polisheducation

About Us

Polish Educational Commission in Australian is managed by a dedicated group of volunteers from various parts of Australia. Over the years, the Commission has been supported by numerous educators, teachers, and Polish community activists, all full of passion and love for the Polish language and culture.

About Us

The Current Board and Members of the PECA

Current Board and
Members of KOPA

Elzbieta Cesarski

President

New South Wales

Bozena Iwanowski

Deputy President

Victoria

Malgorzata Wray

Treasurer

Western Australia

Barbara Potaczała

Member

New South Wales

Hanna Bilyk

Member

New South Wales

Magdalena Delport

Member

Victoria

Marysia Nowak

Member

New South Wales

Anna Kryj

Member

New South Wales

Former Chairpersons of the Chamber of Audit

Halina T. Szunejko OAM

Western Australia

2007–2012

Dr Bożena Szymańska

New South Wales

2001–2007 (2001–2003 Acting Chair, 2003–2007 Chair)

Magdalena Rzóska-Krzysztoń

New South Wales

1999 to 2001

Brunon Kowalski

New South Wales

1974 to 1999

Jerzy Łęczycki

VIC

1971–1974

Władysław Karbownik

1968–1971

Prof. Jerzy Goebel

New South Wales

1964–1968

Former members of PECA

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Teresa Burzyńska

Ewa Chodasiewicz

New South Wales

Dr Danuta Gabszewicz

Hanna Geras

Wiesława Głodek

Teresa Juszcze

Magdalena Rzóska-Krzysztoń

Józefina Samecka

Elżbieta Starzynska

Dr Bożena Szymańska

Małgorzata Świątek

Wanda Śmigulska

South Australia

Elizabeth Bukowska

Queensland

Teresa Serafin

Anna Wolska

Tasmania

Teresa Grabek

Bogdan Pietra

Victoria

Kamila Achler

Zofia Lisińska

Western Australia

Halina T. Szunejko OAM

Individuals Supporting KOPA's Activities

T. Broszczyk

Genowefa Budniak

Danuta Dróżdż

Jerzy Goebel

Brunon Grzebyta

K. Gwizdałła

Mieczysława Gruszka

Dr A. Horn

Maria Hrycek

Ms. Celina Jabłońska

General Juliusz Kleeberg

Jerzy Łęczycki

Krzystof Łańcucki AM

B. Łuszczyk

Tomasz Ostrowski

Wiesław Pęska

Władysława Pęska

Tadeusz Podniesiński

Ms. Grażyna Racławska

Zofia Sęk-Sękalska

Jadwiga Sochacka

Stanisław Śronek

htm. Witold Szupryczyński

Ryszard Treister

Zdzisław Wielebiński

Wanda Woropińska

s. Jadwiga Wróblewska

Individuals advocating for the development of Polish education in Australia

Individuals Advocating for the development of Polish education in Australia

Dr. John Bedemeres

Barbara Gondek

Andrzej Góra

Zofia Krzysztowska-Kingsley

Fr. Dominik Jałocha OP

Margaret Kwiatkowska

Dr Barbara Lama

Marianna Łacek OAM

ks. Tadeusz Przybylak SChr

Urszula Rogerson

Małgorzata Vella

Albert Vella OAM

Dr Edward Ronowicz (Macquarie University in Sydney)

Dr Edward Ronowicz
(Macquarie University in Sydney)

Andrzej Siedlecki (Macquarie University in Sydney)

Andrzej Siedlecki
(Macquarie University in Sydney)

ks. Wiesław Słowik SJ OAM

Polish Press and Media

News about the activities of PECA and the events it organises has been regularly published in Polish community press (including "Wiadomości Polskie" in Sydney, "Tygodnik Polski" in Melbourne), online media (including Puls Polonii, Polonia Portal in Victoria), and in the newsletters of the "Wspólnota Polska" Association.

An extensive study on Polish community education in Australia and profiles of selected schools were featured in the methodological quarterly for Polish community teachers "Uczymy jak uczyć" (issue 2/2021), published by the "Wspólnota Polska" Association. Among the educational materials provided was also a lesson outline dedicated to Pawel Edmund Strzelecki – the Polish explorer of Australia's highest peak.

Updates on the activities of PECA and the events it organises were regularly published in the Polish diaspora press (including “Polish News” in Sydney, “Polish Weekly” in Melbourne), online media (including Puls Polonii, Polish Portal in Victoria), and in the newsletters of the Association “Polish Community”.

An extensive study on Polish diaspora education in Australia and profiles of selected schools were featured in the methodological quarterly for Polish diaspora teachers “We Teach How to Teach” (issue 2/2021), published by the Association “Polish Community”. Among the educational materials provided was also a lesson plan dedicated to Paweł Edmund Strzelecki – the Polish explorer of Australia's highest peak.

read the quarterly journal

Polish Press and Media

cooperation agreement

The Polish Educational Commission of Australia collaborates with a range of nationwide and state organisations whose objectives align with those of the Commission in the areas of planning educational activities aimed at Polish schools and Australians of Polish descent who wish to learn the Polish language, as well as promoting Polish education in Australia.

Over the years, PECA has collaborated with:

The Education Commission of the Polish Community in Australia collaborates with a range of national and state organisations, whose objectives align with the Commission’s goals in areas of planning educational activities aimed at Polish schools and Australians of Polish descent who wish to learn the Polish language, as well as promoting Polish community education in Australia.

Over the years, PECA has collaborated with:

Supreme Council of Polish Australians

Association of Polish Teachers in Australia

Local Methodological Centre in Australia

Association of Polish Professionals in Australia

Department of Education of the Federation of Polish Organisations in Victoria