Principal, Jane Mueller, and Director of Learning and Innovation, Rebecca McConnell, have been identified as amongst Australia’s top 50 leaders in education on The Educator’s annual Hot List.

The citations read:

“As principal at Living Faith Lutheran Primary School, Jane Mueller encourages the development of contemporary soft skills from preschool to Year 6 to allow students to develop critical thinking, collaboration, empathy, resilience, grit, innovation and entrepreneurship. Mueller has been recognised as a highly effective principal who enables and supports change while creating a culture that recognises the need to redefine schooling to enable students to be productive and happy in the contemporary world. This has resulted in many visits from educational leaders from around the world, for whom Mueller has created an innovative series of highly sought-after in-school symposiums.”

“Rebecca McConnell has been the driving force behind transforming the curriculum at Living Faith Lutheran Primary School. She has introduced a forward-thinking, student-centred curriculum based on 21st-century competencies that supports the school’s move to agile learning spaces. The curriculum includes project-based learning, Daily 5 literacy and a maths program based on Carol Dweck and Jo Boaler’s research into growth mindset. McConnell provides structure and training to support staff through changes, while giving them the freedom to take risks and grow their own practice in directions that excite them. McConnell has also developed a strong culture of risk-taking based on best practice and research through a formal prototyping professional development program.”

Congratulations, Jane and Rebecca! We are very proud and blessed to have you here at Living Faith.

You can view the full 2018 Hot List here.