CSA provides a range of professional development events for leaders and their executive teams throughout the year.

Christian Schools National Policy Forum & Symposium

The Christian Schools National Policy Forum & Symposium is held in Canberra and is an annual gathering of leaders in Christian schooling across Australia. The event is designed to allow delegates to interact, not only with each other, but also with Members of Parliament and Senators for dialogue around key issues confronting Christian education. The events is a great opportunity for school's executive teams to see, at a glance, the bigger picture of Christian education in Australia. The Forum and Symposium is a Christian schools sector-wide event with topics changing from year to year to help Christian schools navigate the evolving federal landscape and its implications for the Christian schooling sector.

The Symposium 1-day event follows on from the 2-day Forum and provides practical sessions on a range of current and sometimes complex challenges faced by the Christian schooling sector.

CSA Leadership Events

CSA National Leaders' Summit

The CSA National Leaders' Summit is an annual gathering of school leaders (and emerging leaders) in CSA member schools across Australia. This event seeks to inspire and equip senior leaders for their important role in Christian education. The summit is designed to allow delegates to network with each other and spend time in professional development. It has strong formation elements, practical leadership development components, contemporary research and a global mindset.

CSA Leadership Events

Christian School National Business Conference

The Christian Schools National Business Conference is held every two years at differing locations and is ideally suited to Business Managers and those who look after the financial operations of their school. The event offers a range of workshops with practical content on a variety of issues facing Christian schools.

CSA Leadership Events

Women in Leadership Events

CSA champions women in leadership and each State runs their own Women in Leadership events to encourage women currently in leadership positions in Christian education, as well as those who may be exploring leadership roles in all areas of Christian Schools.

Please reach out to your State Executive Officer for more information about these events or click the link below to find the next scheduled gatherings.

Women in Leadership Events

Professional Standards for Christian Teachers

Complementary to the AITSL standards, the updated version of our Professional Standards for Christian Teachers, seeks to articulate the distinctive aspects of policy and professional practice associated with Christian education. Sitting alongside the AITSL standards, the additional Christian distinctive focus areas attempt to address philosophical gaps between Christian school ethos and the broader education field in relation to the role of the teacher. The Standards aim to set expectations and benchmarks for teachers in Christian schools and to make clear that Christian schools have a clear and ‘distinctive’ Bible-based philosophical framework that purports to underpin all elements of practice and operation. The Christian distinctive focus areas endeavour to highlight these and to emphasise the importance of the teacher’s role in the outworking of Christian school ethos. All CSA professional learning will be referenced against the full set of AITSL and Christian distinctive standards, all of which are summarised in the Professional Standards for Christian Teachers document. 

Professional Standards for Christian Teachers

Learn more about CSA's Professional Learning Opportunities

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