Department of Education Victoria – North Fitzroy VIC

4d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

Fitzroy High School, is a vibrant, progressive, medium-sized government secondary school, located in the inner city suburb of Fitzroy North. The school delivers a year 7-12 curriculum to over 500 Students. As well as students from Collingwood College enrolled in our shared senior Campus for years 11 and 12.

The school is surrounded by residential housing, local shopping precincts and extensive parklands. It primarily serves students from the local area and nearby suburbs. Many students ride their bikes and walk to school. There are extensive public transport network close to the school that provide easy access for the school community and for excursions.

The school's physical environment consists of the original buildings and recent additions; there are various room configurations providing some flexibility of use. The grounds are quite small but are augmented by using local facilities such as Edinburgh Gardens. The grounds have had significant student input in design and construction and include a kitchen garden, school-wide and community composting system and indigenous gardens.

Vision

Fitzroy High School values children as individual learners who are full of potential and capable of excellence. Our students will be lifelong learners, reflective and creative thinkers, responsible and active citizens, and resilient and adaptable problem solvers able to navigate through an uncertain and constantly changing future.

Fitzroy is a learning community where students and teams of teachers work together to:

- achieve high standards so that all students fulfil their capabilities in academic, intellectual, social, emotional and physical development;




- celebrate diversity and embrace individual differences, including class, culture, race, gender, sexuality and ethnicity;
- build a cohesive, compassionate and proud school community with a productive legacy for the future;
- develop beyond our current capacity through continuous change and review; and
- participate in and contribute to our wider community.

Philosophy

Fitzroy High School embraces a bold and ambitious dream: striving for excellence and equity. We aim to be a humane learning community in which teachers use relationships to deepen their knowledge of students.

This is in order to engage all of them in an intellectually challenging education based on powerful ideas, help them toward social maturity, and prepare them for a life of meaningful possibilities and active participation as Australian and global citizens.

The school places students at the centre of their learning and the structure of the school is organised around meeting the educational needs of our students.

With involvement of parents and carers, teachers support student to make choices about their learning and development, maximising their performance across a broad range of subjects and life skills.

Senior Programs Partnership

Fitzroy High School offers a comprehensive Senior Program including VCE, and VET certificates,



and has been partnering with Collingwood College for over 15 years to co-deliver the Senior curriculum. The partnership allows both schools to be responsive to the needs and interests of students and provides the capacity to offer a greater range of subjects, compared to what would be possible stand alone. The two schools offered 116 classes this year across Years 11 and 12.

Our shared campus, Wurun Senior Campus was opened in 2022, has provided an exciting state of the art senior learning workplace to accommodate the senior students of both schools.

The combined leadership teams of the two schools believe optimal senior student outcomes can best be achieved from well-integrated collaboration, while also maintaining the identities of two separate schools. The Partnership is designed to complement each school's strengths.

Selection Criteria

SC1. Demonstrated experience working with young people Demonstrated ability to engage, support and build positive relationships with young people, particularly those experiencing social, emotional, behavioural, educational or personal challenges.

SC2. Ability to provide social and emotional support Demonstrated understanding of adolescent development, trauma-informed practice, mental health and wellbeing, and the ability to provide appropriate support to young people experiencing complex circumstances.

SC3. Communication and relationship-building skills Highly developed interpersonal, communication and conflict-resolution skills, with the ability to build trusting relationships with students, families, teachers and external support services.

SC4. Behaviour support, engagement and educational participation Demonstrated ability to suppo

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