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Lisa Sperling - College PrincipalThe following values shape our deeds:
  • Striving for Excellence in our achievements, standards, and ambitions for ourselves and each other.
  • Maintaining Integrity in our relationships, procedures, professionalism and citizenship.
  • Giving Meaning and Purpose through ideals, goals and reflection to develop confidence and resilience and instil hope and a passion for life.
  • Respecting Diversity in our curriculum, each other and the community.
  • Encouraging Innovation which fosters: hope and sustainability; challenge and considered risk-taking; achieving success and learning from failure; creativity and ideas; and self-belief and active engagement.

 

Educational Principles

These values will become evident through our daily actions when we:
  • Ensure excellence in teaching and learning so that all students feel valued, are challenged and experience success.
  • Provide a safe, compassionate, supportive working environment where individuals have personal safety; are respected and nurtured; and are challenged and accountable.
  • Provide a quality curriculum, which celebrates both gender differences and commonalities, and provides learning opportunities for girls and boys, which are ambitious in their content and organization.
  • Collaboratively make informed decisions, which produce the best possible outcomes for all the partners in our school community.
  • Match and improve available resources to support excellence in learning and teaching and the integrity of our dual site school.
  • Use appropriate information technology to enhance communication, the delivery of the curriculum, access to information, and management and administration.
  • Foster the development of integrated leadership so that all members of the school community understand and embrace their personal and collective rights and responsibilities.
  • Respect both the natural and built environment from which we draw inspiration for our learning and development.
  • Sustain dialogue with our community drawing richness from it as a source of wisdom, identity and support.

 

Lisa Sperling

College Principal - Williamstown High SchoolÂ