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"West Oak’s success has come from always putting our clients’ best interests first and always finding ways to improve and add more value to them"
Andrew mcquiston,
west oak family office, wellington-altus private wealth
Kirsten Ferdinands has been working for the Department of Education for the past 33 years. She has worked as a teacher, head of curriculum, deputy principal and principal in a variety of settings, ranging from complex rural and remote communities to large regional and metropolitan state schools. As principal of Bray Park State High School, she led the school to being named State School of the Year in 2017. In 2019, Ferdinands was appointed as the foundation executive principal of Brisbane South State Secondary College, South East Queensland’s newest secondary school with a unique collaboration with The University of Queensland, located in the heart of Brisbane’s “Knowledge Corridor”.
Ferdinands is also the current secretary of the Queensland Secondary Principals’ Association. Through her roles as principal and on the executive team of the QSPA, she demonstrates a passion for state schooling and is a strong advocate for the provision of high-quality education, including the design and implementation of whole-school educational and cultural reform to support a 21st century learning environment.
179 Annerley Road, Dutton Park, QLD
07 30135777
administration@brisbanesouthssc.eq.edu.au
linkedin.com/in/chris-nastrom-smith
brisbanesouthssc.eq.edu.au
Kirsten Ferdinands
Executive Principal
Brisbane South State Secondary College
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Deputy Principal at Australian Christian College - Southlands
Doctor of Education
2020–present
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2021
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Year 7 Community Leader and Leader for Learning Technologies and Platforms at Northern Beaches Christian School
Master of Business Administration, 2017–2019
2021
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2007-2014
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2007–2014: Principal at Kawana SS
2014–2019: Principal at Bray Park State High School
2007-2014
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2002-2006
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Leading curriculum development Deputy Principal in Mount Isa
2002-2006
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2000-2001
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P-10 Head of Curriculum
2000-2001
1997
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Primary School Teacher across various schools
1989-1997
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Present
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2022
Excellence awardee – Independent Mortgage Adviser of the Year category at the New Zealand Mortgage Awards
2022
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2020–present
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Deputy Principal at Australian Christian College - Southlands
Doctor of Education
2020–present
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Launched his own business,
Ascend Financial Services
2022
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2021
Launched his own business,
Ascend Financial Services
2022