Strategic Plan 2017-2019

STRATEGIC PLAN 2021–2025

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HONOURING THE PAST, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

HONOURING THE PAST, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE In 2020, Redeemer is celebrating 40 years of Lutheran education in Rochedale.

At its inception, the vision for Redeemer Lutheran College was to be “a school firmly grounded in Christian teaching and faith in the Lutheran tradition, serving students of many faiths and of no faith. It aimed to strive for excellence in education, developing the whole child far beyond formal instruction in classrooms, science laboratory or library.”* This year, as the College launches its purpose, values and strategic plan, the original vision from our founders underpins our future.

A new decade calls for a renewed sense of direction and purpose. This strategic plan captures the heart of our College and unpacks the direction we want to take in the next few years.

The world of education and vocation has transformed over the past 40 years, but the underlying principles and values are as important in a modern world as they have ever been. Our strategic plan for the next five years continues to rest on the strong foundations of faith, education and formation of the whole person. It will see the College focusing on courageous new initiatives, which assist students to prepare for the future: a commitment to personalised and collaborative learning, inspiring professional development for our staff, and partnering with families and the broader community to foster lifelong learning.

So who will we be in 2025? We will be authentically Redeemer: curious, courageous and Christ-led. Our new future starts here.

Mrs Sarah Dixon, Council Chair

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*River of Hope by L. Robin Kleinschmidt, 2005, p20

Mrs Tanya Crooks, Principal

WHY?

Our purpose To empower curious, courageous, Christ-led learners who co-create and serve God’s world.

Our purpose sets out at the highest level why we exist.

Our approach

HOW?

We will adopt three distinct and mutually reinforcing approaches…

Our approach to faith

Our approach to education

WHAT?

Our three strategic approaches set out the key underpinning ideas as to how we will achieve our intentions and purpose. This is the fundamental answer to how we will deliver the strategy.

Our approach to formation

Our intentions (2020–2024) As we express our three strategic approaches, we will be renowned for:

Offering personalised and collaborative learning

Extending professional practice

Strengthening community partnerships

Deepening faith identity

Our intentions for the type of learning community we want to be—what we want to be renowned for in four years. These intentions set out what we want to be, and they are the logical expressions of our three strategic approaches.

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These characteristics are authentically Redeemer and are underpinned by Lutheran theology.

WHY? Our purpose sets out at the highest level why we exist.

Empowering curious, courageous, Christ-led learners who co-create and serve God’s world.

Everyone in the Redeemer community is a lifelong learner.

We can serve our world through our vocation and service.

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Empowerment is all about fostering agency. It comes from bounded risk-taking, where we learn from our successes and failures.

Exercising agency is incarnational. It looks like participating in the ongoing creation of the world, and collaborating within our school and our local and global communities.

Forgiveness

Humility

WHY? Redeemer core values are:

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Curious: A thirst to understand all that begs to be understood and to do so with a spirit of wonder.

Courageous: Standing up for our convictions to do the right thing, even when it is hard or fearful.

Justice

Compassion

Christ-led: Seeing Christ in all people and serving Him in faith through caring for and serving others.

Quality

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Service

Appreciation Love

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Our approach to faith We provide an open invitation for people to meet God in structured and unstructured ways.

We recognise God is already at work in the lives of all of the members of our community.

Our calling is to align with what God is already doing.

HOW? We employ three distinct and mutually reinforcing approaches.

Our three approaches represent the key underpinning ideas by which we achieve our intentions and purpose.

This is the fundamental answer to how we will deliver on the strategy.

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Our approach to education We focus on personalised learning within a collaborative community that values learner agency. We look to each member of the Redeemer community to strive to achieve their personal best.

Our approach to formation We seek partnership with families in the formation of all learners—their character and their approach to relationships. This is supported by a positive College culture and contemporary governance.

OFFER PERSONALISED AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

EXTEND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

• Emphasise personal best and opportunity for all • Develop flexible learning pathways • Support learners to take considered risks

• Strengthen professional practice through evidence and research • Engage global and local professional learning communities • Grow inspirational professionals

WHAT?

STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

DEEPEN FAITH IDENTITY

Our intentions for the type of learning community we want to be—what we want to be renowned for in five years. These aspirations set out what we want to be, and they are the logical expressions of our three strategic approaches.

• Develop flagship programs • Provide a learning hub for the broader community • Build and strengthen relationships with our local and international communities

• Develop and share faith journeys • Develop a deeper understanding of Lutheran theology • Share faith through authentic servicelearning practice

Our continuing commitments Academic excellence

Lifelong learning

Lutheran faith and service

Outdoor education

Pastoral care

Co-curricular activities

Prep to Year 12 co-education

Community

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745 Rochedale Road Rochedale Qld 4123 PO Box 6090 Upper Mount Gravatt Qld 4122 T +61 7 3340 8888 www.redeemer.com.au

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