The Office of the Executive Director is responsible for the co-ordination and integration of service delivery across the organisation. This includes the collaborative development of the Brisbane Catholic Education Strategic Renewal Plan and the development of mechanisms and protocols to ensure appropriate consistency and quality assurance of services provided to schools, students and staff.
Religious education and evangelisation are vital to the mission of Brisbane Catholic Education, and for this reason, they are co-ordinated by the Deputy Executive Director. This encompasses the teaching of the Catholic faith to students and the development of the personal faith formation of students and staff.
The Executive Director undertakes liaison with a wide range of Church, government and external bodies. Other responsibilities of the Office of the Executive Director include school renewal and accountability, school community development and the communications, marketing and promotion of BCE schools and Catholic education in the Archdiocese in general.
Executive Director
Mr David Hutton (07) 3033 7542
Deputy Executive Director
Mr Kevin Twomey (07) 3033 7655
Communications & Marketing
Media liaison and issues management and System wide marketing and promotion.
Manager
Mr John Phelan (07) 3033 7489
Emergency Contact 0407 580 612
School Renewal and Quality Assurance
Strategic implementation, management, Integration and support of school renewal and quality assurance processes.
Principal Education Officer
Mr Tony Harkness (07) 3033 7424
Religious Education
Support, monitoring and implementation of Archdiocesan policies for religious education.
Principal Education Officer
Mr Mark Elliott (07) 3033 7590
Evangelisation and Spiritual Formation
Promotion of Catholic identity, the evangelising role of schools and the spiritual and faith formation of staff.
Principal Education Officer
Mrs Jill Gowdie (07) 3033 7619
ResourceLink
Resourcing and information delivery centre supporting resource access and development for learning and teaching.
Senior Education Officer
Mrs Kerry Rush (07) 3033 7403
School Community Development
Senior Education Officer
Mr George Kendall (07) 3033 7437