honorific_prefix predecessor years_active successor awards nationality title name birth_date term residence article_title education birth_name occupation alma_mater
professor john ward 1968 -- present carol taylor wyndham medal australian chief executive , office of the board of studies john bennett 25 october 1948 2002 -- 2009 randwick , new south wales john bennett -lrb- educator -rrb-
 b.math , b.ed.stud. , m.ed. , ph.d. . john leslie bennett education administrator university of newcastle university of new south wales
john bennett -lrb- educator -rrb-

john leslie bennett -lrb- born 25 october 1948 -rrb- is an australian educator .
he is conjoint professor of education at the university of new south wales .
bennett was chief executive of the office of the board of studies -lrb- obos -rrb- from 2002 to 2009 .
bennett began his career as a teacher of mathematics at maitland boys ' high school in 1968 .
he was appointed as head of mathematics at dover heights girls ' high school in 1978 .
from 1986 bennett held a variety of positions in assessment and information services with obos and its precursor .
he was appointed general manager -lrb- chief executive -rrb- in december 2002 .
during his term as chief executive , bennett oversaw the implementation of significant changes to the higher school certificate , including standards-referenced assessment and reporting , onscreen marking of examinations , a mandatory course in academic integrity and the release of hsc results by sms .
in 2009 bennett was awarded the wyndham medal by the australian college of educators for his leadership and intellectual contribution .
