The Reflective Leadership Program
How to move from “I want it” to “I’m doing it” to “I’m loving it”
The Reflective Leadership Program
This is a 6-month transformational coaching package designed for school executive teams or aspiring leaders. It provides the structured time, expert guidance, and tools needed to deepen leadership capability — individually and collectively.
If you are looking for the Head Start program for schools read more here.
Why this program?
✅ Time to Think — Create deliberate space to reflect on your leadership practice and clarify your vision.
✅ Authentic Leadership — Understand your unique strengths and how to lead with greater authenticity and impact.
✅ Stronger Teams — Build trust, alignment, and deeper collaboration across leadership teams.
✅ Sustainable Growth — Develop habits of reflection and self-awareness that sustain long after the program ends.
✅ NESA PD — Contributes 25 hours (for each participant) to maintenance of teacher registration. KO Education is on the NESA approved providers list.
What's delivered?
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Individual transformational coaching sessions — Private, one-on-one coaching to explore leadership challenges, strengths, and aspirations.
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Team coaching sessions — Facilitated workshops to enhance collective reflection, communication, and strategic alignment.
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360° Leadership and Strengths Analysis — Confidential multi-rater feedback to illuminate strengths, blind spots, and opportunities for growth.
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Leadership Reflection Journals — Guided prompts and reflection exercises to embed insights between sessions.
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Ongoing Support — Email and resource access between sessions to ensure momentum and application.
Kate has a remarkable ability to ask the right questions, helping me uncover patterns and perspectives I hadn't seen before - Brad, School Principal
Kate’s Story
Ten years ago I founded a school in NSW – with a big dream to create something exciting, aligned with my values and beliefs about what education could be. I had just come back to Australia after 4 years of working in the USA, helping American education leaders to improve outcomes for their country’s most disadvantaged students. I saw some amazing teachers and schools in that time who were doing truly great things for students, but I also saw way too much burnout, frustration and exhaustion for staff.
I had an ambitious vision to create a school that not only provided a genuinely new alternative for senior years of schooling for NSW kids, but also supported teachers to excel, flourish and NOT burn out. I started operating a school with nothing more than me, 3 visionary teachers, 25 students, and no admin staff, in rented premises with a hot-desk office. 10 years on GOAL College employs 36 staff across two campuses, achieves a 99% HSC graduation rate, 98% engagement with work or study 3 months after finishing year 12, and 30% of our students go straight into University from Year 12, without any of them having an ATAR.
And the fabulous results we achieve come from a base of students who are for the most part seriously disengaged with mainstream school by the time they reach year 10.
Along the way, I have built an incredible Dream Team of teachers and admin staff. The satisfaction rates for our staff are consistently through the roof, teacher retention is super high, and in 2023 I won the inaugural Australian Teacher award for improving health and wellbeing for both students and staff.
And critically, I have maintained my passion and love for what I do in this school. But it has not always been easy. Challenging the status quo and building something new and exceptional comes with risks – and I am proud to have met them, worked through them and succeeded.
The Secret Sauce
So, what is the secret to achieving this kind of bold vision and succeeding when the going gets tough?
You need three things:
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A strong Principal who has support to grow in their role and stay open to new perspectives.
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A functional, united leadership team who make time to reflect on, and improve, their practice.
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A deep understanding of the values and heart of what your school offers, so that vision is maintained and refreshed.
In education, leadership isn’t just about strategy and operations — it’s about people, purpose, and clear direction. Most of the time though, school leaders at all levels are caught in the relentless cycle of “doing” and what often gets squeezed out — quietly and consistently — is time to reflect, think, and learn from experience.
Without the pause to examine what’s working, what’s not, and why — patterns get missed, insight slips away, and growth stalls. How often have we seen professional development being well received in the moment, but then getting ‘left in the carpark’ at the end of the day?
To make professional learning effective, you need to work at a transformational level, where participants learn how to be authentically aligned with values, confident in their strengths, and resilient enough to both forensically analyse what they do, and let go of what is not working.
As someone who has been a school principal, a director in the NSW Education Department, a board director, and an international education leader for decades, I understand these challenges. I am here to help your school leadership team to step back from the noise, process their experiences, uncover fresh perspectives and move forward with renewed purpose, aligned with the unique values of your school and needs of your students.
What's included?
The two-term package includes:
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1 x full-day team workshop in person at your school (launch, goal setting, strategy)
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8 x 60-min online 1:1 coaching per participant
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2 x Half-day group workshop in person (midpoint conflict resolution workshop + final strategy session including evaluation)
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Strengths Assessment + 360° Feedback process for each participant
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Reflection Journal
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Email support between sessions
Who is it for?
✔️ Executive / Senior Leadership Teams — Principals, deputies, assistant principals, and senior leaders seeking deeper alignment, clearer strategy, and stronger leadership presence.
✔️ Aspiring Leaders / Middle Leaders — Department heads, year coordinators, and emerging leaders ready to step into higher responsibility with confidence and clarity.
I highly recommend Kate to anyone looking to elevate their professional growth with a thoughtful and results-driven approach - Carly, Senior Curriculum Manager
How much will this cost?
You already know that if it’s really cheap it’s rarely worth it. And let’s face it, we would spend money in a heartbeat for students to get benefit. Making good choices for our students is, of course, what we should do, but let’s not forget that if your staff are drowning, your students will too. Investing in leaders and teachers, especially right now, is critical for staff wellbeing and retention and none of us can afford to lose good people.
In Brief: $30,000 plus GST for 6 months of coaching, consulting and in-person workshops for your executive or aspiring leadership team.
Add-ons
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Additional participants (over 6) : +$4,000 per person (discounted rate up to a maximum of 4 extra participants)
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Additional in-person workshop: +$1,500 per half day
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Extra 1:1 coaching: +$400 per session
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Travel costs for locations outside of greater Sydney – call me to discuss.
(Prices quoted here are ex-GST.)
Why work with me?
I have a stellar proven track record of actually making change happen. I am a tertiary qualified coach, and an accredited member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
With decades of experience as a principal, board member, and Australian and international education leader, I understand the complexities, regulations and realities of school leadership.
My approach combines empathy, strategic insight, and practical tools to help leaders not just survive — but flourish and achieve ambitious goals.
Kate creates a comfortable and supportive space, and I always come away from our conversations with a clearer understanding of myself and potential pathways forward. I wholeheartedly recommend her coaching to anyone looking for genuine self-reflection and positive change - Erin, School Leader
It’s not indulgence, it’s investment.