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Mission action plans
LEA and Local Mission are looking at how we can develop and resource action plans to support the collaborative engagement of schools, congregations, districts and the LCA in mission and ministry. We know there are many wonderful examples, ideas and learnings in our community. To get started, we would love to hear from you about […]
Tell us: What do you see as emerging issues?
One of our strategic direction actions is to research and develop resources exploring the intersection of Lutheran theology with contemporary educational theories and practices, and significant social, environmental and ethical issues. To get the discussion going, LEA and ALC will work together to develop research papers for an LTJ supplement in May 2021. We need you to tell us […]
70th Anniversary of ALWS
The upcoming issue of The Lutheran highlights the 70th Anniversary of Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS), including the critical partnership role our Lutheran schools and early childhood services play in helping people through ALWS, and working together in embedding learning through service. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to see how we relate to each […]
LDP September 2020 update
Following the Leadership Development Program (LDP) review we are delighted to announce we have called for tenders for the reset of the LDP. We anticipate the LDP will begin in Semester 2, 2021. The learning outcomes for the LDP have been revised to align with the Vocational practices and Capabilities from Growing deep. Graduates of […]
The freedom of absolute goals
Our schools and early childhood services are, and will continue to be, welcoming and inclusive places of learning for staff and students from all traditions. However, one of the potential traps facing Lutheran education in the quest for inclusiveness is a bland attempt at ecumenism and syncretism where aspiring to teach anything inoffensively ‘kind-of Christian […]
Our future strategy
Help us plan how we can best strengthen Lutheran education across Australia in the coming years. The Board for Lutheran Education Australia (BLEA) is listening to the Lutheran education community to prepare our 2020-2023 Strategic Directions. BLEA is delegated by the General Synod of the LCA the responsibility for developing the strategic direction for the […]
NEW! Accredited Induction for Lutheran Education (Ai)
The Board for Lutheran Education Australia has adopted the new status of Accredited Induction for Lutheran Education (Ai) for early childhood staff. LEA is working with the early years working group (Lyndal Mayer, Lynette Schiller and Kimberley Powell) to explore how early years contexts can be supported to deliver Connect. In many schools, non-teaching staff […]
Leadership Development Program (LDP) Review
Emeritus Professor Beverley Oliver has been appointed as the consultant to undertake the LDP review. Surveys and interviews of principals, recent LDP participants, regional managers of the LDP and those involved in the delivery of the current LDP are almost complete. The final report is due in August 2020 and we look forward to her […]
2020 Leadership Development update
A variety of activities were presented to schools and ECSs in November of 2019 to continue leadership development opportunities this year while the LDP is under review. We partnered with BTS Spark and were fortunate that over 40 emerging leaders were able to participate in the leadership days and follow up webinars. Unfortunately, activities such […]