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Innovation in Curriculum Design
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Innovation in
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Innovation in
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Stuart Needham
Head of Secondary
Shane Altmann
Principal
Moving to a large P-12 Lutheran College in Perth WA in 2004, Shane eventually took on the position of Head of Middle School and grew in his capacity to lead teams of educators into creating learning environments and experiences that focused on students and their individual needs.
Shane became Principal of St James Lutheran College in Hervey Bay in 2009, leading innovative best practice to grow the school from primary to secondary. This college in 2010 was the first school in Australia to provide students with 24/7 devices, every Year 8 student was issued with an Apple iPod which they could use at home or at school. This drive to be student focused, create programs and environments that integrate technology and pedagogical best practice into a strong community environment has continued as Shane took on the role of Principal at Faith Lutheran College Redlands in 2017, where he still serves. With a vision to grow an energised learning community the work continues.
Principal
Shane Altmann
Faith is an Independent Lutheran College across two campuses located in the Southeast of Brisbane. It is a co-ed school with 900 students from P-12. This year it is celebrating its 40th Anniversary. Faith has the vision to be an energised learning community embracing innovation, service, global thinking, and excellence. This vision combined with our values provide our foundational direction moving into the future for our students and community.
In its 40th year of operation Faith is proving to be a dynamic community, moving with purpose and innovation, responding to current and future needs while holding firm to the crucial values that our students must have.
The College was recently awarded top school for the category of Innovation in Curriculum Design for their revolutionary MyPath@Faith Program. Principal Shane Altmann describes the award as a ‘watershed moment’, not only for the College, but for Education in general and the way schools may look at Curriculum Design in the future. Mr. Altmann describes their new program as ‘the change that Secondary Schooling has needed’, and states that they believe they have ‘cracked into how to deconstruct and rebuild the Australian Curriculum in a way that is better for kids and centralises students in the learning process’.
In 2017 the College could be described as an environment that was ‘stiff, tired and in sore need of revamping’. The Principal along with the Head and Deputy Heads of Secondary and the Secondary Teachers at the College decided that things needed to change. They then spent the better part of 4 years pulling apart the Australian Curriculum with a fine-toothed comb and then reconstructed it with a program of 72 individual units that combine multiple elements of the curriculum, are transdisciplinary and structured into 3 Levels of difficulty. The program is designed for Years 8-10, and students select 5 courses per semester, completing 30 units throughout the 3-year program. The units are highly specialised compared to traditional schooling subjects, and apart from select compulsory units, students are allowed to move freely within the 3 Levels based on their aptitude, interests and comfort.
The units are also project based, and students are assessed on their learning throughout the entire unit rather than fixed assessment tasks, offering students the chance to really embed their focus in the learning rather than stressing over rigid and unforgiving assignments and tests. 2022 is the first year the College has launched the MyPath@Faith program and already they are seeing increased levels of engagement and participation, and Teachers are reporting positive outcomes from their classrooms. The College is extremely proud of what they have achieved and believes that if more schools were to adopt a similar approach, they could change the face of Secondary Education and move into an era where students are excited to come every day into an environment where they are central to and in control of their own schooling experience.
Stuart Needham
Head of Secondary
Shane Altmann
Principal
Leadership
Local Government in New Zealand consists of 78 local, regional and unitary councils. The Far North District Council is the most northern territorial authority and serves the residents of Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Kawakawa, Kerikeri, Paihia and Russell, as well as several smaller settlements and rural and Māori communities. We are a growing district of 71,000 people spread over 7,324km². The Far North district stretches from Cape Rēinga at the northern tip of New Zealand down to the Bay of Islands and Hokianga.
Local Government in New Zealand consists of 78 local, regional and unitary councils. The Far North District Council is the most northern territorial authority and serves the residents of Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Kawakawa, Kerikeri, Paihia and Russell, as well as several smaller settlements and rural and Māori communities. We are a growing district of 71,000 people spread over 7,324km². The Far North district stretches from Cape Rēinga at the northern tip of New Zealand down to the Bay of Islands and Hokianga.
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Moving to a large P-12 Lutheran College in Perth WA in 2004, Shane eventually took on the position of Head of Middle School and grew in his capacity to lead teams of educators into creating learning environments and experiences that focused on students and their individual needs.
