Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Leadership History Accomplishment - AITSL Standard
Key Professional Development and Memberships
Professional Reference Contacts
Timeline
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Nathan Hustler

Nathan Hustler

Townsville,QLD

Summary

Accomplished educational leader with a robust tenure at Education Queensland, excelling in relational leadership, instructional leadership, stakeholder communication and governance. As Principal of St Patrick's College, I will draw upon my experience of leading innovative learning environments and building strong community partnerships to further enhance the school. As a school leader with extensive experience in community-centred schools, my focus is ensuring that students my sphere of influence with opportunities for what comes next in order to play their part in creating a better world.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Deputy Principal

Education Queensland
05.2016 - Current

Deputy Principal currently overseeing the Year 8 cohort (approx 200 students) with strategic line management of Mathematics, Science, Business and International Education. I lead a Student Support Team including Heads of Year, Year Level Coach and Guidance Officer.

Principal

Education Queensland
01.2024 - 04.2024

Principal overseeing approximately 40 staff and 700 students. I led an Executive Team including two Deputy Principals and Business Manager and a Senior Leadership Team including Deputy Principals, Head of Inclusion, Head of Curriculum, Head of Student Services, Guidance Officer and Literacy Coordinator. A key achievement during my tenure was successfully leading the school through a full Quadrennial Strategic School Review and collaboratively created the Annual Improvement Plan.

Principal

Education Queensland
01.2023 - 06.2023

Principal overseeing approximately 40 staff and 700 students. I led an Executive Team including two Deputy Principals and Business Manager and a Senior Leadership Team including Deputy Principals, Head of Inclusion, Head of Curriculum, Head of Student Services, Guidance Officer and Literacy Coordinator. A key achievement during my tenure was successfully leading a Community Engagement Initiative to bring community into the school and spearheading the launch of the Departments Equity and Excellence Strategic Plan across the school

Principal

Education Queensland
07.2022 - 09.2022

Principal overseeing approximately 80 staff and 1000 students. I led an Executive Team including four Deputy Principals and two Business Managers and a Senior Leadership Team including the Executive Team with an additional eleven Heads of Department and two Guidance Officers. A key achievement during my tenure was successfully bringing the school together during their second attempt at a final phase of a Priority School Review (PSR) showcasing my emotional intelligence, collaborative and strategic leadership. I brought a fractured team together, giving agency and voice coupled with clear responsibilities and target areas.

Principal

Education Queensland
04.2022 - 06.2022

Principal overseeing approximately 90 staff and 1000 students. I led an Executive Team including four Deputy Principals and a Business Managers and a Senior Leadership Team including the Executive Team with an additional thirteen Heads of Department and three Guidance Officers. A key achievement during my tenure was identifying an area of need in the curriculum moderation space across our school and as an instructional leader, leading the learning from the Regional Moderation Project amongst my leadership time and teaching team.

Principal

Education Queensland
03.2021 - 07.2021

Principal overseeing approximately 30 staff and 400 students. I led an Executive Team including 3 Deputy Principals and a Business Managers and a Senior Leadership Team including the Executive Team with an additional six Heads of Department. A key achievement of my tenure was showcasing my relational leadership and emotional intelligence. My arrival coincided the day after the substantive Principal was placed on suspension. I acted swiftly to build trust with staff and the broader community notably I re-established vital relationships with local primary schools and took multiple opportunities to engage and showcase State High within the broader primary cluster with the view to promote and showcase our school as a viable option for education. Furthermore, it allowed me to showcase my astute commercial understanding with a series of significant and outstanding financial decision needing immediate attention.

Principal

Education Queensland
10.2020 - 12.2020

Principal overseeing approximately 30 staff and 500 students. I led an Executive Team including 2 Deputy Principals and a Business Managers and Head of Inclusion. A key achievement of my tenure was showcasing my relational leadership and emotional intelligence navigating a range of sensitive union and staff matters as well as my financial and organisation governance, negotiating a complex contractual and financial issue between the P&C and current OSHC provider (Camp Australia) resulting in an amicable solution for both parties and one that mitigated potential risk to our school reputation and broader Departmental ramifications.

Education

Master of Guidance Counselling -

James Cook University
Townsville, QLD
08.2014

Bachelor of Education -

James Cook University
Townsville, QLD
07.2008

Skills

  • Instructional Leadership
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Strategic leadership
  • Student Engagement
  • Collaborative Leadership
  • Governance & Management
  • Stakeholder Communication
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Operational planning
  • Commercially astute

Leadership History Accomplishment - AITSL Standard

Leading Teaching & Learning



Developing Self and Others


Leading Improvement, Innovation & Change


Leading the Management of the School


Engaging and Working with the Community

Key Professional Development and Memberships

  • Genos & QELi Leading with Emotional Intelligence (2021)
  • LEAD4QLD - Flagship Cohort (2022)
  • Flagship Cohort Education Futures Institute – Beginning Principal Program (2023)
  • North Queensland Region Aspiring Principal Pool (including Principal Symposium and Coaching and Mentoring)
  • Restorative Practices Facilitator Training
  • Queensland Association of State School Principals (full member)
  • Queensland Secondary Principal Association (full member)
  • Queensland Secondary Principal Association (Deputy Principal Representative NQ Region 2016 – 2019)
  • Queensland Teachers Union - Representative (2023 -)
  • James Cook University - Alumni

Professional Reference Contacts

Casey Subke                                         Melissa Jackson

Colleague                                              Previous Supervisor

0418 782 333                                      0427 415 214


Additional reference contacts available upon request

Timeline

Principal

Education Queensland
01.2024 - 04.2024

Principal

Education Queensland
01.2023 - 06.2023

Principal

Education Queensland
07.2022 - 09.2022

Principal

Education Queensland
04.2022 - 06.2022

Principal

Education Queensland
03.2021 - 07.2021

Principal

Education Queensland
10.2020 - 12.2020

Deputy Principal

Education Queensland
05.2016 - Current

Master of Guidance Counselling -

James Cook University

Bachelor of Education -

James Cook University
Nathan Hustler