Boyd Jorgensen draws on more than 30 years’ experience as a secondary school principal, school reviewer, school improvement officer, leadership consultant and executive coach to deliver a range of polished services in a variety of business and educational settings.
Highly regarded by his peers as a seasoned, very capable and accomplished leader, Boyd has an established record of developing positive relationships and building trust quickly within any setting – a vital ingredient in professional development, consultancy or coaching. His client feedback as a consultant, trainer and coach reinforce the efficacy of his work and relationships.
Boyd has a very strong background and very strong record of building a feedback culture in the schools that he has led and in developing his knowledge, skills and expertise and that of others in feedback, coaching and difficult conversations. His success in developing high yield leadership behaviours in others has been enhanced by his work in over 220 schools in Queensland, the Northern Territory, Victoria and the Australian Capitol Territory.
Every school leader at Maroochydore State High School participated in a formal feedback and performance conversation every three weeks and biennial 360° feedback and beginning in 2011, every teacher participated in a lesson observation and feedback at least once a school term.
During Semester 2, 2015 Boyd worked intensively in skilling and coaching leaders in five schools in feedback and difficult conversations in both small and large groups.
On a rating scale of usefulness from one (“useless”) to five (“extremely useful”), Boyd’s services overall averaged 4.75 out of 5.
Since 2016 Boyd has worked as a private consultant, largely in education, specializing in high yield leadership behaviours, feedback, difficult conversations, executive coaching and school reviews. His work in education has encompassed public, independent and Catholic schools. With his extensive experience and knowledge about feedback, a 360° Feedback tool is also now available.
These schools range in size from 8 students to 3,100 students from Cape York to the southern border in Queensland, Melbourne and Geelong in Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. Boyd has met all timelines, requirements and standards of excellence demanded as a Reviewer with a very high satisfaction rating and feedback from Principals.
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014* | |
| Qualification (QCE/VET Cert II) | 91% | 92% | 93% | 92% | 95% | 98% | 100% | 100% |
| QCE | N/A | 83% | 80% | 82% | 86% | 87% | 95% | 100% |
| OP 1 – 15 | 61% | 72% | 73% | 78% | 78% | 82% | 85% | 89% |
* Though not Principal in 2014, the continued improvement was due in a substantial way to the culture, systems and practices embedded during 2007 – 2013.
In 2011 Boyd undertook formal training as an executive coach in the Coaching for School Success program through the Australasian Schools Accreditation Agency/ Peach Consulting Pty Ltd.
He has experience in the individual coaching of over 175 school leaders, with very high levels of satisfaction and reported effectiveness. He has also successfully facilitated several Communities of Practice.
These relationships ranged from intensive weekly coaching to more relaxed once-a-term sessions. All relationships were supported as needed by ready phone and email access and conversations.
"If you see value in executive
coaching for all or part of your school’s executive
leadership team, I have no hesitation in highly recommending Boyd Jorgensen. "
John Schuh Principal Pine Rivers SHS
(13-09-16)
Grant Williams
Principal Brisbane Bayside State College
(12-09-17)
On leaving Maroochydore SHS in September 2013, Boyd accepted a position in North Coast Region as a Flying Start Review Officer, evaluating each school’s readiness for Year 7, before becoming a full-time Teaching and Learning Auditor in 2014 and an Internal School Reviewer until April 2015. He once again joined North Coast Region as a Principal Professional Colleague providing executive coaching services, professional development in feedback and difficult conversations and supporting schools to improve their QCE outcomes.
Boyd has also been very active in a range of professional situations beyond the school principalship and has taken on key regional strategic roles, notably as Chair of the Middle Phase of Learning Regional Governance Group and Chair of the Youth Attainment and Transitions & Behaviour Support Regional Reference Group.
Since 2016 Boyd has work as a private consultant, largely in education, specializing in high yield leadership behaviours, feedback, difficult conversations and executive coaching. His work in education has encompassed public, independent and Catholic schools.
Promotion to Principal at Collinsville SHS happened in 1992, followed by Tully SHS in 1993, Beerwah SHS in 1998 and finally, Maroochydore SHS in 2007. During his time at Maroochydore, Boyd spent four months acting as an Executive Director School Improvement, six months as a Teaching and Learning Auditor and six months seconded as a School Improvement Project Officer.
Joining the Department of Education on a bonded scholarship in February 1975, Boyd began teaching at Sarina State High School in 1978, moving to Rosewood State High School in 1982 before taking up the position of Social Science Subject Master at Emerald SHS in 1985.
Between 1989 and 1991 Boyd was a Deputy Principal at the Brisbane School of Distance Education and Marsden SHS, spending the better part of 1991 seconded to the newly established Studies Directorate where he coordinated the state-wide P-10 Curriculum Review.
Mount Gravatt College of Advanced Education
(now Griffith University) 1977
University of Queensland 1982
Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education
(now Central Queensland University) 1989
Q
ueensland University of Technology 2007
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Boyd’s curriculum vitae is available for download here.
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