Our Research Methods
How we measure health and wellbeing
Teachers Health Fund implemented policy changes in 2014 to provide more tailored supports to principals (e.g., reduced waiting periods, telepsychology for remote areas).
What do we measure?
Victoria lowest level of serious mental health concern of any state or territory in response to the survey (2017), and Victorian school leaders continuously report the highest job satisfaction.
Our validated assessment tools
Victoria: School Community Safety Orders which empower authorised persons such as school leaders to ban violent parents from school grounds.
Queensland: Sentencing Advisory Council inquiry document; "Hostile People on School Premises, Willful Disturbance, and Trespass Procedure" in 2022.
Meaningful insights
Several state and territory governments have directly addressed and reacted to the results published by principal reports.
Research quality, privacy, and ethics
Better support for school principals became Green Party policy.
Further information and resources
Better support for school principals became Green Party policy.