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Form of workAltona College is a unique P-12 community sitting within the established bayside suburb of Altona. The Altona Early Years hub sits onsite, providing direct pathways and a structured transition from kindergarten into the primary years.
The college is a vibrant, growing community of learners. Strong relationships are fostered with our families to ensure an ongoing and successful partnership. The primary school years are positive and challenging as the children develop confidence about themselves as learners and in their interactions with others. A seamless transition occurs from primary to secondary education where high expectations are set for learning and future pathways are explored and planned as the students enter the later years. A partnership with the WYNBay LLEN network enables students access to a broad range of VET programs, with our young adults having access to VCAL and VCE.
The college enrolment for 2024 is 710, from Prep to Year 12, with substantial increases expected each subsequent year. A planned capital works program of $8.3m has just been completed where spaces have been transformed. The state-of-the-art facilities have been designed to foster innovation, creativity, and skill development in the sciences, digital and design technologies, visual arts, STEAM and primary learning. A dedicated new, purpose built senior centre supports our young adults, as they grow and mature, providing break out spaces, study areas, access to teaching staff, careers counselling and wellbeing support with flexible learning areas that transform to exam centres. This guarantees that our learning environments will continue to provide for a 21st century education.
We know from research according to Professor John Hattie 2016 that the biggest factor in determining student learning is the quality of teaching in classrooms. Our teachers are learners too, they work together in professional learning teams to analyse and discuss student data ensuring learning programs are targeted to individual needs. Our college is committed to the state-wide Professional Learning Communities initiative setting a firm foundation for our future. We aim for excellence and commit to improving the learning outcomes for every individual. Technology is an integral part of our teaching and learning programs across the college.
Our values reflect our growing community and vision for the future:
Innovation, Respect, Integrity
These key values underpin our school wide positive behaviour program and are forefront in our vision, future planning and practices. We will continue to focus on specific skills that assist students to strengthen their relationships, build positive emotions, enhance personal resilience and demonstrate curiosity, creativity and confidence.
Altona College is committed to a culture of success where all learners experience growth. We have high expectations of ourselves and know that the challenges associated with learning provide opportunities for personal and academic development. We strive for excellence in education and ensure that students are the agents of their own learning. In valuing innovation, respect and integrity, we seek to provide opportunities for our students to be resilient and future-focused learners. As educators, we are curious as to our effect on student learning and engage in continuous and collective evaluation of this impact.
Our college is committed to child safe practices.
We are seeking dedicated and innovative staff to share and develop our vision within our unique community.
Nathan Guthridge (Principal)
