2023 | ISSUE 2 | SJC Newsletter

From the 18th-21st of January, College Captain Jaeger Fawcett was in Sydney for the annual Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Leadership conference. The conference brings together the college captain or school leaders from EREA colleges and flexi-schools for a four day conference, centred around building leadership skills and working collaboratively on initiatives, to be implemented in their respective schools.

I had the opportunity to meet a diverse and talented group of young leaders that brought their optimism, talents and ideas to the conference, while also learning and experiencing the sessions that EREA presented. Some sessions focused on the Uluṟu Statement From The Heart and how the awareness surrounding the statement can be communicated through school, as well as goal setting, including guest speakers that imparted their knowledge to the group. There was also a chance to work closely with other college captains, each from a different state. These sessions culminated with a presentation from each of the groups about one of these important sessions.

The conference was a great opportunity to be a part of, at its core, I met some fantastic people and learnt and experienced an incredible amount, that will assist me in my journey this year. I am eagerly looking forward to this year and what we as an SJC community can achieve. I’d like to thank St Joseph’s College for supporting me with this trip and once again I am incredibly excited and optimistic to be a part of what is in store for St Joseph’s in 2023.

Jaeger Fawcett
College Captain