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Meet the Executive Director
Dr Debra Sayce
Executive Director
Dr Debra Sayce is the Executive Director of Catholic Education WA. In a career in education, that has spanned 37 years, Debra has taught in both independent and Catholic secondary school environments before taking up school and system leadership positions in Catholic education.
Debra is passionate and committed to the goals of Catholic education and the aspirational goals of the Alice Springs Declaration and seeks to realise these goals in Catholic schools. As the leader of a system of Catholic schools, she strongly promotes excellence and equity in all aspects of a student’s school journey and seeks to ensure that CEWA is affordable and accessible to parents who choose Catholic schooling for their child from Wyndham to Esperance and everywhere in between.
Debra holds a doctorate in education, is a published author, and has lectured in post-graduate educational units at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She serves on several national boards and committees including the National Catholic Education Commission and Catholic Network Australia. Since her appointment as Executive Director five years ago, Debra has steadfastly focused on the continued improvement of the education and flourishing of children and young people and the development of the workforce who educate and form these students.
To bring out the very best in students, enabling them to be confident, creative, lifelong learners and strongly community minded. Debra works with system leadership teams in schools and offices to be clear on the vision of Catholic education. She is highly collaborative in her approach and in all that she does in her leadership, she seeks to be Christ-centred and child focused.
The values of Catholic schools are underpinned by the principles of fairness, respect, integrity and responsibility.
Response to Historic COVID Case Numbers – April 8, 2022
Catholic Education WA has clarified its COVID communications protocols, after the State Government today announced that 1100 historic positive cases in schools did not appear to have been reported to WA Health.
Catholic Education Western Australia Cyclone Seroja Update 3 – April 16, 2021
As communities affected by the devastating Cyclone Seroja work together through the significant challenges they now face, Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) is focused on clean-up and repair operations in the nine Catholic schools that have been impacted by the cyclone.
Catholic Education WA students demonstrate outstanding achievement in WACE awards – December 20, 2020
Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) Deputy Executive Director, Peter Yensch, today congratulated thousands of students on achieving a WACE (Western Australian Certificate of Education) in 2019, as well as 17 CEWA students whose achievements have been recognised with School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) General Exhibition, Subject Exhibition and VET (Vocational Education and Training) Exhibition awards.
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