David Drumond | K-12 Strategic Leader: Learning and Growth
St John XXIII Catholic College, Stanhope Gardens

David Drumond has been in education for seventeen years across a variety of leadership positions including pastoral leader, curriculum leader and K-12 Strategic Leader of Learning and Growth. David has a passion for STEM and innovation, and has led numerous initiatives at a local level including the development of a National F1 in schools team, a STEM academy of staff, and the facilitation of an eSports program. David has been key in the development and implementation of learning inquiries across K-12 contexts, working with executive and middle leaders to diagnose the tensions in the present through creative practices and methods, and co-creating solutions to move forward. This has resulted in increasing academic performance in NAPLAN and HSC results. He has developed and run professional learning for the Lutheran Schools, Edmund Rice Education, and Brisbane Catholic Schools. David has a proven track record of developing learner and educator agency in a large and complex school and has co-authored two papers set to be published in 2024. David has presented at a variety of conferences including Edutech, The Future of Education Summit and ReimaginED.