Cathedral College
TEACHER PROSPECTUS
Wangaratta
Welcome
Our College is known for providing outstanding educational opportunities for students from Prep to Year Twelve.
We are committed to fostering an environment of excellence, innovation, and inclusivity. Our mission is to empower students to reach their highest potential by providing them with a holistic education that nurtures their intellectual, emotional, and social development.
We believe that outstanding educators are the cornerstone of our success. As a member of our teaching community, you will have the opportunity to inspire and shape the minds of tomorrow's leaders. Our school offers a collaborative and supportive environment where educators are valued, respected, and encouraged to grow professionally and personally.
We understand that a teacher's growth directly impacts student success, and we strive to create a culture of continuous improvement and lifelong learning. We provide ongoing training, mentorship programs, and opportunities for career advancement.
We highly value innovation in education and embrace cutting-edge teaching methodologies and integrate technology to enhance learning experiences. Our educators are encouraged to be creative and take initiative, knowing that their contributions are vital to our dynamic and evolving educational landscape.
Join us at Cathedral College Wangaratta, where your passion for education will be nurtured, your talents will be recognised, and your career will flourish.
Nick Jones Principal
Aboutus....
Cathedral College Wangaratta is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, Prep to Year Twelve school located in the vibrant and diverse Rural City of Wangaratta.
The College was established in 2003 with the primary objective of offering affordable, high-quality education to families in Wangaratta and the surrounding regions. Currently celebrating our twentieth anniversary, the College has established itself as an outstanding centre for learning which has grown quickly with a current enrolment of 1040 students. Cathedral College Wangaratta is situated on a spacious twelve-hectare campus and enjoys fantastic facilities and resources. We have developed a proud tradition of aspiration for student success in our short history and a worthy reputation as a fine regional learning centre.
Cathedral College Wangaratta is a school of the Anglican Schools Commission (Inc.) and is one of sixteen schools that are situated in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. The system allows for productive collaboration between our schools, significant influence in educational matters and a secure financial base. Schools of the Anglican Schools Commission share a core purpose to provide a highquality, inclusive, and caring Christian education.
The College is organised into three sub-schools.
The Junior School has two streams through the primary years from Prep to Year Five.
The Middle School, Year Six to Year Eight, has two streams in Year Six, expanding to four streams from Year Seven.
The Senior School operates from Year Nine to Year Twelve with specific pathways developed to help students progress to Tertiary education, Vocational education or directly into the workforce.
Aboutus....
Ourmotto:TruthandService
Ourtags:
At Cathedral College Wangaratta we aim to:
give a broad-based education, acknowledging that the prime purpose of education is learning, and learning is a discipline; recognise the worth, dignity and capacity of each member of the school community; help each student recognise and foster their individual strengths; develop the practice of constructive, reflective and critical thinking; assist students to learn by providing opportunities for them to question, explore choices, create, solve problems, make decisions and pursue knowledge; encourage high standards in all aspects of school life, at all times; encourage students to make informed choices about their futures; provide opportunities to develop leadership, tolerance and teamwork; develop in each student a confident, positive, caring and enthusiastic attitude to life by offering opportunities for spiritual, moral, cultural, intellectual and physical development; enable teachers to find professional fulfilment in their work, through appropriate responsibilities, through sharing of ideas and through a proper concern for career development; encourage parents to share in the aims, participate in the life and consider the College as an extension of their own nurturing families.
ThePrincipal'sVision
"Cathedral College Wangaratta is a school that inspires a passion for learning and a commitment to excellence. Our College is a safe and nurturing place where every individual is valued for their god given talents. Our students are inspired to be resilient, compassionate and proactive people who go on to contribute to a just, fair and loving world".
A Snapshot of CCW
A truly regional campus; over 700 students travel to school by bus
Broad based, innovative and dynamic curriculum
Extensive camps, excursions and co-curricular programs
Three subschools on one campus; a sprawling 12 hectare site 5 minutes from the Wangaratta CBD
From their very first day, Cathedral College Wangaratta students belong to a thriving community that’s shared values help to support each child in striving to become a better person.
Expressions of Anglican faith and worship are visible and at the heart of daily life at Cathedral College. Cathedral College promotes and supports an environment of social inclusion and diversity.
Authentic student leadership
Prep to Year Twelve
Community focussed
Strong emphasis on personal and collective wellbeing
RegionalContext
Sitting on the junction of the Ovens and King Rivers, Wangaratta is a thriving rural city in north-east Victoria. The town offers diverse shopping, bustling cafes, bars, galleries, an arts precinct, parks and gardens, as well as beautiful churches and historic buildings. The city had a population of 29,808 per the 2021 Australian Census.
The area is popular for its many events and festivals including the annual Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and La Dolce Vita in the King Valley. There are plenty of local attractions and things to do, including bike trails, bush hiking, nightlife, live performances, eating out, enjoying the river, parks and community events.
