Leading at the Speed of Trust

Highly Effective People

Kerryanne is a passionate educator who has supported leadership in schools over many years. Kerryanne has been involved in education as a teacher, a school executive, a principal, a director of schools and, was formerly the leader of the Empowering Local Schools National Program in NSW that initiated a pilot program to 97 schools offering more local authority and decision making. She was also a team leader in the Local Schools, Local Decisions initiative.

During her career, Kerryanne supported principals across NSW in her role as a Principal Support Officer and has worked to achieve many reforms for NSW schools as part of the executive team in the NSW Primary Principals’ Association from 2001-2006.

Her interest in Franklin Covey materials started as a personal journey when she was involved in a 7 Habits course with other school leaders. In trying to live the 7H she has realised the powerful influence it has on your own life and her professional career and has tried to ensure that other people with whom she has worked and developed relationships, have the same incredible opportunity. She went on to be a facilitator in the South Western Sydney region and managed professional learning in the region with Covey programs as a focus. She also added Lading The Speed of Trust to her facilitations skills.

In 2013 she left the Department of Education and worked for Franklin Covey Kerryanne facilitating their programs and leading the Australian education team specifically introducing the Leader in Me into schools across Australia. This role enabled her to develop a network of professional friends in Australia , Canada and the United Kingdom. She delivered professional learning programs in New Zealand and Vietnam. She has visited the UK and Canada as part of a study role and has brought back to NSW, innovative ideas that have focussed on student achievement.

Over the past few years, Kerryanne has joined the professional learning team of the NSWPPA leadership unit and has worked throughout the COVID experience, delivering programs remotely across NSW to appreciative executive school teams.

Kerry continues to exhibit a passion for Covey and enjoys working with schools across NSW to deliver the progams.