Flagship program · 2027
6R Leadership Program.
For experienced Catholic school principals — six phases from February to August 2027, with face-to-face workshops in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra.
- When
- February – August 2027
Six phases - Where
- Melbourne · Brisbane
Adelaide · Canberra - Investment
- $5,950 + GST
per participant - Who it's for
- Current school principals
with 3+ years' experience
The program
The leadership of any school is a privilege and an opportunity to make a difference in so many ways.
Such a role is equally not without challenge and circumstances that give rise to leaders inevitably reflecting on their motivations, aspirations, and desire to undertake a complex but equally important role.
It is vitally important that school principals are afforded the opportunity to take time to undertake professional learning that will assist with their sustainability and enjoyment the role of school principal.
Why the need for this program?
The program is a response to a range of needs expressed by current school principals through various forms of consultation and engagement. These are the need for Principals to be provided with structured opportunities to reflect and learn with peers at a similar phase of their leadership formation; to add and deepen knowledge, skills and capabilities required to undertake the role of Principal now and into the future; to encourage Principals to explore what they wish they had known before becoming a Principal; to provide a tangible way to enable Principals to thrive in their role.
Target audience
Current School Principals with a minimum of 3 years' experience.
Program cost
$5,950 + GST
Excludes travel, accommodation and non-program meals.
What are the 6R's?
Reflection and Renewal
The program invites principals to reflect upon their values, motivations, and purpose of leading a Catholic school in times of increased complexity, volatility, and uncertainty. The presenting circumstances of a global pandemic, the seemingly increasing set of paradoxes that impact on quality schooling provision, the ever-changing dynamic of living and working in diverse communities and sustaining our Catholic identity are the realities in which school leaders undertake their work. This program is an important juncture for school leaders to reflect on their professional role and contribution, and to subsequently renew their understanding and commitment to leadership and the stewardship of sustainable, quality school provision in their context. Participants will be invoked to articulate their personal ‘WHY?’ What informs and calls them to be educational leaders of faith and learning.
Relatedness
The program acknowledges the importance of connection and collaboration to the achievement of broader common good. Humans by nature are pre-disposed to living and working together in community.
It is unequivocal that enhanced levels of engagement by individuals in any organisation will translate to better organisational culture typified by high levels of employee satisfaction, the development of necessary core workforce capabilities such as shared problem solving and the enhanced possibility of improved collective performance.
A key facet of this program of professional learning will be to mature and enhance how school leaders work together for mutual benefit. Participants will work in partnership to generate collective action and agency in relation to common problems of practice.
Refinement
Being formed and informed for leadership is ongoing and never complete. Leadership is the art, science, and practice of imperfection, generative by nature and continually about learning. Leaders aspire to be fully formed but paradoxically, will never be given there will always be something to learn or some new circumstance to navigate or a professional capability to refine. The program provides opportunities for participants to engage in core capabilities for all leadership:
Persuading and influencing; negotiation; decision making; effective communication; developing presence and self-awareness; neuroscience; strategic thinking; establishing a high performing school culture; cultural change.
Refresh
The demands upon and expectations of school leaders are many. It is vitally important that each school leader adopt a proactive approach to their own health and well-being if they are to develop a sustainable approach to their work. Moreover, healthy leaders with positive mindsets are essential to the responsible stewardship of a school community. The program provides an opportunity for each participant to explore practical options for sustainability and enjoyment in school leadership.
Reach Out
It is important to benchmark and look out to observe other educational settings. Context does matter and many of the challenges facing school leaders in Australia are ones that are the same in other jurisdictions globally. Moreover, it is also useful to gain a sense of the trends such systems are responding too and innovations they are implementing.
Six phases
Program phases.
Overview of program phases and components.
Melbourne 18 & 19 February 2027
Brisbane 6 & 7 May 2027
Adelaide 29 & 30 July 2027
Canberra 27 August 2027
Reflection and Renewal
Reflection and Renewal
Reflection and Renewal
Relatedness: Adaptive Thriving School Cultures
Refresh and Refine
Refresh and Renew
Program design
Your facilitator.
The program has been designed by Dr Stephen Brown with input and advice from current school principals. Dr Brown will facilitate the program scheduled for delivery in 2027.
In their words
“I wanted to thank you for the 6R program in Melbourne. This program is honestly one of the best PL experiences I have ever had in my 35 years in education.”
“I greatly appreciate the course as a whole. I think it should be recommended to all experienced leaders. I feel like this course could extend many careers that are prematurely ending due to the pressures we have discussed.”
Registration
Register your interest.
Register your interest below — no payment is taken online. Helen will be in touch to confirm your place and send your invoice.
Registration enquiries
Helen Langborne · The Brown Collective