Wangaratta offers the chance live close to world-class, award-winning wines from renowned nearby wine regions such as King Valley, Glenrowan, Milawa Gourmet Region and Beechworth. Regional produce is celebrated both within the town's modern restaurants and throughout farms and wineries nestled around the region.
Wangaratta is a Rural City located just two and a half hours north of Melbourne along the Hume Freeway. The vibrant CBD has daily rail services between Melbourne and Sydney. Albury Aiport is 45 minutes away.
YearsPreptoFive
From Prep to Year Five, the Junior School at Cathedral College Wangaratta offers a rich, diverse curriculum with a strong emphasis on personal and collective wellbeing. Developing and supporting each child to become a respectful learner and positive contributor to school life is of paramount importance.
Through the development of strong fundamental literacy and numeracy skills, a broad Performing Arts and Sports program and a commitment to developing a strong work ethic, our students receive the foundations from which to become lifelong learners and informed citizens.
The teaching staff is enthusiastic, caring and focused. Emphasis is placed on the development of the whole child, with teachers supporting students to grow into confident and happy individuals who become responsible members of the school community and beyond. Strategies to promote independence, collaboration, adaptability, resilience, creativity, optimism and responsibility are embedded in the curriculum.
Students from Prep to Year Five discover the wide world of learning through Literacy, Numeracy, Science and Humanities, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Health and Physical Education, Indonesian and German. Students explore the Christian values of the school and other faiths, during Religious and Values Education (RAVE)classes.
Students develop digital learning skills with the use of ipads. By following the philosophy of any time anywhere digital learning is needed, students learn to use technology when there is an appropriate need.
Enrichment and support are provided by differentiated programs within the classroom, with additional one-to-one or small group support in Literacy and Numeracy provided by our Learning Enhancement team.
YearsSixtoEight
Middle School learning is about extending and developing curiosity, imagination, creativity and problem-solving within a strong framework and structure in the key areas of learning. Students in our Middle School are developed as individuals, are known well by their core teachers, are introduced to the academic elective program, and are formally taught the skills of leadership. With the care of their Homeroom teacher and under the supervision of a Year Level Coordinator, students can take advantage of the offerings of our Learning Enhancement team to help them thrive.
The Middle School’s academic aspiration exists for each child, regardless of their academic profile, and this means that appropriate rigour for them is an ongoing conversation between the child, teachers and parents. Opportunities for differentiated learning pathways are supported with a strong emphasis on core subjects in conjunction with a wide range of electives.
Students are provided with increasing choice and control of their learning with electives that can be explored in Year Seven. They are encouraged to become more independent in their learning and develop the confidence to engage in the many experiences offered at school; we will ask students to set goals in all aspects of their learning, and their personal development is supported strongly by specialist Middle School staff.
Students further explore who they are and their individual interests further in Community Time, in a specifically allocated time for the Middle School. Mixing with other members of their sub-school allows for peer mentoring and cross-age interest development. These are crucial in developing a student to feel a sense of belonging and achievement.
YearsNinetoTwelve
The Senior School, from Year Nine to Year Twelve, continues to build upon partnerships in education between teachers, parents and students. Developing new and consolidating existing capabilities in learning across the curriculum equips students to make informed choices about their future. As a non-selective school, we admit students at all levels of ability.
We pride ourselves on the achievement of enhanced academic outcomes and personal best performance through our broad, well balanced and comprehensive curriculum. Opportunities for differentiated learning pathways are supported. Engaging and authentic teaching and learning practices that integrate various learning technologies prepare our students for life beyond school.
Academic integrity and rigour reinforce the College's philosophy of promoting a culture where learning and scholastic extension are highly regarded. Examinations, common assessment tasks and tests are an integral part of the curriculum. We follow the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. Year Eleven and Twelve students complete the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).
Within the CCW holistic learning and teaching framework, the educational practices of the school are focused on developing the entire person, to ensure our students are individuals of character, of integrity, of innovation and of service in the modern challenging world beyond the gates of Wangaratta.
Ourpeople
The success of any school in providing exceptional learning outcomes for students is undoubtedly through the commitment and contribution of their educators and staff.
The College teaching staff are an outstanding group of educators who along with our support staff, seek to engender a culture of excellence and support our young people to develop the skills, resilience and mindset required to navigate a constantly changing world.
Whyjoinus?
Join a collaborative, innovative and hard-working team of exemplary educators and support staff.
Work in the school of choice in the region.
Enjoy contemporary and well-designed learning spaces and facilities and well-resourced and supported teaching and learning programs.
Work in a school that has the advantage of being a school of considerable size but still has a small school feel.
Join a connected and inclusive school and the broader community. Enjoy opportunities to be involved in cocurricular activities, camps and excursions, many of which are on our doorstep and include mountains, lakes and rivers.
Enjoy working on a rural campus close to town with state-of-the-art facilities.
The College offers competitive remuneration that pays above the current state award.
Cathedral College Wangaratta
344 Wangaratta - Whitfield Road
Wangaratta VIC 3677
Phone: 03 57 222 144
www.cathedralcollege.vic.edu.au
