VALERIE GOULD

Valerie Gould is the Executive Director of the Association of Independent Schools of WA. She commenced her career teaching Economics and Mathematics, followed by seven years working in New York with Ernst and Young, and being greatly involved in the introduction of microcomputer applications into business. During the early 1990s she worked with the School Curriculum and Standards Authority before joining AISWA as the Manager of Curriculum and Australian Government Targeted Programs. As Executive Director of AISWA Valerie represents WA Independent Schools on a number of state and national decision making committees and in doing so is ever mindful of the independence of schools in the sector and that each one is different. Valerie has a Bachelor of Economics and a Diploma of Education, and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and the Australian Council for Educational Leadership.

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