About Us
Creativity, Collaboration, Communication and Critical Reflection are terms commonly used as cornerstones of organisational culture. But they are often used as ‘aerosol’ terms - sprayed around a lot and difficult to grasp, let alone enact in any real or measurable way.
Through engaging and practical learning processes, 4C Organisations delivers professional learning that makes sense of these four Cs as key capabilities required to lead and as processes that can be taught and understood through our unique ‘coherence makers’.
The work of 4C Organisations is grounded in the research of Dr Miranda Jefferson and Professor Michael Anderson (co-director of the CREATE Centre at the University of Sydney) and facilitated by a team with over twenty years experience working in education, health, leadership, early learning and corporate sectors. It continues to be informed by our extensive professional learning and development work in Australia and beyond.
As experts in big and small change, we know how successful learning and reflective practice work together to make positive transformation happen.
The 4C Orgs Team
Jamie
Gerlach
CEO and
Practice Leader
Jamie has been in innovative education for over 10 years. He has designed and facilitated professional development in embodied literacy, 4C learning and school transformation, mentoring and collaborating with school leaders, classroom teachers and student leaders in primary and secondary schools across all sectors and early learning centres, across Australia and internationally. He has lectured and tutored pre-service teachers at the University of Sydney in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and MBA students in the University of Sydney Business School. Jamie has also delivered keynotes and papers at numerous state and national conferences and sat on multiple committees of education professional bodies.
Dr Kirsty McGeoch
4C Practice Leader
Kirsty has been an educator for over 25 years, energised by ways of teaching and learning that engage creativity alongside the expression of voice and identity. She facilitates learning in pedagogy, educational innovation and leadership development in primary and secondary schools and early learning centres. Kirsty has lectured and tutored pre-service teachers and Masters of Education students at the University of Sydney in 4C pedagogy, Media Arts, TESOL and reflective practice. She is a certified Courage & Renewal facilitator and runs professional learning in this reflective approach, which supports adult social and emotional learning and builds relational trust. Kirsty is an accredited professional supervisor, offering 1:1 and group critical reflection to school leaders, and in connection with the Reflective Supervision in Education course for school principals at the University of Sydney.
Dr Miranda Jefferson
Co-founder and
Board Chair
Miranda has been involved in leading innovation in schools for over 20 years. She leads programs, initiatives and research in curriculum reform, educational change and school transformation in several schools. Miranda has taught drama and media arts learning and teacher professional practice in the Education Faculty at the University of Sydney. She has also been on advisory boards for ACARA.
Professor Michael Anderson
Co-founder and
Academic Lead
Michael is an internationally recognised educational leader. He has taught, researched and published in education and transformation for over 20 years including 13 books and 55 book chapters and journal articles. His international research and practice focus on how the 4Cs can be integrated using coherent frameworks to make learning meet the needs of 21st Century learners.
Dr. Natalie Quinlivan
4C Practice Leader
Natalie has strong experience in leading and empowering leadership in learning, especially amid cultural and curriculum-related change. Natalie has worked as a lecturer, teacher, Learning & Teaching Coordinator (Arts) and Learning & Teaching Manager (Humanities, Communications, Arts, Business and Design) within the Academic Pathways Program at The College, Western Sydney University. As LTC, she has written, collaborated on, co-designed and implemented curriculum for a range of learning modes, including flipped, online, face-to-face and hybrid learning with an emphasis on pastoral care and learner agency. Natalie has twice been awarded the WSU Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence (2020 and 2023) in relation to her leadership and curriculum innovation respectively. Her deep interest and advocacy for learner agency and educational transformation continues with her work with 4CTL.