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Extensive leadership and management experience in some of the largest institutions in the government education sector in Australia at all levels from Department Head to Principal. Overseas experience adds depth.
Recognised for leadership of exciting, highly productive professional teams in large schools.
Significant experience as Director and Assessor of Assessment Centres over many years.
As a trained job analyst, had extensive involvement in organisational analysis of a large government department, developing and implementing benchmarking and restructuring professional positions.
Mel has always been an innovative, entrepreneurial leader. Just a few of many career highlights follow:
As a Deputy Principal, he suggested the introduction of a Canadian model (Experienced Based Career Education). The following year, Roma State High was one of the first three Queensland schools to trial Work Experience.
At Benowa High, Mel developed a significant role for the Administration Officer. In 1986 he had the role presented to Education Queensland and the position of Registrar was formally established. Mel was also a driving force in implementing French Immersion at Benowa High. In many schools that followed, their immersion programs were based on "The Benowa Model".
In the early 1990s, he proposed "School Community Partnerships", a model from West Virginia, USA that had apprenticeships and traineeships for high school students as part of their senior program. This was rejected at the time as a TAFE responsibility, but is now the foundation of VET programs state-wide. In the mid 1990s Mel submitted a proposal supported by Cost-Benefit Analysis to the Minister for the introduction of Full-Fee Paying international students. Benowa High was the first school to accept Full-Fee students and the program has now grown to be Education Queensland International, a multi-million dollar income earner for state education.
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