Our Story

Alta-1 first began its journey in early 2000 to make a difference in the lives of disengaged young people and their families.

Since then we have been able to offers thousands of students a safe and holistic approach to education that helps them on their journey of self-transformation.

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Our Leadership

Alta-1 has a vision where every student has access to a quality education and the support to overcome any challenging circumstances they may face. We know this isn’t an easy feat and in order to do so we have invested the time and effort to attract professional, experienced and dedicated staff who share a desire to make meaningful impact.

Our leaders and staff are selected based on professional and personal experience, qualifications and demonstration of strong personal values. We prioritise building community, creating collaborative environments and keeping up to date with industry best practice to ensure our students have access to what they need to have the best chance at success.

Aaron Gregory

CEO

Shelley Forbes

Network Principal

Adam Butler

Director of Corporate Services

Liezl Healy

Director of People and Culture

Hannah Kay

Director of Wellbeing

Rachel Rodriguez

Director of Student Outcomes

Brendan Lobo

Director of Strategic Partnerships & Communications

Clint Tracy

Regional Principal

Paul Eaton

Regional Principal

Karlee Brown

Regional Principal

Geoff Dunjey

Regional Principal

Michelle Schouten

Regional Principal

Queensland

Matt Vandepeer

Principal

Kay Oswin

Assistant Principal

If are you looking to join the team we encourage you to regularly check out our job board for available opportunities.

Our Values

Relationship

Alta-1 is an organisation committed to healthy relationships. It was founded, established and launched on the strength of relationship and the work it engages in is only effective because of the relationships that exist between staff and students.

Transformation

The work of Alta-1 is the work of transformation. As such this is a critical cultural value. It is essential that the transformation that occurs is not just in the students, but is present at all levels of the organisation.

Flourishing

As a value, flourishing is a commitment to creatively bring out the health, wholeness and purpose in every person – staff and student. As a College we strive to create flourishing spaces for continued growth and whole-hearted living.

Alta-1's commitment to child-safety

Alta-1 is committed to being a child-safe organisation. We have a legal, moral and mission-driven responsibility to create environments that respect, nurture and empower our students.

Our students have the fundamental right to be safe and feel safe while in our care.

Child safety is embedded in our culture; it is at the centre of our thought, values and actions.

We pay particular attention to the cultural safety of Aboriginal students and those from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We acknowledge the increased vulnerability of some of our students, such as those with a disability.

We value and empower our students to participate in decisions that affect their lives.

We engage only the most suitable people to work with our students, and maintain high quality supervision and professional learning.

We value the input of families and the wider community in our work.

We foster a culture of openness that supports all persons to safely disclose risks of harm to children.

We treat allegations and safety concerns seriously.

We promptly respond in line with our robust policies and procedures.

We have a legal and moral obligation to contact authorities when we are concerned for the safety of a student.

Every person involved in Alta-1 has a responsibility to understand his/her role in in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our students.