Dr William Maiden OAM received the Alumni Excellence Award for Education, Science, Technology and Maths. Dr Maiden has contributed greatly to the education system in Canberra. He was the foundation principal at two schools and was critical in the opening of other new schools.
For many years, Dr Maiden served as a community member and was Deputy Chairperson of the now restructured ACT Non-Government Schools Education Council. He is the current Chair of the ACT Teacher Quality Institute Board. In recognition of his distinguished career and outstanding service to education and professional organisations, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia earlier this year. Dr Maiden is currently a Professional Associate at the University of Canberra, where he completed a Ph.D. in education in 1996.
“To have been involved in education as a career, and to have had the pleasure of working with so many fine educators across many levels and sectors, has been highly rewarding and satisfying,” Dr Maiden said. “I could never had imagined, when I started out as a teacher, that the professional and academic experiences throughout my working life would have given me such stimulation and enjoyment as well as an abiding interest in education and lifelong learning.”
