Welcome to the AdventistSchools Australiawebsite. Since the first Seventh-day Adventist school commenced on St Kilda Road, Melbourne in the early 1890s, our education system has become a significant contributor to the worldwide network of Adventist schools employing over 84,000 teachers and currently educating over 1.6 million students.Today, Adventist SchoolAustraliaserves the mission of the Seventh-day AdventistChurch by providing strategic direction and support to 50 school campuses spread across Australia that are offering Christian education to 13,000 students.Our dedicated team of principals,teachingandsupport staffis committed to providing a high quality, Christ-centred, non-selective education to all who pass through our classrooms. On this website you will find details in relation to our community of schools, our educational philosophy and a range of current initiatives and services.We understand the significant responsibility entrusted to us to shape the minds and souls of the young people in our care and welcome you todiscovermore about our schools, where our teachers engage daily in the important work of teaching, challenging and transforming the leaders and citizens of tomorrow.

Adventist Encounter CurriculumAdventist EncounterCurriculumis aspiritual journeyfor students, which takes them from kindergarten through to the independent, free thinking teenager.It takes each individual on an expedition with God.The Adventist Encounter Curriculum is aseamlesscurriculum that is intentional about exploring big-picture, spiritual concepts with the goal of making a difference. This curriculum uses the four walls of theclassroomto help build a life-long relationship withJesus Christ, using the Bible as the source of truth. Through rigorous pedagogical practice, it explores and develops personal spiritual experience and reasons for faith, lifestyle choices, and ethical decision-making from an Adventist worldview, all the while nurturing interpersonal relationships (the essence of a faith-building environment) and service to others. In short, it seeks to develop these disciples of theGreat Commission.Transformation is the goal of the Adventist Encounter Curriculum. Using Pr Ben Maxsons SpiritualGrowth Model, and Lanelle Cobbins Transformational Planning Framework,the Adventist Encounter Curriculum supportsteachersin sharing a series oflearning experienceswith their students where they meet God through biblical stories and themes, are provided with the opportunity to develop a relationship with Him, are able to put their beliefs into practice in their own lives, and celebrate these realities.

Quality Adventist Schools Improvement FrameworkVisit the Quality Adventist Schools Improvement Framework website(teacher login required)The Quality Adventist School Program is a school improvementframeworkbased on worldsbest practiceand provides a process for schools to engage in the further strengthening of each schools professional learning culture. In addition, the QAS is designed to provide the cornerstone for school-based review processes and meaningful professional conversations between schools and system leadership in relation to shared strategic goals.The QAS framework is comprised of fourdomainsand 20 self-review components. These components reflect theprofessional voiceof more than 100 people engaged in Adventist education teachers, principals, directors of education and consultants. These components will serve to foster valuable professional dialogue in every Adventist school. The quality of this dialogue and its basis in sound evidence will lead to a focus on improvement and, most importantly, to better learning outcomes for all students.Quality Adventist Schools - 20 Components

The review process that is predominantly undertaken in the school asks three questions: How are we going? How do we know? What are we going to do now?Aschool improvement planwill be developed fromthe quantum of professional dialogue engaged in by the school's personnel. This plan will guide the school and its leadership team as they set out to improve the quality of learning opportunities for their students.The work of the school isvalidatedby a critical friend of the school and the improvement process is reviewed every five years.