The Salutogenic Schools Alliance team

Duncan is a senior education leader with in-depth experience developing and implementing educational and sports programs for public and independent schools in Australia and the US. He has had significant achievements spearheading and implementing innovative initiatives and processes to deliver quality educational outcomes and transformative school improvement reforms over his 30-year career. Duncan has a proven ability to build and leadlarge cross-functional teams and chair committees to high-performance levels while developing trusting relationships with boards and key stakeholders.

With a dynamic blend of agility and purpose, Duncan empowers students and educators alike through teaching, training, and curriculum design that embeds social and emotional learning at the heart of education. Grounded in the Salutogenic Schools Alliance philosophy and aligned with current curriculum priorities his work champions wellbeing, resilience, and the cultivation of key life character competencies that help every learner thrive. Duncan is a co-Director of the Salutogenic Schools Alliance.

Sarah has been a teacher, leader and learner ineducation for 30+ years with extensive experiences as a classroom teacher, Assistant Principal (AP), Highly Accomplished Teacher (HAT) and Principal withthe NSW Department of Education. Sarah has a passion for advocating forvulnerable children and believes that all children can be truly known, valued and cared for. Sarah’s vision is to create Australia’s first holistic Trauma Recovery Centre for children and young people. A place where children and their families can access many and varied healing modalities and practices - learning, teaching and working together as a connected community of caregivers.

She delivers contextual professional learning in brain development, human behaviour and trauma aware practice. She has a real gift for speaking to people of all ages and making complex ideas easy to understand. Sarah’s curiosity and commitment to “be the change you want to see” initiated the inception of the Salutogenic Schools Alliance, of which she is a co-Director.