BJARP+-+Educational+Setting

BJARP - For the two years of the Career Change program I have been teaching at Leongatha Secondary College in South Gippsland. It is a country school with approximately 510 students spread over years 7 to 12. From my experience the parents of the students at the school do not actively involve themselves is the day to day activity of the school but the turnout to parent/teacher evenings is usually good. Outside of the core school subjects LSC has excellent facilities for the teaching of woodwork, metalwork and automotive studies and offers Japanese and Malaysian as languages. Generally there is little team teaching across the school with the exception of the year 9 level where the four classes share a combined learning space and are taught all subjects other than electives together. Recently the Senior Management Team at LSC has reviewed and streamlined the core values of the school under the overarching values of, Respect, Being your Best and Lifelong Learning. This year all of LSC are concentrating on living and embracing those three values. At LSC there is no unified or overarching approach to teaching with teachers encouraged to put their own individual stamp on the way their classes are run and taught. However there has recently been an increased emphasis on peer observation with the creation of a Teaching and Learning group to trial the practice with the goal of making it a core part of the teaching at LSC

EPS - Sounds very similar to Lara SC Bruce. The exceptions are we have around 800 students and team teaching is a focus point for all junior students.