Resources
Department of Education Plan for NSW Public Education 2025
The Department’s Plan can be downloaded here
Newsletters
Front pages of IRSEA’s most recent Newsletters.
The last two years of Newsletters are available on the Newsletters page.
Members can also obtain electronic copies of previous, archived Newsletters.
Opportunities to discuss educational issues
Officers from the NSW Department of Education generously give their time to discuss current educational progress, plans and ideas with IRSEA members. Four presentations are available below.
In addition, IRSEA invites other outstanding speakers on important educational issues to address meetings.
Click on the links to view the slides that supported the presentations.
(AGM 21 March 2025)
Click on the title opposite to download the presentation by Deb Summerhayes PSM.
Viv White AM addressed the meeting of
2 August 2024 on Big Picture Learning.
Click on the titles adjacent to download information from Viv’s presentation
Public Education Foundation
(meeting 30 May 2024)
Click on the above title to download
David Riordan’s presentation
PUBLIC SCHOOLS – 2024
(AGM 22 March 2024)
Click on the above title to download
Deb Summerhayes’s presentation.
How NSW and Australia failed its schools
Chris Bonnor’s presentation.
For further analysis see the book:
Waiting for Gonski: How Australia failed its schools
by Tom Greenwell and Chris Bonnor
Chris Bonnor’s Graphics PowerPoint
Click on the title above to download the PowerPoint of the graphics in Chris Bonnor’s presentation.
Faster Horses, Ferraris and the Future – Possibilities and Perspectives to Progress Education
(Meeting 9 December 2022)
Click on the title above to access the slides of the presentation by Eric Jamieson, Director, Circumference 360 Pty Ltd
Twigs and branches in the tree of education
(Meeting 19 August 2022)
Click on the title above to go to video presentations by Eddie Woo
Changing Nature of the School Performance Director Role
(AGM 6 May 2022)
Click on the title above to access the slides of the presentation by Raechel McCarthy (on left) and Mandy Shaw.
(Meeting 3 December 2021)
Click on the title above to access the PDF slides of the presentation by Leanne Nixon.
(AGM 4 June 2021)
Click on the title above to access the PDF slides of the presentation by Kathy Powzun.
