Lia Sharma

Lia Sharma

Head of Professional Growth at Roseville College, New South Wales

Lia Sharma is Head of Professional Growth at Roseville College, New South Wales. She has previously worked in Academic and Pastoral leadership roles across NSW and the ACT. Lia has a keen interest in meaningful professional development and a background in Service Learning. She is passionate about seeing both teachers and the young people in their classrooms growing, learning and joyfully using their gifts to serve others.

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Teaching students to reflect
Teaching students to reflect

‘[Reflection] does not come naturally to many of the students in our classrooms (perhaps not even to ourselves).’ Head of Department Lia Sharma shares how the Christian Studies teaching team at Sydney’s Roseville College has been working to develop their own and their students’ skills in this area.

Service learning in schools
Service learning in schools

‘Too often service is given a polite pat on the back for being “nice” while simultaneously being positioned somewhere to the left of the “serious business of education”. But both research and practice tell a different story.’