The list of approved training providers will be updated from time to time, as necessary. The list is current as of 3 February 2025.
Contact the training providers to find out more.
Actuate Leadership
- contact: Dr Steve Bagi
- call: 0433 371 614
- email: steve@actuateleadership.com
- website: www.actuateleadership.com
Approved courses | Duration |
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Healthy School Boards: Understanding how individual strengths and healthy relationships contribute to the effectiveness of the Board | 4 hours |
Anglican Schools Corporation
- contact: Mr Andrew Bardsley
- call: 0439 543 268
- email: abardsley@tasc.nsw.edu.au
Approved courses | Duration |
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Module 1: Governance of NSW non-government schools | 2 hours |
Module 2: Effective School Council processes | 2 hours |
Association of Independent Schools of NSW
- contact: Gareth Scott - Manager: Governance
- call: (02) 92992845
- email: gscott@aisnsw.edu.au
Governance Online Modules
Approved courses | Duration |
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Module 1: An Introduction to Independent Schools | 1 hour |
Module 2: Critical Priorities of the Board | 1 hour |
Module 3: An Introduction to Legal Compliance | 1 hour |
Module 4: An Introduction to Financial Compliance | 1 hour |
Module 5: Executive Supervision - The Board/Principal Relationship | 1 hour |
Module 6: Risk Management | 1 hour |
Module 7: Child Protection | 1 hour |
Module 8: Strategic Thinking in Schools | 1 hour |
Module 9: Reputation Risk | 1 hour |
Module 10: Child Safe Schools - Values, Behaviours and Cultures | 1 hour |
Module 11: Financial Governance Part 1 | 1 hour |
Module 12: Financial Governance Part 2 | 1 hour |
Module 14: Maintaining Your School’s Not-for-Profit Status | 2 hours |
Governance Workshop Sessions
Approved courses | Duration |
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Session One School Governance: The Independent Sector | 2 hours |
Session Two School Governance: Current and Emerging Issues | 2 hours |
Session Three Governance for Independent Schools: Key responsibilities | 2 hours |
Session Four: Managing Risk - Part 1 | 2 hours |
Session Five: Managing Risk - Part 2 | 2 hours |
Session Six: Executive Supervision | 2 hours |
Session Seven: Strategy | 2 hours |
Session Eight: Financial Governance - Part 1 | 2 hours |
Session Nine: Financial Governance - Part 2 | 2 hours |
Session Ten: Reputation Risk | 2 hours |
Session Eleven: The School’s Legal Structure | 2 hours |
Session Twelve Keeping Children Safe: Understanding the Dynamics of Child Abuse | 2 hours |
Session Thirteen: Defining School Success | 2 hours |
AISNSW Governance Symposium, (30 September 2022), (22 September 2023), (15 April 2024) | 6 hours |
Board Effectiveness and School Performance (School Governance Improvement Tool) | 2 hours |
Navigating the Intersections: The School Board’s Role in Data Governance, Privacy and AI | 2 hours |
Not If, But When: The School Board’s Role in Cyber | 2 hours |
Work Health and Safety Duties for School Boards | 2 hours |
Governing for Organisational Integrity: Values and Culture for Independent School Boards | 2 hours |
Navigating Uncertainty: Crisis Management for Independent School Boards | 2 hours |
Australian Institute of Company Directors
- contact: Philip Latham
- call: (02) 8248 2711
- email: platham@aicd.com.au
- website: www.aicd.com.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Company Directors Course | 40 hours |
Foundations of Directorship | 24 hours |
Governance Foundations for NFP Directors | 16 hours |
Governance Essentials | 3.5 hours |
Developing your Director Career | 5x1 hour webinars |
Governing to Protect Vulnerable People | 8 hours |
The Board’s Role in Cyber | 9.5 hours |
Financial governance for school boards – Unlocking the path to sustainability | 1 hour |
