Our faith pillar, recognising Catholicism is central to who we are and what we do, and foundational to the distinctive educational experiences we offer.
What we mean by this:
Everything we do is guided by our Catholic faith, recognising that our beliefs and traditions are central to who we are, what we do and how we do it. We actively embrace the understanding that our Catholic faith is not only central to our purpose, but is also foundational to the distinctive educational experiences we offer those who seek to be educated through our schools.
By 2030, we aim:
To become a system of schools where students and staff grow in virtue, supported by an outstanding Religious Education curriculum that is executed with impact, in an environment that enables faith to flourish.
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Program 1.1: Compelling faith formation experiences |
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Program 1.2: Enhanced faith formation pedagogy – best practice faith and leadership formation |
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Program 1.3: Excellence in religious education – curriculum, resources and teaching practices |
Our academic pillar, through which we aim to deliver the very best educational outcome for every student, focused on formation of the whole person.
What we mean by this:
We will provide an outstanding education, focused on formation of the whole person, that has the intellectual, practical and moral excellence of learners at its heart. We will aim to deliver the best educational outcome for every student.
By 2030, we aim:
To become the benchmark for excellence in teaching and learning, through a coherently integrated, academically competitive and distinctively Catholic educational offering.
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Program 2.1: A pedagogical learning framework for excellence |
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Program 2.2: High-quality curriculum and teaching resources |
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Program 2.3: Performance-oriented teacher support focused on excellent student outcomes |
Our teachers and principals pillar, which provides our focus to empower great staff to lead great schools.
What we mean by this:
We are committed to empowering great staff to lead great schools. In solidarity with parish priests, our principals will be leaders in their Catholic communities. We will therefore carefully select, invest in and empower our employees in order to deliver excellence across our system.
By 2030, we aim:
To become the employer of choice in the Victorian education sector, and to have Australia’s preeminent Catholic teacher and leadership formation and training infrastructure, developed in collaboration with others.
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Program 3.1: Effective leadership selection and evaluation processes |
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Program 3.2: Enhanced professional learning and development for all staff |
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Program 3.3: Reimagined Catholic leadership framework |
Our community and organisational pillar, through which we are transforming the MACS office to become a ‘system architect’ and provider of outstanding support for schools, leveraging the strength of our entire system.
What we mean by this:
We believe we can achieve more within a school as part of a system than we can alone, and we can achieve more as a Catholic system because we are an integral part of a broad, vibrant faith community. Recognising this, we are transforming the MACS office to become a ‘system architect’ and a provider of outstanding support to schools, drawing on the collective strengths of schools and our parish communities.
By 2030, we aim:
To provide best-in-class support services for principals and their schools, working closely with parish priests.
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Program 4.1: Office: transformed services supporting our schools |
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Program 4.2: Schools: positioned at the heart of the MACS system and their communities |
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Program 4.3: Parishes: working together in mission with our parishes |