this year, the Board has created a fantastic Non-Conference Week Online Series which will run from Tuesday 7 to Thursday 9 September with nine great sessions. Click through for more details https:\/\/www.educateplus.edu.au\/professional-development\/non-conference-week-events<\/a>.<\/p>\n We are always keen to hear your ideas for speakers and topics for our ongoing SIG\u2019s and professional development sessions, so feel free to email me anytime.<\/p>\n