Principal departs Scots

SCOTS PGC College will begin a search for a new principal following the resignation of Michael Harding at the college’s speech day earlier this month.
Mr Harding leaves to take up an educational leadership role within Carinity – a Baptist church-based organisation in Brisbane – supporting schools specifically set up to cater for disadvantaged or disengaged students.
Chair of the college council Doug Cosh said Mr Harding has done an outstanding job over the past nine years, driving and overseeing many significant changes to the college.
“His professional and personal skills will be hard to replace,” Mr Cosh said.
Mr Harding was praised for steering the college through a period of significant change in education across Australia, with the introduction of the Australian Curriculum as well as a rapidly evolving interface between education and information technology.
His efforts have left Scots with the current one-to-one laptop program in Years 7-12, a Learning Management System, online unit planning and interactive whiteboards in just about every classroom.
His tenure also saw significant improvements in physical resources, most notably with the building of the Wilf Arthur Learning Enrichment Centre, as part of the Federal Government’s Building the Education Revolution program.
Mr Harding also championed two of the college’s flagship activities – the pipes and drums and the equestrian program.
An extensive search for a new principal will commence shortly.
In the interim, deputy principal Ben Manifold will act as principal for at least term one of 2014.