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In the forest

Projects & Publications

Inquiry and Review

Large systemic inquiry

  • 2024 – 26: Project Lead, Inclusive Governance in a Synodal Church. 

  • 2020 – 21: Review of Governance of the Diocese of Parramatta (with Adj Prof Murray Baird)

  • 2019 – 20: Member, Review of the Implementation Advisory Group reviewing Church governance in Australia 

  • 2019: Functional and Structural Review of the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth Administration Centre (with Prof David Gilchrist)

  • 2017: Inquiry (with Prof Deborah Brennan) into Early Childhood Education for the Council for the Australian Federation resulting in the Lifting our Game Report

  • 2017 – 18: Review of Catholic education provision in Tasmania (with KPMG)

  • 2009 – 2010: Commissioner on 2009 Royal Commission into Victoria's Bushfires

  • 2008 – 09: Chair, State Services Authority (SSA) inquiry into Indigenous Employment

  • 2008 – 09: Co-Chair, SSA inquiry into the consolidation and governance of Victoria's regulatory bodies

  • 2006 – 07: Chair, SSA inquiry into the regulation of the Not-for-Profit sector.

  • 1998 – 99: Chair, Victorian Curriculum and Standards Framework Review

  • 1994 – 2004: Member of Civics Expert Group reporting to Prime Minister and Civics Education Group reporting to Education Ministers

  • 1991 – 92: Member, Australian Education Council's (AEC) Review Committee into the Education and Training of 15 – 19 year olds in Australia (the Mayer Committee)

  • 1991 – 92: Member AEC's Review Committee into the education of Girls in Australian Schools

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Intra-system inquiry

  • 2004: Commissioned inquiry into the contribution of Catholic education to the Victorian economy and society.

  • 2004: Commissioned inquiry into the welfare needs of students in Catholic schools

  • 2004: Commissioned inquiry into the affordability of Catholic schools

  • 2003: Commissioned inquiry into service delivery from the Catholic Education Office, Melbourne

  • 2002: Investigation into cheating in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) for Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)

  • 2001: Commissioned inquiry into the human resource needs of the VCAA

  • 1989 – 2001: Participated in numerous inquiries into the viability and effectiveness of Victorian Catholic schools

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Organisational and Strategic Board Review, and Professional Appraisal

  • 2025 – 26: Chair, Review of Pacific Regional Seminary 

  • 2021: IPC Health Board Review

  • 2020: Chief Executive appraisal, Catholic Schools NSW

  • 2019 – 20: Review of Secretariat, National Catholic Education Commission

  • 2019: Review of Victorian Legal Services Commission Board

  • 2019: Review of Westgate Health Co-operative Board

  • 2018 – 19: Strategic Plan review and update for St Vincent de Paul Society NSW (with Baxter Lawley)

  • 2019: Review of Education Governance in the Diocese of Broken Bay (with Adj Prof Murray Baird)

  • 2003 – 06: Oversight of initiative to improve school and principal review in Catholic schools

  • 2003 – 06: Oversight of initiative to strengthen the evidence base of school improvement in Catholic schools

Green Landscape

Leadership and Management

Public administration

  • 2012 – 2017: Inaugural Commissioner, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)

  • 2009 – 2010: Commissioner, 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission

  • 2006 – 08 and 2010 – 2011: Commissioner, State Services Authority

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Education

  • 2019 – present: Independent Member, Kindergarten Reform Implementation Board, Victoria

  • 2003 – 2006: Chair and Chief Executive, Catholic Education Commission of Victoria

  • 2003 – 2006: Director of Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Melbourne

  • 2001 – 2003: CEO Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

  • 2000: Leader of Australian Delegation to UN World Education Forum in Senegal

  • 1993 – 2001: Co-ordinating Chairperson, Policy (and School Services) Catholic Education Office, Melbourne

  • 1998 – 2000: National President, Australian College of Educators

  • 1998 – 1999: Chair, Curriculum and Standards Framework Review

 

Intellectual

  • 1994: Harvard University, Visiting Scholar

Governance

Public Administration

  • 2006 – 08: Chair, Australian National Commission for UNESCO.

  • Member from 1999-2006, and delegate to General Conference in Paris in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007

  • 1995 – 2001: Deputy Chairperson and Member, National Advisory Council on Australian Archives

  • 1993: Member, Australian Delegation to the OECD, Paris​

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Education

  • 1995 – 2001: Deputy Chairperson and Member, National Advisory Council on Australian Archives

  • 1993: Member, Australian Delegation to the OECD, Paris

  • 2010 – 16: Chair of National Education Board for Loreto and FCJ schools

  • 2004 – 06: Board Member, Curriculum Corporation

  • 2003 – 06: Member, National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) and NCEC Executive

  • 2001 – 09: Director, Senate of Australian Catholic University

  • 1998 – 2000: National President, Australian College of Educators

  • 1994 – 2004: Member Civics Expert Group reporting to Prime Minister and later Civics Education Group

  • 1994 – 95: Member, Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board

  • 1992 – 2001: Executive member, Victorian Board of Studies

  • 1991 – 92: Member, AEC's Mayer Committee, reviewing the education and training of 15 to 19 year olds in Australia

  • 1991 – 92: Member, AEC's Review Committee on the Education of Girls in Australian Schools

