Donna Bridge, principal of East Kalgoorlie Primary School since 2005, has had a distinguished career in education in regional Western Australia since 1996. She was the first Indigenous teacher in to achieve Level 3 status in WA. As a Churchill Fellow in the US and Canada in 2005 Ms Bridge studied ways of breaking cycles of disadvantage. In 2008 she was awarded an Aboriginal Education Award for outstanding leadership in Aboriginal education. In 2009 East Kalgoorlie Primary School was awarded a national award of excellence through Dare to Lead.

Ms Bridge is an Executive Member on the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Principal Association. Her skills in Indigenous education, change management and community capacity-building are driven by a belief that strong community/school partnerships improve outcomes and ensure that children get the best start to formal learning.

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