Vaughan Couillault

Vaughan is currently serving his 10 th year as the principal at Papatoetoe High School, and is also the president of the Secondary Principals’ Association of New Zealand. He started his career as a teacher of commerce and moved through the ranks as a dean, head of department, deputy principal and associate principal before his first principalship commenced in 2012. In that time, he has served in a range of communities and across several schools, eventually returning to the school he both attended as a child and began his teaching career at, Papatoetoe High School. Vaughan holds a BCom, PGDipSM and a MEdL.