  • 1991 – 92: Member of Council, Institute of Educational Administration, Geelong

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Health

  • 2018 – present: Trustee of St John of God Health

  • 2018 – present: Board Member, Mercy Health

  • 2007 – 2011: Board Member, Cabrini Health and Chair of Patient Experience and Clinical Governance Committee

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Waterfalls
Mountain

Educational Policy Analysis, Development and Review

Education Planning

  • 2003 – 06: Chair of block Grant Authority of Catholic Education Commission of Victoria (CECV) determining planning directions and allocating capital grants

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Curriculum and Standards Review

  • 1998 – 99: Chair, Victorian Curriculum and Standards Framework Review, preparatory to leading to revised Year 10 (P-10) curriculum 

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Development of Policy related to Assessment for P-12 in VIC Schools

  • 1997 – 2001: Chair of Assessment Committee of Victorian Board of Studies (VBOS) 

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Senior Secondary Curriculum Review

  • 1997: Member of committee reviewing VCE ​

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Development of Standards and Curriculum for P-12 in VIC Schools

  • 1992 – 2001: Executive member VBOS

Free Range Cows

Community and Stakeholder Engagement

Emergency Management

  • 2009: Consultation with communities directly affected by the Black Saturday bushfires​​​

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Public Administration

  • ​2008: Consultation with Indigenous Victorians and professional bodies nationally associated with employment of Indigenous people

  • 2008: In-house consultation with Secretaries of Victorian government departments on the design and effectiveness of Victorian regulatory bodies

  • 2006: Consultation with NFP organisations and professionals regarding regulation of the sector

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Education

  • 2003: Consultation with Bishops, principals and parents on the effectiveness of service delivery from the Catholic EOM

  • 1993: Consultation with teachers and parents on the introduction of statewide assessment for Victorian students (the LAP)

  • 1989 – 2001: Numerous consultations with all stakeholders in local communities on the viability and effectiveness of local Catholic schools

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Reflective Practice: Publications

  • Pascoe, Susan (2019) 'Best Practices in Governance of Church Agencies: Keynote Address delivered to the Principles and Practice for Church Conference.' Yarra Theological Union and University of Divinity, Melbourne. 3 March.

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Public Administration

  • Pascoe, Susan (2018) A Regulator's View in Research Handbook on Not-for-Profit Law (Ed) Matthew Harding, Edward Elgar Publishing, London.​​​

  • Pascoe, Susan (2017a) The Digital Regulator in Regulating Charities: The Inside Story (Eds) Myles McGregor-Lowndes and Bob Wyatt, Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organisations, New York.

  • Pascoe, Susan (2015) Administering Australia's First National Charity Law Regime - Some Personal Perspectives in ebook, Not-for-Profit Insights: 16 Australian NFP Insiders Share Their Wisdom and Experience, Australian Institute of Company Directors.

  • Pascoe, Susan (2010b) 'The 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission: Lessons for the Conduct of Inquiries', in Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 69, Issue 4, National Council of Institute of Public Administration. Canberra.

  • Teague, B., McLeod, R. and Pascoe, S. (2010a) Final Report of 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission. Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne

  • Teague, B., McLeod, R. and Pascoe, S. (2009) Interim Report of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission. Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne

  • Pascoe, Susan (2008a) 'Regulatory Creep: How to Ease the Administrative and Compliance Burden', Grants Management Quarterly Edition 23, March 2007. Australian Institute of Grants Management. Melbourne.

  • Pascoe, Susan (2008b) Regulating the Not-for-Profit Sector, State Services Authority, Melbourne www.ssa.vic.gov.au.

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Education

  • Pascoe, Susan and Brennan, Deborah (2017b) Lifting our Game: Report  of the Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools through Early Childhood Education. Victorian Government. Melbourne

  • ​Pascoe, Susan (2011) Leadership in Times of Crisis Centre for Strategic Education Occasional Paper. CSE, Melbourne.

  • Pascoe, Susan (2007b) 'Values Education in Australia's Government and Non-Government Schools', in Values Education and Lifelong Learning (Eds) Judith Chapman and David Aspin. Springer Press.

  • Pascoe, Susan (2007a) 'Catholic Education in Australia: Challenges and Responses', in G. Grace and J. O'Keefe (Eds) International Handbook of Catholic Education. Springer Press.

  • Pascoe, Susan (ed.) (2002) 'Values in Education', Australian College of Education Yearbook 2002, Deakin West ACT.

  • ​Pascoe, Susan (2001a) 'Education Reform at School Level: From Policy to Practice', IARTV Occasional Paper No. 72, October 2001. Jolimont, Vic.

  • Pascoe, Susan (2000a) 'Non-Government Schools in Australia: The 25 Years Since the Karmel Report', in Peter Karmel, ed., School Resourcing: Models and Practices in Changing Times. College Year Book 2000, Australian College of Education, deakin West ACT, pp. 84-99.

  • Pascoe, Susan (2000b) 'Priorities for the New Millennium', Unicorn, vol. 26, no. 3.

  • Pascoe, Susan (2000c) 'Education for Active Citizenship', in Kim Rubinstein, ed., Individual, Community, Nation: Fifty Years of Australian Citizenship, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 99-107.

  • Pascoe, Susan and Pascoe, Robert (1998) 'Education Reform in Victorian, Australia: 1992-1997, A Case Study', The Education Reform and Management Series, vol. 1, no. 2, The World Bank, Washington DC, February.

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