From The Principal

Bonjour à tous, and Wanju

What a great week we had with all the NAIDOC visitors – the whole school assembly, lunch presentations and workshops.  Thank you to Kelly, JJ, Asharie and the rest of the team for a great culturally aware week.

Recently, I have been speaking a lot about the awesome culture of our school.  I talk often about the secret of our success being based on a commitment to align system priorities with best practice from credible educational research to create the BSHS three-step philosophy. Firstly nourish the social and emotional wellbeing of students, then provide quality teaching and learning and finish by providing valuable educational currency for students to maximise their academic potential.

I hope that we have the same philosophy towards staff. Staff wellbeing was embedded in previous business plans and continues to have a priority in the school via the Staff Wellbeing Committee.

Relief staff, built into the staffing profile, reduce internal relief demands on teachers, more collaborative team meeting planning time over whole school time, an active Workload Advisory Committee and positive engagement between Executive team members and Union representatives (teaching and non-teaching), contribute to a positive working environment.  

The Future Leaders Framework, Aspirant program, graduate teacher program and teacher resource hub, provide quality professional learning for staff. Each teacher is supplied with a laptop.  A significant investment in teacher coaching through the Coffee Club, instructional leadership team and teacher relief to be involved in peer observation. I hope this helps you to be the best teacher you can be.

Finally, we try to actively develop career opportunities for teachers through acting roles and other opportunities. Over 80% of the aspirant program cohort achieved promotional positions, from Level 3 through to Principal roles.

If you have other ideas for us to nourish your social and emotional well-being, provide more support for the development of your practice, or find opportunities to success please discuss them with your line manager or the health and wellbeing committee.  These are the avenues through which we collect feedback.

Have a great week. Boorda

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