Our Recent Work

Zbar Consulting provides strategic support to communities, systems and schools to support improvement and has completed more than 70 school reviews. Customised coaching programs for senior executives are also a focus of our business, along with tailored research and report writing services.

Recent projects include:

Curriculum Mapping for the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (2009- 11)

Principal and leadership team coaching for DEECD and Catholic schools (2009- 11)

Consultancy support to the Leading Practice Schools Project conducted by the DEECD (2010)

Development of educational and business plans for the North Melbourne Learning and Life Centre (2009-10)

Evaluation of a Leadership Innovation Capability Instrument for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) Victoria (2009)

Support to the program of curriculum and education reform in Hong Kong, including the design of training programs for leadership teams and the development of explanatory materials (2005-2008)

Ongoing consultancy to the Catalyst (eLearning) project conducted by the DEECD together with Microsoft Australia (2006-09)

Leading a major research project on high performing disadvantaged schools on behalf of the Data & Evaluation Division of DEECD (2008)

Ongoing consultancy on school improvement to the Northern Metropolitan Region of DEECD, including research on the Achievement Improvement Zones Project and working with targeted schools as a critical friend.

Targeted commissioned reviews of underperforming schools and subsequent development of school improvement plans

Review of senior schools in the Northern Territory (2009)

Peace Education project in post-conflict Sierra Leone (World Bank, 2001-2006)