Please download and complete the template to register your school staff to participate in the 2022 NSW/ACT State Conference.
Instructions on how to complete the spreadsheet are included in the download. | 2022 NSW/ACT State Conference Registration Template |
Please download and complete the template to register your school staff to participate in the 2022 SA State Conference.
Instructions on how to complete the spreadsheet are included in the download. | 2022 SA State Conference Registration Template |
Please download and complete the template to register your school staff to attend the 2022 VIC/TAS State Conference.
Instructions on how to complete the spreadsheet are included in the download. | 2022 VIC/TAS State Conference Registration Template |
Please download and complete the template to register your school staff to participate in the 2022 WA State Conference.
Instructions on how to complete the spreadsheet are included in the download. | 2022 WA State Conference Registration Template |
 ACSI has continued to conduct analysis of the FSCI (Flourishing Schools Culture Instrument) data, as well as collect additional qualitative data on leaders’ use of FSCI insights at their schools.
This report unpacks leadership constructs that are linked to school flourishing, as well as shares additional findings from ongoing research on how school leaders can develop their own practices that lead to flourishing-related outcomes for their schools.
This report provides two sets of self-reflection guides—one for school leaders and one for school boards—with questions that can be used individually and collaboratively to strengthen leaders’ foundational, relational, and strategic practices.
The Flourishing School Culture Model (FSCM) provides a research-validated path to flourishing for Christian schools in the domains of Purpose, Relationships, Teaching & Learning, Expertise & Resources, and Well-Being. The Flourishing School Culture Instrument (FSCI) continues to benefit Christian schools by measuring the core components of flourishing for their unique school cultures.  | ACSI - FSCI Leadership Report, 2021. Leadership for Flourishing Schools: From Research to Practice |
This course guide contains all the session information, including details of our incredible line-up of speakers, as well as further details about the course. | Course Guide | Aspire: Navigating the Path to Female Leadership |
The CSA Architecture, 2020 Horizon and Beyond, seeks to frame Christian education in terms of stages of development and maturity. The new conceptualisation recognises that schools are on a pathway to maturity and have varying needs, depending on the age and stage of their community. | CSA Architecture - 2020 Horizon and Beyond |
The Leadership Development Hub provides member access to CSA's latest ground-breaking research, The CSA Leadership Framework, supporting rubric documentation, as well as videos and other tools and resources that will be added to this suite over the coming months. | CSA Leadership Development Hub |
CSA, in a landmark partnership with Andy Wolfe and Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership in the United Kingdom, have developed this ground-breaking new leadership resource: The CSA Leadership Framework.
For Christian school leaders to flourish, they need to be equipped with a clear understanding of the types of practices that will enhance and expand their leadership capacity within Christian schools. The 12 leadership practices that are outlined in this document draw from explicitly biblical principles, Christian wisdom, and quality research. The practices have been identified, discussed, refined, and expanded through thoughtful and reflective conversations with theological experts and Christian educational leaders from across the United Kingdom and Australia, including a working party of 20 experienced and emerging leaders from member schools across Australia.
The framework draws heavily from the work of the Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership, and in particular from their seminal work: Called, Connected, Committed: 24 Leadership Practices for Educational Leaders (2020). The framework also seeks to recognise the unique context of Christian schooling in Australia and embeds CSA Architecture and specifically Flourish materials within the framework. Furthermore, the framework links seamlessly to the Australian Institute of Teaching and Leadership (AITSL) Australian Professional Standards for Principals.
The CSA Leadership Framework is an ideal starting point for the important conversation and work of leadership development within Christian schools.
Read below part of the document foreword by Dr. Daniel Pampuch.
Leadership is a fundamental part of providing excellent Christian education. Schools led well are flourishing, dynamic places to be. Schools that are led well, see staff empowered and released to do their vital work and young lives transformed so that they may take their place in the world. Good leadership often looks effortless. It is like witnessing a superb athlete, dancer or artist at work. They perform at such a high level that it almost appears that what they do is innate or a divine gift. Though some people are natural leaders most have grown and matured over time to be effective and of impact. To this end, CSA is committed to providing a leadership framework and an approach that will assist in training up a new generation of leaders to support the flourishing of Christian school communities across Australia.
This CSA Leadership Framework is a valuable resource for Christian education. At the heart of the document is the motivation behind why one might choose to lead. This is a deep theological question and, if answered sufficiently, will ensure that aspirants pursue leadership for the right reasons. CSA has engaged with the work of the Church of England and believe their Called, Connected, Committed (CCC) approach establishes a strong basis for the entry into and through the leadership journey. There is nothing more powerful than a leader knowing that they are called to the work before them and, with Christ’s help, will be equipped and empowered for the work he has set for them to complete...