School Governance: Director insights to strategy and risk beyond 2024 | 1 hour webinar |
Care Governance: Achieving Quality Outcomes | 6.5 hours |
The Role of the Chair | 6 hours |
School Board Governance series
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Part 1 – The role of the school board director | 1 hour webinar |
Part 2 – Strategy for school boards | 1 hour webinar |
Part 3 – Risk oversight for school boards | 1 hour webinar |
Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect)
- contact: Michelle Feros
- call: 0409 467 810
- email: mferos@autismspectrum.org.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Cyber-attack Response Scenario | 2 hours |
Whistleblower Training Workshop | 1 hour webinar |
Respect@Work | 1 hour webinar |
BBSafe – Building Blocks of Safeguarding Culture
- contact: Sarah Lim
- call: 0433 051 282
- email: sarah.lim@bbsafe.com.au
Approved courses | Duration |
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Governing For Safety: What School Boards Should Be Asking About Institutional Safeguarding | 2 hours |
Bond University
- contact: Ms Hannah Pilkington
- call: (07) 5595 5895
- email: hpilking@bond.edu.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
ASBA: The Role and Function of the Board | 4 hours |
ASBA: Duties and Responsibilities of Directors and Officers | 4 hours |
ASBA: Risk Management | 5 hours |
ASBA: Financial Governance | 4 hours |
Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay - Catholic Schools Office
- contact: Ms Suzanne Waters
- call: (02) 9847 0344
- email: suzanne.waters@dbb.catholic.edu.au
Approved courses | Duration |
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Diocesan Governance: Structures and Processes | 3 hours |
Conflict of Interest and Related Party Transactions | 2 hours |
Risk Management | 3 hours |
Financial Governance | 4 hours |
Strategy and Risk | 4.5 hours |
Induction | 5 hours |
Risk Management (Reputation) | 4 hours |
Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle - Catholic Schools Office (CSO)
- contact: Gina O'Brien
- call: (02) 4931 1204
- email: gina.obrien@mn.catholic.org.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Diocesan Governance structures and processes | 4 hours |
Governance case studies | 4 hours |
Risk management | 3 hours |
Financial governance | 4 hours |
Responsible Person Induction | 3 hours |
Good Governance: Annual Refresher Training | 4.5 hours |
Annual risk profiling | 1 hour |
Annual financial performance | 1 hour |
Reputational Risk – Standards, compliance and quality assurance | 1 hour |
Catholic Education Diocese of Bathurst
- contact: Damien Carlton
- call: 02 6338 3000
- email: carlton@bth.catholic.edu.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Module A: Governance Big Picture and Diocesan Structure | 2 hours |
Module B: Governance specifics | 2 hours |
Module C: Risk Management | 2 hours |
Module D: Financial Governance | 2 hours |
Catholic Education Diocese of Wagga Wagga
- contact: Elizabeth Latham
- call: P: (02) 6937 0000 M: 0412 222 236
- email: lathame@ww.catholic.edu.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Module 1: Diocesan Governance Structures and Processes | 4 hours |
Module 2: Governance case studies: 1. Procurement within Modern Slavery Legislation 2. Privacy for Schools 3. Catholic Social Teachings to Guide Governance Decisions | 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour |
Module 5: Responsible Persons Induction | 3 hours |
Catholic Schools NSW
- contact: Audrey Bower
- website: www.csnsw.catholic.edu.au
- call: (02) 9287 1532
- email: audrey.bower@csnsw.catholic.edu.au
CSNSW Responsible Persons Induction Courses
Approved courses | Duration |
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Module 1 – The Legal and Regulatory Environment for NSW Catholic Schools | 1 hour |
Module 2 – An Introduction to School Governance | 1 hour |
Module 3 – Risk, Compliance and Policy Management | 1 hour |
