Don Anderson - College Director

Personal

I started at Childers State School forty-five years ago and have remained with Education Queensland ever since. I've followed a traditional career after teaching at Bundaberg West being Principal at Milford, Yorke Island, Elliott Beach, Lockhart River, Logan Reserve, Aurukun, Edge Hill and Cairns West. My wife Jan and daughters Anita and Lisa have appreciated the opportunity to see so much of Queensland, I think.

Role

As College Director I attempt to keep my eye on the future. This demands systems being in place and leaders and their teams have clarity of role and purpose.

I intend the Western Cape College being the school of choice for all youth of Western Cape York to complete year 12 and enter  employment or tertiary education.

Having recently returned from an acting role in the Torres Strait I am busy catching up with the developments that have taken place over the last few months. Tony Fuller was the Director while I was away and I am most appreciative of the great work achieved by Tony and his teams.

I have two major issues this term. The first  is the completion of our triennial review and the second is to lead a consultation process in regard to the future of the Napranum Campus of Western Cape College..

  Links

The following  documents are among those developed or influencing the College.

• The Journey from Responsibility to Accountability The original College document providing our context and purpose
• Y Education College document of our thinking to get all students to complete year 12
• Executive Manual 2002 Our first Executive Manual giving our annual organisational structure, role descriptions and achievable goals
• Executive Manual 2003 Every year is different
• Executive Manual 2004 Leadership by Executive remains critical
• Executive Manual 2005 Our most recent document
• The Journey from Responsibility to Accountability -Audit Document
• Educational Brief for New Facilities in Weipa  Enrolment increases have created a need for increased facilities.
• http://www.maconsultancy.com/index.html Over the last five years Derek Hunter, an Associate has worked with the College developing Organisational Effectiveness. This work has been vital and continues. This site provides an overview of our theoretical base.
• Parent Reporting Accountability This year more data will be available to parents . This is being added to our web site