Helen Goode


Helen is a former primary and secondary teacher and Senior Education officer who now works as an educational consultant, research assistant and sessional lecturer at The University of Melbourne. Contracts with both the DET and the Catholic Education Office include school reviews for more than 15 years, VCAL and VRQA audits, P&D Culture accreditations, and programs such as Capacity Building of School Leadership Teams. She has undertaken school reviews in Hong Kong. her consultancy in government, catholic and independent schools includes strategic planning, change management, development of school improvement plans, performance management, induction programs, mentoring, appraisal and performance reviews, processes for giving and receiving feedback, executive coaching, leadership support and development and facilitation of leadership programs. Helen is a trained facilitator of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Workplace Conferencing, MLQ(Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire) Full Range Leadership Development and Team Leadership and Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. As part of the University of Melbourne she teaches in the MEd program and the CEOM sponsored 'Foundations of Literacy Leadership' and 'Coaching for Literacy Improvement'. She is currently developing a program for the CEO Bendigo on 'Leading and Coaching for Transformational Leadership'. She is a member of the International Successful School Leadership Project (ISSPP) and frequently presents at conferences both in Australia and overseas. her current research focus as part of her PhD is 'Successful School principal ship: From Success to Sustainability'. She is a director on several school councils and Boards of Management

Peer Reviews

Elsternwick PS

Falls Creek

Tawonga PS

Alfredton PS

Mill Park PS

Toorak PS

Bourchier Street PS

Fitzroy PS

Big Hill PS

Priority Reviews

Meadow Heights PS

Westgarth PS

Dederang PS

Newlands PS


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