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Adam Hand is an innovative educator and AI champion at St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, teaching physics and engineering in the secondary school.
Drawing on a decade of industry engineering experience, he pioneered the establishment of the school’s engineering curriculum, creating a practical STEM pathway that inspires young women and effectively bridges secondary learning with university-level rigor.
Focused on evidence-informed practice, Hand developed the bespoke Steps to Success Retrieval Program empowering students to build strong metacognitive habits and take ownership of their learning. To support colleagues, he also designed a Quality Teaching Rounds framework for early-career teachers, using structured peer observations and collaborative debriefs to elevate instructional quality that has begun trial implementation across the school.
As an AI champion, Hand works within a collaborative team to steer both staff and students through the ethical and practical applications of emerging technologies, building crucial digital literacy across multiple departments. By mentoring colleagues, driving pedagogical growth and actively contributing to extracurricular school life, his blend of practical expertise, mentorship, and dedication to school culture exemplifies the impactful contribution behind this recognition.
Level 24, 324 Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
0428 191 328
ahand@stmargarets.qld.edu.au
linkedin.com/in/amanda-schiavo-870405256
stmargarets.qld.edu.au
Adam Hand
Secondary Teacher, Acting Assistant Head of Faculty (Science), AI Champion St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
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2022
2023
2024
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2026
Started working at St Margaret’s after his career in engineering and working within Education Queensland Schools
2022
Designed and implemented the Steps to Success Retrieval Program
2023
Proposed the introduction of senior engineering curriculum at St Margaret’s, which was successfully implemented in 2026
2024
Proposed the St Margaret’s Early Career Teacher Quality Teaching rounds program
2025
Promoted to AI Champion and Acting Assistant Head of Faculty roles
2026
Milestones
“I know this seems pretty simple, but [my philosophy] is always doing what’s right for clients and not what is best for me”
Collin Bruce,
Dominion Lending Centres
“I had to crawl my way out of debt and build up my mortgage business. I never forget that feeling, and I try to never take a new lead for granted. Every deal counts”
Collin Bruce,
Dominion Lending Centres
The professional philosophy that underpins all of it is strikingly basic – and Bruce knows it. “I know this seems pretty simple,” he says, “but always doing what’s right for clients and not what is best for me. I never have to worry about something coming back to me from a previous client.”
He has helped clients through years-long credit rehabilitation without earning a cent along the way. He has never placed a client in a product he wasn’t prepared to fully stand behind. The result is a practice built on trust generating its own momentum: repeat business and referrals that arrive without prompting, from clients who know the difference between a broker who serves them and one who services a transaction.
In Alberta, where Bruce has built a particularly strong market presence, his name is amplified by a heavy advertising campaign across television and radio – channels he values not simply for reach but for credibility. The ads, he notes, help legitimize him in a market where clients are choosing who to trust with some of the largest financial decisions of their lives. Alongside that visibility, he has cultivated deep relationships with builders and financial planners, creating a diversified pipeline of leads that insulates the business against the inevitable swings of the rate cycle.
The operational side of the business has evolved with equal deliberateness. The appointment of a dedicated ‘Director of Wow’ – a role conceived to ensure every client interaction exceeds expectation – and the adoption of Dominion Lending Centres’ Gold Rush CRM platform have together driven a meaningful uplift in repeat client business over the past year.
The present year of 2026 brings its own complexities. With clients emerging from a period of historically low rates and confronting sharply higher mortgage costs, Bruce has tilted his focus toward refinancing – helping existing borrowers navigate a transition that, for many, has been genuinely painful. He is also investing in AI tools to sharpen lead generation and streamline internal processes, a measured embrace of technology from someone who has never confused efficiency with the thing it is meant to serve.