The Catholic Schools Office (CSO) is committed to providing high-quality leadership support and professional development to empower leaders, teachers, and support staff at all levels. Our goal is to equip all staff with the skills and expertise needed to achieve exceptional outcomes for students, enrich school communities, and strengthen our system of schools.
Guided by our Leadership Framework and aligned with our core leadership behaviours, our programs and professional support initiatives are designed to foster a robust culture of continuous professional growth both within individual schools and across our network.
We value collaboration and invite feedback on additional programs or areas for development, ensuring our offerings remain responsive to the evolving needs of our schools and staff. Together, we strive to inspire excellence and drive lasting impact.
Our Education Officer: School Leadership Development can work with your school to customise an in-school program and/or coaching to meet the specific needs and context of your school.
Click the headings below to find details of our programs for leaders at all levels.
- Programs for Individual Leaders (Teachers, Support Staff Levels 1–5)
- Middle Leader Program (Coordinators, Support Staff Level 6 and up)
Our Education Officers collaborate with schools to design and deliver customised in-school programs tailored to the specific needs and context of each school. These programs aim to support the roles and responsibilities of middle leaders by focusing on the mindset and behaviours essential for effective and authentic leadership.
Possible focus areas include:
- Systemic Professional Development
- In-school Professional Development
- 1:1 Leadership Coaching
- Processes Support
- Team Development
- Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
- Australian Professional Standards for Middle Leaders
- Understanding and Using the National School Improvement Tool
- COSI Review and School Improvement Planning
- Family Engagement and Partnerships
- Developing and Maintaining Highly Effective Teams
- Writing a Job Application
- Preparing for Interviews
- Planning for and Managing Challenging Conversations
- Data-driven Decision Making
Our Leadership Development Program aligns with the company-wide DDI leadership development framework to provide targeted support for middle leaders, ensuring their growth as effective, reflective, and impactful educational leaders.
Middle Leaders
- School Leadership Development Programs
- System Professional Learning for Middle Leaders including Assistant Principals, Religious Education Coordinators, Ministry Coordinators, Leaders of Learning, Leaders of Wellbeing and Engagement, Primary Coordinators, Pedagogical Mentors, Gifted Education Mentors, Learning Support Coordinators and Learning Support Teachers, Administration Coordinators, and Support Staff at Level 6 or above.
- Wellsprings Formation
- Middle Leader Coaching
Senior Leaders
- Professional Development Programs for Principals
- One Heart One Soul Faith Leadership
- Senior Leaders Program Faith Formation – We are Called, We are Challenged
- Assistant Principal Program
- AP Coaching
- REC & MC PL
- Principal Coaching
The 70-20-10 Framework
The 70-20-10 framework underpins our philosophy of professional support. Developing leadership capability in schools is about developing leadership practice across the school, not only developing individual leaders. The success of our programs will depend on the strength of commitment from principals and leadership teams to support colleagues in building on and developing their capacities and practices further through embedded practice within their school communities.
All programs offered are designed to complement and support in-school experiential learning and our coaching programs offer in-school support to ensure effective integration of learning within the workplace.
