Inclusion Support
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Department of Education Victoria – Cranbourne North VIC

2d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

Lyndhurst Secondary College is situated in Cranbourne North in the City of Casey
- one of the fastest growing municipalities in Australia. Our college has an enrolment of 820 students and is projected to rise further. Over recent years, the cultural mix of the College has evolved, with students coming from over 50 backgrounds and nationalities.

Our College Vision, `Empowering students for learning and life', is lived on a daily basis through both our classroom practices and co-curricular opportunities. Our College Values are excellence, commitment, integrity, and respect, with an overarching belief in high expectations for all. These are recognised with students through an active framework known as Lyndhurst Legacy whereby staff can recognise students for their demonstration of College Values to accumulate points, which contribute to regular awards given at year level and whole school assemblies.

WHY APPLY TO WORK AT LYNDHURST SECONDARY COLLEGE

The best answer to this question comes from both our staff and students and their perspectives on life at Lyndhurst.

In the most recent Student Attitudes to School Survey, our students reported positive results that were above state results in EVERY single measure. This includes important areas such as effective classroom behaviour, stimulated learning, having an advocate at school, a sense of connectedness and high expectations for success.

In the most recent School Staff Survey,



our staff reported positive results that were above similar schools AND state results in all major areas including School Climate, Professional Learning, School Leadership and School Staff Safety and Wellbeing.

As a college, we have a strong focus on supporting new staff to make the transition to life at Lyndhurst. This includes all staff members having an induction process led and overseen by an Assistant Principal. As part of our staff induction program, we allocate every new staff member a mentor to be their initial support for any questions or needs that may arise. In addition, we run fortnightly professional learning and support sessions for new staff which covers everything from how to use our school-wide Compass system, through to best approaches for learning, engagement and wellbeing in the classroom.

Furthermore, the college has invested in supporting new staff to the college, as well as new staff to the teaching profession through the development of the GET SET program. This program (Graduates Entering to Supported Educators Thriving) focuses on the development of professional learning and support for staff to ensure they are able to be the best educators possible. The college has experienced staff as GET SET mentors who work closely with an Assistant Principal to provide more individualised support to staff as required through observations, peer coaching and feedback.





Provisionally registered teachers are supported through the allocation of a VIT Mentor, as well as specific sessions in the induction program dedicated to supporting staff to complete their VIT projects.

Lyndhurst Secondary College is also a school that implements Berry Street Educational Model (BSEM) practices in every classroom, every day. To embed this, all new staff are supported to undertake four days of professional learning in their first 1-2 years to ensure they have the right training to be successful trauma-informed educators and team members.

HOW WE SUPPORT OUR LEADERS

Having a Strategic Improvement Team (SIT) with highly effective leaders is a key priority to ensure school-wide improvement each and every year. Our leaders are supported in their work on a day to day basis with connection with an Assistant Principal coach. All Assistant Principals at LSC are trained coaches and work closely with leaders to drive improvement. In addition, all members of SIT have access to twice per term personalised coaching with an external coach. This is designed to support our leaders to explore and critique ideas, plan for effective implementation and receive regular feedback on their leadership and improvement work.

OUR COLLEGE-WIDE APPROACH TO KNOWING OUR STUDENTS

The Lyndhurst Secondary College community is committed to providing a secure, challenging and stimulating learning environment for all students. We have school-wide, consistent approaches to classroom routines and classroom behaviour management to ensure that our students can be ready to learn and can achieve success, as well as ensure staff are supported to make every minute of le

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