Shane became Principal of St James Lutheran College in Hervey Bay in 2009, leading innovative best practice to grow the school from primary to secondary. This college in 2010 was the first school in Australia to provide students with 24/7 devices, every Year 8 student was issued with an Apple iPod which they could use at home or at school. This drive to be student focused, create programs and environments that integrate technology and pedagogical best practice into a strong community environment has continued as Shane took on the role of Principal at Faith Lutheran College Redlands in 2017, where he still serves. With a vision to grow an energised learning community the work continues.
Principal
Shane Altmann
Stuart Needham
Head of Secondary
Shane Altmann
Principal
Leadership
Shane Altmann studied teaching from 1986 to 1989 at Armidale Teacher’s College in NSW. He began teaching at a small independent Christian school in country NSW. Both of these institutions were very community focused environments who, at the time, were asking, ‘Why?’ Each in their own way questioning current practice to ensure that it aligned with what was best for students. This laid a platform for the overarching theme of Shane’s teaching and leadership career, that is to question what he was doing and come up with better solutions for students.
Moving to Good Shepherd Lutheran College in Noosa in 1994 Shane taught Middle Primary and Early Years classes before moving back to NSW where he became interested in Middle Schooling and began teaching students from Years 7 to 9. He was energised by the idea of bringing constructivist pedagogies, common in primary classes, into the secondary setting and breaking down traditional faculty barriers to create meaningful integrated and connected experiences for adolescent learners.
Moving to a large P-12 Lutheran College in Perth WA in 2004, Shane eventually took on the position of Head of Middle School and grew in his capacity to lead teams of educators into creating learning environments and experiences that focused on students and their individual needs.
Shane became Principal of St James Lutheran College in Hervey Bay in 2009, leading innovative best practice to grow the school from primary to secondary. This college in 2010 was the first school in Australia to provide students with 24/7 devices, every Year 8 student was issued with an Apple iPod which they could use at home or at school. This drive to be student focused, create programs and environments that integrate technology and pedagogical best practice into a strong community environment has continued as Shane took on the role of Principal at Faith Lutheran College Redlands in 2017, where he still serves. With a vision to grow an energised learning community the work continues.
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Shane Altmann
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Shane Altmann studied teaching from 1986 to 1989 at Armidale Teacher’s College in NSW. He began teaching at a small independent Christian school in country NSW. Both of these institutions were very community focused environments who, at the time, were asking, ‘Why?’ Each in their own way questioning current practice to ensure that it aligned with what was best for students. This laid a platform for the overarching theme of Shane’s teaching and leadership career, that is to question what he was doing and come up with better solutions for students.
Moving to Good Shepherd Lutheran College in Noosa in 1994 Shane taught Middle Primary and Early Years classes before moving back to NSW where he became interested in Middle Schooling and began teaching students from Years 7 to 9. He was energised by the idea of bringing constructivist pedagogies, common in primary classes, into the secondary setting and breaking down traditional faculty barriers to create meaningful integrated and connected experiences for adolescent learners.
Stuart Needham began teaching in 2004 at a large Secondary School in Southampton, UK. The school was a state school based in a very low socioeconomic area of the city. Students had very little and school could be challenging for some. This school helped Stuart develop an understanding that engagement, community and relationships were the foundation that quality learning should be built on.
After emigrating to Australia Stuart began work at a growing independent school on the Sunshine Coast. During that time he was fortunate to serve the students and staff as Head of Science and Head of Teaching and Learning. During this time he continued to learn from inspirational leaders and was able, as part of a team, to develop several innovative programs and initiatives.
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In 2014 Stuart moved to Hervey Bay where he worked as a Deputy Principal of Teaching and Learning and Senior School Coordinator in both the Lutheran and Anglican systems. In these schools he focussed on creating with staff a mixture of agile spaces and contemporary pedagogy that supported students developing skills for success in the future.
In 2018 he moved back to Brisbane and took on the role if Head of Secondary at Faith Lutheran College. With the great team of leaders and educators he has facilitated a change in the way learning and pastoral care is delivered. Creating a greater focus on contemporary learning, contemporary spaces, high relationships and community.
