Our leading Outdoor Educators...
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With remarkable mapping of the Australian Curriculum against Outdoor and Leadership outcomes, The Scots College's world-leading Outdoor program is achieving 'value add' for its students through its partnership with AC in ways not previously seen in the Australian schooling sector at this stage.
A mutual desire to bridge the dived between schools, universities and the world of work has led to this partnership between AC and Scots college, in order to provided exciting and progressive educational opportunities for both students and staff. Scots College has a long history of valuing experiential learning and outdoor education and its recent focus on reinventing education to be fit for purpose has led them to ensure no student is left behind. AC runs unique outdoor education training and teacher education programs that interact with industry experts and engages with some of Australia's leading VET Educators in the outdoor sector. This program has particularly partnered with industry representative, business owner and award-winning VET trainer, Nate Welch. For the past 12 years Nate has worked as an outdoor instructor and course co-ordinator for a number of schools across Australia. He has been a guide, trainer and operations manager for a number of businesses in Australia and Africa and he now owns and operates – Wild Journeys, a commercial adventure tourism business based in Tasmania. His practical knowledge and adventure tourism industry experience is underpinned with a strong educational foundation, and a passion for training and preparing people for a career in the outdoors. These partnerships have led to the development of a program that not only builds student character and leaderships skills, but also awards them with a nationally recognise certificate and prepares the boys to succeed in a world that is constantly being reinvented. For more information about the AC Outdoor Education Program, contact Ian Riley. For information on The Scots 'Reinventing Education' program [click]. |
2021 Teacher Cadetships...a uniquely better approach to teacher formation for fulfilling the mission of the local school
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These cadetship positions are now open for Expression of Interest and Application at the St Philip's Teaching School and the Teaching School Alliance, Sydney.
A new Hub has commenced in Tasmania, and a second intake is projected for June 2021. For more information contact: 1. St Philip's Teaching School - Mrs Samantha Van de Mortel. 2. TSAS - Dr Caitlin Munday. 3. St Thomas Aquinas Teaching School, Tasmania - Ian Riley. Or for more general information contact Dr. David Hastie at AC. 
Cessnock Entrepreneurship Network:
Game-changing Community Learning ecology established After a successful community event late last year, St Philip’s Christian College Cessnock has been hard at work preparing for the launch of its ‘Young Entrepreneurs’ program in January 2021. Despite COVID-19 and the related lockdown, the school has (with its partner, Alphacrucis College) successfully mapped the HSC and alternative pathways for Young Entrepreneurs at the College, and is ready to enrol these future business pioneers in early June. In order to connect SPCC’s Young Entrepreneurs to the Cessnock community, the school and its tertiary partner, Alphacrucis College, is making entrepreneurship resources freely available to the Cessnock community and its region. The first of these -- the CENetwork’s Podcast monthly series -- was launched on 15 May. SPCC Parents and Cessnock business people can tune in by going to this site: http://www.cfs.ac/cenetwork.html. [read more] Other news:
5.12.2019: Engaging the International Baccalaureat in Christian Contexts 5.12.2019: New Schools Join the Teaching Schools Alliance, including Inaburra School. 21/10/2019: New Schools Planting Invitational Roundtable. 9/6/2019 - Reading between the lines to find AC in THE NAPTHINE REPORT 9/3/2019 - A NEW TEACHING ALLIANCE EMERGES For more news, see the CFS Newsletter |
Providing individualized pathways and entrepreneurial innovation, the AC VET in Schools program offers unparalleled ways of doing 'future school' (click):
Trauma Informed and Hope Filled Communities
As this series is being developed, we are in what people are calling an “unprecedented” time. For those who have responsibility for others, their desire to care can rise to almost overwhelming heights. That can be especially so when we believe that care is essential for how we live. This series is written with the same heart of care – we wish to support those who are looking out for others in their worlds. For those in Christian schools, this will be a focus for the Boards of schools, the Principal and the rest of the Senior Executive, and of course, for all the teachers and support staff as they daily interact with the students and their families. For those in churches and care settings, we are already finding ourselves having to respond with new and updated approaches. Our hope is to aid you being able to maintain your heart of care while being realistic about the strategies and resources at your disposal. This training series is comprised of four, 1.5 hours courses designed to give leaders, teachers and pastoral care / wellbeing staff further understanding of individual and community wellbeing. The course outlines are below. Grace and peace, The Alphacrucis Team Cost: The individual cost for each course is $100. If your organisation is entering 10 or more participants, the cost of the course is $90, if more than 20, $80. Please contact Dr David Hastie ([email protected]) for more details about creating a discount code for groups. Available now. https://www.openlearning.com/alphacruciscollege/ For access to AC's range of continuing professional learning courses, follow this link: https://www.openlearning.com/alphacruciscollege/ For advice on implementing cross-organizational trauma responses, please contact [email protected]. |
What we do...Executive Formation |
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Values-driven schools take a long term view of staff development, combining career-planning with strategic needs assessment. CFFS provides flexible modelling, continuous professional development, and mentoring, onsite, online or at one of our campuses around the nation.
See our Consultancy Services page Strategic Visioning and PlanningLinking our research into biblical models, theological reflection, and social and cultural trends with the specific context of the School, CFFS can provide targeted strategic planning and envisioning services at all organizational unit levels.
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Alphacrucis College runs a full suite of executive and professional degrees suited for the career development of educators - from pre-service, through early and middle career, to executive entry and maturation. From the Primary school classroom to the PhD., AC has your school's needs covered.
Research and ConsultancyCFS works out of a coherent, biblically-based research design oriented towards human flourishing. We provide your school with the ability to build mission-driven intellectual and cultural capital which will last the generations. From program advice to whole-of-institution strategic design dialogues, we bring the real-life experience of leaders and researchers in Christian schooling into your setting.
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The Centre for the Future of Schooling is a Research Centre of Alphacrucis College, bringing research-driven formation through targeted coursework, collaborative strategy, quality higher degrees by research, and consultancy to the values-driven schooling sector.
Let's Go There Together.
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The Centre harnesses the abilities of some of Australasia's best educational researchers and thinkers. It sits within the Faculty of Education, Arts and Social Sciences at Alphacrucis College. We are driven by a vision to empower Christian and faith-based schools to reach their mission-led strategic goals by providing the tools that only a research-led Christian research institution can provide.
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Alphacrucis College is one of Australia's largest Christian liberal arts Colleges. Its vision is to become Australia's first Protestant Christian University. AC's social and educational vision is expressed in its goal to become a "global Christian university changing nations and neighbourhoods."
For more about Alphacrucis College, see: https://www.ac.edu.au/ |
Alphacrucis College (90525) is registered with the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA). / CRICOS Provider Name: Alphacrucis College Ltd. / CRICOS Provider Code: 00958A. / Alphacrucis College Ltd ABN: 13 072 747 187
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