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Helen Drennen BA BSc (Hons) PhD DipEd AMP FACE FACEL

Dr Helen Drennen was appointed Principal of Wesley College Melbourne in 2003 and brings to the role extensive national and international experience in education, at both primary and secondary levels.

Helen is currently a member of the International Baccalaureate Board of Governors and a Trustee of the Shrine of Remembrance in Victoria.

Prior to becoming Principal of Wesley College Melbourne in 2003, Helen was the Academic Director for the International Baccalaureate, based in Cardiff, Wales, UK from 1997 – 2002 and the Director of the Asia Pacific Region from 2002 – 2003. Before these two international appointments, Helen held the position of Head of Campus, Glen Waverley at Wesley College Melbourne 1994 – 1997. In October 2007, she completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard University Business School, Cambridge, USA, and in 2010 was appointed a Fellow of the Australian Council of Educators and a Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders in 2011.

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Learning to Be
Blog Posts - Mon 29 April 2013
Learning to Be
I always think, at the beginning of a new school year, how important it is not just to look ahead, but to sneak a look backwards as well, to acknowledge how what has been achieved in the past helps us...
Academic achievement
Blog Posts - Fri 14 December 2012
Academic achievement
The final edition of Lion for 2012 is again full of stories about people and events that make up a rich school community. In fact, so comprehensive and diverse is any Wesley day, it is easy to lose...
Readiness
Blog Posts - Wed 28 November 2012
Readiness
Once upon a time, I was baffled by what was meant in a famous passage from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Before Hamlet’s fencing match with Laertes, he responds to Horatio’s warning about the possibility of...
Fire
Blog Posts - Wed 29 August 2012
Fire
Chum Creek Camp will soon be smoking again. Another Year 7 class will be trekking out to the campout clearing and setting up their tents. And then they will set their fires. Such a simple activity...
Seeing more clearly what is already there
Blog Posts - Thu 23 August 2012
Seeing more clearly what is already there
There could hardly be a greater difference between the two sabbaticals I have enjoyed while Principal. In 2007, I studied at the Harvard University Business School and each day there, for three months...
Preparing for global success
Blog Posts - Mon 20 August 2012
Preparing for global success
In 1866 the Wesley College prospectus stated: ‘The object of this institution is to provide a classical and general education of the highest order…’  Much may have changed in Australia in 146 years...
Coeducation
Blog Posts - Mon 23 July 2012
Coeducation
Children are influenced and shaped by the decisions of their parents. They listen, learn, draw conclusions of their own. But parents can never be sure what direction their children will finally take...