Jodi is a passionate, strategic school leader who always has students at the heart of all decisions. An energetic, professional, proactive and forward-thinking individual who is committed to excellence, innovation and the development of a school culture that will see each individual student flourish. Through proven skills engaging and inspiring students, staff and members of the wider community, Jodi has developed, facilitated and implemented structures that allow staff to operate in rich professional learning communities. The ability to embed these processes allows continued cultural change and staff ownership of teaching and learning programs across the college. Jodi is a dynamic and emerging leader who understands that it is the collaborative team environment that brings true change and innovation to take a school to the next level of education. She effectively leads and manages complex programs and as a person of vision, she is able to develop strategies that enable outcomes to be achieved so that quantifiable improvements are apparent. It is evident that Jodi’s mission is to ensure that students recognise their ability as God given, to be exercised and developed through learning, and used in becoming young men and women of integrity and global influence.
Head of Junior School
Jodi Blackwell
My passion for students learning started while growing up on a farm by learning that you don’t need to be at school to learn. I have taught across the Queensland from social economic disadvantaged students to Indigenous students living in an island paradise. For the past twenty years I have been at Faith Lutheran College Redlands where we first started integrated studies for students which combined learning areas into real life study areas. Which has led to the introduction to the MyPath@Faith Program. I constantly remind myself that education is not learning but learning is education.
Deputy Head of Secondary School Learning
David Moore
Leanne Wheeler has been working as a Business Manager in independent schools for the 25 years. Most recently, she has at Faith Lutheran College Redlands where she has been for the past five years. Leanne first commenced her career in Chartered Accounting but developed a passion for the independent education sector when she joined Independent School Queensland in 1993. Leanne is committed to faith based independent education , strongly supported by a rigorous student focussed curriculum. Leanne is actively working with the Faith team to understand how the schools finances and resources are best utilised to meet the vision for student learning.
Business Manager
Leanne Wheeler
Jodi Blackwell
Head of Junior School
Leanne Wheeler
Business Manager
David Moore
Deputy Head of Secondary School Learning
Shane Altmann studied teaching from 1986 to 1989 at Armidale Teacher’s College in NSW. He began teaching at a small independent Christian school in country NSW. Both of these institutions were very community focused environments who, at the time, were asking, ‘Why?’ Each in their own way questioning current practice to ensure that it aligned with what was best for students. This laid a platform for the overarching theme of Shane’s teaching and leadership career, that is to question what he was doing and come up with better solutions for students.
Moving to Good Shepherd Lutheran College in Noosa in 1994 Shane taught Middle Primary and Early Years classes before moving back to NSW where he became interested in Middle Schooling and began teaching students from Years 7 to 9. He was energised by the idea of bringing constructivist pedagogies, common in primary classes, into the secondary setting and breaking down traditional faculty barriers to create meaningful integrated and connected experiences for adolescent learners.
Stuart Needham began teaching in 2004 at a large Secondary School in Southampton, UK. The school was a state school based in a very low socioeconomic area of the city. Students had very little and school could be challenging for some. This school helped Stuart develop an understanding that engagement, community and relationships were the foundation that quality learning should be built on.
After emigrating to Australia Stuart began work at a growing independent school on the Sunshine Coast. During that time he was fortunate to serve the students and staff as Head of Science and Head of Teaching and Learning. During this time he continued to learn from inspirational leaders and was able, as part of a team, to develop several innovative programs and initiatives.
Head of Secondary
Stuart Needham
In 2014 Stuart moved to Hervey Bay where he worked as a Deputy Principal of Teaching and Learning and Senior School Coordinator in both the Lutheran and Anglican systems. In these schools he focussed on creating with staff a mixture of agile spaces and contemporary pedagogy that supported students developing skills for success in the future.
In 2018 he moved back to Brisbane and took on the role if Head of Secondary at Faith Lutheran College. With the great team of leaders and educators he has facilitated a change in the way learning and pastoral care is delivered. Creating a greater focus on contemporary learning, contemporary spaces, high relationships and community.
Jodi is a passionate, strategic school leader who always has students at the heart of all decisions. An energetic, professional, proactive and forward-thinking individual who is committed to excellence, innovation and the development of a school culture that will see each individual student flourish. Through proven skills engaging and inspiring students, staff and members of the wider community, Jodi has developed, facilitated and implemented structures that allow staff to operate in rich professional learning communities. The ability to embed these processes allows continued cultural change and staff ownership of teaching and learning programs across the college. Jodi is a dynamic and emerging leader who understands that it is the collaborative team environment that brings true change and innovation to take a school to the next level of education. She effectively leads and manages complex programs and as a person of vision, she is able to develop strategies that enable outcomes to be achieved so that quantifiable improvements are apparent. It is evident that Jodi’s mission is to ensure that students recognise their ability as God given, to be exercised and developed through learning, and used in becoming young men and women of integrity and global influence.
