Lithgow High School principal Ann Caro will be travelling to Boston in July after being named the Harvard Club of Australia Principals Scholarship recipient.
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The 11 day program will bring educators from around the world together at Harvard University to strengthen their leadership skills.
Three outstanding principals from within the public education system were selected to receive the scholarship, which was supported by the Public Education Foundation, Teachers Mutual Bank and the Harvard Club of Australia.
Ms Caro said she was looking forward to the opportunity to bring some exciting insights back to Lithgow.
"At this stage in my leadership journey - this is my sixth year at Lithgow High School - I will be looking at building my own leadership experience and getting ideas to build sustainable practice," she said.
She particularly looked forward to the opportunity to learn from educators from other countries.
"I'm hoping it will give some insights, which will enhance the way we work as a team," Ms Caro said.
"Everything we do, we do as a team, and what a great job that team has done here."
Ms Caro hoped her selection would raise Lithgow's profile as a place where great things were happening within the community, with the wider community's support and cooperation. The school has embraced the notion of building the school system around the context of the school, not taking a cookie-cutter approach, she said.
"We work with the community to build a proactive response to the needs of students," she said.
The school's successes, including the introduction of its wellbeing centre, had been created around the idea that wellbeing and successful learning led to a successful life, Ms Caro said.
"We ask ourselves what we can do to make every student successful to some extent."
Ms Caro said she would focus on building the leadership capacity at the school to ensure long-term benefits.
"Nothing we do would work without the support, creativity and hard work of the team we have at the school," she said.
"We have more than 100 people here working with the kids every day and doing a great job."
NSW Department of Education Secretary Mark Scott said it was wonderful to see two outstanding NSW public school principals recognised by this prestigious award.
"Being a school leader is a challenging, testing and demanding role, but there is no more important work in our society as the decisions of our principals affect thousands of young people's lives," he said.
"This award not only recognises the work Ann and Jesmond have already done, but opens the door for them to build on, and share more widely, their leadership insights."
Ms Caro will receive her award, along with fellow recipients Jesmond Zammit from Gorokan Primary School in NSW and Karen Duncan, from Harrisdale Primary School in Western Australia, at a ceremony at Sydney's Town Hall on May 15.
Each Principals Scholarship is valued at approximately $16,000 and includes program tuition for one of two prestigious Harvard Graduate School of Education programs: Improving Schools: The Art of Leadership or Leadership: An Evolving Vision.