Module 4 – Other Obligations of Responsible Persons | 1 hour |
Governance Training Modules
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Module 5 – School Culture Good Governance and Stewardship | 1 hour |
Module 6 – Financial Stewardship and Compliance in Catholic Schools | 1 hour |
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
CSNSW Online Governance Training Modules: Module 1 – Privacy Training for Responsible Persons | 1 hour |
CSNSW Online Governance Training Modules: Module 2 – Conflicts of Interest Training for Responsible Persons | 1 hour |
CSNSW Online Governance Training Modules: Module 3 – Not-for-Profit (s 83C) Training for Responsible Persons | 1 hour |
CSNSW Inaugural Education Law Symposium 'Catholic School Governance in the 21st Century' (30 September 2019) | 6 hours |
CSNSW 2021 Education Law Symposium, ‘Catholic School Governance for the Common Good’ (23 September 2021) | 6 hours |
CSNSW 2022 Education Law Symposium, ‘Catholic School Governance: In the Spirit of Service’ (29 September 2022) | 5 hours |
CSNSW 2023 Education Law Symposium, ‘Striving for Excellence, Catholic School Governance and Accountability’ (6 July 2023) | 6 hours |
2024 Education Law Symposium, 'Catholic School Governance, Shaping Our Future' | 6 hours |
Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese Limited
- contact: Michael Pruyn
- call: (02) 9407 7010
- email:mpruyn2@parra.catholic.edu.au
Approved courses | Duration |
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Privacy Training | 1 hour |
Responsible Person Forum | 5.5 hours |
Business Managers Forum | 3.5 hours |
System Leaders’ Breakfast (10 May 2022) | 0.5 hours |
Safeguarding – New Leaders Training | 4 hours |
Board of Directors: Responsible Persons Induction | 4 hours |
Risk Management Awareness Training Module | 1 hour |
Christian Education National (CEN)
- contact: Ms Kathy Pereira
- call: (02) 5773 5800
- email: kathy.pereira@cen.edu.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Annual Governance Conference | 8.5 hours |
NSW Board Induction (responsible persons) course | 6 hours |
Board Basics | 2 hours |
Board Foundations | 1 hour |
Board Functions | 17 hours |
Board Performance | 1 hour |
Christian Schools Australia Limited (CSA)
- contact: Dr Maria Varlet
- call: (02) 6257 7989
- email: mvarlet@csa.edu.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Responsible Officer Induction Course | 4 hours |
The School Governance Environment Module | 4 hours |
Legal Responsibilities of Boards | 4 hours |
Facilitated Risk Workshop | 4 hours |
Short Course 1: Practice of Good Governance MD1 – Foundations of Governance MD2 – Legal Framework MD3 – Decision making and board processes | 6 hours |
Short Course 2: Monitoring of Governance MD4 – Financial Reporting MD5 – Financial Performance MD6 – Principal and Executive oversight | 6 hours |
Short Course 3: Performance and Conformance MD7 – The Board’s Role in Strategy MD8 – Risk oversight MD9 – Compliance and Policy Roles of the Board | 6 hours |
Short Course 4: Governance Sustainability MD10 – Stakeholder communication MD11 – Board effectiveness MD12 – Behaviour and governance | 6 hours |
Christian Schools National Policy Forum Symposium 2021 | 5 hours |
Risk and Compliance in Schools | 4 hours |
Responsible Officer Development Program – Module 7A: Facilitated Risk Workshop | 4 hours |
Corporate Governance Systems
- contact: Mr Chris Bertinshaw
- call: 0417 212 969
- email: chris@bertinshaw.com.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
School Council Governance Course | 4 hours |
Governance for ASC School Councillors | 4 hours |
Effective Leadership of the School Council | 3 hours |
Risk: Issues for School Councils | 3 hours |
Understanding School Finances | 4 hours |
Strategic Planning for School Councils | 3 hours |
Evaluating the School Council and the Principal | 3 hours |
