PETER HAUSER

TOOWOOMBA Grammar School headmaster Peter Hauser knows the importance of students feeling valued and understood.

And with 1220 young adults under his care at the prestigious private school, he’s in a significant position to not just recognise it, but encourage it throughout his teaching staff.

As one of the highest paid educators in the state, Mr Hauser heads up an institution with a payroll staff of 300, including more than 100 teachers at the Prep to Year 12 campus.

The well-credentialled educator and highly-regarded school leader has been headmaster since 2003.

He has overseen the start of the school’s largest development project since it was founded in 1877 with the $14 million two-storey state-of-the-art gymnasium which is part of a bigger 10-year plan about shoring up facilities for future generations of students.

The school’s pool on Herries St was this year re-named the PB Hauser Aquatic Centre in his honour.

Under his leadership, Toowoomba Grammar School recorded a staggering $4.5 million profit in 2017, the second highest among the state’s grammar schools, and he is a regular feature on the list of high-paid educators, taking home $503,000 last year.

Before moving to Toowoomba 15 years ago, Mr Hauser taught at a number of prestigious private schools, worked part time as a sessional lecturer in teaching and curriculum at Deakin University, and was the Victorian President of the Australian Council for Education Leaders.

But student development and welfare remain a core concern for this dedicated educator who draws on that experience daily and instils in his charges the importance of community and integrity.