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Deborah Cottle is an innovative educational leader currently serving as the learning and teaching leader, middle years (data and systems) at San Sisto College. She is inspired to transform learning through evidence-based practice, strategic thinking and a deep commitment to student success.
As a learning and teaching leader and acting assistant principal, Cottle has led significant school-wide initiatives in curriculum improvement, literacy development, data-informed decision-making and professional learning, empowering both students and staff to thrive.
Her work has included establishing data response teams, introducing quality assurance frameworks, leading digital and AI capability development, and spearheading initiatives designed to improve educational outcomes through collaboration and innovation.
Known for her strengths-based and relational leadership approach, Cottle is dedicated to building cultures of trust, continuous improvement and professional growth. She combines a strong understanding of learning data and systems with a passion for coaching educators, fostering innovation and creating opportunities for every learner to flourish. Through her commitment to excellence, curiosity and authentic leadership, she continues to inspire positive change within Catholic education and contribute to shaping future-focused learning communities.
182 Old Logan Village Rd, Waterford, QLD
0402293228
m.king@canterbury.qld.edu.au
linkedin.com/in/deborah-cottle-b41213262
sansisto.qld.edu.au/
Deborah Cottle
Learning and Teaching Leader, Middle Years (Data and Systems)
San Sisto College
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2004–2011
2013–2016
2017–2023
2024–Present
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Subject Area Coordinator (Drama)/Year Level Coordinator, Education Queensland
2004–2011
Middle Years Teacher at St. Patrick’s College
2013–2016
Director of Curriculum at St. Patrick’s College
2017–2023
Learning and Teaching Leader, Middle Years/Acting Assistant Principal Curriculum and Pedagogy
2024–Present
Ongoing Professional Leadership Development — Actively participates in leadership development programs, continuously refining her practice to strengthen outcomes for staff and students.
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“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.