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Marrung is an integrated ten-year plan to improve learning and development outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners across the early childhood, schools and training, skills and higher education sectors. Marring was developed in partnership with the Victorian Aboriginal community including the Victorian Government’s principal partner in Koorie Education, VAEAI and is underpinned by the principles of self-determination.
Marrung’s vision provides the foundation for the department’s work to improve education outcomes and opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
“Victoria will be a state where the rich and thriving culture, knowledge and experience of our First Nations peoples are celebrated by all Victorians; where our universal service systems are inclusive, responsive and respectful of Koorie people at every stage of their learning and development journey; and where every Koorie person achieves their potential, succeeds in life, and feels strong in their cultural identity.”
– Marrung: Aboriginal Education Plan 2016-2026
Wellbeing programs at BSC include:
We have a holistic approach to student wellbeing at the college, with our values of Aspire, Respect and Contribute central to our program. These core school values guide our work as we aim to be our best selves in a supportive, compassionate and stimulating educational environment.
Our approach to Student Wellbeing and Engagement is multi-layered and includes classroom based and school wide programs (ARC) and services. Students in all year levels are supported by a Home Group teacher, on a daily basis, who is also a core instructional teacher. The Home Group teacher is the main contact person for the family to build relationships with our school, supported by the Mini School Leaders.
The Assistant Principal has overall responsibility for Student Wellbeing and Engagement and leads the School-wide Positive Behaviour Support program that includes school policies relating to anti-bullying initiatives and positive mental health.
We have also implemented the Berry Street Education Model across the whole school. All staff have been trained in the Berry Street program.
The Department of Education and Training and the college leadership team are working closely to ensure that students with a disability or additional needs are supported appropriately.
Our focus will begin with ensuring the right teaching and specialist staff are available for our students, and we will collaborate closely with a number of educational partners to embed a culture of inclusion and ensure all students are provided with the support that is needed.
BSC delivers an individual, holistic and teams-based approach to support learners to positively engage with their education. Key people work together as a team to meet the needs of the learner. It is a whole-of-school approach to supporting our students.
Our students who are funded as part of our Program for Students with Disabilities (PSD) are supported by a Student Support Staff member. This staff member is an important part of the Team Around the Learner.
We have an Inclusive Education Leader. This person will be responsible for overseeing PSD funding for students and ensuring their teachers and Student Support staff have the resources to deliver the best possible learning opportunities for students with disabilities.
Beechworth SC, as a Department of Education school, uses a multi-tiered system of to ensure every student receives the appropriate level of support to be successful at school. Our system is evidence-based and shown to be an effective model of support. The Team Around the Learner uses a range of data to determine the level of support and the specific interventions that a student may need. The diagram below illustrates the levels of support.
A number of Wellbeing and Inclusion Supports are provided for all students, including:
In addition to Tier 1 supports, we know some student groups benefit from additional Tier 2 supports. These may include students with a language background other than English, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and students with additional needs and learning difficulties. These can be physical, social and emotional or specific identified learning difficulties.
BSC staff will use its intervention support staff and programs with Tier 2 students depending on need. These include:
A small number of our students will require a high level of support throughout or for part of their secondary schooling. These students are targeted for intensive and individual help in learning, behaviour, attendance and engagement.
Again, they have the benefit of all Tier 1 and 2 supports and opportunities, in addition to:
Program for Students with Disabilities support is provided as required, including:
The supports may include through the School Nurse, the Mental Health Practitioner, KESO- Koorie Education Support Officer, who provides support to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, Student Support Service within DE and through referral services to the Department of Family, Fairness and Housing (DFFH), the Orange Door, Junction Supports, Upper Murray Family Care and other family services.
To reinforce positive interactions and to ensure the safety of every student we are implementing the School Wide Positive Behaviours Support (SWPBS) system alongside the Berry Street Education Model.
This system focuses on prevention and early intervention by:
Bullying, racism and discrimination will not be tolerated, and will be dealt with by college staff in line with its bullying policy.
The school will implement BSEM and school-wide positive behaviour strategies and teach all students these expectations.
For more information about the SWPB program, read School-wide positive behaviour support
or the BSEM. Berry Street Model.
Beechworth Secondary College actively promotes the ability to read, whether it is paper or digitally based. The well-resourced multi-media Library Resource Centre caters for a range of independent teaching and learning areas. Reading is encouraged across all areas of the curriculum.
Whatever the purpose of visiting the library – whether it be studying, borrowing, reading, ICT troubleshooting, assignment work or a game of chess, the Library staff are available to assist and guide students.
The BSC library is interactive, encouraging and socially supportive of students. It is open from 8-30 am to 4.30pm daily and recess and lunchtime. Individual students or classes use the library facilities.
Photocopying, printing, scanning, and access to IT resources or spare Laptops if needed, are all part of the support services available at the library to assist students to achieve their ‘personal best’.
The college frequently connects with the local and broader community and emphasises the importance of contribution and participation. Students are able to seek out opportunities linked to personal passions and pathways.
Through community connections, students develop leadership and organisational skills by representing their actions and voices to the wider community.
Beechworth Secondary College acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples of this nation. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which our school
is located and where we meet and learn. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging. Beechworth Secondary College is committed to honouring Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society.
Home Group: 9:00 – 9:14
Period 1: 9:19 – 10:33
Recess: 10:33 – 10:53
Period 2: 10:53 – 12:07
Period 3: 12:12 – 1:26
Lunch: 1:26 – 2:11
Period 4: 2:11 – 3:25