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Dr Paul Browning<\/h3>\nDr Paul Browning (PhD, MEdAdmin (Hons), BEd, DipTeach) has been a Headmaster for 23 years. His first appointment was as the founding principal at Burgmann Anglican School in the ACT where he also served as the Chair of the Association of Independent Schools ACT and on the Board of the Independent Schools Council of Australia. During his time at Burgmann, the school\u2019s student population grew from 24 to 1000 and a second campus was about to open.\n\nIn 2008 Dr Browning was appointed as Headmaster of St Paul\u2019s School. Upon his arrival, Paul led St Paul\u2019s School through a major restructure to create a unique middle management model designed to coach and develop teachers in key 21st<\/sup> century pedagogies.\n\nPaul is passionate about creativity and innovation in learning; a passion that led to the opening of the Centre for Realms of Thinking<\/a> . Since 2013, leaders from more than 200 schools from across the world have visited St Paul\u2019s School to learn from the work it is doing.\n\nPaul\u2019s other passion is leadership and school culture. He believes that trust is the fundamental resource for successful leadership and a healthy school culture. His PhD research into the practices that engender trust was nominated for an outstanding thesis award and won an Executive Dean\u2019s commendation from Queensland University of Technology. He is the author of \u201cCompelling Leadership: The importance of trust and how to get it\u201d (Apple iBooks). <\/a>\n\n \n
\u201cCompelling Leadership should be pinned to every CEOs Desk\u201d<\/h6>\n(David Price OBE),\n
\u201cRarely does a book about leadership come along that is practical and inspiring. Compelling Leadership has both of these\u201d<\/h6>\n(Professor Alma Harris).\n\n \n\nThe work on leadership led Paul to be invited by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK's Sutton Trust to speak at a 2014 global summit of educational leaders in Washington DC. Attendants at the summit endorsed his work, rating it as a powerful and practical method to improve school culture and teacher performance. Since then he has worked with the Center for Teaching Quality in the US, the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership, and principals across Australia, Canada and the UK.\n\nPaul has published numerous journal articles and is a peer reviewer for research articles on leadership for the International Journal of Leadership in Education. He is a sort after after speaker at conferences, both nationally and internationally, and has led workshops on leadership for over 4000 school leaders and CEOs.\n\nIn 2017 St Paul's School was listed amongst the Top 40<\/a> most innovative schools in Australia, and Paul was listed in the Top 50<\/a> most influential people in education. In 2018 St Paul's was recognised by one of Cambridge University's peak bodies as one of the top 100 most innovative learning organisations in the world and at the inaugural Australian Education Awards Paul was awarded best non-government school principal and the school won three awards: best innovation in curriculum, best professional development program, and best strategic plan. In 2019 St Paul's School was awarded Australian School of the Year and Paul was awarded the QACEL Miller-Grassie Award for outstanding educational leadership and his contribution to research.\n\nPaul's latest book, \"Principled: 10 leadership practices for building trust\" is written for leaders from all spheres.\n\n \n
\u201cA timely and important book for all those who seek to lead in the shadow of past wrongs\u201d<\/h6>\n(Tim Costello AO),\n\n \n\nPrincipled is available from all good bookstores.\n\nThen in 2024 Paul was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to education.\n\n <\/div><\/div>
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