{"id":5276,"date":"2025-09-25T03:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T03:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/?post_type=article&#038;p=5276"},"modified":"2025-09-25T03:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T03:27:22","slug":"from-the-principal-24","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/article\/from-the-principal-24\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Principal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4815\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/04\/MLC25-Headshots-010-1st-web-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/04\/MLC25-Headshots-010-1st-web-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/04\/MLC25-Headshots-010-1st-web-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/04\/MLC25-Headshots-010-1st-web-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/04\/MLC25-Headshots-010-1st-web-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/04\/MLC25-Headshots-010-1st-web-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/04\/MLC25-Headshots-010-1st-web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>The Po<\/strong><strong>wer of an All-Girls Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, I was on drop off duty in the Junior School, doing my part to keep the traffic moving by meeting the cars, opening the doors for the students, and helping them out. I opened the car door for one of our kindergarten students said \u2018good morning\u2019 and helped her with her bag and hat; she looked at me and said \u2018You\u2019re the boss of the whole school, you\u2019re even the boss of Mr Sandral\u2019 and we had a little chat about what \u2018being the boss meant\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve thought a lot about that conversation and why what could be considered a seemly insignificant comment speaks volumes about the \u2018why\u2019 of MLC School. Even at five years old, that student knows that she can be the boss if she wants to, that women can lead men and by association that there is nothing that she can\u2019t do. Growing up alongside females who \u2018are the boss\u2019 is far more powerful than any leadership program or workshop that she may attend in the future.<\/p>\n<p>I shared this story with those attending our recent School Tour. Following the presentation I received this message:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Can you please also pass on a message to Ms Moloney from me \u2013 we attended the School open day today, and her presentation was brilliant. Her story today about the child she spoke to in the car really hit home for me \u2013 I am a female CFO in a very male dominated industry. Like Ms Moloney, I have gone through so many people and so many barriers telling you that you can\u2019t, hearing her this morning was very inspirational.&#8217;<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So why does this matter? According to the International Coalition of Girls\u2019 Schools, representation of women in leadership is still far from equal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The proportion of\u00a0Chief Executive Officers\u00a0who are women, according to a survey of enterprises by the World Bank, is 18%. Among Fortune 500 corporations, women make up only 7% of the\u00a0Chief Executive Officers, which is 37 out of 500.<\/li>\n<li>An analysis\u00a0of more than 8,600 companies in 49 countries showed women held 17% of all global board seats. Only 5% of board chair positions were held by women.<\/li>\n<li>The proportion of\u00a0managerial positions globally held by women is 28%.<\/li>\n<li>Among the\u00a0largest non-profit charities in the world, a slim 18% are led by women, though they make up 75% of the nonprofit workforce.<\/li>\n<li>In the US, women make up an estimated 75% of all\u00a0K-12 teachers, but are only 30% of the total number of school board members, principals, superintendents, and chief state education officers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Girls cannot be what they do not see. We, as their educators and parents, have a critical responsibility to ensure that they see what is possible and have opportunities to take the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Girls\u2019 schools play an essential part in helping to address this imbalance:<\/p>\n<p><strong>All-girls learning environments empower students to become bold leaders:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>93%<\/strong>\u00a0of girls\u2019 school graduates say they were offered\u00a0<strong>greater leadership opportunities<\/strong>\u00a0than peers at co-educational schools and\u00a0<strong>80%<\/strong>\u00a0have\u00a0<strong>held leadership positions<\/strong>\u00a0since graduating from high school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2013 Goodman Research Group, <em>The Girls\u2019 School Experience: A Survey of Young Alumnae of Single-Sex Schools<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Programs at girls\u2019 schools focus on the development of teamwork over other qualities of leadership, while the qualities of\u00a0<strong>confidence, compassion, and resilience<\/strong>\u00a0also ranked prominently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2013 D. Nicole Archard, <em>Student Leadership Development in Australian and New Zealand Secondary Girls\u2019 Schools: A Staff Perspective<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At all girls\u2019 schools, girls demonstrate great confidence in female leadership and become\u00a0<strong>increasingly interested in leadership positions<\/strong>\u00a0themselves. Preliminary data from co-educational schools suggests that girls become less interested in leadership positions with age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2013 Dr Katherine Kinzler, Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago and Visiting Professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University<\/p>\n<p>As well as modelling leadership, we also explicitly develop leadership, read more<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-futuris\/?post_type=article&amp;p=5296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As MLC School approaches its 140th year of excellence in girls\u2019 education, it\u2019s timely to reflect on the value of an all-girls school and the power it affords girls to flourish and shape their future without constraints or gendered limitations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/girlsschools.org\/member-resource-center\/topics-of-interest\/girls-as-leaders\/data-on-women-girls-as-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u2013 Lisa Moloney<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPrincipal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Power of an All-Girls Education Recently, I was on drop off duty in the Junior School, doing my part to keep the traffic moving by meeting the cars, opening the doors for the students, and helping them out. 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