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2025 Free to Flourish Immersions

(Previously Contemporary Learning Tours) Register Now (Link) We reimagined Contemporary Learning Tours using Human Centered Design to better align with our Free to Flourish framework. Moving forward, we are thrilled to introduce:  These immersions will connect you with exemplary schools within and beyond our system, providing valuable insights for your transformation journey. Schools that gain the

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Free to Flourish Immersions

Dear Leaders,  In 2024, we’ve reimagined our Contemporary Learning Tours using Human Centered Design to better align with our Free to Flourish framework. Moving forward, we are thrilled to introduce:  These immersions will connect you with exemplary schools within and beyond our system, providing valuable insights for your transformation journey. Schools that gain the most from

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Last Chance for 2024 Contemporary Learning Tour 

Adelaide October 20-23 We have lots of testimony from educators and leaders in LESNW learning communities to say that attending  a Contemporary Learning Tour is a transformational professional learning experience. In terms of making change in schools, tours target the part of the change journey that focuses on raising awareness and creating buy in.   People

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Upcoming New Zealand Contemporary Learning Tour

Final registrations are open for the upcoming New Zealand Contemporary Learning Tour. We have locked in an excellent itinerary that will see us engaging with Principals and teams from a wide range of excellent schools and lenses for learning together.  As we close in on the end of July, we are needing to finalise numbers for

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2024 Contemporary Learning Tour Dates

Our Contemporary Learning tours engage with Lutheran, government and independent schools. Those who are demonstrating and willing to share the ways that they are innovating, collaborating and using research and evidence to determine what best and next practice looks like in their context. All schools that we engage with on tours are engaged in an

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Agency on the Adelaide Contemporary Learning Tour

The final Contemporary Learning tour of the year was held in Adelaide on 15-17 November. We had generous leaders from St Paul Lutheran Primary at Blair Athol, Redeemer Lutheran School in Nuriootpa, Annesley Junior School, YouthInc., and Immanuel College at Novar Gardens who gave up their time to dive deep into some of the innovations

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In Residence! The overarching theme of our latest Contemporary Learning Tour

18 enthusiastic Lutheran educators from Victoria, South Australia and Queensland came together in Melbourne to engage on the last Melbourne Learning tour of the year. The itinerary included spending 3 hours with Peter Ellis, the Principal of Templestowe College, recently named the Australian Government Secondary School of the year. Peter spoke to us about how

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California Contemporary Learning Tour: A Journey of Innovation and Inspiration

California Contemporary Learning Tour: A Journey of Innovation and InspirationWe are thrilled to share the remarkable highlights from our recent California Contemporary Learning Tour, which took place just a couple of weeks ago. This journey was a captivating exploration of innovation, transformation, and the profound impact of education. Delancey Street – “Each One, Teach One”Our

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Kia Ora New Zealand Contemporary Learning Tour 2023

Lutheran Education Leaders highly modelled the elements of rich collegiality and collaboration to enable all to thrive during the Contemporary Learning Tour. All attendees made reference to the richness the group brought to their learnings as well as the incredible knowledge and insights shared with us from each of the 7 schools. Some Learning Highlights:School

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Contemporary Learning Tours 2023

The Contemporary Learning Tours (CLT) were a new initiative for LESNW that began in 2022 and are emerging as a significant means to achieving LESNW’s strategic intentions. The increased engagement by LESNW leaders and educators has been welcomed. They are provoking learning communities to look out and beyond their own environment to question and challenge

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