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Meet Concordia Lutheran College’s directors of campus

Concordia Lutheran College has welcomed two new directors of campus this year, with Mrs Jackie Minnikin and Mr Jason Smith commencing in the two important leadership roles.

Mrs Minnikin accepted the role at the College’s Warwick Street campus (Kindergarten to Year 6) when Mrs Julie Gould retired from the role, after serving Concordia for more than 30 years.

Mrs Minnikin is well–known to the Concordia community, having spent more than 10 years working in Concordia’s junior college as a teacher and, more recently, as the teaching and learning coordinator.

Mrs Minnikin said she is excited about the direction of Concordia and looks forward to working closely with staff, parents, students and members of the wider community as the new strategic direction of the College is released this year.

“This is an exciting time for the Concordia community and I feel honoured to have been given the opportunity to lead Warwick Street campus into the future,” she said.

Mr Jason Smith also has more than 10 years’ experience working at Concordia before commencing as the director of campus at Stephen Street campus (Years 7 to 12) this year.

He said he was looking forward to managing the implementation of new academic pathways in health, agri–tech and education taking place in 2019.

“Introducing Year 11 psychology this year was one of the first steps towards embedding our new academic pathways for students in Years 10, 11 and 12,” Mr Smith said.

He added that the four–week Year 9 outdoor education camp at Googa is one of the defining experiences that Concordia offers.

“Googa is a challenging program that provides students with the opportunity to detox from technology while gaining a fuller appreciation of their individual and collective capacity as young adults,” he said.