‘Throughout my learning in Connect, it has assisted me in reaffirming my understandings and faith. Each topic and discussion that we had in our session challenged my thinking and extended my own personal understanding of faith, spirituality and confidence in the relationship I have with faith.’ ‘Connect has been a wonderful opportunity to think critically, […]
Archives for December 2021
VSC update
Valuing Safe Communities (VSC) is updated every three years and work on an update has just been completed. A new VSC, VSC5, will be available on iLearn for the online modules from the beginning of 2022. An important change for 2022 is a new definition of bullying which is broader than the previous definition. The […]
Singing the gospel
Lutheran education has sung from the beginning. While we also have a rich visual and textual tradition, we’re probably best known for communal singing, not performance singing but regular, all-in, worshipful, messy, as-loud-as-possible, kind-of-in-tune singing. The ACLE2022 worship planning committee is beavering away on one of the most challenging tasks in Lutheran education – trying […]
Focus areas for next year
Planning for 2022 is underway. Achievements from the Strategic Direction 2021-2024 so far include: LTJ supplement published and LEArning circles scheduled (Research and develop resources exploring the intersection of Lutheran theology with contemporary educational theories and practices, and significant social, environmental and ethical issues) Re-visioning underway (Review the Vision for Learners and Learning in alignment […]