Head of Junior School
Jodi Blackwell
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My passion for students learning started while growing up on a farm by learning that you don’t need to be at school to learn. I have taught across the Queensland from social economic disadvantaged students to Indigenous students living in an island paradise. For the past twenty years I have been at Faith Lutheran College Redlands where we first started integrated studies for students which combined learning areas into real life study areas. Which has led to the introduction to the MyPath@Faith Program. I constantly remind myself that education is not learning but learning is education.
Deputy Head of Secondary School Learning
David Moore
Leanne Wheeler has been working as a Business Manager in independent schools for the 25 years. Most recently, she has at Faith Lutheran College Redlands where she has been for the past five years. Leanne first commenced her career in Chartered Accounting but developed a passion for the independent education sector when she joined Independent School Queensland in 1993. Leanne is committed to faith based independent education , strongly supported by a rigorous student focussed curriculum. Leanne is actively working with the Faith team to understand how the schools finances and resources are best utilised to meet the vision for student learning.
Business Manager
Leanne Wheeler
Leanne Wheeler
Business Manager
David Moore
Deputy Head of Secondary School Learning
Jodi Blackwell
Head of Junior School
Stuart Needham began teaching in 2004 at a large Secondary School in Southampton, UK. The school was a state school based in a very low socioeconomic area of the city. Students had very little and school could be challenging for some. This school helped Stuart develop an understanding that engagement, community and relationships were the foundation that quality learning should be built on.
After emigrating to Australia Stuart began work at a growing independent school on the Sunshine Coast. During that time he was fortunate to serve the students and staff as Head of Science and Head of Teaching and Learning. During this time he continued to learn from inspirational leaders and was able, as part of a team, to develop several innovative programs and initiatives.
In 2014 Stuart moved to Hervey Bay where he worked as a Deputy Principal of Teaching and Learning and Senior School Coordinator in both the Lutheran and Anglican systems. In these schools he focussed on creating with staff a mixture of agile spaces and contemporary pedagogy that supported students developing skills for success in the future.
In 2018 he moved back to Brisbane and took on the role if Head of Secondary at Faith Lutheran College. With the great team of leaders and educators he has facilitated a change in the way learning and pastoral care is delivered. Creating a greater focus on contemporary learning, contemporary spaces, high relationships and community.
Head of Secondary
Stuart Needham
Jodi is a passionate, strategic school leader who always has students at the heart of all decisions. An energetic, professional, proactive and forward-thinking individual who is committed to excellence, innovation and the development of a school culture that will see each individual student flourish. Through proven skills engaging and inspiring students, staff and members of the wider community, Jodi has developed, facilitated and implemented structures that allow staff to operate in rich professional learning communities. The ability to embed these processes allows continued cultural change and staff ownership of teaching and learning programs across the college. Jodi is a dynamic and emerging leader who understands that it is the collaborative team environment that brings true change and innovation to take a school to the next level of education. She effectively leads and manages complex programs and as a person of vision, she is able to develop strategies that enable outcomes to be achieved so that quantifiable improvements are apparent. It is evident that Jodi’s mission is to ensure that students recognise their ability as God given, to be exercised and developed through learning, and used in becoming young men and women of integrity and global influence.
Head of Junior School
Jodi Blackwell
My passion for students learning started while growing up on a farm by learning that you don’t need to be at school to learn. I have taught across the Queensland from social economic disadvantaged students to Indigenous students living in an island paradise. For the past twenty years I have been at Faith Lutheran College Redlands where we first started integrated studies for students which combined learning areas into real life study areas. Which has led to the introduction to the MyPath@Faith Program. I constantly remind myself that education is not learning but learning is education.
Deputy Head of Secondary
School Learning
David Moore
My passion for students learning started while growing up on a farm by learning that you don’t need to be at school to learn. I have taught across the Queensland from social economic disadvantaged students to Indigenous students living in an island paradise. For the past twenty years I have been at Faith Lutheran College Redlands where we first started integrated studies for students which combined learning areas into real life study areas. Which has led to the introduction to the MyPath@Faith Program. I constantly remind myself that education is not learning but learning is education.
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Leanne Wheeler