5.1 Council for Lutheran Education Pages 98-138 Including: Luther College, Croydon Good Shepherd College, Hamilton Lakeside College, Pakenham Sunshine Christian School, Sunshine Good News Lutheran College, Wyndham Geelong Lutheran College, Armstrong Creek

CLE Presentation Mission & Vision People Structural Clarity (Governance matters) Strategic Plan Performance Celebrations & Key Messages Future Challenges

LEVNT Mission & Vision LEVNT participates in the mission of the Church by serving the schools, colleges and early childhood centres of our Region, ensuring that we remain authentically Lutheran as we strive together to build excellence in education and spiritual growth while achieving sustainability for our Region. LEVNT strives to be a valued and trusted, well governed, well led and financially sustainable service provider. Being part of a much larger LCA wide organisation, we will optimise resources and opportunities to serve, grow and support the Region. As an innovative facilitator we will develop systems, partnerships and networks to build capability and capacity across our Region.

Council for Lutheran Education (CLE) David Walkenhorst Chair Ron Asquith Vice Chair Matt Miller Secretary Brett Hausler Member Peter Zweck Member (retiring) Heather Briggs Member Greg Schneider Member Chris McMillan Member Vacancy Member Vacancy Pastor Member

LEVNT Staff Paul Weinert Executive Director Don Walkley Interim Assistant Director Tammy Hughes Director: Operations Graeme Huf Director: Business Services Liz Pietsch Education Officer: Formation Vicki Schilling Education Officer: Curriculum Josie Muratore Office Administrator John Graetz Accountant William Neil Business Services Officer

Structural Clarity Terms of Reference Approved at 2014 Synod Successfully implemented Provides structural clarity for Schools/CLEVNT /Schools Assembly relationship Constructive and positive attitude to change

Structural Clarity Memorandum of Understanding Vic/Tas DCC and NSW DCC (MOU) Working committee set up Finalised, approved and signed by both Districts in 2015 Defines: CLEVNT responsibility to all schools in both Districts Joint appointment of Executive Director Funding of CLEVNT Reference to Constitution and By-Laws Loan approval processes CLEVNT reporting responsibility to both Districts

Structural Clarity Lutheran Education Australia Governance Review GCC recommended LEA Governance Review Review managed by Dr. Maureen Cleary Governance review Dialogue Group Central driver is betterment of LEA Addressing the governance and administrative anomalies of LEA Government bodies have governance and administrative concerns with LEA Review and recommendations may present significant challenges to congregations/schools Constructive and positive engagement required Consultation is ongoing

Strategic Plan GOVERNANCE and LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT To review and build consistent leadership and governance structures, capability and succession across the region based on best practice To build strategic partnerships and networks to help realise our vision, especially in relation to educational excellence and school improvement To review and build consistent leadership capability and succession across the region based on best practice To align national and regional goals in relation to leadership development To build quality and sustainable capacity and capability within the LEVNT Regional Office To strengthen engagement and communications with key stakeholders

Strategic Plan REGION-WIDE VIABILITY, IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH To build strategic networks to help realise our vision, especially in relation to educational excellence and school improvement To build performance improvement across all regional schools to ensure ongoing compliance and educational outcomes To have all regional schools systemically funded To build viability and performance improvement across all regional schools to ensure ongoing solvency, profitability, sustainability and growth To achieve regulatory compliance of all schools across the region To comply with national Child Protection obligations To drive a culture of risk management across all schools

Strategic Plan SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT To reaffirm and promote with LCA what it means to be a Lutheran school in the 21st century To build staff effectiveness to deliver the Christian Curriculum To achieve an increase in the proportion of accredited staff by delivering in the most flexible ways possible

Strategic Plan NEW INITIATIVES Develop resource base for systems and processes for school staff recruitment and performance development Identify and develop priority school partnerships across the Region Establish appropriate intentional support structures for current Principals Improve the culture of Region-wide collaboration, sharing and support Develop opportunity and risk mitigation strategies around school viability and growth

School Performance Enrolments State 2014 2015 2016 Victoria 5,085 5360 5,596 Tasmania 116 140 169 NSW 976 950 933 TOTAL 6,177 6450 6,698 Growth 4.8% 4.4% 3.8%

School Performance Regional Financial Performance (all schools) Operations 2014 2015 Operating Revenue 92.6m 102.0m Including Fees Charged 34.8m 37.6m Including Government Funding 54.9m 60.6m Employee Costs 61.4m 67.2m Operating Expenses 18.1m 19.5m Operating Surplus 3.4m 5.5m Earnings from Operations (EBIDA) 13.1m 15.3m

School Performance Regional Financial Position (all schools) Balance Sheet 2014 2015 Total Assets 221.5m 251.8m Total Liabilities 78.2m 81.9m Net Equity 143.3m 169.9m Land Value 54.9m 66.1m Loans Outstanding 61.8m 66.3m Principal Loan Repayments made 4.5m 4.8m

School Performance Regional KPI’s (all schools) KPI Benchmark 2014 2015 Profitability Min 10% 14.2% 15.0% Sustainability Max 6.5 times 4.72 4.32 Solvency Min 15% 18.0% 18.9%

Celebrations and Key Messages Stable CLE board with diverse range of skills Successful implementation of Terms of Reference Respectful relationship between schools and CLEVNT Sharing mission and ministry goals of District Horsham P – 12 approval School numbers increasing by approximately 4% each year due to growth at Geelong, Hobart, Horsham, Pakenham, Wodonga and Wyndham Excellent Business Committee established

Celebrations and Key Messages Finalisation of Vic/Tas and NSW MOU Strategic Plan simplified for implementation and on track Development and implementation of regional systems and processes for good governance, management and compliance with schools Inclusion of the 4 NSW schools into the LEVNT funding System for Commonwealth Grants = now covers all 20 schools of the Region Reduction of System Weighted Average SES from 101 to 100 = more funding per student for the System Introduction of Risk Mitigation and Compliance system Identification of emerging leaders Leadership succession

Future Challenges Region wide succession planning – governance and leadership LEA Governance review and recommendations for future school and regional governance structures Financial viability of all schools Funding school growth at Geelong, Horsham, Pakenham and Wyndham Maintaining LLL matching deposit support Avoid duplication of resources (across Regions) Increasing compliance requirements Partnerships between schools LEVNT team workload

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Proposal Be it resolved that the Report of CLEVNT be received with thanks.

2017 BUDGET LEVNT - SEPARATE Funded by levy on schools LCAVD - DISTRICT $1,407,938 LEVNT – SCHOOLS $2,042,452