This download provides a concise summary of the online resource, "CSA Teaching and Learning Framework".
This concise summary provides a full overview of the framework and steps to follow to develop a school-wide teaching and learning framework.
For a deeper dive into the CSA Teaching and Learning Framework, please explore this online resource by heading to:
https://www.csa.edu.au/teachingandlearning
The Teaching and Learning Framework is ideally suited to those in school leadership in roles such as, Directors of Teaching & Learning, or those who lead the teaching and learning in their school. | CSA Teaching and Learning Framework - Concise Summary |
Amongst other purposes, Christian schools aim to equip students to embrace biblical truth, strive for academic excellence and model Christ-like leadership to influence their homes, churches and communities for Christ. These aims require consistent development of key characteristics of Christian education; that it is biblically-based, Christocentric, incarnational, service-oriented, and redemptive.
CSA has developed PeRL resources focused on the theories and practices of pedagogies enabling redemptive learning. On this page, you will find tools and resources to equip you in your role as you seek to carry out the mission and aim of your Christian school. Some of these resources were released at the 2021 CSA State Conferences and we hope you enjoy exploring the specific approaches: Connection, Inclusion, Justice and Voice of PeRL: Pedagogies enabling Redemptive Learning. | PeRL | Pedagogies enabling Redemptive Learning |
Effective teaching and learning practices within Christian education are established on solid pedagogical foundations. Consequently, Tabor College, in partnership with CSA, have developed PeRL (Pedagogies enabling Redemptive Learning). PeRL is a Christian Pedagogy Resource document and Field Guide that aligns with CSA architecture, God’s Big Story and other key CSA resource documentation. The resource aims to be a useful and stimulating reference guide for teachers to use in Christian schools and incorporates four pedagogical approaches to cultivate and promote redemptive learning | PeRL Document |
The PeRL Playbook is to be used as a guide in conjunction with the video resources. It is an interactive PDF that allows inclusion for note-taking and is a great tool that provides a compact guide to facilitating the PeRL: Pedagogies enabling Redemptive Learning resource in your school. Learn more at https://www.csa.edu.au/perl | PeRL Playbook |
This is a Q&A session held with Dr. Brian Harris and Jon Bergmann at the 2021 WA State Conference, where the theme was around Pedagogy: The leadership of learning. | Q&A Session with Dr. Brian Harris & Jon Bermann |
 Community of Practice – Distance Education looks at bringing education to different, and remote, contexts, and the heart behind why.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective).  | Series: Community of Practice - Distance Education |
Community of Practice – ELC/Lower Primary looks at the God-given natural curiosity that children have about their world and to link their desire to make sense of the world with their Creator.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective). | Series: Community of Practice - ELC/Lower Primary |
Community of Practice – English looks at helping students to listen to, read, view, speak, write, create and reflect on increasingly complex and sophisticated spoken, written and multimodal texts across a growing range of contexts with accuracy, fluency and purpose.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective). | Series: Community of Practice - English |
Community of Practice – HASS (Humanities) looks at helping student develop a sense of wonder, curiosity and respect about places, people, cultures and systems throughout the world, past and present, bringing glory to God, and an interest in and enjoyment of the study of these phenomena.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective). | Series: Community of Practice - HASS (Humanities) |
Community of Practice - Health & PE looks at the enabling of students to access, evaluate and synthesise information to take positive action to protect, enhance and advocate for their own and others’ health, wellbeing, safety and physical activity participation across their lifespan.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective). | Series: Community of Practice - Health & PE |
Community of Practice – Teaching and Learning looks at bringing together heads of teaching and learning/curriculum, specifically in NSW, to provide opportunities to collaborate and share ideas and resources.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective). | Series: Community of Practice - Health and PE |
Community of Practice - Mathematics looks at the proficiency strands of understanding, fluency, problem-solving and reasoning. It seeks to understand God's ordered world through the mathematical lenses.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective). | Series: Community of Practice - Mathematics |
Community of Practice – Science looks at bringing to life an interest in science as a means of understanding creation and expanding their curiosity and willingness to explore, ask questions about and speculate on the changing world in which they live.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective). | Series: Community of Practice - Science |
Community of Practice – Special Assistance Schools looks at bringing together a passion for God, as well as a passion for at-risk students, and find new ways to create accessible curriculum.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective). | Series: Community of Practice - Special Assistance Schools |
Community of Practice – Specialist Indoor looks at connecting with students to allow them to express themselves through the various specialists subject areas in our schools.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective). | Series: Community of Practice - Specialist Indoor |
Community of Practice – Upper Primary looks at the development of the students' ability to take positive action for well-being; relate and communicate well with others; pose questions and solve problems; make informed decisions and act responsibly.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective). | Series: Community of Practice - Upper Primary |
Community of Practice – Wellbeing looks at the idea of wellbeing being embedded throughout a school's curriculum and culture, for the sake of the students and the community.
ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Communities of practice (COP) are co-created opportunities for individual and organisational professional development.
Collectively, CSA seeks to devise and direct a coherent, school-led approach to staff development, share material and human resources and encourage active participation at a member and organisational level.
At the 2021 State Conference, an opportunity to lay foundations for future state, and countrywide collaboration opportunities between schools and the professionals within them were presented. The afternoon programme was designed to allow for school-school specialist subject dialogue. The premise of each session was quite simple: we begin with a provocation which will come in the form of short film – shot in Christian schools across the country – and featuring practitioners reflecting on four key framing questions based upon CSA’s PeRL pedagogical approach:
1. How do you develop relationship and community in your classroom? (Connection)
2. How do you facilitate and ensure that all students participate in the learning process? (Inclusion)
3. How do you support students as they discover their importance and influence in the wider community? (Justice)
4. How do you integrate and support student voice? (Voice)
These questions formed the nucleus of the facilitated discussions during the afternoon sessions at the state event. The rationale was to get a cross section of practitioners talking about pedagogy. The main purpose was to enable a connection between the people, such that this was the first of many such gatherings both in person and through our digital connection platform (the CSA Collective). | Series: Community of Practice - Wellbeing |