Mango Hill State School Principal Tracy Egan received the Griffith University Jack Pizzey Award for Excellence in School Leadership at the 2022 Showcase Awards for Excellence in Schools awards.
Seven out of ten award categories went to winners from schools in South East QLD, which was strongly represented at the awards held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Ms Egan has three decades of experience in the field of education, as Lead Principal, Deputy Principal, Head of Curriculum, Education Advisor, Internal School Reviewer and classroom teacher in various schools across Queensland.
The mother-of-three was appointed foundation principal of Mango Hill State School in 2011. The school opened in 2012 with 244 enrolled students and has since grown to more than 1,200 students.
Mango Hill State School is also part of the North Coast Cluster which took home the Network 10 Showcase Award for Excellence in the Early and Primary Years for their “Critical friends network” entry.
Apart from MHSS, the North Coast Cluster, comprises Moreton Downs State School, Burpengary State School, Caboolture East State School, Elimbah State School, Jinibara State School, and Narangba Valley State School.
Another individual award went to Wavell State High School teacher Brett Dascombe who was awarded The QUT Showcase Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Moreover, the Pine Rivers South Primary Cluster – Bray Park, Strathpine, Strathpine West and Lawnton State Schools – bagged the RemServ Showcase Award for Excellence in Parent and Community Engagement.
Likewise, the Whites Hill State College Cluster, which includes Indooroopilly State High School, Kelvin Grove State College, Sunnybank State High School, Coolum State High School, Mount Gravatt State High School, Centenary Heights State High School, North Lakes State College and Springfield Central State High School, is the year’s The Education Queensland International Showcase Award for Excellence in Global Engagement thanks to their “Blended/hybrid virtual high school preparation”.
Whilst Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre’s entry “Building cultural understanding and capabilities on Quandamooka Country” won them the QTU Showcase Award for Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education.
Lastly, Lawnton State School shared honours with Western Cape College for the Bevan Brennan ‘Every Child Needs a Champion’ Award with their “We grow leaders”.
“The Showcase Awards allow us to recognise and celebrate the great work our educators are doing every day to ensure that students in Queensland state schools are getting a world-class education,” Education Minister Grace Grace said.
“That there were so many high-quality entries to this year’s awards shows the hard work, dedication and expertise of Queensland school staff.
The 10 award category winners are:
- The Network 10 Showcase Award for Excellence in the Early and Primary Years
- North Coast Cluster (Moreton Downs State School, Burpengary State School, Caboolture East State School, Elimbah State School, Jinibara State School, Mango Hill State School and Narangba Valley State School), Critical friends network
- The QSuper Showcase Award for Excellence in the Secondary Years
- Urangan State High School, CAPIP – time for the right work
- The TUH Health Fund Showcase Award for Excellence in Inclusive Education
- Tinana State School, Everyone’s welcome in the room – whatever it takes
- The RemServ Showcase Award for Excellence in Parent and Community Engagement
- Pine Rivers South Primary Cluster (Lawnton State School, Bray Park State School, Strathpine State School and Strathpine West State School), Engagement and attendance matters – The more you go the more you know
- The Showcase Award for Excellence in Global Engagement
- Whites Hill State College Cluster (Indooroopilly State High School, Kelvin Grove State College, Sunnybank State High School, Coolum State High School, Mount Gravatt State High School, Centenary Heights State High School, North Lakes State College and Springfield Central State High School), Blended/hybrid virtual high school preparation
- The Queensland Teachers’ Union Showcase Award for Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
- Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre, Building cultural understanding and capabilities on Quandamooka Country
- The Showcase Award for Excellence in Rural and Remote Education
- Happy Valley State School, Leading from the classroom: a model of distributive leadership
- The QUT Showcase Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Brett Dascombe, Wavell State High School
- The Griffith University Jack Pizzey Award for Excellence in School Leadership
- Tracy Egan, Mango Hill State School
- The Bevan Brennan Every Child Needs a Champion Award
- Lawnton State School, We grow leaders
The 2022 Showcase Awards for Excellence in Schools saw 86 submissions representing 220 state schools vying. Each state award group category winner will receive $10,000 development grants with two individuals to each receive a $5,000 development grant.
“Educators have benefitted from a total of $166,000 in grant support from this year’s Showcase Awards for Excellence in Schools, including regional winners who received $1,000 each and regional commendations receiving $500 each,” Ms Grace said.
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