* Please note this resource will be for CSA members only.  | CSA Leadership Framework |
The CSA Leadership Framework Matrix is an overview of all the components that make up the Leadership Framework.
In the published version of the CSA Leadership Framework, the matrix spreads across two pages. This pdf download provides a simplified matrix, as well as a more detailed version in a one-page layout. | CSA Leadership Framework Matrix |
The purpose of the CSA Leadership Rubric is to provide a reflective tool that seeks to develop the leadership capacity and capability of teachers and school leaders within Australian Christian schools. It identifies and describes critical practices that Christian school leaders require to create the organisational culture and conditions through which quality learning and teaching is enabled. It is important to recognise that the use of the CSA Leadership Rubric is applicable to all educators, teachers as well as school leaders.
The CSA Leadership Rubric, is to be used in conjunction with the CSA Leadership Framework. The Rubric takes the next step by identifying that leadership development sits with a career path and is developmental. | CSA Leadership Rubric |
The School Governance Program is a series of short courses conducted over 4 separate days, either face-to-face or via video conferencing. It is presented by a governance expert to a group of up to 15 participants.
Each session involves a presentation during which all participants are encouraged to discuss issues of raised in the module and share experiences. A case study will be discussed in each module which addresses issues raised in that module to enable participants to apply the concepts introduced in the module. Sessions cover the following:
Short Course 1 – Good Governance Practice: Foundations of Governance; Legal Framework; Decision-making and Board Processes
Short Course 2 – Financial Governance: Financial Reporting; Financial Performance; Principal and Executive Oversight
Short Course 3 – Performance & Conformance: The Board’s Role in Strategy; Risk Oversight; Compliance & Policy Roles of the Board
Short Course 4 – Governance Sustainability: Stakeholder Communication; Board Effectiveness; Boardroom Dynamics
Who should attend? Board members, Principals and Deputy Principals, CEOs, board secretaries, Business Managers, board support personnel, and senior teaching staff looking for professional development.
This download provides an overview of the course offered by CSA.  | CSA School Governance Program Overview |
The Executive Leaders Business Course provides an overview of the fundamentals of school business and governance for executive or aspiring executive level educators, support and administration leaders.
This course is part of CSA's leadership development initiative, FUSE: Find, Upskill and Support Emerging leaders. | FUSE Executive Leaders Business Course |
The aim of Missional Governance: Boards that Transform is to provide school boards with an opportunity to step back – just for a moment – and evaluate the "why" behind what they do. Learn more about this transformational program. | Missional Governance: Boards that Transform |
Access the playbook to the program, Missional Governance: Boards that Transform.
The aim of Missional Governance: Boards that Transform is to provide school boards with an opportunity to step back – just for a moment – and evaluate the "why" behind what they do.
Learn more about this transformational program at csa.edu.au/missionalgovernance | Missional Governance: Boards that Transform (playbook) |
Access an A3 print-ready version of the CSA Leadership Framework Matrix.
The CSA Leadership Framework Matrix is an overview of all the components that make up the Leadership Framework.
In the published version of the CSA Leadership Framework, the matrix spreads across two pages. This print-ready pdf download provides a simplified matrix, as well as a more detailed version in a one-page layout. | Printable A3 CSA Leadership Framework Matrix |
Access an A4 print-ready version of the CSA Leadership Framework Matrix.
The CSA Leadership Framework Matrix is an overview of all the components that make up the Leadership Framework.
In the published version of the CSA Leadership Framework, the matrix spreads across two pages. This print-ready pdf download provides a simplified matrix, as well as a more detailed version in a one-page layout. | Printable A4 CSA Leadership Framework Matrix |
Access a print-ready version of the CSA Leadership Rubric.
The purpose of the CSA Leadership Rubric is to provide a reflective tool that seeks to develop the leadership capacity and capability of teachers and school leaders within Australian Christian schools. It identifies and describes critical practices that Christian school leaders require to create the organisational culture and conditions through which quality learning and teaching is enabled. It is important to recognise that the use of the CSA Leadership Rubric is applicable to all educators, teachers as well as school leaders.
The CSA Leadership Rubric, is to be used in conjunction with the CSA Leadership Framework. The Rubric takes the next step by identifying that leadership development sits with a career path and is developmental. | Printable CSA Leadership Rubric |