“That ICPA Qld lobbies the Department of Education and Queensland Teacher’s Union to resolve the ongoing situation with Acting Principal positions causing disruption in rural and remote schools.”
Rural and remote students are more disadvantaged by the process whereby Principals are ‘acting’ in a position that is held by another Principal who is ‘acting’ for another, etc. Therefore, the principal’s position in a small, rural school is dependent on many other acting roles throughout the state and can change more frequently than in larger, metropolitan schools. Short-term principals cause huge disruption to rural and remote schools and communities through lack of consistency of long-term strategic direction and inability to build strong community relationships.
