About Us
The science of learning and inherent intelligence are not the same; everyone can learn the skills needed to become a better student. At Creating Students, our vision is to embed those skills into our learners, to make each of them the best student they can be for today and the future.
OUR FOUNDERS
Julie Quinn,
BSc. DipEd. MEd(LShip). FACEL
Julie Quinn’s passion is seeing young Australians develop to be capable, equipped, confident learners and ultimately contributors to our society.
She has spent her entire career mentoring and guiding students to excel at their studies, to be the best they possibly can be, so that they are provided with as many life options as possible. Julie believes that the skills developed by students whilst at school lay the foundations by which they can achieve success in later life, whatever that path may be.
Julie is well-known for her highly successful and recognised role as Dean of Studies at St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane. Over her 23 years there, she developed and refined a teaching and learning methodology that became legendary both within and outside the school.
Countless students and parents have experienced and benefited from this methodology. Creating Students is the opportunity for the next generation of learners to similarly experience and benefit from her unique and practical approach. Julie has spent over 40 years developing her learning and teaching framework, and Creating Students is the platform that enables her to reach out and influence the lives of so many more students than she could in just one school.
In the words of Nelson Mandela, “education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world”.
Julie's CV can be viewed here.
OUR FOUNDERS
Robert Quinn,
MSc (Management), University of London; B.Com, University of Qld; GAICD
Following a successful investment and commercial banking career, Rob founded Creating Leaders in 2004, which designs, delivers and facilitates leadership programs that embed behavioural change in senior executives and leaders in businesses across Australia. www.creatingleaders.net
Rob is driven by supporting business and community leaders to be the best they can be. He recognises that the skills that have advanced one's business career are not always the skills required to continue its trajectory and that throughout life, new learnings and skills must be developed. Leadership skills are not necessarily innate; they can be taught, understood and embedded, as can the skills of outstanding scholarship. Rob has joined his sister-in-law, Julie Quinn, in founding Creating Students.
GENERAL MANAGER
Clare Nugent,
Having developed many successful businesses in her own right, and recently being a key leadership member of St Joseph's College, Nudgee, Clare developed EREA's first Childcare Centre in Australia on the Nudgee Campus. Clare's significant education and management experience position her to expand the Creating Students offering to as many students as it can.
BEd
As our business grows with more students from more schools and new programs being released, Clare brings a raft of management and development skills to guide Creating Students to its full potential.
The Student Journey
The journey with Creating Students is an evolving one for our students. Every student participates in the Formation Elements of the CS Program, as devised by our Leading Educationalist, Julie Quinn. This encompasses the first four sessions of all of our Programs, and it is during these sessions the fundamentals of quality learning are discussed and understood. These initial sessions cover the critical framework points and tools and the disciplines and approaches required to succeed. We consider this a ‘contract’ between the student and their Academic Mentor. This contract establishes a clear understanding for the student of the steps they are committing to putting in place to lay a foundation of good study processes and habits.
After the Formation Elements of the CS Program, students journey with their Academic Mentor into the Review and Implementation Sessions. These sessions reinforce the behaviours they have committed to, allowing time to understand and develop strategies to remove any potential roadblocks. Progress is reviewed, and time is allocated to assess each student’s accountability, focus, well-being and level of commitment throughout their time in the CS Program.
Our Creating Students Programs enable the content of each session to be structured to the unique needs of individual students, to their subject selection and assessment calendars, and it plays and adapts to their strengths and weaknesses ensuring they are supported to achieve their best across the term.
Each student is matched to their Academic Mentor, who has been successful in their academic pursuits, bringing hands-on and relevant experience in subjects, assessment, approach, and discipline. The CS sessions develop over time to allow for more content focus, centred on specific topics, but always enveloped in the Creating Students methodology of efficient and effective study habits.