HEIA Members Awarded Nearly $27,000 Worth of National Excellence in School Leadership

HEIA members awarded nearly $27,000 worth of National Excellence in School Leadership Initiative (NESLI) scholarships

At the HEIA national conference dinner held at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, HEIA proudly announced those HEIA members who had been awarded scholarships by the National Excellence in School Leadership Initiative (NESLI). In preparation for the HEIA 2017 national conference, HEIA partnered with NESLI to enable HEIA members registering for the conference to be awarded a full scholarship to the Women’s Advanced Leadership Program, valued at $5890, or one of five partial scholarships, each one valued at $3500. Successful completion of the Advanced Leadership Program enables participants to gain 12 credit points towards a Master of Leadership or Masters of Education from Monash University, subject to Monash University admission requirements. This equates to 25% of the Master qualification. This is wonderful for the future of our profession.

Although NESLI had pledged five partial scholarships for our conference delegates, the standard of the applicants was so high that it was decided to award six. This equates to scholarships worth approximately $27,000 being awarded to HEIA members at the conference.

The recipient of the NESLI 2017 HEIA conference full scholarship was:

·  Amanda Sutton from Tasmania.

The recipients of the partial scholarships announced at the dinner are:

·  Leanne Compton (Vic)

·  Stacey Rogers (Qld)

·  Carla Wood (Qld)

·  Kay York (Qld).

The other two recipients were not at the dinner so were announced at the conference plenary session the next morning. They are:

·  Indji Hayrebet(WA)

·  Christine Prakash (Qld).

Congratulations to all recipients!

Announcing the scholarship recipients, HEIA member Dr Janet Reynolds congratulated the recipients and wished them well in their futures as, hopefully, our future leaders. On behalf of our members, Jan also thanked NESLI for providing this wonderful opportunity to the HEIA community, and in particular thanked NESLI Executive Officer Betti Tovishazy, for the generosity and the confidence that has been shown in the home economics education profession.

Stay tuned for possible future scholarship opportunities.