Director of Partnerships & Innovation
Dan Steele
As Director of Partnerships & Innovation, Dan is responsible for the system, network and organisation-level partnerships and programs across the East Coast of Australia.
About Dan
A previous assistant principal (Learning, Teaching & Curriculum Innovation) and instructional coach, coaching was integral to his leadership work across the Frankston North community of schools. This collaborative work across three schools was recognised in 2022 by winning the Outstanding School Improvement award and Lindsay Thompson Award for Excellence at the Victorian Education Excellence Awards.
Dan has taught and held leadership positions in government, catholic and independent schools across metropolitan Melbourne and remote Western Australia. He is passionate about developing aspiring and current leaders, student engagement and learning, and using coaching approaches to intentionally drive improvement in individuals, teams, and whole organisations.
He is highly regarded for his engaging and interactive presentations, workshops and keynotes, and always keeping the learners he is working with at the core of every experience.
Dan is an accredited Senior Practitioner with EMCC Global and holds a Master of Educational Leadership (Leading Learning), Bachelor of Education (Hons.) and a Graduate Certificate in Catholic Studies.
Listen and watch
Episodes and sessions Dan appears on, on this site.
Podcasts
- The Power of Video for Coaches and Educators: Insights and Reflections
- System support: How do we set up coaches for success?
- What happens when a coachee is really stuck in a coaching conversation?
- CoachED Conversations: Questions to Explore Motivation
- CoachED Conversations: Building Coaching Cultures
- CoachED Conversations: Goal Setting
- IC Done Well Roadshow: Coaches As leaders
- Stories from the Coaches with Gray Ryan
- Stories from the Coaches Dan Steele
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