The NESA Manual and School Governance | 6 hours |
Good Samaritan Education
- contact: Ms Jane Comensoli
- website: www.goodsameducation.org.au
- call: 0410 584 099
- email: jcomensoli@goodsameducation.org
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Module 1 - Purpose of Not-for-Profit Nature and Accountability to Members | 1.5 hours |
Module 2 - Not-for-Profit Guidelines for Non-Government Schools | 1.5 hours |
Module 3A - Relationship with GSE: Structure and Reporting | 1.5 hours |
Module 3B - Relationship with the GSE Community | 1.5 hours |
Module 4 - Governance Policies and Procedures | 1.5 hours |
Module 5 - Compliance with Australian Law | 1.5 hours |
Module 6 - Managing Risk | 1.5 hours |
Module 7A - Responsible Persons: Suitability of Responsible Persons | 1.5 hours |
Module 7B - Responsible Persons: Conflict of Interest and Related Party Transactions | 1.5 hours |
Module 8A - Strategic Planning | 1.5 hours |
Module 8B - Strategic Planning | 1.5 hours |
GovernRight Pty Ltd
- contact: Mr Simon Neaverson
- website: www.governright.com.au/understanding-good-governance
- call: (02) 9223 8800
- email: info@governright.com.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
The Challenge of Modern School Governance | 4 hours |
Building Governance Beyond Compliance for Schools | 4 hours |
Embedding Modern Governance for Schools:
| 12 hours total:
|
GovernWith
- contact: Ms Bri Mahony
- website: https://governwith.app
- call: 0427 725 899
- email: success@governwith.us
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Governance Evaluation | 1 hour |
Development & Skills Matrix | 1 hour |
Ideagen CompliSpace
- contact: Mrs Melissa Larsson
- website: www.complispace.com.au
- call: 1300 132 090
- email: Melissa.Larsson@ideagen.com
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Governance for Non-Government Schools (NSW) | 1 hour |
The NSW Education Act and Non-Government School Registration Requirements | 1 hour |
Enterprise Risk Management for Schools | 1 hour |
Schools and the Law | 1 hour |
Conflicts of interest and related party transactions | 1 hour |
Codes of Conduct | 1 hour |
Responsible Persons Induction Program: Governance 1: Overview of NSW Non-Government School Requirements | 1 hour |
Responsible Persons Induction Program: Governance 2: Specific Issues | 1 hour |
Harmonised Work Health and Safety for Schools | 1 hour |
Integroe Partners Pty Ltd
- contact: Mr Paul Davis
- call: (02) 9181 5001
- email: pauldavis@integroe.com.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Foundations for Good Governance | 6 hours |
Risk Oversight for School Boards | 6 hours |
Child Safety Priorities for School Boards | 6 hours |
Setting the Strategic Direction | 6 hours |
Jesuit Education Australia (JEA)
- contact: Ms Jennie Hickey
- call: 0400 705 085
- email: jhickey@sjasl.org.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Module 1: Induction | 5 hours |
Module 2: Financial Literacy and Future Financial Planning | 3 hours |
Module 3: Introduction Program for responsible persons | 6 hours |
Module 4: Being a Responsible Person for a Jesuit owned entity | 6 hours |
Module 5: Being Responsible People | 6 hours |
Montessori Australia Organisation Limited
- contact: Ms Elizabeth Goor
- call: 0412 457 660
- email: elizabeth@montessori.org.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Module 1– Orientate to the governance course regarding outcomes and requirements | 0.5 hours |
Module 2 – Think Big Picture: Interrelationships and the impact on good governance | 0.5 hours |
Module 3 – Explain integrated elements addressed in their governance framework | 0.5 hours |
Module 4 – Reflect on the school’s viability through financial analysis, planning and monitoring | 0.75 hours |
Module 5 – Support instructional leadership | 0.25 hours |
Nexia Sydney Group Pty Ltd
- contact: Lester Wills
- call: (02) 9251 4600
