Assistant Principal (Community and Growth)

Ave Belong

Ave Belong is the name of the Ave Maria College alumnae network. This is also the name of our alumnae registry, and our biannual publication. We invite all former students and staff to register on the Ave Belong Platform as a way to stay connected to the College. By registering on Ave Belong you can nominate ways in which you might like to be involved in College life, such as being profiled in our Ave Belong Alumnae series on our social media platforms, participating in alumnae panels during careers week activities, being a guest speaker for a specific subject, contributing to our biannual Ave Belong magazine, and in 2023, being a participant in the Voices from Vida Street Podcast. Our current students are always very interested to know the stories and journeys of former Ave students, so please consider signing up and getting involved.

• Sign up to the Ave Belong platform here: https://avebelong.org/

• You can read the winter 2022 edition of the Ave Belong Magazine HERE. Keep an eye out for Summer 22/23 edition launching soon.

Back to Ave – Sunday 19 March

The College is excited to host our Back to Ave day on Sunday, 19 March 2023 from 11:00am-1:00pm. This alumnae event is for students who graduated 5 years ago (2018) as well as the years ending in ‘3’ – 2013, 2003, 1993, 1983, 1973 and of course, 1963 – the inaugural graduating class. It is a great day to catch up with former classmates, as well as to enjoy tours around the College grounds It has changed quite a bit over the last 60 years, so why not get in touch with your high school friends and organise to come along. You can RSVP here: https://forms.office.com/r/1yWP5em03s

AMC Professional Learning and Growth Framework 2023

In the latter half of 2022, the College undertook a review of the professional learning program for our teaching staff. After consultation with staff, coupled with learnings from the 2022 school review, the College Data and Growth Team have developed a new program for 2023 and beyond. Central to the redeveloped program are 3 key elements:

1. To create effective and engaging opportunities to build knowledge and skills around good teacher practice that leads to Improved student learning outcomes.

2. To embed the principles from the Ave Maria College Charter for Education

3. To create a contemporary learning culture that facilitates growth and development of staff, and independent and confident learners in our students.

The Professional Learning and Growth Framework (PLGF) includes a range of different activities and opportunities for our teaching staff to continue to build their knowledge and practice of contemporary pedagogy. It is more strategic and succinct in drawing together programs such as Visible Wellbeing, Restorative Practices, data Literacy, and the AITSL professional teaching standards, as well as more explicitly delving into the principles within the Ave Maria College Charter for Education (ACE). A significant part of this program occurs in the afternoon of Day 8, when the students finish early.

We have already held 2 sessions this year, both under the title of ‘know your students’ – where we have considered academic data and wellbeing practices, continuing to develop our data literacy and visible wellbeing tools. One of the most rewarding aspects of this program is seeing how easily and effectively our staff collaborate and their genuine desire to be the best teachers they can be for our students.