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.
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 Shouten
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.