- email: lwills@nexiasydney.com.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
NSW Schools Governance | 2 hours |
Optimal School Governance
- contact: Dr Stephen Codrington
- website: optimalschool.com
- call: 0400 554 909
- email: stephen@optimalschool.com
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
School Governance Basics | 4 hours |
Best Practice in School Governance | 8 hours |
Effective School Governance | 16 hours |
Board Operations | 8 hours |
Creating and Sustaining Healthy Boards in Good Times and Bad | 4 hours |
Future Focused Board Leadership | 4 hours |
Governance and Management | 4 hours |
Mission, Vision and Strategic Thinking | 4 hours |
Overcoming the Challenges of Governance and Minimising Risk | 4 hours |
The Board's Fiduciary and Non-Fiduciary Duties | 4 hours |
Directing and Managing Change | 4 hours |
Prolegis Lawyers
- contact: Mr Jon Cheung
- website: www.prolegis.com.au
- call: 02 9466 5222
- email: jcheung@prolegis.com.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Governance of Schools: The Role of Responsible Persons | 2 hours |
School Compliance and Risk Management: Legal Considerations | 2 hours |
Pymble Ladies' College
- contact: Ms Kate Rimer
- website: www.pymblelc.nsw.edu.au
- call: 0418 413 636
- email: krimer@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au
Approved course | Duration |
---|---|
Keeping Pymble Safe | 2.5 hours |
Resolve Consulting Group
- contact: Mr David Bartlett
- website: www.resolveconsulting.net
- call: 02 4324 4800
- email: paul@resolveconsulting.net
email: david@resolveconsulting.net
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Board Responsibilities and Policies | 4 hours |
Board Operations | 4 hours |
Risk Management and Compliance | 4 hours |
School Financial Management | 4 hours |
Board and Responsible Persons Induction | 2 hours |
Strategic Planning for Governance | 4 hours |
Governance and Best Practice Reporting | 2 hours |
Board and Management Relationship | 1.5 hours |
Finance Equipper for Responsible Persons | 6 hours |
Not for Profit School Regulatory Compliance Processes | 4 hours |
Somerset Education Pty Ltd
- contact: Mr John Somerset
- website: www.somerseteducation.net
- call: 0417 618 899
- email: john@somerseteducation.net
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Financial Governance and Risk Management for Non-government Schools | 6 hours |
Financial Governance and Risk Management for Non-government Schools | 2 hours |
Steiner Education Australia
- contact: Nicki Radford
- call: (02) 9411 2579
- email: sea@steinereducation.edu.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
An Introduction to Governance in Australian Steiner Schools | 3 hours |
Sydney Catholic Schools Archdiocese of Sydney
- contact: Governance team
- call: (02) 9568 8215
- email: governance@syd.catholic.edu.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Responsible Persons Training: School Leadership Accountability and Policy | 1.5 hours 1.5 hours |
Governance in Action | 2.5 hours |
Strategic Risk Management | 1.5 hours |
Leaders and Individual Decision Making | 2 hours |
Governance and Collaborative Decision Making | 2 hours |
Practical Governance – Differentiated Workshops | 2.5 hours |
Governance and Ethics | 2 hours |
Risk Management | 1 hour |
Declaring Conflicts of Interest & Gifts, Benefits or Hospitality | 1 hour |
Governance Landscape | 1 hour |
Risk of Significant Harm (ROSH) – Mandatory Reporting | 1 hour |
Code of Professional Conduct (CoPC) | 1 hour |
Child Safety Risk Assessment – Part 5A | 1 hour |
The University of Notre Dame Australia
- contact: Tom Ristoski
- call: 0412 398 676
- email: tom.ristoski@nd.edu.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
School Board Governance Program | 14 hours |
Your Call
- contact: Nathan Luker
- call: 0424 150 559
- email: nathan.luker@yourcall.com.au
Approved courses | Duration |
---|---|
Eligible Recipient Training | 1 hour |