researchED New Zealand

May 2027

Hosted by Long Bay College

In partnership with the New Zealand Initiative

Speaker Profile

Rozanne Donald

Rozanne Donald is Associate Principal at Rutherford College. She has 25 years’ experience as an educator and senior leader in the tertiary and secondary sectors. In 2019 she was awarded an Aitken Fellowship based at the Centre for Educational Leadership at The University of Auckland. Her leadership approach draws on collaborative complex problem-solving and the research of Viviane Robinson, with a focus on building relational trust and strengthening teachers’ instructional practice. Her role as a senior leader, is focussed on leading school improvement that lifts outcomes for students who enter secondary school below expected levels. Rozanne is currently leading literacy improvement at scale in a secondary school, working with teachers to implement explicit instruction that builds vocabulary, background knowledge, and writing capability across the curriculum.

Rozanne Donald

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