STRATEGIC PLAN 2024-2026
WELCOME
Welcome to The Studio School’s inaugural strategic plan – a collaborative blueprint shaped by our vibrant community. At the heart of our educational approach is the ‘studio model’, a transformative experience where students seamlessly integrate their studies with real-world projects and engagements, crafting a unique path towards their WACE and, if desired, an ATAR.
Crucially, this journey is not just about academic achievement: it is about empowering young reflective individuals who contribute meaningfully to their communities. Embracing diversity, TSS cultivates an environment where students flourish through connecting with and impacting the ‘real’ world.
At the core of our philosophy is a profound emphasis on relationships, and our facilitators are passionate advocates for a human-centred approach, recognising each student as a wholly unique individual.
Our facilitators play a pivotal role in actively cultivating students’ self-awareness, self-management skills and emotional intelligence, developing their independence and agency, all the while carefully fanning the flames of motivation and inspiration for each young person in their care.
Witnessing our young people rediscover their love for learning is truly gratifying. Embracing new-found agency, efficacy and confidence, students engage with the broader community, adding value to lives through a myriad of projects. Then, in successfully transitioning into various post-school pathways, our students exemplify the transformative impact of TSS’s approach.
This plan is a commitment: it symbolises our ongoing dedication to fostering a holistic educational experience that transcends traditional boundaries and prepares our students for a future where their unique contributions are valued and make a difference.
Belinda Provis Principal Gary Mack Chair of the All Saints’ College Board
OUR COMMITMENTS
KINDNESS
Positive, open relationships at the heart of a community that is centred on seeking kind and mutual respect and growth.
INCLUSION
Celebrating the unique spark in each student, providing opportunities to grow and flourish, and fiercely defending the need for all people to ‘be themselves’.
OPPORTUNITY-TAKING
A ‘yes and’ approach, seeking engagement with the various opportunities that we create and that open up to us.
OPTIMISM
A mindset of positivity, actively seeking to develop pathways forward for better outcomes for self, for community and for the world.
FLEXIBILITY
Being responsive and agile in our approach to finding ways to make things happen.
AGENCY
Supporting the development of self-efficacy and independence as part of a human-centred approach that activates purpose, responsibility and courage.
MISSION
The Studio School supports its unique and diverse young people to flourish through co-designed and personalised pathways that support them to recognise and apply their abilities to contribute to, and effect, meaningful change in the world.
VISION
Making a positive difference in our world.
VALUES
Empathy Respect Integrity Courage
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GOAL 1 FLOURISHING
CO-CREATING OUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE: PERSONALISED, ThRIvING
1.1 Fostering agency and wellbeing through deep care and conscious relationship building
1.2 A responsive and personalised curriculum
1.3 Projects and experiences that develop capabilities, connected to passion and purpose
GOAL 2 REGENERATIVE
GROwING OUR CULTURE: INNOvATIvELY, INCLUSIvELY
2.1 Supporting a regenerative cycle of new ideas and renewal
2.2 Independence and growth focused
2.3 Harmonious and generative relationships
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GOAL 3 ECOSYSTEMIC
SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY: CONNECTED, INTEGRATED
3.1 Fostering a service orientation to community, within and beyond our School
3.2 Building connections with the local Fremantle community
3.3 Linking and integrating authentic learning opportunities for mutual benefit
3.4 Growing our alumni and parent communities
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GOAL 4 CUSTODIAL
MANAGING OUR RESOURCES: SUSTAINABLY, FLEXIBLY
4.1 A highly effective team of staff: agile, engaged, collaborative and responsive
4.2 Flexible spaces that support independence, collaboration and creativity
4.3 Prosperity through the thoughtful and sustainable management of our resources
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OUR TSS GRADUATE PROFILE
SKILLS in functional and critical literacies
CAPABILITIES or transferrable competencies including Learner Agency and Active Citizenship
QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS appropriate to the individual pathway
EXPERIENCES across a range of opportunities in our community
PROjECTS that harness passion and purpose
NETwORKS within and beyond
COMPASSION for the environment and its people
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