Carol Coddington

carolcoddington2023Carol has had wide and substantial leadership experience in a variety of educational settings.  Prior to her appointment as Principal of St Dominic’s College in Henderson Carol was the Deputy Principal responsible for pastoral care, timetable, and staff welfare at McAuley High School in Otahuhu for eight years. 

At St Dominic’s College she built a high-achieving, successful school, through implementing structural change within the senior leadership team, developing responsibilities and a collaborative leadership model throughout the college. This included working with teaching staff and Faculty Leaders to review curriculum areas and implement developments that led to substantially improved academic results that in turn resulted in substantial roll growth.

During her time as Principal at St Dominic’s College Carol also served as Chairperson of the Auckland Catholic Secondary Principals Association for six years.    She was also a member of the National Catholic Secondary Principals’ Executive Committee and Chairperson of the Waitakere Principals Association. During this time, she was responsible for working with her colleagues to advance education in Auckland through professional leadership, support and advocacy.

Another role Carol undertook was as a mentor for first time Principals and as a Principal appraiser.

Following on from principalship, Carol was appointed Deputy CEO of the NZ Catholic Education Office and the Association of Proprietors of Integrated Schools. This role involved working with schools and with their Proprietors, on national issues, national policies and acting in a liaison role between many different educational agencies. 

She joined the Education Review Office as an Evaluation Partner in 2020 and was responsible for developing evaluation partnerships with principals and schools in Auckland and in Northland

Carol brings to her role with Ahead Associates:  

  • Her successful experience as an Evaluation Partner with ERO working with principals to develop an evaluation focus based on the new ERO model of school evaluation.
  • Her extensive involvement with boards of trustees since 1987, in senior management roles, as a principal and Evaluation partner at ERO
  • Her current, first-hand knowledge of the principal appraisal process.

Carol’s main areas of interest and expertise include – promoting inclusivity, developing leadership capability, improving student achievement, mentoring principals and deputy principals. She is able to work in an advisory capacity with senior leadership and Boards in:

  • Principal and Senior Leadership Team Appointments
  • Principal and Senior Leadership Team Appraisal
  • Principal Mentoring and Principal Peer Group Mentoring
  • Senior Leadership Team Review and Restructure
  • Strategic Planning
  • School Self Review
  • ERO preparation

Please feel free to contact me if you would appreciate some support in any of these areas.

Carol Coddington
027 288 7505
09 626 62659
Email: carolcoddington@aheadassociates.co.nz